Mario Tennis (series)

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The Mario Tennis Series is a series of five games including: Mario Power Tennis, Mario Tennis, Mario's Tennis, Mario Tennis: Power Tour, and Mario Tennis (GBC). Half of the series have a very big ammount of characters, that were only featured in the Mario Tennis Series.

List of Games in the Series

Mario's Tennis

Mario's Tennis is a Virtual Boy game, the first in the Mario Tennis series. It was later followed by Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64.

Mario Tennis

Mario Tennis is a Nintendo 64 video game, later released for the Game Boy Color. It features Mario and his friends playing a classic game of tennis, with a few Mario twists. It was originally going to be called Mario's Dream Tennis, but was changed for unknown reasons. This game marked the debut of Waluigi, and also Princess Daisy and Birdo's re-entries into the Mario series.

Mario Tennis (GBC)

Mario Tennis is a tennis game for the Game Boy Color. The game features Mario and other characters.

Mario Power Tennis

The front cover for Mario Power Tennis for the Nintendo GameCube

Mario Power Tennis is a game for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the sequel of Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In this game, Mario and his various friends (and enemies) meet up to play a few rounds of tennis. Like previous Mario sports titles, all the playable characters have special Power Shots to make the game more interesting. Additionally, there are courts in the game that have special effects and events during the game. Also, there are special games for each court to play with.

Mario Tennis: Power Tour

North American box art for Mario Tennis: Power Tour

Basically Mario Power Tennis for the Game Boy Advance. It brings back the RPG elements of its predecessor. It also has minigames having nothing to do with tennis. Much to the disappointment of numerous gamers, Power Tour is not compatible with Mario Power Tennis like its golf counterpart.