Mario's Tennis is a game for Nintendo's Virtual Boy video game console. Also known by its working title Mario's Dream Tennis, it was the console's pack-in game in North America. The game features eight famous characters from other Nintendo video games. Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Yoshi, Toad, Koopa and Donkey Kong Jr are the players, while Lakitu is the umpire. Although a two-player function was announced, it was not implemented since the cable required to link two Virtual Boys was never released. Nintendo Corporation, Limited (Japanese: 任天堂; Ninten is translated roughly as leave luck to heaven or in heavens hands, do is a common suffix for names of shops or laboratories; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese... The Nintendo Virtual Boy, released in 1995, was a video game console that used a twin eyeglass style projector to display the games in true 3-D (though monochromatic). ... For over 20 years, Mario has been the official video game mascot for Nintendo. ... Luigi in Super Mario Bros. ... Mario, Princess Peach, and Luigi Princess Peach Toadstool (ピーチ姫 Pīchi Hime) is a fictional character in Nintendo video games. ... Screenshot of Yoshi in Yoshi (Japanese: ヨッシー Yosshii) is a fictional dinosaur from various Nintendo video games. ... Toads famously thank Mario after each castle in , NES. Toad (known as Kinopio in Japanese releases) is a humanoid mushroom in games of the Super Mario Bros. ... Koopa is the name of many of the fictional species in the Mario series of video games. ... Donkey Kong Junior is a character from a Nintendo arcade and video game. ... Lakitu is a turtle who first appeared in the computer game Super Mario Bros. ...