Mario Power Tennis
Developer(s)	Camelot Software Planning
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	October 28, 2004 November 8, 2004 February 25, 2005
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+ CERO: All ages
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Media	1 × GameCube Optical Disc

Mario Power Tennis, known in Japan as Mario Tennis GC (マリオテニスGC), is a sports video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2004. It is the sequel to the Nintendo 64 game, Mario Tennis. Mario Power Tennis U.S. GameCube box This is the cover art for a video game. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Camelot Software Planning is a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 best known for partnering with Nintendo on many of Nintendos spin-off franchise games such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... PEGIs logo Pan European Game Information, or more commonly PEGI, is a European system for rating the content of computer and video games, and other entertainment software. ... Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) is the organization that rates videogame and computer software in Japan with levels of rating that informs the customer of the nature of the product and for what age group it is suitable. ... The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... Camelot Software Planning is a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 best known for partnering with Nintendo on many of Nintendos spin-off franchise games such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nintendo 64 ) is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... Mario Tennis , Mario Tennis 64) is a video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color in 2000. ...

Gameplay

Players take on the role of a character from Nintendo's pantheon in order to compete in tennis. In addition to being able to play tournaments and individual matches (with a variable number of sets and games), players can also play various mini-games and more exotic exhibition matches. A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ...

Exhibition

• Standard — Master the basics of tennis.
• Ring Shot Technique — Hit the ball through rings which appear in various places across the court.
• Item Battle — Smash the ball through boxes for classic Mario power-ups like Koopa Shells, Bananas, Mushroom turbo boosts and more.
• Gimmick Court — Play amidst various hazards, including tilting courts, ghosts, alligators, and more.

Special Games

• Artist on the Court — Whack paint balls to color in a Nintendo character mural, with the correct colors shown in a reflection beneath the player's feet. Complete the mural for access to other murals.
• Terror Tennis — Outside Luigi's Mansion, lob balls at ghosts trying to escape from their portraits. Additional points are awarded if a ghost is hit just prior to escaping.
• Tic-Tac-Glow — On Delfino Plaza, step on nozzles, then whack balls of water to rinse sludge and free Shine Sprites. Bonus points for freeing three in a row or, better yet, more than one line at a time.
• Chain-Chomp Challenge — The player and three other characters visit Wario Factory to bat tennis balls, water balls and Bob-ombs at Chain-Chomps. Points are scored for hitting tennis balls into the mouth of one's own Chain-Chomp, with double score being awarded if the Chain-Chomp has been hit by a Bob-omb. If it gets hit by a second Bob-omb, though, it will break free and chase the character! Strategy is added by being able to Bob-omb rivals' Chain-Chomps.
• Gooper Blooper Volley — With four rackets, Gooper Blooper never misses a return. In this mini-game, the court is divided into quarters. Hitting the ball into the same quarter twice in a row results in a loss, but a win can be achieved if one manages to keep the volley alive for the specified number of shots.
• Mecha-Bowser Mayhem — Slam tennis balls, Bullet Bills and Bob-ombs at Mecha-Bowser. Grab invincibility and turbo boosts. Meanwhile, Mecha-Bowser will try to drain the player's energy with Bob-ombs, Bullet Bills, and his fiery breath.
• Balloon Panic — Protect the balloons from hungry Klaptraps! The Klaptraps use the vines on the boards to climb to the balloons. Hit the boards to make them spin and changing the direction of the klaptraps. Blue Klaptraps are faster than the Red Klaptraps, and the red ones are faster than the regular green so beware!
• Coin Collectors — The player and three other characters go back in time to collect coins that come out of the warp pipes on the other side of the court. Grab as many coins as possible, while avoiding the fireballs. Characters are limited in their movement range, but if a tennis ball is hit into a POW block, movement to another location becomes possible.

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Characters

Mario Power Tennis has a total of 14 characters in the game that have different strengths and weaknesses.

1. Mario
2. Luigi
3. Princess Peach
4. Princess Daisy
5. Wario
6. Waluigi
7. Bowser
8. Yoshi
9. Donkey Kong
10. Diddy Kong
11. Bowser Jr.
12. Koopa Troopa
13. Boo
14. Shy Guy

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Unlockable Characters

1. Fly Guy
2. Paratroopa
3. Wiggler
4. Petey Piranha

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Reference

• Mario Power Tennis at Nintendo.com

Audience

In the audience are Toads, Nokis, and Piantas. In the intro, the audiences are Piantas, Nokis, Birdos, Ukkikis, Goombas, Paragoombas, Bumptys, and Lakitus. Toad ) is a humanoid mushroom in games of Nintendos Mario series. ... Super Mario Sunshine is the latest platformer console title in the Mario series. ... A group of Piantas Piantas are a fictional sentinent species that lives with the Noki on Isle Delfino in the video game Super Mario Sunshine. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Ukkiki as he appears in Super Mario 64 Ukkiki is a character from the video games Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. Ukkiki is a monkey, and has a penchant for stealing the hat of the games playable characters, Mario, Luigi, and Wario . ... Goombas first appeared in and are a common enemy in the Super Mario series. ... Goombas first appeared in and are a common enemy in the Super Mario series. ... Bumpty is a penguin-like creature found in several Yoshi video games. ... Lakitu ) is a character in the Mario series of video games from Nintendo. ...

Opening video

At the beginning of the game, before the title screen, there is an introductory movie. It serves merely as a humorous diversion and has no impact on actual gameplay.

The video begins with Mario and Luigi playing a tennis match against Wario and Waluigi. Mario delivers a powerful shot that slips past Wario and Waluigi, defeating them and ending the game. As Wario bemoans his fate ("Cheaters!") we see that Bowser is watching them, sitting at a bank of television screens. Mario ) is a popular video game character created by the company Nintendo, and is also the titular hero of numerous successful video games, many of the platforming genre. ... Luigi ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. ... Wario ) is a video game character created by Nintendo. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... King Bowser Koopa, as seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door King Bowser Koopa, known in Japan as Koopa (Japanese: クッパ), a fictional turtle-like character from Nintendo video games, is Mario and Luigis arch-nemesis (although he has joined forces with them in a few games). ...

Later, Wario and Waluigi amble up towards the Peach Dome. They see a board outside detailing the tennis tourney they were just knocked out of. Their passions re-ignited, they graffiti all over the pictures of Mario and Luigi on the board ("Take this, Mr. Eyeball-man!"). The police arrive and chase them, sirens wailing on their hats; Wario and Waluigi run into the Peach Dome and attempt to hide in what appears to be a maintenance closet, but behind the door there is no floor, and they fall into a hidden room.

There, Bowser is waiting for them. He has set up a gym to train the pair into winning condition; one particularly cruel device is a treadmill leading into the gaping maw of a barking Chain Chomp. Bowser also has some motivation for Wario and Waluigi in the form of a widget that hits them on the head repeatedly with a mallet (this is the only element of the video seen in the actual game, as Wario's power move involves him being hit and electrified with the mallet). This Chain Chomp, from Super Mario Brothers 3, is lunging at Mario, who is safely out of range The Chomp ); nicknames: Chomps, Chain Chomps, Chain Chompers, Chomp Chomps, Dajut-On-A-Chain; is a video game character from Nintendos popular Mario and Zelda video game series. ...

The final game of the tournament begins; it is Mario and Luigi versus Yoshi and Donkey Kong. Just as Yoshi and DK step up Bowser comes over the screen behind them and they are replaced with the gruesome twosome. They have an automatic catapult to fire Bob-ombs over the stadium towards Mario and Luigi, but they repeatedly hit them back with their racquets. Bowser, hovering over the stadium in a hot air balloon, shoots a Bullet Bill towards the pair but Mario succeeds in bashing it; it spirals out of control and hits Wario and Waluigi. In its last gasp the catapult fires a single Bob-omb up towards Bowser's balloon, which damages it and reveals shelves of Bob-ombs in the wall of the craft's basket. Bowser sinks towards the ground and all the Bob-ombs go off, resulting in a huge explosion on Bowser, Wario and Waluigi. This article is on the Nintendo character Yoshi. ... Donkey Kong ), sometimes referred to simply as DK, is a video game character from Nintendo that has appeared in many video games since 1981. ... Some Bob-ombs have wind-up keys, while others do not. ... Hot air balloon in flight Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human flight technology, dating back to the Montgolfier brothers invention in Annonay, France in 1783. ... A bullet-bill as seen on New Super Mario Bros. ...

Mario and Luigi look at each other, and then towards the camera; Mario scratches his head, grins a faint little grin, and says 'Hey! Mamma-mia!" This incident was the first and only time that Bowser and the Wario Bros. have formed an alliance against Mario.

Blooper-reels

This game also features blooper-reels that can be seen during the end credits after beating a tournament. A different blooper-reel is available when the difficult star tournament is completed.

Trivia

• Toad and Toadette are seen on the standing board when the introduction begins, but are not playable.

• Baby Mario and Baby Luigi appear under Toadsworth's chair in the introduction, but they never appear anywhere else in the game.

• Shy Guy's mask falls off in his short Tournament Champion Movie, and Luigi, the only person close enough to see, falls away in surprise and disbelief.

• If one beats a Tournament as Luigi, Mario will show off his jealousy towards Luigi by slapping him on the back very hard, and stepping on his foot in Luigi's Tournament Champion Movie.

• Mario's hammer for his "Power move" was a toy distributed with McDonalds Happy Meals.

• In the Japanese version Peach wears a Thong, this was altered in the US and PAL versions.

• In the Japanese version Peach has butt jiggle when she runs and stops from running, this was taken out from the US and PAL versions.

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External links

• Mario Power Tennis Official Website
• Mario Power Tennis at Metacritic
• Mario Power Tennis at IGN
• Mario Power Tennis at MobyGames
• Mario Power Tennis Bloopers