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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 OFLC: G
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.

Contents 1 Gameplay 1.1 Exhibition 1.2 Special Games 2 Characters 3 Unlockable Characters 4 Reference 5 Audience 6 Opening video 7 Blooper-reels 8 Trivia 9 External links

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.

• 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.

• 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.

Mario Power Tennis has a total of 18 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

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

• Mario Power Tennis at Nintendo.com

In the audience are Toads, Nokis, Piantas, birdos, Ukkiki Goombas, Microgoombas, Paragoombas, Bumptys and Lakitus.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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

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