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Play a game of Tennis with Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, and the rest of the gang from Mushroom kingdom in Mario Tennis for GBC. All of your favorite characters hit the court in a wild and wacky multiplayer tennis game from the makers of Mario Golf. Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong lead off the all-star, 14-player line-up. The fast-paced action will have you unleashing vicious volleys, life-saving lobs, ballistic backhands and electrifying super-charged.

Note to self: Buy Mario Tennis as soon as possible. That's all that really needs to be said about this game. If you want to read on while I extol the virtues of this game, then please be my guest. If you'd rather not read my blather, then heed the first sentence and just start playing it. Trust me, there's plenty to enjoy, as developer Camelot has outdone themselves and their previous N64 benchmark title (Mario Golf). First of all, glad that 14 of the 16 characters in Mario Tennis are available right away. Unlike golf, where it's fun to unlock new players in a ip challenge, tennis is all about the different styles of play. A nice portion of the Nintendo family is present, including a few surprises (like Waluigi). Gameplay is two-button heaven--it's by no means shallow or limiting. Different surfaces and an analog controller are all you need to create an unlimited number of great shots. And you'll see those shots in clear detail, as characters are nicely animated and move without a hint of slowdown. There is also no shortage of game modes, with tournament play, singles, doubles, ring shot, ring shot time attack, and other mini-games like Bowser Ball and Piranha mode. Finally, if you get three friends, or enemies, over for some four-player doubles, I guarantee you'll have a good time--it's a fantastic party game. MT is a great package with a long shelf life. The only real shame here is that Nintendo can't throw this sucker online.

Mario Tennis has the simple charm of Mario Golf and a similar quality level as well (they're from the same developer--Camelot). Cute players (Mario, Boo, Donkey Kong: Jr., Luigi, the whole gang), lots of stuff to open up and most importantly awesome gameplay. Each character brings a unique dimension to the contest be it the ability to float, move super fast, smash the ball, curve it, etc. It's actually deeper than Virtua Tennis if you can believe that. The MT multiplayer games are especially fun (in Virtua Tennis they're just so-so). The wacky characters and wild abilities make it entertaining on many levels. Don't hesitate on this one; Mario Tennis is a must-buy.

With a lineage of games unmatched in quality, I held the highest expectations for MT. Maybe that's why I was ever so slightly disappointed with this latest Mario sports offering. MT is excellent, but doesn't define state of the art in its genre tike Mario Golf did. While the graphics are as good and fluid as you can get on the N64 and the gameplay solid, the game suffers from what is perhaps an inescapable part of tennis games: playing on the top or bottom of the screen. While MT has different settings, all the Mario-style power-ups you'd imagine and some cool mini-games, the traditional tennis game is still the best part.

Mario Tennis

Mario Tennis is a classic online tennis game from the Nintendo GameBoy where you play with all the famous characters from the Mario games. You can play various game types and tournaments. With different shot types and correct rules this game is more realistic then one would think.

There are 16 playable characters in Mario Tennis

Mario
Wario
Luigi
Waluigi
Daisy
Peach
Toad
Baby Mario
Birdo
Yoshi
DK
Bowser
Para Troopa
Boo

And two unlockable characters

Shy Guy
DK Jr.

Tournaments

Three main tournaments are presented to you in Mario Tennis. You can play them two different ways. In singles mode, where you play by yourself in one on one matches againest AI opponents. Or in Doubles Mode where you get randomly put with an AI teammate to compete in two on two matches. The three tournments are,

The Mushroom Cup
The first tournament you play, which is very easy and played on a hardcourt.
The Flower Cup
The second tournament which gives you a harder difficulty, played on a clay court
The Star Cup
The final tounament played which if very hard unless you are an experienced player. It is played on grass.
- If you complete the Star Cup in singles you unlock Shy Guy, in doubles you unlock DK Jr. The character you play as also earns a special ability call “star” which can be used in exibition matches to give your player an advantage.

Gametypes

Besides the single player tournaments there are also four other gametypes you can play.

Exibition Match

Playable to up to four human players. You can choose any of the 16 characters to play and can use the star power you earned by completeing the star cup. Various lengths of games can be played, and you can save you game during the middle of it.

Bowser Stage

In this game type you play at Bowser’s temple, on a topsy turvey court, that sway’s left to right. Thier are purple boxes you can hit with your tennis ball, and if you do you unlock and powerup. The powerups are familar to any mario kart fan. Some of them being the banana, red shell, tripple green shell, mushroom, and even star power. You use the powerups by pressing the Z button.

Piranha Challenge

Petey Piranha acts as a tennis ball shooter, shooting countless balls at you in different directions and variations. The point is to hit as many back as possible.