Editing Ink Showdown

[[File:Inkshowdown.png|thumb|200px|Ink Showdown]]
'''Ink Showdown''' is one of the four Special Games found in ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''. It is very similar to [[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)#Piranha Challenge|Piranha Challenge]] from ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''. The rules are also the same. In this Special Game, [[Inky Piranha Plant]]s spit balls at the player. Players need to hit this ball past the opponent to count towards the score. If the opponent manages to hit the ball, or if the player misses the ball, the score does not count, and the player loses one out of three tries. If players lose all tries, the game is over. A score is counted if the opponent fails to rebound or if the player hits the opponent. Nothing is counted if the player hits the ball out of bounds, but the player does not lose a try.

What makes this Special Game different is that Inky Piranha Plants replace regular [[Piranha Plant]]s. Occasionally, they may spit out an ink ball that can obscure the screen for a brief while if the player misses the ball. To destroy the ink ball, players need to make contact with the ink ball. This ink ball is instantly destroyed, but it does not count towards the score.

The objective of this game is different from ''Mario Tennis'' as well. In the previous game, players have to rebound as much as they can within 50 balls. In ''Mario Tennis Open'', there is a set amount of balls the player must rebound within three tries. Also, each difficulty has a different court. At the end of the game, the amount of tries the player has left is factored in to the coins earned from the game.

*Bronze (Cheeky Piranha Plant) - [[Mario Stadium (court)|Mario Stadium]] Grass Court - 30 rebounds vs. [[Princess Peach]]
*Silver (Naughty Piranha Plant) - [[Mario Stadium (court)|Mario Stadium]] Clay Court - 30 rebounds vs. [[Yoshi]]
*Gold - [[Mario Stadium (court)|Mario Stadium]] Hard Court - 30 rebounds vs. [[Wario]]
*Challenge - [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Tennis Open)|Bowser's Castle]] Stone Court -  50 rebounds vs. [[Bowser]]

If players beat the gold difficulty, they can unlock [[Dry Bowser]]. If players reach 50 rebounds in the challenge difficulty, they can unlock the [[Petey Piranha]] Suit.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Spa=Tintomanía
|SpaM=Pormanteau of ''tinta'' (ink) and ''manía'' (mania).
|FreA=Défi Piranha encre
|FreAM=Piranha Ink Challenge
|FreE=Halte aux plantes
|Dut=Piranha Plant-partij
|DutM=Piranha Plant Party
|Ita=Occhio alla Macchia
|ItaM=Watch out for the Stain
}}

==Trivia==
*If the player uses the assisting characters for each respective level, Peach will be replaced by [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], Yoshi will be replaced by [[Diddy Kong]], Wario will be replaced by [[Mario]], and Bowser will be replaced by [[Donkey Kong]].

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