Mario Tennis: Power Tour

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Mario Tennis: Power Tour
Power Tour Cover Art.jpg
Developer(s) Camelot Software Planning
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance
Release date Japan September 13, 2005
Europe November 18, 2005
Australia December 1, 2005
USA December 5, 2005
Genre Tennis
Rating(s)
ESRB:ESRB E.svg - Everyone
PEGI:PEGI 3.svg - Three years and older
CERO:CERO A.png - All ages
Mode(s) Single player and Multiplayer
Media 128-Megabit cartridge
Input
Game Boy Advance:

Mario Tennis: Power Tour (also known as Mario Power Tennis in Europe and Australia, and as Mario Tennis Advance (マリオテニスアドバンス Mario Tenisu Adobansu) in Japan) is the Game Boy Advance counterpart of Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube, and the final Mario release for the said handheld. It is very similar to Mario Tennis in gameplay and plot, though it has the addition of Power Shots. Though it is the counterpart of Mario Power Tennis, the two games cannot be connected in any way.

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[edit] Plot

The player, either Clay (Max in Europe) or Ace (Tina in Europe), is a student in the Royal Tennis Academy. During this time, masked challengers come to the academy and defeat the academy's champions, leaving everyone in disbelief as they have never lost before. Determined to find out who they are, Clay and Ace become a part of the Junior class, where they defeat everyone in it. They continue on to the Senior classes, and then to Varsity, where they learn that the top two doubles teams (or players, if it its singles) get to advance to the Island Open, where they would play against top students from the other two tennis schools.

Clay and Ace soon ensures their entry to the Island Open. They hear a rumour that the victors of the Open would get a chance to play against Mario. During the time at the Open, the player may wish to travel between the Academy and the area of the Open at any time. After winning the Open, Clay and Ace realise that they still have not discovered who the masked plays are. However, the very next day Mario comes to the Academy, and gives Clay and Ace the honour of playing with them. Thus begins the Peach Tournament, with Clay and Ace as players. Clay and Ace travel to the Mushroom Kingdom by the Toad Express, where the games are being held in the Peach Dome, owned by Princess Peach. During their stay, Clay and Ace are told that it is Mario and company that were the masked players in the academy, and that it is also them that introduced the concept of power shots to Earth. Piantas, Toads, and Nokis are present at the dome as part of the audience.

Single player mode is relatively similar.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Playable Characters

Though the game features many characters, the game seems more like a Mario cameo than an actual Mario game on the account that only 6 Mario characters are playable, while getting rid of three out of 9 of the most popular characters, which are Wario, Yoshi and Daisy. This makes it the only time Waluigi has appeared without Wario. None of the unlockable characters are Mario characters, although star versions of them can be unlocked.

Image Name Tennis Affiliation Skill Type Offensive Power Shot Defensive Power Shot Unlock Condition
Mtpt mario.png Mario Mario World All-Around Iron Hammer Spin Jump Return Initially Playable
Mtpt Peach.png Peach Mario World Technique Super Peach Spin Sweet Kiss Return Initially Playable
Mtpt Luigi.png Luigi Mario World All-Around Squeaky Mallet Poltergust Return Initially Playable
Mtpt Waluigi.png Waluigi Mario World Defense Whirluigi Swimming Return Initially Playable
Mtpt Donkey Kong.png Donkey Kong Mario World Power Barrel Cannon Blast Boomerang Banana Return Initially Playable
Mtpt Bowser.png Bowser Mario World Power Fire Breath Spinning Shell Dash Initially Playable
Mtpt Clay.png Clay/Max Royal Tennis Academy Power Player Determined Player Determined Initially Playable
Mtpt Ace.png Ace/Tina Royal Tennis Academy Technique Player Determined Player Determined Initially Playable
Mtpt Sophia.png Sophia Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		All-Around None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Meg.png Meg Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		Technique None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Mason.png Mason Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		Power None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Chad.png Chad Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		Power None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Sasha.png Sasha Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		Technique None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Sylvia.png Sylvia Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		Speedy None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Chris.png Chris Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		Speedy None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Kyle.png Kyle Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Class 		All-Around None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Shawn.png Shawn Royal Tennis Academy
Senior Class 		Defensive None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Linda.png Linda Royal Tennis Academy
Senior Class 		Speedy None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Gary.png Gary Royal Tennis Academy
Senior Class 		Power None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Jet.png Jet Royal Tennis Academy
Senior Class 		All-Around None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Kyoko.png Kyoko Royal Tennis Academy
Senior Class 		Technique None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Micki.png Micki Royal Tennis Academy
Senior Class 		Technique None None Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Emi.png Emi Royal Tennis Academy
Senior/Varsity Classes 		Speedy Curve Shot Quick Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Roy.png Roy Royal Tennis Academy
Senior/Varsity Classes 		All-Around Power Shot Running Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Flit.png Flit Royal Tennis Academy
Varsity Class 		Tactical Slider Shot Quick Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Skipper.png Skipper Royal Tennis Academy
Varsity Class 		Defensive Tackle Shot High-jump Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Whisker.png Whisker Royal Tennis Academy
Varsity Class 		Power High-Power Shot Running Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Paula.png Paula Royal Tennis Academy
Varsity Class 		Speedy Tackle Shot Quick Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Elroy.png Elroy Royal Tennis Academy
Varsity Class 		All-Around Blizzard Shot Typhoon Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Tori.png Tori Royal Tennis Academy
Varsity Class 		Technique Control Shot Running Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Barb.png Barb Empire All-Around High-Power Shot Bubble Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Sass.png Sass Factory Power Flying Shot Quick-Step Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Chas.png Chas Union Speedy High-Power Shot Superswift Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Mel.png Mel Union Speedy Slider Shot High-Jump Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Dweezil.png Dweezil Empire Defensive Stunner Shot Quick-Step Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Mynx.png Mynx Empire Technique Flashflop Shot Quick-Step Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Willy.png Willy Factory Tactical Summoner Shot Hand-Power Save Defeat this character in the story mode
Mtpt Sheri.png Sheri Factory All-Around Gyro Shot Illusory Save Defeat this character in the story mode

[edit] Non-Playable Characters

[edit] Courts

Image Name Location Ball Speed Ball Bounce Unlock Condition
Mtpt Hard Court.png Hard Court Royal Tennis Academy
Junior Courts 		Normal Strong Initially Unlocked
Mtpt Clay Court.png Clay Court Royal Tennis Academy
Senior Courts 		Slow Weak Initially Unlocked
Mtpt Grass Court.png Grass Court Island Open Slow Weak Initially Unlocked
Mtpt Composition Court.png Composition Court Royal Tennis Academy
Varsity Building 		Fastest Normal Initially Unlocked
Mtpt Peach Dome.png Peach Dome Mario World Normal Normal Beat the Peach Tournament

[edit] Minigames

[edit] Quotes

Main article: List of quotes in the Mario Tennis series#Mario Tennis: Power Tour

[edit] Staff

Main article: List of Mario Tennis: Power Tour staff

[edit] References to Other Games

[edit] Gallery

  • North American box art

  • European box art

  • Mario holding a Tennis Racket at a tennis court.

[edit] Trivia

  • Alex, Harry, Nina, Kate, Mark, Emily and Kevin from Mario Tennis GBC appear as coaches in the Academy.
  • Willy's Power Shots resemble psynergies from the Golden Sun series. Camelot, the maker of the game, also made the Golden Sun series, so this is most likely a nod to that.
  • There is an NPC in the clean-up crew after the Island Open celebration that resembles Link. He is located near the top of the screen when the player wakes up on the field.
  • If an error is caused while playing multiplayer mode, an image of Mario leaving Yoshi to ride Luigi is seen. This is the only appearance Yoshi has in the game.
  • In the North American version of the game, the bus for the Island Open boards from the left-side door and departs while on the left side of the road. This was a localization oversight; in Japan and most other countries, people drive on the left side of the road.
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