Court
Courts are sports venues on which tennis games are played in the Mario Tennis series and the tennis mode of Mario Sports Superstars. Each court is a rectangular shape with two sides divided by a low net stretched across the middle. Each side of the court is further divided into the backcourt, the service boxes and the doubles alleys, the latter of which is only used during doubles matches. In Mario games, courts have various different types of surfaces, each with two main properties: The speed and bounce height of balls played on them. The most common surfaces are grass, hard and clay, present in every Mario Tennis game and in Mario Sports Superstars. Courts can also often have other unique surfaces, such as mushroom or ice.
The Gimmick Court mode from Mario Power Tennis and Mix It Up mode from Mario Tennis Fever allow certain courts to be played with unique effects, such as including items and obstacles in the court, or changing the size or shape of the playing area. Minigames can often be played on courts, drastically changing their rules and layouts.
Main Mario Tennis courts[edit]
Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)[edit]
Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64 features 18 courts, the highest number in the series. Of those, four are available from the start, six are unlockable by playing the game, another six are unlocked by playing minigames on the Game Boy Color version of the game and two are exclusive to special games. The unlockable courts are all themed to different characters, featuring art of them on the courts' surfaces.
Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)[edit]
Mario Tennis for the Game Boy Color has nine courts. Four are available by default, four can be unlocked by playing the game, and the last one can be unlocked by connecting to the Nintendo 64 version of the game. The unlockable courts take place in a variety of locations outside of a tennis stadium.
Mario Power Tennis[edit]
Mario Power Tennis features ten total courts, with eight default and two unlockable courts. The game also introduces the concept of Gimmick courts, which make up seven of the ten total courts. Gimmick courts are based on locations across the Super Mario franchise and feature obstacles and other elements which can be interacted with to hinder or help the player. Gimmick courts can also be played without gimmicks. Mario Power Tennis also features for the first time courts which take place in the same location, with the Peach Dome featuring Hard, Clay and Grass court layouts. This would go on to become a reoccuring trait of those three specific courts in later Mario Tennis games.
Mario Tennis: Power Tour[edit]
Mario Tennis: Power Tour features five courts, the lowest number in the series. Only one of them is unlockable.
- ^ Unlockable
Mario Tennis Open[edit]
Mario Tennis Open has 11 courts in total, with two of them being unlockable. Like Mario Power Tennis, Mario Tennis Open introduces more courts with separate names from their types of surfaces, such as the Mushroom Valley having a Mushroom Court. Some of those court surfaces would become recurring in later games, despite their specific courts not returning. Mario Stadium has this game's Grass, Clay and Hard surfaces, and the Galaxy Arena has separate Crystal and Morph surfaces.
Galaxy Arena (Crystal Court)[a]
Bowser's Castle (Stone Court)
Penguin Iceberg (Snow Court)
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash[edit]
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash has nine courts many of them reusing types from Mario Tennis Open. Despite this, all of them take place within the same stadium, unlike the previous game's varied environments. Three courts are available by default while the rest can be purchased with coins or earned by playing multiple matches.
Mario Tennis Aces[edit]
Mario Tennis Aces features ten total courts, with the four Marina Stadium (Hard, Clay, Grass and Night) being unlocked by default and the other six being unlocked in the game's Adventure mode. All courts in this game are set in the Kingdom of Bask.
Marina Stadium (Night)
Mario Tennis Fever[edit]
Mario Tennis Fever includes 14 total courts. The classic Grass, Hard and Clay courts are set in the Stadium Court, while six others are set in the Academy Court. Additional Grass, Hard and Clay courts are also found at the Academy Court and are exclusive to online modes. Of the remaining five courts, four have special rules which can be played in the game's Mix It Up mode.
Other Mario courts[edit]
Mario Sports Superstars[edit]
Mario Sports Superstars features a tennis mode developed by Camelot, and thus also features much of the same gameplay from the Mario Tennis series. The game has four courts which, like Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, take place in the same stadium. Only one of them is unlockable.
- ^ Unlockable
List of courts[edit]
- ^ Peach Dome only appears as a unique court apart from the Hard, Clay and Grass courts in Mario Tennis: Power Tour.
| Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Playable characters | Default | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Toad • Wario • Waluigi • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Yoshi • Birdo • Baby Mario • Koopa Paratroopa • Boo |
| Unlockable | Shy Guy • Donkey Kong Jr. | |
| Transfer | Alex • Nina • Harry • Kate | |
| Non-playable characters | Lakitu • Koopa Troopa • Bob-omb • Bob-omb Buddy • Piranha Plant | |
| Courts | Open Court • Hard Court • Clay Court • Grass Court • Composition Court • Mario Bros. Court • Baby Mario & Yoshi Court • Wario & Waluigi Court • Donkey Kong Court • Mario & Luigi Court • Birdo & Yoshi Court • Super Mario Court • Peach Court • Yoshi Court • Wario Court • Waluigi Court • Bowser Court • Piranha Court | |
| Cups | Mushroom Cup • Flower Cup • Star Cup • Rainbow Cup • Moonlight Cup • Planet Cup | |
| Miscellaneous | Gallery • Multimedia • Piranha Challenge • Ring Shot • Staff • Waluigi's Foot Fault | |
| Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Playable characters | Default | Luigi • Baby Mario • Donkey Kong • Allie • Joy • Brian • Alex • Harry • Nina • Kate |
| Unlockable | Mario • Peach • Yoshi • Wario • Waluigi • Bowser • Pam • Bob • Beth • Fay • Curt • Mark • Sammi • Sean • Spike • Elden • Emily • A. Coz • B. Coz | |
| Non-playable characters | Ball Bot • Bob-omb • Boo • Daisy • Edgar • Ellis • Frank • Great Fairy of Victory • Headmaster • Kevin • Toad | |
| Courts | Hard Court • Clay Court • Grass Court • Composition Court • Castle Court • Tropics Court • Jungle Court • Star Court • Warehouse Court | |
| Schools | Empire • Factory • Royal Tennis Academy • Union | |
| Minigames | Shooting Star • Target Shot • Banana Bunch • Boo Blast • Perfect Shot • Fruit Fantasy • Treasure Box • Medallion Match • Two-on-One | |
| Miscellaneous | Gallery • Staff | |
| Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash | ||
|---|---|---|
| Playable characters | Default | Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Rosalina • Bowser • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Boo • Donkey Kong |
| Unlockable | Toadette • Bowser Jr. • Dry Bowser • Sprixie Princess | |
| Non-playable characters | Lakitu • Toads • Goomba • Shy Guy • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Magikoopa • Spike | |
| Courts | Hard Court • Clay Court • Grass Court • Carpet Court • Mushroom Court • Sand Court • Ice Court • Rebound Court • Morph Court | |
| Other | Chance Shot • Gallery • Mega Mushroom • Staff | |