Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)

Mario Tennis is a tennis game for the Game Boy Color. The game features Mario and other characters.

Play Modes
Mario Tennis has several different modes: Mario Tour, Exhibition, Linked Play, and Mario Mini-Games.

Mario Tour (Story Mode)
In Mario Tour, the player takes control of Alex or Nina. They are the new students trying to make their way up the ranks at the Royal Academy, a school for tennis. At the beginning of the game, the player gets to choose whether they are going to play singles or doubles matches.

In Mario Tour, the player's character does exercises with coaches and plays against higher ranked players in order to get a higher rank for him or herself. Higher ranks mean they can challenge better players. Eventually, they can get a high enough rank to enter the Island Open. After the Island Open the player can face Mario in singles. In doubles, both Mario, and Peach.

As the player progresses through the ranks, the player gets to increase their characters ability in different areas (similar to an RPG).

Exhibition
In this mode, the player plays a single game of tennis. The player may choose what character both they and the computer uses as well as the court and computer's difficulty level. Both singles and doubles are available in Exhibition.

Linked Play
Linked Play is just like Exhibition Mode, except that the player plays against another human player instead of a computer. Linked Play requires two Game Boy Colors, two copies of Mario Tennis for the GBC, and a link cable.

Mario Mini-Games
This is a group of mini-games presented by various Nintendo characters. Some need to be unlocked. The mini-games include:


 * Donkey Kong Banana Bunch
 * Mario Boo Blast
 * Yoshi Fruit Factory
 * Waluigi Medallion Match
 * Peach Perfect Shot
 * Luigi Shooting Stars
 * Baby Mario Target Shot
 * Wario Treasure Box
 * Bowser Two-On-One

Nintendo 64 Transfer
With a copy of Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, a Nintendo 64, a transfer pack, and a copy of Mario Tennis for the GBC, it is possible to transfer information between the two versions of the game. Characters from the Game Boy Color game can be transferred to the Nintendo 64 game and vice versa.

Characters

 * Alex
 * Allie
 * A. Coz (Unlockable)
 * Baby Mario


 * Beth (Unlockable)
 * Bob (Unlockable)
 * Bowser (Unlockable through N64 Transfer)
 * Brian
 * B. Coz (Unlockable)
 * Curt (Unlockable)
 * Donkey Kong
 * Elden (Unlockable)
 * Emily (Unlockable)
 * Fay (Unlockable)
 * Harry
 * Joy
 * Kate
 * Kevin
 * Luigi
 * Mario (Unlockable by completing Singles Mario Tour)
 * Mark (Unlockable)
 * Nina
 * Pam (Unlockable)
 * Peach (Unlockable by completing Doubles Mario Tour)
 * Sammi (Unlockable)
 * Sean (Unlockable)
 * Spike (Unlockable)
 * Waluigi (Unlockable through N64 Transfer)
 * Wario (Unlockable through N64 Transfer)
 * Yoshi (Unlockable through N64 Transfer)

Trivia

 * Princess Daisy, Boo, and Toad make cameo appearances at Peach's Castle. They are not playable, however.
 * Yoshi, Bowser, Wario, and Waluigi are unlockable by linking the game up to the N64 version of Mario Tennis using a transfer pack. Bowser, Wario, Waluigi and Luigi are unlockable in the same method in Mario Golf: Advance Tour by linking with Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.
 * Despite being the title character, Mario can only be played as after completing the Mario Tour.