Mario Power Tennis

Mario Power Tennis is a game for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the sequel of Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In this game, Mario and his various friends (and enemies) meet up to play a few rounds of tennis. Like previous Mario sports titles, all the playable characters have special Power Shots to make the game more interesting. Additionally, there are courts in the game that have special effects and events during the game. Also, there are special games for each court to play with.

Opening Movie
Before starting the game, there is an intro movie that you can watch with Bowser, Wario, and Waluigi teaming up against the Mario Bros. Of course, it has nothing to do with the actual game plot.

The movie begins with a tennis tournament. The Mario Bros. are playing a match against Wario and Waluigi. The Mario Bros. win, and as Wario complains, Waluigi sees a picture of the Mario Bros. on a tournament board. They vandalize the picture, but the cops see them and pursue a chase. The two run to Peach Tower and try to hide in what they think is a janitor's closet, but the closet has no floor, and the two fall into a training room. As Wario wonders, "What's this stuff?", Bowser approaches them and offers an alliance to destroy the Mario Bros.

As Mario and Luigi are about to play a match against Yoshi and Donkey Kong, Bowser takes the picture of Yoshi and DK and replaces it with Wario and Waluigi. And then Bowser shows up behind the picture. Peach is shocked at this point and has a worried expression on her face. Wario and Waluigi catapult Bob-ombs at them, but they reflect them with their tennis rackets. Bowser enters and launches a Bullet Bill at them, and Mario knocks it back with his racket, causing a giant explosion.

Incredibly, there are no fatalities. Mario slowly gets up, looks around, grins, and mutters, "Oh, Mama mia."

Plus, in the beginning you can see Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, and on the tournament board, Toad and Toadette participate (but aren't playable in the game).



Audience
During the game, Toads, Piantas and Nokis are in the audience. During the intro, the crowd contains Piantas, Nokis, Birdos, Ukikis, Goombas, Paragoombas, Bumptys and Lakitus.

Skill Types

 * All Around: A character that is a little bit good in all categories.
 * Speedy: A character that can get to the ball in time, but lacks raw strength.
 * Power: A character that can hit the ball with great force, but lacks speed.
 * Technique: A character that can place the ball on the corners of the net.
 * Tricky: A character that can curve the ball, which can confuse the opponent on where it's going.

Special Games
A mode is available called Special Games - a form of tennis-themed mini-games, with variable skill levels set on all of the different courts.


 * Artist on the Court - set on Peach Dome Court.
 * Terror Tennis - set on Luigi's Mansion Court.
 * Tic-Tac-Glow - set on Delfino Plaza Court.
 * Chain-Chomp Challenge - set on Wario Factory Court.
 * Gooper Blooper Volley - set on Gooper Blooper Court.
 * Balloon Panic - set on DK Jungle Court.
 * Mecha-Bowser Mayhem - set on Bowser's Castle Court.
 * Coin Collectors - set on Mario Classic Court.