Mario Tennis (series)

The Mario Tennis series is a series of five games including: Mario Tennis for the Game Boy Color, Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, Mario's Tennis, Mario Power Tennis for the Game Boy Advance, and Mario Power Tennis for the Nintendo GameCube. Half of the series have a very big amount of characters, that were only featured in the Mario Tennis series.

Mario's Tennis
] Mario's Tennis is a Virtual Boy game, the first in the Mario Tennis series. It was later followed by Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. It features Mario and his friends playing a classic game of tennis. The game was one of the first Virtual Boy games to be released and is one out of the only three Mario games to be released on the Virtual Boy.

Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis is a Nintendo 64 video game, later released for the Game Boy Color. It features Mario and his friends playing a classic game of tennis, with a few Mario twists. It was originally going to be called Mario's Dream Tennis, but was changed for unknown reasons. This game marked the debut of Waluigi, and also Princess Daisy and Birdo's re-entries into the Mario series.

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

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. The game was also used on the Wii for the New Play Control! series.

Mario Power Tennis (Game Boy Advance)
Mario Power Tennis is very similar to its GameCube counterpart, except it is for the Game Boy Advance. It brings back the RPG elements of its predecessor. The game is not compatible with Mario Power Tennis like its golf counterpart. The American name for that game is Mario Tennis: Power Tour.

Playable Characters
In the five installments of the Mario Tennis series, many Mario characters appear. Below is a list of them in alphabetical order.

Trivia

 * In Nintendo Monopoly, there is a Brick Block/Coin Block card that rewards $100 for winning a tennis tournament.