Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color): Difference between revisions

|developer=[[Camelot]]

|release='''Game Boy Color:'''<br>{{release|Japan|November 1, 2000|USA|January 16, 2001<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/mt-gb Date info of Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color) from TMK], retrieved 11/26/2012</ref>|Europe|February 2, 2001|Australia|February 2, 2001}} '''Virtual Console (3DS):'''<br>{{release|Japan|June 26, 2013|USA|December 26, 2013|Europe|January 2, 2014|Australia|January 2, 2014}}

|platforms=[[Game Boy Color]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]])

|media={{media|gbc=1|3dsdl=1}}

|input={{input|gbc=1|3ds=1}}

'''''Mario Tennis''''' is a tennis game for the [[Game Boy Color]]. It is the second direct ''[[Mario Tennis (series)|Mario Tennis]]'' game in the series, and the first handheld game in the series. The game features an RPG-like story mode, in which the player controls either [[Alex]] or [[Nina (Mario Tennis series)|Nina]] in a quest to become the top tennis player and beat the best player of all, [[Mario]]. It was re-released  on the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]'s [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] in Japan on June 26, 2013, in North America on December 26, 2013, and in Europe and Australia on January 2, 2014.

This is a group of [[minigame]]s presented by various [[Nintendo]] characters. Minigames are unlocked when their respective characters are unlocked, meaning that half of them need a [[Nintendo 64]] [[Transfer Pak]] to be unlocked. The minigames include:

|[[Shooting Stars (Mario Tennis)|Shooting Stars]]

With a copy of ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], a Nintendo 64, a [[Transfer Pak]], 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.

All characters have different statistics, making each of them unique. The three ''Mario'' characters, [[Luigi]], [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Baby Mario]] are available from the start, but most characters need to be unlocked by beating them in the Mario Tour. Some ''Mario'' characters need to be unlocked by a N64 Transfer Pak. The N64 Transfer Pak characters are not usable in the 3DS version. Below is a full list of all of the characters in the game. The nine ''Mario'' characters were taken from the N64 version while six playable characters need to be unlocked. Notably, [[Mario]] can only be played as after completing the Mario Tour, making this the first of the few games in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise where he is unlockable. Also, this is the only appearance of [[Waluigi]] in a Game Boy Color game.

Characters and courts in this game, along with ''Mario Tennis'' on the Nintendo 64, can no longer be transferred while playing the [[Virtual Console]] release, as the [[Nintendo 3DS]] is not compatible with the Nintendo 64/Game Boy Color Transfer Pak.

===''Mario'' characters===

![[File:LuigiTennisGBC.jpg|100px]]<br>{{color-link|Luigi|green}}

|All-Around||Initially Playable

![[File:DonkeyTennisGBC.jpg|100px]]<br>{{color-link|Donkey Kong|brown}}

|Power||Initially Playable

![[File:BabymarioTennisGBC.png|100px]]<br>{{color-link|Baby Mario|red}}

|Speed||Initially Playable

![[File:YoshiTennisGBC.jpg|100px]]<br>{{color-link|Yoshi|lightgreen}}

![[File:WarioTennisGBC.jpg|100px]]<br>{{color-link|Wario|gold}}

|Power||N64 Transfer Pak, not usable in the 3DS version

![[File:WaluigiTennisGBC.jpg|100px]]<br>{{color-link|Waluigi|purple}}

|Technique||N64 Transfer Pak, not usable in the 3DS version

![[File:BowserTennisGBC.png|100px]]<br>{{color-link|Bowser|darkgreen}}

|Power||N64 Transfer Pak, not usable in the 3DS version

===Species members===

*[[Allie]] (Speed)

*[[Joy]] (Technique)

*[[Brian (Mario Tennis)|Brian]] (All-Around)

===Unlockable characters===

====Species members====

*[[Pam]] (All-Around) (Unlocked by completing Singles in Junior Champ)

*[[Bob]] (Power) (Unlocked by completing Singles in Junior Champ)

*[[Beth]] (Speed) (Unlocked by completing Singles in Junior Champ)

*[[Curt]] (Tricky) (Unlocked by completing Singles in Senior Champ)

 

*[[Mark (Mario Tennis series)|Mark]] (All-Around) (Defeat him in Mario Tour by Doubles in Varsity Squad)

*[[Sean]] (All-Around) (Defeat him in Mario Tour by Doubles in Island Open)

*[[Spike (Mario Tennis)|Spike]] (All-Around) (Defeat him in Mario Tour by Singles or Doubles in Island Open)

*[[A. Coz]] (Tricky) (Defeat him in Mario Tour by Singles or Doubles in Island Open)

*[[B. Coz]] (Power) (Defeat him in Mario Tour by Doubles in Island Open)

====''Mario'' characters====

[[File:Mario Tennis GBC.PNG|thumb|right|Daisy's appearance at Peach's side]]

|Beat Level 3 of [[Shooting Stars (Mario Tennis)|Shooting Stars]]

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|Tim Latshaw, [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds-eshop/mario_tennis_gbc Nintendo Life]

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