Mario Power Tennis

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Mario Power Tennis
The North American box art for Mario Power Tennis
Developer	Camelot Software Planning
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	GameCube and Gameboy Advance
Release Dates	Japan - October 28, 2004 North America - November 8, 2004 Europe - Feburary 25, 2005
Genre	Sport
Rating	(E) Everyone

Mario and his friends are here to play some Tennis. Train hard and become a master at the sport and advance through the story mode to unlock more of Mario's friends! Getting bored of the story mode? Get at least another friend over so you can play as your favorite Mario characters together on the GameCube!

Courts

Peach Dome- A normal court with no gimmicks.
Luigi's Mansion- Ghosts will come and distract you.
Delfino Plaza- Piranha plants made of sludge will apear and slow you down.
Wario Factory- Conveyor belts will move your character away from the ball.
Glooper Blooper Court- The court will shrink and grow depending on the panals hit.
DK Jungle- Klaptraps walk across the net. If hit, they fall and distract the other player.

Characters

Each character has both an offensive and a defensive power shot. Offensive is used when the character is next to the ball, amd defense if used when the character is far away from the ball. You can also you a Defensive Special when colse to the ball by pushing "R+B" instead of "R+A".

.------------------------------------Offenseive Power Shot-----------Defensive Power Shot All-Around Players:

Mario----------------------------Iron Hammer------------------Spin Jump
Luigi-----------------------------Squeaky Hammer--------------Poltergeist Return

Technical Players:

Peach----------------------------Super Peach Spin---------------Sweet Kiss
Daisy----------------------------Wonder Flower-----------------Flowerbed
Shy Guy-------------------------Lightning Spear----------------Spear Dance
Paratroopa----------------------Energyball-----------------------Skydive

Power Players:

Bowser--------------------------Firebreath------------------------Spinning Shell Dash
Donkey Kong------------------Barrel Canon Blast------------Boomerang Banana Return
Wario--------------------------- Thunder Cast--------------------Ultra-Hand
Petey Piranha------------------Sludge Racket------------------Piranha Swingback

Speed Players:

Yoshi---------------------------Rainbow Flutter-----------------Rolling Egg (Changes color)
Diddy Kong-------------------Acrobatic Banana---------------Barrel Jet
Koopa Troopa----------------Water Bomb----------------------Water Shell Dash

Defense Players:

Waluigi------------------------Whirluigi---------------------------Swimming Return
Wiggler------------------------Anger Management-------------Flutter

Tricky Players:

Bowser Jr.--------------------Magic Paint------------------------Rolling Brush
Boo---------------------------Boo Blast----------------------------Boo Brigade
Fly Guy----------------------Tornado Twist----------------------Tornado Return

Items

Items can be set on on any court. When the ball is hit across the net, there's a chance that you can hit the item box to get an item. There are several different items that can be obtained and thrown at your opponent.

Red Shell- Homes in on your opponent.
Green Shell- Go in a straight line at your opponent.
Banana- d Makes your opponent slip and slow down.
Mushroom- Speeds you up temperarily.
Star- Makes you invulnerable for a short amount of time. Also improves your abilities.
Lightning- Shrinks your opponent. Also decreases their power.

Wii Version

On March 9, 2009 Mario Power Tennis was released on the Wii for $29.99. It featured a new play control system, where players use the Wii remote and nunchuck to play the game.