Mario Tennis: Power Tour

 MARIO TENNIS: POWER TOUR

Just like the 64 and GBC versions before it, Mario Power Tennis came with its own handheld counterpart, this one named Mario Tennis: Power Tour. And, much like the GBC version before it, this one also came with a rudimentary RPG mode featuring a couple of kids attending the Royal Tennis Academy to work their way up to challenging Mario himself. The game's tennis mechanics are once again pretty much a more rudimentary version of its console counterparts, complete with special power shots, the same as they appear there.

Ace and Clay are the game's RPG protagonists, female and male respectively. They are each other's doubles partner this time around instead of each having a separate doubles partners. Alex, Nina, Harry, and Kate all make special cameos in the game, and we have a number of other challengers, though once again, most of them could basically be renamed generic tennis challenger no. ??? with no change to anything important. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, and Bowser all appear as our main Mario roster (Waluigi but no Wario, what? Is that allowed?).

Our stages are once again our basics of hard, clay, grass, and composite courts, and the Peach Dome, with the Royal Academy returning in all its glory. The RPG does have a few, um, minigame elements you can play here and there, so I might as well make note of them. This includes practice against a wall, practice with a ball-shooting machine, running on a treadmill, pumping a mace to pop balloons, jumping over obstacles, spinning screws upward, following a path filled with electrified panels, climbing ropes, playing Rock Paper Scissors, crossing a tightrope, tackling a robot, and playing a memory game.

That's about it for now. Let's see what we've got!

Characters:

Alex/Nina/Harry/Kate: serve, lob, top-spin, singles, doubles, slice, drop shot, flat shot, smash shot, charge shot, Banana, Mushroom, Lightning Bolt, Star, Green Shell, Red Shell, offensive special shot, defensive special shot

Ace/Clay: same as above, wall practice, ball machine, treadmill, balloon pump, jump, spin screw, duck walk, rope climb, Rock Paper Scissors, tightrope, tacklebot, memory game

Mario: Iron Hammer, Spin Jump Return

Luigi: Squeaky Mallet, Poltergust Return

Princess Peach: Super Peach Spin, Sweet Kiss Return

Toad

Yoshi: Rainbow Flutter, Rolling Egg Return

Koopa Troopa: Water Bomb, Water Shell Dash

Donkey Kong Jr.

Daisy: Wonder Flower, Flowerbed Return

Baby Mario

Birdo

Donkey Kong: Barrel Cannon Blast, Boomerang Banana Return

Wario: Thunder Cast Shot, Ultra Hand Return

Waluigi: Whirluigi, Swimming Return

Bowser: Fire Breath, Spinning Shell Dash

Boo: Boo Blast, Boo Brigade Return

Shy Guy: Lightning Spear, Spear Dance Return

Paratroopa: Energy Ball, Sky Dive

Diddy Kong: Acrobatic Banana, Barrel Jet

Bowser Jr.: Magic Paint, Rolling Brush Return

Fly Guy: Tornado Twist, Tornado Return

Wiggler: Anger Management, Flutter Return

Petey Piranha: Sludge Racket, Piranha Swingback

Piranha Plant

Lakitu

Stages:

Tennis Court

Open Court

Hard Court

Clay Court

Grass Court

Composition Court

Bowser's Stage

Royal Academy

Castle Court

Tropics Court

Jungle Court

Star Court

Warehouse Court

Peach Dome

Luigi's Mansion Court

Delfino Plaza Court

Wario Factory Court

Gooper Blooper Court

DK Jungle Court

Bowser's Castle Court

Mario Classic Court

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover Mario Tennis Open!