Mario's Tennis

 MARIO'S TENNIS

Today, we begin the Mario Tennis games, arguably the second most popular sports series after Mario Kart, as long as your not counting the Party games in that category. First up, we have Mario's Tennis, one of the handful of games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy console. As covered before, as this game is far more about the tennis mechanics than the characters playing it, it would suit our purposes far better to simply find ourselves a gimmick rep to represent the Tennis games as a whole, if any can be found. More on that later.

The tennis in this game is pretty rudimentary, which no splashy gimmicks added, like special shots or anything. You can play singles or doubles, and you have three basic shots you can perform: serves, top-spins, and lobs. Our playable cast is the exact same cast from Super Mario Kart, sans Bowser, meaning: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Koopa Troopa, and Donkey Kong Jr. Pretty basic, but none standing out as a possible option. As far as stages go, it's just a tennis court. That's it.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Tennis gimmick rep: serve, lob, top-spin, singles, doubles

Mario

Luigi

Princess Peach

Toad

Yoshi

Koopa Troopa

Donkey Kong Jr.

Stages:

Tennis Court