Mario Tennis

Mario Tennis is a video game series that began in 1995 with Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy. In the vein of other Mario sport games, it features Mario and his all-star cast competing in a game of tennis. Since its second generation on the Nintendo 64, each successive generation features a console and a handheld version.

Series

• Mario's Tennis — (Virtual Boy, August, 1995).
• Mario Tennis — (Nintendo 64, August 28, 2000).
• Mario Tennis — (Game Boy Color, January 16, 2001).
• Mario Power Tennis — (GameCube, November 8, 2004).
• Mario Tennis: Power Tour — (Game Boy Advance, December 5, 2005).

Characters

All games in the series include these characters:

• Mario
• Luigi
• Peach Toadstool/Toadstool
• Toad
• Yoshi

The following Mario characters have also appeared in the series (in order of first appearance):

• Bowser
• Daisy Rose/Daisy
• Boo
• Koopa Troopa
• Baby Mario
• Wiggler
• Birdo
• Alex
• Harry
• Nina
• Kate
• Clay
• Ace
• Toadette
• Bowser, Junior

Differences

The All Around players have the best balance. The Technique players are fast, but are not very strong. The Speed players are the fastest, but they're not as strong as the other type players. The Power players are the strongest, but slowest movers. The Tricky players have the worst balance, but can pull opponents off-target when the computer uses them.

Through the use of a Transfer Pak, a player could import their characters from the Game Boy Color version of Mario Tennis to the N64 game. It could also import the player's stats.

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