Mario Tennis: Power Tour

Template:Infobox Mario Tennis: Power Tour (also known as Mario Power Tennis in Europe and Australia, and as Mario Tennis Advance (マリオテニスアドバンス Mario Tenisu Adobansu) in Japan) is the Game Boy Advance counterpart of Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube, and the final Mario release for the said handheld. It is very similar to Mario Tennis in gameplay and plot, though it has the addition of Power Shots. Though it is the counterpart of Mario Power Tennis, the two games cannot be connected in any way.

Plot

The player, either Clay (Max in Europe) or Ace (Tina in Europe), is a student in the Royal Tennis Academy. During this time, masked challengers come to the academy and defeat the academy's champions, leaving everyone in disbelief as they have never lost before. Determined to find out who they are, Clay and Ace become a part of the Junior class, where they defeat everyone in it. They continue on to the Senior classes, and then to Varsity, where they learn that the top two doubles teams (or players, if it its singles) get to advance to the Island Open, where they would play against top students from the other two tennis schools.

Clay and Ace soon ensures their entry to the Island Open. They hear a rumour that the victors of the Open would get a chance to play against Mario. During the time at the Open, the player may wish to travel between the Academy and the area of the Open at any time. After winning the Open, Clay and Ace realise that they still have not discovered who the masked plays are. However, the very next day Mario comes to the Academy, and gives Clay and Ace the honour of playing with them. Thus begins the Peach Tournament, with Clay and Ace as players. Clay and Ace travel to the Mushroom Kingdom by the Toad Express, where the games are being held in the Peach Dome, owned by Princess Peach. During their stay, Clay and Ace are told that it is Mario and company that were the masked players in the academy, and that it is also them that introduced the concept of power shots to Earth. Piantas, Toads, and Nokis are present at the dome as part of the audience.

Single player mode is relatively similar.

Characters

Playable Characters

Though the game features many characters, the game seems more like a Mario cameo than an actual Mario game on the account that only 6 Mario characters are playable, while getting rid of three out of 9 of the most popular characters, which are Wario, Yoshi and Daisy. This makes it the only time Waluigi has appeared without Wario. None of the unlockable characters are Mario characters, although star versions of them can be unlocked.

Image	Name	Tennis Affiliation	Skill Type	Offensive Power Shot	Defensive Power Shot	Unlock Condition
	Mario	Mario World	All-Around	Iron Hammer	Spin Jump Return	Initially Playable
	Peach	Mario World	Technique	Super Peach Spin	Sweet Kiss Return	Initially Playable
	Luigi	Mario World	All-Around	Squeaky Mallet	Poltergust Return	Initially Playable
	Waluigi	Mario World	Defense	Whirluigi	Swimming Return	Initially Playable
	Donkey Kong	Mario World	Power	Barrel Cannon Blast	Boomerang Banana Return	Initially Playable
	Bowser	Mario World	Power	Fire Breath	Spinning Shell Dash	Initially Playable
	Clay/Max	Royal Tennis Academy	Power	Player Determined	Player Determined	Initially Playable
	Ace/Tina	Royal Tennis Academy	Technique	Player Determined	Player Determined	Initially Playable
	Sophia	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	All-Around	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Meg	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	Technique	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Mason	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	Power	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Chad	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	Power	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Sasha	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	Technique	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Sylvia	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	Speedy	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Chris	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	Speedy	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Kyle	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Class	All-Around	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Shawn	Royal Tennis Academy Senior Class	Defensive	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Linda	Royal Tennis Academy Senior Class	Speedy	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Gary	Royal Tennis Academy Senior Class	Power	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Jet	Royal Tennis Academy Senior Class	All-Around	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Kyoko	Royal Tennis Academy Senior Class	Technique	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Micki	Royal Tennis Academy Senior Class	Technique	None	None	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Emi	Royal Tennis Academy Senior/Varsity Classes	Speedy	Curve Shot	Quick Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Roy	Royal Tennis Academy Senior/Varsity Classes	All-Around	Power Shot	Running Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Flit	Royal Tennis Academy Varsity Class	Tactical	Slider Shot	Quick Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Skipper	Royal Tennis Academy Varsity Class	Defensive	Tackle Shot	High-jump Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Whisker	Royal Tennis Academy Varsity Class	Power	High-Power Shot	Running Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Paula	Royal Tennis Academy Varsity Class	Speedy	Tackle Shot	Quick Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Elroy	Royal Tennis Academy Varsity Class	All-Around	Blizzard Shot	Typhoon Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Tori	Royal Tennis Academy Varsity Class	Technique	Control Shot	Running Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Barb	Empire	All-Around	High-Power Shot	Bubble Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Sass	Factory	Power	Flying Shot	Quick-Step Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Chas	Union	Speedy	High-Power Shot	Superswift Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Mel	Union	Speedy	Slider Shot	High-Jump Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Dweezil	Empire	Defensive	Stunner Shot	Quick-Step Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Mynx	Empire	Technique	Flashflop Shot	Quick-Step Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Willy	Factory	Tactical	Summoner Shot	Hand-Power Save	Defeat this character in the story mode
	Sheri	Factory	All-Around	Gyro Shot	Illusory Save	Defeat this character in the story mode

Non-Playable Characters

• Shadow Swing King
• Shadow Swingstress
• Leon
• Peter
• Oscar
• Chet
• Alex
• Harry
• Nina
• Kate
• Mark
• Emily
• Kevin
• A. Coz
• B. Coz
• Headmaster
• Great Fairy of Victory
• Toads
• Toadsworth
• Piantas
• Nokis

Courts

Image	Name	Location	Ball Speed	Ball Bounce	Unlock Condition
	Hard Court	Royal Tennis Academy Junior Courts	Normal	Strong	Initially Unlocked
	Clay Court	Royal Tennis Academy Senior Courts	Slow	Weak	Initially Unlocked
	Grass Court	Island Open	Slow	Weak	Initially Unlocked
	Composition Court	Royal Tennis Academy Varsity Building	Fastest	Normal	Initially Unlocked
	Peach Dome	Mario World	Normal	Normal	Beat the Peach Tournament

Minigames

• Bicep Pump
• Duck Walk
• Instinct Drill
• Jump Gym
• Reflex Rally
• Rope Climb
• Swift Spin
• Tacklebot
• Tennis Machine
• Tightrope
• Treadmill
• Wall Practice

Quotes

Main article: List of quotes in the Mario Tennis series#Mario Tennis: Power Tour

Staff

Main article: List of Mario Tennis: Power Tour staff

References to Other Games

• Super Mario Bros. - The main theme plays in the ending.
• Super Mario 64 - The music that would play inside Princess Peach's Castle in Super Mario 64 plays inside the Peach Dome, and during matches on the dome's respective court.

Gallery

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  North American box art

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  European box art

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  Mario holding a Tennis Racket at a tennis court.

Trivia

• Alex, Harry, Nina, Kate, Mark, Emily and Kevin from Mario Tennis GBC appear as coaches in the Academy.
• Willy's Power Shots resemble psynergies from the Golden Sun series. Camelot, the maker of the game, also made the Golden Sun series, so this is most likely a nod to that.
• There is an NPC in the clean-up crew after the Island Open celebration that resembles Link. He is located near the top of the screen when the player wakes up on the field.
• If an error is caused while playing multiplayer mode, an image of Mario leaving Yoshi to ride Luigi is seen. This is the only appearance Yoshi has in the game.
• In the North American version of the game, the bus for the Island Open boards from the left-side door and departs while on the left side of the road. This was a localization oversight; in Japan and most other countries, people drive on the left side of the road.