Mario Tennis: Power Tour
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| Developer(s) | Camelot Software Planning |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  September 13, 2005 November 18, 2005 December 5, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Everyone) CERO: All ages PEGI: 3+ |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Media | 64-Megabit cartridge |
Mario Tennis: Power Tour (マリオテニスアドバンス Mario Tenisu Adobansu?, Mario Tennis Advance), known in Europe as Mario Power Tennis, is a sports video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2005. It is the latest game in the Mario Tennis series and the sequel to the Game Boy Color version of Mario Tennis. However, unlike Mario Tennis, players cannot hook their game up with the respective Nintendo GameCube version.
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[edit] Plot
The game starts as the main character wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings. His/her partner explains that the protagonist has enrolled at the Royal Tennis Academy, and he/she is the character’s doubles partner. Having passed out the previous day during the Welcome Workout, our heros decide to get some breakfast. When they arrive at the restaurant, it is deserted and he/she finds out that masked challengers have challenged the top academy students, including Alex, who is implied to be the top-ranked player at the academy. After hearing that the masked players defeated the school champions, he/she sets out to become the top ranked player, in order to enter the main tounament (The Island Open) and discover the masked players' true identities.
After defeating the Junior and Senior classes, the player advances to the Varsity Level. Learning that only the two highest ranked doubles pairs can enter the tournament for sure, the main character defeats the entire Varsity class. The hero, their partner, and two other players named Elroy and Tori enter the Island Open.
After the winning the Island Open, the player has not yet discovered the identities of the masked players. However, the morning following their win, the two main characters are approached by Alex and led to a secret airport near the academy. Here, our hero meets Mario, who is implied to have been one of the masked players, and is taken to Peach's Kingdom to participate in the Peach Tournament against the other characters in the game. Winning the tournament ends the doubles game. Afterwards, the main character becomes the singles champion of the school and wins the Island Open on his/her own, again travelling to Peach's Kingdom to play in the Singles Tournament. Winning this Tournament effectively ends the Story Mode's main plot line, and our hero presumedly goes home the hero of the academy.
[edit] Playable characters
[edit] Mario characters
- Mario - All-Around
- Luigi - All-Around
- Princess Peach - Technique
- Donkey Kong - Power
- Waluigi - Defense
- Bowser - Power
[edit] Story Mode characters
- Max - Power (Hero)
- Tina - Technique (Heroine)
- Sophia
- Meg
- Mason
- Chad
- Sasha
- Sylvia
- Chris
- Kyle
- Shawn
- Linda
- Gary
- Jet
- Kyoko
- Micki
- Emi
- Roy
- Flit
- Skipper
- Whisker
- Paula
- Elroy
- Tori
- Barb
- Sass
- Chas
- Mel
- Dweezil
- Mynx
- Willy
- Sheri
[edit] Unplayable Characters
- Alex
- Harry
- Nina
- Kate (can be "played against" in net play lessons)
- Oscar
- Chet
- Leon
- Peter
- Other NPC characters that can be "played against"
[edit] Cameo appearances and game references
- Although Wario can be heard saying "Nintendo" during the opening credits, he is not a playable character, yet Waluigi is playable.
- Alex, Harry, Nina, and Kate come from the original Game Boy Color Mario Tennis appear as coaches in the game,however, they are unplayable.
- The pink plane Mario, Peach, and Toadsworth ride on in the intro of Super Mario Sunshine is used to bring Clay and Ace to the Mushroom Kingdom.
- There is a psychic tennis player named Willy and his Power Shots are very similar to two Psynergy moves from Golden Sun.
- Chun-li from the Street Fighter series makes a cameo as a playable character in the island open (As Mel)
- Many of the Power Shots in Mario Tennis: Power Tour resemble psynergies from the Golden Sun series, such as a fire dragon and a big, massive fist.
- There is a 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 in Multiplayer mode, an image of Mario leaving Yoshi and riding Luigi instead can be seen. Yoshi does not appear anywhere else in the game.
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