Mario Tennis GC

When I heard Nintendo was releasing a version of Mario Tennis into the Gamecube I was excited. I bought the game a month after it's release and I was not disappointed. The graphics are clear and colorful, the characters are all cool especially Koopa Troopa. But what's even better is that each character has a special offensive and special recovery shot. This game is also fun to play with friends. But the game doesn't just limit itself to normal tennis it also has tennis themed games such as painting, destroying a mechanical bowser and cleaning a court using water balls. There is a collection of characters that can't be beat. I strongly recommend this game.

I didn't like the intro when I was a kid. After I got into my teen years, I realized that Nintendo had inserted a fictional terrorist attack. Possibly for the first time they went to extreme lengths with Wario & Waluigi!

Other than that and the dumb bloopers, I loved this game to death! I can't hate it because of some fictional terrorism! The game-play is hilarious, but it might not be for those who have anger issues like I do. Those trophy cut-scenes have me laughing my butt off!

I enjoyed this game due to its hilarious trophy cut-scenes and Katsumi Suzuki's first time voicing as Diddy Kong. But stay away from the intro & bloopers. Wario, Waluigi and Bowser are portrayed as arrogant greedy criminals who suddenly commit terrorism to get what they want.

Say what you want about the success/failure of the Nintendo Gamecube system, but one thing that cannot be denied was its ability to produce some incredibly fun multiplayer games. Mario Power Tennis is one of those games!

Besides the great controls, the real strength of Mario Power Tennis is the diversity in the characters, each possessing their own strengths/weaknesses that can be mixed and matched to find the perfect combination for each individual player. Some people will like the power players (DK, Bowser), other will prefer the defensive characters (Wailuigi, Wario), while still others will enjoy the trick-shot artists (Boo, Ghost) or the generalists (Mario, Luigi).

About the only downfall in this game is that I could see the single-player mode getting a bit stale over time. Thankfully, though, this is a game that is built almost completely for multiplayer action. Invite a few friends over and start smashing the ball around!

I enjoyed this game as my childhood, because of Wiggler, Diddy's new voice actor. Just wow! But I hate the intro and bloopers. Because Wario & Waluigi commit vandalism over being eliminated, resisted arrest, hijacked a tournament for a re-match, and then committed terrorism when we didn't liked it! Just avoid these two. But the trophy cutscenes are so hilarious!