Editing Mario Tennis

{{Game
|name=Mario Tennis
|image=[[Image:MarioTennisbox.jpg|200px]]
|bgcolor=silver
|fgcolor=black
|developer=[[Camelot]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|system=[[Nintendo 64]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Wii Virtual Console|Wii]], [[Wii U Virtual Console|Wii U]])
|release='''Nintendo 64'''<br />JP June 21, 2000<br />US August 25, 2000<br />PAL November 3, 2000<br />'''Wii Virtual Console'''<br />JP June 18, 2010<br />US June 28, 2010<br />PAL August 31, 2010<br />'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br />US July 9, 2015<br />PAL December 17, 2015
|gallery=
|rating= ESRB: E
|}}

{{dablink|This article is for the [[Nintendo 64]] game. For the [[Game Boy Color]] game, see [[Mario Tennis (GBC)]].}}

'''Mario Tennis''' (known in Japan by the more distinctive title of '''Mario Tennis 64''') is a ''[[Portal: Mario Brothers|Mario]]''-based tennis game that was released for the [[Nintendo 64]] in 2000.

=Gameplay=

''Mario Tennis'' features tennis gameplay with Mario characters and settings, and most shots are performed using the A and B buttons. There are Singles and Doubles matches as well as bonus games available for the player, and a wide variety of playable characters are present to accommodate this. This roster includes [[Waluigi]] in his first appearance, and it also brings back the long-absent characters [[Princess Daisy]] and [[Birdo]].

The Transfer Pak could also be used to connect ''Mario Tennis'' with its [[Mario Tennis (GBC)|Game Boy Color counterpart]]. One of the four player characters from the game could be temporarily transferred to the N64 game, and it also made it possible to unlock more courts.

==Playable Characters==

*[[Mario]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Princess Peach]]
*[[Princess Daisy]]
*[[Yoshi]]
*[[Toad]]
*[[Wario]]
*[[Waluigi]]
*[[Bowser]]
*[[Donkey Kong]]
*[[Donkey Kong Jr.]] (unlockable)
*[[Birdo]]
*[[Mario#Baby_Mario|Baby Mario]]
*[[Koopa|Paratroopa]]
*[[Boo]]
*[[Shy Guy]] (unlockable)

As mentioned above, four characters from the Game Boy Color game ([[Alex (Mario Tennis)|Alex]], [[Nina]], [[Harry]] and [[Kate]]) could be transferred into the game through the Transfer Pak.

=Legacy=

Although it was preceded by ''[[Mario's Tennis]]'', ''Mario Tennis'' marked the true beginning of the ''Mario Tennis'' games due to the prior game's relative obscurity. Additionally, the playable characters brought into this game (particularly Daisy and Waluigi, as well as to a lesser extent Birdo) were commonly used in later sports and party games.

==Ports and Remakes==

*''Mario Tennis'' was released for download as part of the [[Nintendo Wii|Wii]]'s [[Wii Virtual Console|Virtual Console]] in 2010 and the [[Wii U]]'s [[Wii U Virtual Console|Virtual Console]] in 2015.
*In October 2021, it was among the initial wave of games for the [[Nintendo Switch]]'s Nintendo 64 library that was made available with the purchase of the Expansion Pack for [[Nintendo Switch]] online. The multiplayer features were retained and could be played online.

==Sequels==

It was accompanied by a companion game [[Mario Tennis (GBC)|of the same name]] for the [[Game Boy Color]], which was released during the same year. The next console game was ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''.

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[[Category: Mario Games]][[Category: Nintendo 64 Games]]