Mario Tennis

Mario Tennis (tentative title) is the seventh installment in the Mario Tennis series. It will be released late 2012 for the Wii U. Not much is known yet, other than the fact that it will incorporate new features not yet seen in the Mario Tennis series.

Gameplay

Skill Types

• All Around: A character that is a above average in all categories.
• Speedy: A character that can get to the ball in time, but lacks raw strength.
• Power: A character that can hit the ball with great force, but lacks speed.
• Technique: A character that can place the ball on the corners of the net.
• Tricky: A character that can curve the ball, which can confuse the opponent on where it's going.
• Cruiser: A character that can easily hit the ball while in motion, but often misses while not moving and has medium-high power.
• Defense: A character that can easily hit the ball from any position and has decent speed and strength.

Characters

Playable

There will be a total of 30 separate playable characters, 9 of which are unlockable, and 4 downloadable. There are also 12 alternate colors, 7 Yoshis and 5 Toads, that can be downloaded. Each character will be sorted into one of 7 different classes; All-around, Speedy, Power, Technique, Tricky, Cruiser, and Defense.

Starting Participants

Icon	Character	Skill type	Doubles Partner	Offensive Power Shot	Defensive Power Shot
	Mario	All-Around	Luigi	Fireball	Super Mario Fireball
	Luigi	All-Around	Mario	Tornado	Super Luigi Tornado
	Peach	Technique	Daisy	Love Heart	Super Love Heart
	Daisy	Technique	Peach	Flower	Triple Flower Throw
	Wario	Power	Waluigi	Garlic Boom	Super Garlic Hammer
	Waluigi	Defense	Wario	Spitball Throw	Super Spitball Throw
	Baby Mario	Speedy	Toad (Default)/ Baby Peach (Once unlocked)	???	???
	Toad	Cruiser	Baby Mario (Default)/ Luma (Once unlocked)	???	???
	Yoshi	Speedy	Koopa (Default)/ Birdo (Once unlocked)	???	???
	Koopa Troopa	Speedy	Yoshi (Default)/ Paratroopa (Once unlocked)	???	???
	Donkey Kong	Power	Diddy Kong	Kong Barrel	Super Kong Barrel
	Diddy Kong	Speedy	Donkey Kong	Peanut Popgun	Triple Peanut Popgun
	Boo	Tricky	Shy Guy (Default)/ Blooper (Once unlocked)	???	???
	Shy Guy	Technique	Boo (Default)/ Pyro Guy (Once unlocked)	???	???
	Bowser	Power	Bowser Jr.	???	???
	Bowser Jr.	Tricky	Bowser	???	???
	Mii	Varies	Any	???	???

Unlockable Participants

Icon	Character	Skill type	Doubles Partner	Offensive Power Shot	Defensive Power Shot
	Baby Peach	Tricky	Baby Mario	???	???
	Luma	Technique	Toad	???	???
	Birdo	Cruiser	Yoshi	???	???
	Paratroopa	Cruiser	Koopa	???	???
	Blooper (New)	Tricky	Boo	???	???
	Pyro Guy (New)	Tricky	Shy Guy	???	???
	Dry Bowser	Defense	Funky Kong	???	???
	Funky Kong (New)	Defense	Dry Bowser	???	???
	Shadow Mario (New)	Tricky	Any	???	???

Unlocking Criteria

Character	How To Unlock
Birdo	Beat the Classic Tournament on Singles
Paratroopa	Beat the Classic Tournament on Doubles
Funky Kong	Beat the Star Tournament on Singles
Blooper	Beat the Star Tournament on Doubles
Baby Peach	Beat Level 3 of Ring Shot
Luma	Beat Level 3 of Galaxy Rally
Dry Bowser	Beat Level 3 of Piranha Volley
Shadow Mario	Beat Level 3 of Ink Showdown
Pyro Guy	Beat Level 3 of Fireball Tennis

Downloadable Participants

Icon	Character	Skill type	Doubles Partner	Offensive Power Shot	Defensive Power Shot
	Baby Luigi (New)	Cruiser	Baby Daisy	???	???
	Baby Daisy (New)	Technique	Baby Luigi	???	???
	Baby Wario (New)	Power	Baby Waluigi	???	???
	Baby Waluigi (New character)	Defense	Baby Wario	???	???

Courts

There will be 12 courts, with 3 being unlockable. The type of court will determine the ball's speed and bounce.

• Mario Stadium (Grass Court, Clay Court, and Hard Court)
• Peach's Castle (Carpet Court)
• Yoshi Beach (Sand Court)
• Diddy's Treefort (Wooden Court)
• Bowser's Castle (Stone Court)
• Baby Park (Bouncy Court)
• Rosalina's Iceland (Snow Court and Ice Court)
• Star Ship (Wooden Court)
• Behemoth Drone (Rocky Court)

Beta Elements

Main article: Mario Tennis/Beta elements