Mario Tennis World is a Mario Tennis game for the Wii U.
Characters[]
Cups[]
Cup | Area | Description |
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Mushroom Cup | Peach's Castle | The first cup of the game. It takes place at Peach's Castle, The castle of the Mushroom Kingdom. There are no obstacles |
Flower Cup | Paragoomba Peaks | The second cup takes place at Paragoomba Peaks, one of the many mountains in the Mushroom Kingdom. Occasionally, Paragoombas fly down onto the field. |
Shell Cup | Whomp Factory | The third cup takes place at the Whomp Factory, a factory that creates Whomps and Thwomps. Sometimes, Bullet Bills fly around the field. |
Star Cup | Amusement Island | The fourth cup takes place at Amusement Island, a peaceful island being invaded by the Bandit Gang. Sometimes, Green Gash appears and throws Bomb-Ombs that explode onto the field. |
1-Up Mushroom Cup | Bowser's Castle | The fifth cup takes place at Bowser's Castle, a castle owned by Bowser. It is the end of the first of 2 sets of cups. Some parts of the stage can submerge in lava for a short time. |
Goomba Cup | Firey Fields | The 6th cup and the first of the second set of cups. It takes place on Firey Fields, a field that is known for its fireworks shows. Sometimes, Flutter appears and drop dust that boostes the Star Meter a little. |
Firebar Cup | World 1-1 | The 7th cup takes place in a world from a simpler time. Sometimes, 8-Bit Goombas appear and block some swings. |
Mask Cup | Mt. Fizz | The 8th cup takes place in Mt. Fizz, a active mountain on Amusement Island that oozes soda. Occasionally, Mt. Fizz erupts, launching small meteors and soda onto the field. |
Blooper Cup | Ricco Harbor | The 9th cup takes place at Ricco Harbor, a harbor in the middle of the sea. Gooper Blooper can attack the field, sometimes spitting ink onto some areas of the field, making that area sticky. |
Infinity Cup | Infinity | The final cup of the game takes place at the edge of time and space. Shooting stars go extremely fast around the field and some areas of the field can be consumed by dark matter for a short time. |
Minigames[]
Name | Field Played In | Description |
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Ring A Round | All | You play with a friend or NPC, knocking tennis balls through rings. The rings get longer and are worth less points over time. |
Gooper Blooper Bash | Ricco Harbor | You fight Gooper Blooper himself in this minigame. You have to knock back the inky balls he shoots back at him a lot of times to defeat Gooper Blooper. |
Red Rash Coin Attack | Mt. Fizz | In this minigame, you play tennis with Red Rash, collecting 1 coin with every swing. With every coin earned, it gets harder to keep a consecutive combo. You have 3 tries, and if you lose all 3, the minigame ends. |
Cosmic Finale | Infinity | After beating all cups, you unlock this minigame. In this minigame, you have to fight the Dark Star, a being of pure evil. It launches missiles that you have to deflect a lot of times to defeat him. He also fires Bomb-Ombs that you have to dodge. |
Story[]
Mario and friends were playing a match of tennis when they were invited to the Tennis World Cup. Mario joins the tournament, and everyone else does too. The group of heroes then notice a prize of a mysterious stone that looks like Dark Star. Mario thinks that stone might be a weakend Dark Star and the group decide to win the cup and shatter the stone. Meanwhile, Bowser, Bowser Jr., King Boo, Petey Piranha, 8-Bit Mario, 8-Bit Luigi, King Whomp, and Parawhimp notice that Mario has joined the tennis cup. The group of villans then decide to also join the cup to try to defeat Mario. Shy Guy and Koopa come along and join to try to win the cup to finally put a trophy on their trophy shelf. The story splits into 3 different parts in which you get to choose between Mario story, Bowser story, and Shy Guy story. More to come...