Mario Tennis Ace

Developer(s)	Hammers R US Inc.
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS
Genre(s)	Sport
Release Date(s)	TBA
Mode(s)	See Article
Age Rating(s)	TBA
Media Included	Nintendo 3DS Cartridge

Mario Tennis Ace is an upcoming 3DS game for the Mario Tennis series and spin-offs. Lots of characters return and many new ones appear too. The game is similar to it's previous installment, Mario Tennis Open with the touch screen options as well as the button controls.

Characters

• All-Around: A player who parcipates well in every catergory.
• Technical: A player that can place the ball on the corners of the net.
• Power: A player who's hits are very powerful and strong, but lacks speed.
• Speed: A player who can run fast around the court, but lacks strength.
• Defense: A player that can easily hit the ball from any position.
• Tricky: A player

Default

Icon	Name	Type	Favourite Doubles Partner	Ace Moves
	Mario	All-Around	Luigi	Fireball Shot Mallet Return
	Luigi	All-Around	Mario	Scaredy Rat Shot Poltergust 3000 Return
	Peach	Technical	Daisy	Heart Shot Ball Charm Return
	Daisy	Technical	Peach	Flower Fields Shot Flower Twirl Return
	Yoshi	Speed	Boo/ Birdo (once unlocked)	Rainbow Shot Rollin' Egg Return
	Boo	Tricky	Yoshi/ King Boo (once unlocked)	Boo Blast Boo Brigade Return
	Wario	Power	Waluigi	Garlic Shot Bob-Omb Blast Return
	Waluigi	Defensive	Wario	Swimming Shot Waluiwhirlpool Return
	Bowser	Power	Bowser Jr.	Bullet Bill Shot Fire Breath Return
	Bowser Jr.	Tricky		Bowser		Paintball Shot Graffiti Return
	DK	Power		Diddy Kong/ Funky Kong (once unlocked)		Barrel Shot Banana Return
	Diddy Kong	Speed		DK/ Dixie Kong (once unlocked)		Peanut Gun Shot Jet Pack Jump Return
	Mii	Optional		Any		Optional Shot Optional Return

Unlockable Characters

Icon	Name	Type	Favourite Doubles Partner	Ace Moves
	Birdo	All-Around	Yoshi	Egg Shot Big Bow Return
	Mona	All-Around		Jimmy T.		Pizza Shot Motorbike Dash Return
	Kamek	All-Around		Hammer Bro.		Magical Shot Teleport Return
	Kritter	All-Around		King K. Rool		Shipwreck Shot Kritter Slide Return
	Lakitu	All-Around		Toadsworth		Spiny Egg Shot Cloud Catastrophe Return
	Geno	All-Around		Mallow		Geno Whirl Shot 7-Star Powered Shield Return
	Shy Guy	Technical		Fly Guy		Lightning Shot Shy Dive Return
	Fly Guy	Technical		Shy Guy		Thunder Shot Spear Dance Return
	Koopa Paratroopa	Technical		Koopa Trooopa		Energy Ball Shot Sky Dive Return
	Dixie Kong	Technical		Diddy Kong		Vine Shot Clamber Return
	Rosalina	Technical		Luma		Star Bit Comet Shot Wand Forcefield Return
	Jimmy T.	Technical		Mona		Move it! Shot Boogie Woogie Return
	Petey Piranha	Power		Monty Mole		Sludge Shot Piranha Pipe Return
	Hammer Bro.	Power		Hammer Shot Boomerang Bro. Return
	Funky Kong	Power		Surfin' Shot Surfs Up Return
	King K. Rool	Power		Krazy Shot Barrel Roll Return
	Boom Boom	Power		Spin Smash Shot Boom Bounce Return
	Toad	Speed		Fungi Shot Mushroom Bounce Return
	Toadette	Speed		'Shrooms in Bloom Shot Zoomin' Shroom Return
	Koopa Troopa	Speed		Shell Shot Shell Spin Dash Return
	Noki	Speed		Bubble Shot Bubble Dash Return
	Baby Mario	Speed		Super Shot Baby Bubble Float Return
	Baby Luigi	Speed		Spooky Shot Scaredy Rat Run Return
	Wiggler	Defensive		Angry Attack Shot Flutter Dash Return
	Flutter	Defensive		Wing Shot Butterfly Swoop Return
	Dry Bones	Defensive		Bone Shot Scatter Dive Return
	Monty Mole	Defensive		Underground Blast Shot Swooper Return
	Pianta	Defensive		Palm Tree Shot Delfino Dance Return
	Dry Bowser	Defensive		Roaring Shot Blue Flare Return
	Pom Pom	Defensive		Boomerang Shot Shell Jump Return
	King Boo	Tricky		Thriller Shot Boo Ball Hover Return
	Luma	Tricky		Star Teleport Shot Luma Swarm Return
	Baby Peach	Tricky		Royal Shot Roly Poly Return
	Baby Daisy	Tricky		Meadow Shot Moo Moo Ride Return
	Toadsworth	Tricky		Sceptre Shot Book Block Return
	Mallow	Tricky		Cloud Shot Nimbus Float Return

Unlocking Criteria

Character	Criteria
Birdo	QR Code
Mona	Completing Level 3 of Pizza Delivery
Kamek	Bought at Shop
Kritter	Playing with King K. Rool 50 times
Lakitu	Beating him in a Rival Challenge
Geno	Winning the Open Star Tournament Singles/Doubles
Shy Guy	Beating him in Rival Challenge
Fly Guy	Bought at Shop (Shy Guy must be unlocked)
Koopa Paratroopa	Winning the Ace Shell Tournament Singles/Doubles
Dixie Kong	Playing as any other Kong 50 times
Rosalina	QR Code
Jimmy T.	Completing Level 3 of Musical Tennis
Petey Piranha	Winning the Open Fire Flower Tournament Singles/Doubles
Hammer Bro.	Bought at Shop
Funky Kong	QR Code
King K. Rool	Beating him in Rival Challenge
Boom Boom	Completing Level 5 of any minigame
Toad	QR Code
Toadette	Completing Level 3 of Mushroom Targets
Koopa Troopa	Winning the Open Shell Tournament Singles/Doubles
Noki	Beating her in Rival Challenge
Baby Mario	Playing as Mario 50 times
Baby Luigi	Bought at Shop (Baby Mario must be unlocked)
Wiggler	Completing the Ace Tanooki Leaf Tournament Singles/Doubles
Flutter	Bought at Shop (Wiggler must be unlocked)
Dry Bones	QR Code
Monty Mole	Winning 25 Online Matches
Pianta	Playing as Noki 50 times
Dry Bowser	Playing as Dry Bones and Bowser in Doubles 30 times
Pom Pom	Beating her in Rival Challenge
King Boo	Beating him in Rival Challenge
Luma	Completing Level 3 of Galaxy Rally
Baby Peach	Playing as Peach 50 times
Baby Daisy	Unlocking all other babies
Toadsworth	Toadsworth will appear as the Shop owner and will be by the scoreboard until unlocked, to unlock him you must either buy everything from the shop so he closes it and will join the roster, or by unlocking all characters in the game except him. Toadsworth is the hardest character to unlock. When unlocked Toadbert will replace him by the scoreboard and if choosing the unlocking all characters route he will take over the shop until you buy everything.
Mallow	Winning the Ace Star Tournament Singles/Doubles

Courts

32 courts appear in the game, 8 default, 8 unlockable, 8 buyable and 8 via QR Codes.

Default

Image	Court Name	Description
	Mario Dome (Grass Court, Clay Court and Hard Court)	A standard court with no gimmicks whatsoever
	Luigi's Mansion (Carpet Court)	A spooky court with ghosts that might catch the ball and will throw it in any direction.
	Peach's Palace (Carpet Court)	A beautiful palace where many Toads run along the court.
	Wario Factory (Conveyor Belt Court)	A court located inside a big factory, many conveyor belts are around moving the player around, there is also a few Bob-Ombs thrown in by King Bob-Omb every so often.
	Yoshi Park (Grass Court)	A court located in a theme park owned by Yoshi! Lots of Piranha Plants appear on court an will sometimes eat the ball and spit it out randomly.
	Rosalina's Ice World (Snow Court and Ice Court)	A beautiful ice and snow court full of Penguins that slide along the court, it is actually on an Iceberg not the whole world meaning sometimes it will tilt and players will slide too!
	DK Jungle (Wooden Court)	A lively court in a jungle, players should be aware of Klaptraps, also every so often you will jump onto DK Raft and play on this court until the flood stops.
	Bowser's Castle (Stone Court)	A court inside Bowser himself's castle, beware the Thwomps that will squash you on court!

Unlockable

• Daisy's Cruiser
• Waluigi Pinball
• Bowser Jr. Street
• Western Junction
• Toad Town
• Shy Guy Carnival
• Boo Citadel
• Birdo Beach

QR Code

• Lakitu's Skylands
• Toadette's Music Room
• Mushroom Gorge
• Dry Dry Desert
• Delfino Square
• Ghoulish Galleon
• Luma Galaxy
• Petey Piranha's Garden

Shop

• Swooper Cave
• Maple Treeway
• Club Sugar
• Airship
• Koopa Cape
• Gooper Blooper Seas
• Rainbow Road
• Kamek's Libary

Cups/Tournaments

When on tournament mode you'll get set places to compete in, there are 8 default tournaments (called Open Tournaments) but when unlocking all courts, you will actually get a new type of cup (Ace Tournament) with four matches and four different courts instead of one, the characters to compete against are also harder. You can participate in a doubles or singles tournament.

Open Tournaments

Mushroom Cup

• Court Played in: Peach Palace
• Rounds: 3

Fire Flower Cup

• Court Played in: Mario Dome
• Rounds: 3

Shell Cup

• Court Played in: Yoshi Park
• Rounds: 3

Banana Cup

• Court Played in: DK Jungle
• Rounds: 3

Tanooki Leaf Cup

• Court Played in: Luigi's Mansion
• Rounds: 3

Bob-Omb Cup

• Court Played in: Wario Factory
• Rounds: 3

Star Cup

• Court Played in: Rosalina's Ice World
• Rounds: 3

Special Cup

• Court Played in: Bowser's Castle
• Rounds: 3

Mii Customization

All customization can be accessed by buying them at the shop;

Minigames

There are 6 minigames in Mario Tennis Ace, each one improving a different play style technique;

Ring Shot

You will choose a character and a partner for the other side. The players must collect a certain amount of ring points before time runs out. The levels change how many ring points you need and the time. This game teaches you to be Technical and teaches you to be able to hit the ball in any area of the court

Chain-Chomp Rally

You will choose a character and head on court against a Chain-Chomp, behind the Chain Chomp is a machine that shoots Bob-Ombs, the objective is too hit them hard enough so they go red and when in Chain Chomps mouth will explode, if the Bob-Omb is not black when in his mouth, then it will not and he will shoots it back, if he shoots it back then it will explode on the player making them lose a life, the player has 3 lives. This game improves power so the player can preform powerful hits.