Mario Tennis: Power Tour

"Mario Tennis: Power Tour....hmm. Well, the name explains it, pretty much."

Mario Tennis: Power Tour is what the name says: Mario Tennis with a Power Tour. Literally, that's the adventure mode's name: Power Tour. Ironic, right? Well, let's see....

Story: 8/10
The story goes like this:(WARNING SPOILERS)

You're a new tennis player who goes to a tennis academy. You're mentor, Ace, if your a girl, Clay, comes to wake you in you're room. You wake up, and then you go to the coffee shop.You find that it's empty. You ask the employees what's wrong. they tell you, and you to the chief of the tennis academy. He informs you that it was masked tennis players, and they even beat the star pupil. You then need to get to the Island Open. So you rise up through the ranks from Junior Class, until you are at Senior. That's as far as I've gotten. Now, I don't know where they came up with this, but oh well. I give it an 8 because people DON'T SHUT THE HECK UP!

Control: 9/10
Controls are simple. A and B swing the racket, D-pad moves your character. Simple as crap. But one thing is the mini-game where you train your PS Speed(I think) has got stupid controls. You repeatedly tap B to move, and press a to jump. Why it couldn't have been D-pad to move I don't know. But on a Micro, these controls are hard.

Graphics:10/10
The Graphics are really great. The title screen is 3-D. That's freaking amazing on the GBA. Don't know, but a 10, just for that. As well as on the VS screens. those are 3-D as well as the title screen. The character models are great. They don't express emotion though. That happens by bubbles. But I'm ok with that.

Overall: 9/10
With the graphics amazing, controls nice, and it's a solid Tennis simulation. But the downfall is that as far as have gotten in the storyline, it has NOTHING to do with the Mario-universe. :/ but it sports the name "Mario", so I'll keep going.

RENT or BUY?
Buy. I got this at a local GameStop for $13.00 US. I had the money, and I played it at my local Wal-mart and really liked it. So, I thought, "Why not?" If you it cheaper than 20.00, go ahead. But I think you could live without. But hey, it's Mario, so get it if you're bored and need something to do.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/26/07

Game Release: Mario Tennis: Power Tour (US, 12/05/05)