Mario Tennis Open

Mario Tennis Open is the latest installment in the Mario Tennis game series. It is for the Nintendo 3DS, released first on May 20, 2012. The game features gyroscope support and online multiplayer (using the Nintendo Network procedures).

Gameplay
The gameplay features the traditional basic elements from previous Mario Tennis games, utilizing the buttons of the 3DS during gameplay single or multiplayer matches. Players can perform various different tennis shots by selecting the shot panels on the touch screen.

Chance Shots
Chance Shots may appear if the opponent performs a bad rebound, in that case, a small colored area with a symbol of a Mario enemy or item appears in the player's court. To perform a chance shot, players have to perform the shot whose color corresponds to the colored area when they are in the area, either by pressing the correct button or button combination or by touching the matching color on the touch screen, otherwise, the shot is a normal shot. However, players can perform a simple shot that automatically selects the appropriate shot, but this Chance Shot is weaker. Players on the receiving end of a Chance Shot may negate the effects by using a shot with an opposing spin.

Menus

 * (A) - Confirms a command.
 * (B) - Cancels a command. If players win an exhibition match, they can press this button to automatically return to the main menu.
 * (Start) - may be used instead of (A)
 * (L) - Toggles between the character's dominant hand.
 * (R) - Toggles between the character's star rank. In multiplayer, this is based on the data of player who created the room.  Therefore, the player who has created room needs to have his or her characters starred if members of the room want to give their characters a star rank.

Matches
When preparing a shot, note that the buttons will function similarly to a dead-key on a keyboard. Note: Double tapping any of the single button shots will increase their strength and capability (This may not apply to lunges).
 * (A) - Performs a topspin.
 * (B) - Performs a slice.
 * (X) - Performs a simple shot. This button automatically performs a weak version of the appropriate shot.
 * (Y) - Performs a flat shot. This button is used for Smash Shots as well.  Note that Smash Shots and Purple Chance Shots are different shots.
 * (A) → (B) - Performs a lob.
 * (B) → (A) - Performs a drop shot.
 * (A)/(B)/(Y) While the opponent is receiving or serving the ball, or while your doubles partner is serving - The character performs a taunt that makes his or her shots better until someone scores. The effect weakens every time you return the ball, you cannot layer multiple taunts in a row to increase the effect past the maximum.
 * (L) - If the player is charging a shot, this button cancels the charge.
 * (L) During doubles matches - Creates a speech bubble above your characters head saying "Got it!"
 * (R) - Performs a lunge.
 * (L)/(R) While any player is serving - Cycles through three different touch screen layouts.
 * (Start) - During a match, this button stops the game and opens a menu that contain choices such as viewing game rules, setting gyroscope controls, choosing to restart matches, and canceling matches.

Tournaments
Like in all Mario Tennis games, Tournaments can be played either in Singles or Doubles. Every tournament consists of a standard 8 player tournament. You must play through each of them in order to unlock the next one. However, once they are all unlocked, you may play them in any order of your choosing.

Mushroom Cup
The Mushroom Cup is played on the Mushroom Valley court, and is the easiest of all tournaments. (Unknown AI level)

Flower Cup
The Flower Cup is played on the Wario Dunes court, and is a little harder than the Mushroom Cup. (Unknown AI level)

Banana Cup
The Banana Cup is played on the DK Jungle court, and is harder still. (Unknown AI level)

Champions Cup
The Champions Cup is played on the Mario Stadium Courts, which is played on 3 different courts, the Hard Court, the Clay Court, and the Grass Court. This cup is the hardest of the 4 cups, after you complete the Championship cup in singles, you unlock the Star version of whichever character you played as. Beating this unlocks Pro AI in Exhibition mode. (Unknown AI level)

Star Open
Due to the difficulty of the Star Open, only star characters are allowed to enter. Once again, you must play through each of them in order to unlock the next one.

1-Up Mushroom Cup
The 1-Up Mushroom Cup is played on the Peach's Palace Court, and eases you into the Star Open. (Unknown AI level)

Ice Flower Cup
The Ice Flower Cup is played on the Penguin Iceberg Court, and is a little harder than the 1-Up Mushroom Cup. (Unknown AI level)

Shell Cup
The Shell Cup is played on the Bowser's Castle Court, and is harder still. (Unknown AI level)

Final Cup
The Final Cup is played on the Galaxy Arena Morph Court, and uses Pro AI. Beating this for the first time will unlock Ace AI.

Exhibitions
In Exhibition Mode, you just simply play tennis matches, either Singles or Doubles. You get to pick the difficulty level of the CPU, either Novice, Intermediate, Expert, and later on, Pro and Ace. You then pick whatever Court you want to play on. Finally you pick how many sets and games you want to play, either 1, 3, or 5 sets, and either 2, 4, or 6 games to a set.

Courts
The following is a list of courts that you can play on in Mario Tennis Open
 * Mario Stadium
 * Clay Court (Bounce: Weak, Ball Speed: Slow)
 * Hard Court (Bounce: Strong, Ball Speed: Normal)
 * Grass Court (Bounce: Weak, Ball Speed: Fast)
 * Mushroom Valley
 * Mushroom Court (Bounce: Strong, Ball Speed: Slow)
 * Wario Dunes
 * Sand Court (Bounce: Weak, Ball Speed: Slow)
 * DK Jungle
 * Wood Court (Bounce: Normal, Ball Speed: Normal)
 * Bowser's Castle
 * Stone Court (Bounce: Strong, Ball Speed: Fast)
 * Penguin Iceberg
 * Snow Court (Bounce: Strongest, Ball Speed: Normal)
 * Peach's Palace
 * Carpet Court (Bounce: Normal, Ball Speed: Fastest)
 * Galaxy Arena (unlocked after defeating Star Open in singles or doubles)
 * Crystal Court (Bounce: Strongest, Ball Speed: Fastest)
 * Morph Court (Bounce: ???, Ball Speed: ???)

Special Games
These games earn you coins, you can use them to buy clothing parts for your Mii in the Item Store.

Ring Shot
You must hit the ball through golden rings in order to earn a certain amount of points before time is up. You can get more points by hitting the ball through 2 or 3 or even 4 rings at once than just hitting it through one at a time.

Super Mario Tennis
You go through redesigned classic Super Mario Bros stages. You must get the ball to the flagpole at the end before time runs out. You need to add on to the remaining time by earning points.

Galaxy Rally
You must complete a certain number of rallys without missing 3 times. It becomes challenging, because the opposite court side consists of 4 disappearing tiles that disappear each time you hit them, thus creating a hole in the court in which you cannot hit balls to. As soon as you hit another tile though, the previous hole gets filled back in and a new hole appears in the space that you just hit. After 40 rallies, it becomes less predictable as another hole appears. After 80 rallies, only one space remains as floor.

Ink Showdown
You must score a certain amount of return aces. Sometimes you will also get ink balls spit at you, if you don't hit them, they ink up your screen, making it harder to see.

Playable

 * Mario (All-Around)
 * Luigi (All-Around)
 * Peach (Technique)
 * Yoshi (Speed)
 * Daisy (Technique)
 * Boo (Tricky)
 * Bowser Jr. (Tricky)
 * Diddy Kong (Speed)
 * Donkey Kong (Power)
 * Waluigi (Defense)
 * Wario (Power)
 * Bowser (Power)
 * Mii (Male or Female)

Unlockable

 * Luma (Technique) (Unlocked by completing Superstar in Galaxy Rally)
 * Baby Mario (Speed) (Unlocked by completing 1-3 in Super Mario Tennis)
 * Baby Peach (Tricky) (Unlocked by completing Pro Rings in Ring Shot)
 * Dry Bowser (Defense) (Unlocked by completing Inksplosion in Ink Showdown)

Unlocked With QR Code

 * Red Yoshi (Technique)
 * Blue Yoshi (Speed)
 * Pink Yoshi (Technique)
 * Yellow Yoshi (Power)
 * Light-Blue Yoshi (Speed)
 * Black Yoshi (All-Around)
 * White Yoshi (Tricky)
 * Metal Mario (Power)

Non-Playable

 * Lakitu
 * Toads
 * Goombas
 * Mecha-Koopas
 * Penguins
 * Shy Guys
 * Koopa Troopas
 * Inky Piranha Plants

Items
Players can unlock various clothing items in which to equip their Mii with by simply playing tennis matches, either in Exhibitions or Tournaments. The items are unlocked randomly as you play games, there is no set order in which they unlock, so the last item that one person unlocks may be the first item that someone else unlocks. The items are then up for sale to buy in the item shop with coins earned from the Special Games. The items come in various sets of clothing, as 4 different parts: Racket, Uniform, Wristbands, and Shoes. When you equip your Mii with clothing, it gets a special boost in stats based on which clothes you used, the stat boost is greater if you equip an entire set. The numbers shown are the prices of each item in terms of coins. In order to buy every single item from the shop, you would need a total of 158,350 coins.


 * Mario
 * Racket: 1000, Uniform: 800, Wristbands: 250, Shoes: 800
 * Luigi
 * Racket: 1550, Uniform: 1100, Wristbands: 700, Shoes: 650
 * Peach
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 800
 * Yoshi
 * Racket: 100, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 300, Shoes: 850
 * Wario
 * Racket: 1150, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 350, Shoes: 600
 * Waluigi
 * Racket: 1550, Uniform: 1150, Wristbands: 700, Shoes: 700
 * Bowser
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 1900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 600
 * Donkey Kong
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 950, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 600
 * Daisy
 * Racket: 1000, Uniform: 700, Wristbands: 250, Shoes: 600
 * Diddy Kong
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 650
 * Luma
 * Racket: 2950, Uniform: 1700, Wristbands: 1450, Shoes: 1350
 * Boo
 * Racket: 1650, Uniform: 950, Wristbands: 900, Shoes: 950
 * Bowser Jr
 * Racket: 1250, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 800
 * Dry Bowser
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 950, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 600
 * Green Shell
 * Racket: 900, Uniform: 800, Wristbands: 100, Shoes: 850
 * Red Shell
 * Racket: 1600, Uniform: 1100, Wristbands: 800, Shoes: 850
 * Super Mushroom
 * Racket: 1000, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 250, Shoes: 700
 * Fire Flower
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 700
 * Ice Flower
 * Racket: 1400, Uniform: 950, Wristbands: 500, Shoes: 800
 * Super Star
 * Racket: 4000, Uniform: 1350, Wristbands: 700, Shoes: 900
 * Banana
 * Racket: 1750, Uniform: 700, Wristbands: 700, Shoes: 650
 * Lightning
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 650
 * POW Block
 * Racket: 1000, Uniform: 850, Wristbands: 300, Shoes: 600
 * ? Block
 * Racket: 1400, Uniform: 850, Wristbands: 500, Shoes: 600,
 * Chain Chomp
 * Racket: 1000, Uniform: 1000, Wristbands: 250, Shoes: 850
 * Thwomp
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 550
 * Bob-omb
 * Racket: 1000, Uniform: 850, Wristbands: 350, Shoes: 550
 * Bullet Bill
 * Racket: 950, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 200, Shoes: 800
 * Blooper
 * Racket: 4200, Uniform: 1150, Wristbands: 2050, Shoes: 900
 * Cheep Cheep
 * Racket: 1400, Uniform: 700, Wristbands: 550, Shoes: 550
 * Lakitu
 * Racket: 950, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 250, Shoes: 2400
 * Hammer Bro
 * Racket: 1200, Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 600
 * Magikoopa
 * Racket: 1750, Uniform: 700, Wristbands: 700, Shoes: 600

There are also several rackets that don't have clothing to go with them, but have costumes that go with them instead.

Next, there are a couple rackets that dont have a specific set or costume to go with them, but they fit in with other sets or costumes. There is also one last racket that doesnt fit in with any of the clothing sets or costumes.
 * Toad
 * Cost: 1150 coins
 * Goomba
 * Cost: 900 coins
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Cost: 1300 coins
 * Shy Guy
 * Cost: 1750 coins
 * Birdo
 * Cost: 1250 coins
 * Wiggler
 * Cost: 1200 coins
 * Petey Piranha
 * Cost: 1200 coins
 * Fire Mario
 * Cost: 1150 coins
 * Propeller Mario
 * Cost: 1750 coins
 * Bee Mario
 * Cost: 1350 coins
 * Cloud Mario
 * Cost: 1800 coins
 * Tanooki Mario
 * Cost: 1550 coins
 * Baby Mario
 * Cost: 1200 coins
 * Baby Peach
 * Cost: 2000 coins
 * Metal Mario
 * Cost: 1750 coins

Finally, there are a few clothing sets that don't have any one racket that go with them. Instead, they all go with one particular racket, the Yoshi Racket.


 * Red Yoshi
 * Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 800
 * Blue Yoshi
 * Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 300, Shoes: 850
 * Light-Blue Yoshi
 * Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 300, Shoes: 850
 * Yellow Yoshi
 * Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 350, Shoes: 600
 * Pink Yoshi
 * Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 800
 * White Yoshi
 * Uniform: 800, Wristbands: 400, Shoes: 700
 * Black Yoshi
 * Uniform: 900, Wristbands: 250, Shoes: 800

Mii Costumes
There are various costumes that the player may unlock for his/her Mii. Much like the sports gear in the Item Shop, the costumes have different effects on one's Mii abilities.


 * Mario Costume (Win the Final Cup singles tournament)
 * Luigi Costume (Win the Final Cup doubles tournament)
 * Peach Costume (Get at least 800 points in Ring Shot Challenge in one match)
 * Yoshi Costume (Scan a QR Code on the game's website)
 * Wario Costume (Collect 800 coins in Super Mario Tennis level 1-4, and win)
 * Waluigi Costume (Collect 800 coins in Super Mario Tennis level 2-4, and win)
 * Bowser Costume (Win at least 50 Victory Medals)
 * Donkey Kong Costume (Meet 50 Mii characters via StreetPass)
 * Daisy Costume (Get at least 700 points in Ring Shot Challenge in local multiplayer in one match)
 * Diddy Kong Costume (Meet 20 Mii characters via StreetPass)
 * Luma Costume [Collect 1,500 coins in the Galaxy Rally Challenge]
 * Boo Costume (Buy at least 100 different items in the Item Shop)
 * Bowser Jr Costume (Win at least 20 Victory Medals)
 * Dry Bowser (Win at least 100 Victory Medals)
 * Wiggler Costume (Earn a total of 5,000 points in online matches)
 * Petey Piranha Costume (Complete Ink Showdown Challenge Perfectly)
 * Fire Mario Costume (Turn at least 2 Mario characters into star characters)
 * Propeller Mario Costume (Turn at least 5 Mario characters into star characters)
 * Bee Mario Costume (Turn at least 8 Mario characters into star characters)
 * Cloud Mario Costume (Turn at least 10 Mario characters into star characters)
 * Tanooki Mario Costume (Turn at least 15 Mario characters into star characters)
 * Toad Costume [Have 50,000 coins on hand at any one time]
 * Goomba Costume [Add 100 items to the item-shop shelves)
 * Koopa Troopa Costume (Win 10 consecutive StreetPass matches)
 * Shy Guy Costume (Win 20 consecutive StreetPass matches)
 * Birdo Costume (Beat an Ace level opponent in a singles exhibition match)

QR Codes
There are various items unlocked via the QR Code screen accessed by pressing Up+Start on the File Select Screen. Each region might doing something different for these in a different order.

Uncertainties

 * Blue Luma. If you play Galaxy Rally using Luma, the character on the other side will be Blue Luma.  While it is assumed that this is merely a palette swap to avoid confusion, close observation shows that Blue Luma plays differently than Luma
 * Special Open. While 8 cups are already plentiful, the Final Cup uses Pro AI instead of Ace AI, and it ends with a 5-Set match, instead of a 7-Set match.

Gallery
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