Mario's Tennis

Mario's Tennis (VB)

1995

System
Virtual Boy
Publisher
Nintendo
Developer
Nintendo R&D1

6.8

Game Rating

User Ratings: 8

Our Review: 7/10

Overview

Number of Players
Single Player
Genre
Sports
Release Date

Virtual Boy

  • US 14th Aug 1995
  • JP 21st Jul 1995
Series
Mario

Screenshots (4)

Mario's Tennis Screenshot
Mario's Tennis Screenshot
Mario's Tennis Screenshot
Mario's Tennis Screenshot

Reviews

  • Review Mario's Tennis (VB)

    Sticking him in a go-kart worked out well. What else can we try?

    Mario’s Tennis does exactly what it says on the cartridge. It takes Mario and six other characters and places them in a Tennis game. Singles and doubles matches are available as either one-off matches or a Tournament, and standard tennis rules apply. A launch game in Japan and the...

About The Game

Mario's Tennis is a game for Nintendo's Virtual Boy video game console.

Also known by its working title Mario's Dream Tennis, it was the console's pack-in game in North America. The game features eight famous characters from the Mario series. Although a two-player function was announced, it was not implemented since the cable required to link two Virtual Boy units was never released. Due to the Virtual Boy's poor sales in North America, Mario's Tennis did not become as popular as the other games in the Mario Tennis series.