Mario Tennis is Smashing Its Way to the Wii U Virtual Console This Week

Where is Mario Golf!!! Don't like the tennis games much.

This game is awesome!

I'll probably grab it. I, too, am looking forward to Mario Golf 64, though.

This game was the main reason Waluigi was created.

Bringing it to Europe while Wimbledon is on would have been a good idea, hopefully we will get it soon.

Great game! They should have just skinned Wii Aports golf with this... It would have been awesome.

@andyg1971 I totally agree this is such a missed opportunity not to have this out during Wimbledon....

Oh wait its Nintendo, I forgot. They don't do the obvious.

This was one of my most disappointing N64 purchases. I had heard such praise for it but after half an hour I was bored.

You're kidding, this game is totally un-needed to the VC library. I have it, it's great, but if resources are tight for forging forward with more games, I just don't get why this would take priority over many, many others. We can buy the admittedly gimmicks overload Wii version to play on our Wii U, how pointless.

I've spent so many good hours on this game, maybe I'll grab it again. Though I still miss Mario Kart 64.

I expect more anger over no Zero Mission and Golden Sun 2...

Didn't Iwata say they don't have resources to release VC games? Who wants this? Nintendo needs to dig into their pockets, pay up for some licenses, and bring us Turok, Goldeneye, No Mercy, etc. They can only rely on first party for so long.

I'm excited for this! But what is with the hate? Nintendo is just giving people another possible game to download to line up with an upcoming release. Let's all calm down, watch Wimbledon and game.

I'd rather have Smash 64.

YES! I missed this one on the Wii VC, can't wait to try it out!

Agree, Smash Bros 64 should be added as well, along with the Mario Party games.

Love this game!! So glad this is coming to vc. Was gonna buy this for the N64 but now i dont have to.

Quick question tho, will the new Mario Tennis game use motion controls like Wii sports?

@Cyberbotv2 Love the Moonwalker pic. I still own that game. boxed with manual.
I'm soooooooo with you on No Mercy on vc. The version that isnt broken. I would be so happy with that.

@FragRed Still a chance they might add it as a surprise addition to this week's update.

If not then oh well, we did get Kiby 64 AND OOT on the Wii U VC before anywhere else...

N64 was my favourite system back in high school. So many great memories. I was thinking of buying an old system and collecting some of the games but the prices are pretty high. People want like $40 for a loose cartridge and they aren't in the best of condition. For $9.99, I can get the same game on my Wii U and it looks better than the original. This is a day 1 buy for me! Keep the N64 games coming, Ninty! Next, bring Diddy Kong Racing, Wave Race and Golden Eye =).

@cloudrunner64 : box and manual? That's rare and amazing. This reminds me of the time I tried purchasing Superman vs Doomsday for the SNES, and they were asking for 600 dollars or 800 pounds, I forget. Point is, we may never see some of these games ever again. 😞

I absolutely love this game. But not enough to buy it again, since I have the Wii version already. Super hyped for Ultra Smash, but it still won't be as good as Mario Power Tennis.

@Nintendofan83 I'd get all of those in a heartbeat.

Love this game. My roomate and I in college held an ongoing win/lose tally with our dorm's RA and AD. The competitions were epic.

@Vilinision Mario party would have no multiplayer on vc though

@Lizuka

That will sadly never happen, but I would buy both versions in a heartbeat if it did. Or they could just go back to that idea with current versions of Mario Tennis on 3DS and Wii U, but let's not give consumers a great reason to want these games again,Nintendo.

@DarthNocturnal @CyberbotV2
No Mercy is even less likely to happen. That game would have even more licensing issues that GoldenEye, with the rights to publish WWE games belonging to 2K Sports, the issues with the WWF naming rights, and certain wrestlers owning the rights to their names, likenesses and gimmicks themselves rather than the WWE. Sigh...

@GLA
Mario Tennis on Wii is so awesome. I used to play with this girl I was friends with on weekends after she got off work bar tending- we had so many good times playing that game. I'm probably fond of it because she got mixed up in some trouble and died of an overdose, and those memories playing Mario Tennis with her are all I have left. Sorry don't mean to get all serious or anything.

I really loved attaching the rackets to the Wiimotes though. I know it sounds goofy but it really did make it more fun to play

@Grumblevolcano
I just wonder if it'd be more effective to tweet spam NOA twitter than to complain here... I mean, this is just Nintendo Life people... I think in europe...

then again.. nintendo doesn't seem to care what the fanbases want, and think they know what's best for us.

Didn't Mario Tennis debut on the Virtual Boy? So wouldn't this be the second entry in the spin off series rather than the first?

@Cyberbotv2 it's definitely not rare in PAL regions, so in US where N64 was most successful I'm surprised. Along with Banjo Tooie, its one of only two N64 games I own that are in perfect like new condition. I'd consider selling Tennis, but it doesn't really fetch much at all and is easily available.

@JaxonH I think the series hit its peak on GameCube. I guess on the Wii they had to crank it up a notch, and they knew what the system was popular for so it served a purpose. All puns intentional obviously

Ug... I just want to finish the story of Golden Sun... It really ticks me off that they release half the story to North America and the rest of the world gets the whole story.

@ericwithcheese2 Depends on whether you think "Tennis" for the GB counts as the first Mario Tennis, since it has Mario in it. . If not, then yes, VB Tennis is the first Mario Tennis, MT64 is the second MT game.

No thanks, I still have my physical copy... And a sweatshirt from the Blockbuster Mario Tennis Tournament in 2000! I wonder if this Virtual Console edition will keep all those special codes and goodies from the N64 version... Of course, the GBC Mario Tennis Transfer Pak features will be nonexistent.

Did some of us actually even complain about this coming out? Maybe it's time some people stuck to Xbox and PlayStation. Alot of hate going around lately.

I downloaded this on the Wii, so I might as well upgrade (although I do plan on getting a physical copy at some point).

Oh, that's my Wii U Virtual Console, gaining robustness at a snail's pace.

Great game! But mario golf 64 might b my favorite if not, one of my favorite games ever. Theres so much to do, and its so easy to play but so difficult to master. I love that game . Considering there not making mario golf for wiiu, hope we get 64 with all the love in my little heart.

At the moment, I'm rather tight on money, and so I'm not looking into virtual console purchases for the moment. That said, I do love the Mario Tennis series and I was introduced to it through this particular entry. I may pick it up in future.

To me, the Mario Tennis series is certainly the best of the Mario sports games, though that could just be due to Mario Power Tennis on the Gamecube being my favourite Mario sport entry of all.

Is it compatible with the Wii remote?

@xVAKAR1ANx Of course it would have.

@scamander is it just handheld vc games that can't?

Love this game..its difficult but fun. I love all the Mario Tennis games. 3DS Mario Open is best of the bunch tho in my opinion. Very excited for new WiiU tennis title 😀

I'm a fan, but I really, really want Mario Kart 64 first. I'm desperate to play that on my gamepad...

@xVAKAR1ANx Yes, because the GB(A) link cable and DS WiFi are hard to emulate. Console games always used normal controllers so the problem doesn't apply there.