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Mario Power Tennis (GameCube)

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Mario Power Tennis is the sequel to Mario Tennis, with new Power Shots, characters, courts, and more. It was later re-released on the Wii with motion controls.

It's also notable for being the only Mario game to have a blooper reel.

Sub-Pages#

Unused Graphics#

yamtest#

Mariopowertennis_yamtest.png
yamtest.stpl is an unused menu background. It's the tournament screen from the opening cutscene.

xcmdl_classic_kani#

Mariopowertennis_spinyweird.png
xcmdl_classic_kani.sbn is a render of a Spiny.

Unused Models#

Hammer Bro#

xcmdl_linesman_hbros_line_sbn is a Hammer Bro, implied by the filename to be a linesman on a court.

Spiny#

xcmdl_classic_togezo_poly_sbn is a low-poly Spiny. It was meant to appear in the Mario Bros. stage.

Shellcreeper#

xcmdl_classic_kame_sbn is a model of a Shellcreeper. The ones that appear in-game use their original 2D sprites from Mario Bros.

Fighter Fly#

xcmdl_classic_kame_sbn is a unique model of a Fighter Fly from Mario Bros. with a design never seen in any future Mario game either.

Unused Music#

Although not technically unused as it can be heard in the Records Menu, the name may suggest it was intended to be used as an early version of the Exhibition menu music.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan

International

Japan

International

Oddities#

In the introduction sequence when Wario and Waluigi look at the big scoreboard, you can see Toad and Toadette on the first part to the left on the scoreboard. Toad and Toadette are unplayable in the game, so it's possible that they were intended to be playable at one point.