Gamebosh Review: Mario Power Tennis

SEGA and Nintendo may have teamed up for such cross-pollination titles as Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, but that doesn’t stop either side from having their cake and eating it. Case in point: Mario Power Tennis. Mario and chums first started hitting the yellow ball back and forth in the year 2000 on the N64 and there have been various versions of the tennis game since.

Mario Power Tennis for the Wii is essentially the same game that was released on the Gamecube four years ago, albeit with some ‘Wii’ changes to secure new fans. The tennis difficulties range between Easy, Medium, Technical and Manual (the Easy setting renders all your Power Shots and dives automatic, whereas Manual makes you do everything by hand).