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[Father_Brain]

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=220435

 

[Memles]

Sounds VERY much like an NES style name. Retro, almost.

 

[Deku Tree]

My initial gut reaction is I hope that's not the final name.

EDIT: But it does sort of go with the "power moves" theme of the game so I don't hate it.

 

[Wario64]

*cancels preorder

 

[Grubdog]

Yuck! My anticipation for this game just disappeared, i refuse to play a game with such a stupid name.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Change Mario to Nintendo.

Nintendo Tennis. Nintendo Party. Nintendo Golf.

 

[ToyMachine228]

I don't care what the name is, it looks awesome, and it looks like the fun factor is through the roof. Going to be one of the ideal games for four-player multiplayer play on the GameCube this fall.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Change Mario to Nintendo.

Nintendo Tennis. Nintendo Party. Nintendo Golf.

I like that idea. Then make sure there are plenty of The Legend of Zelda characters in all of them...yes, that works for me.

 

[cvxfreak]

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Mario Power Tennis
Mario Pinball Land

2004: The Year of Weird Mario Names

 

[explodet]

Mario vs. Donkey Kong wasn't such a weird name.

 

[evilromero]

Best name ever. That's right. Just suck it down.

 

[cvxfreak]

I forgot to mention Super Mario 64 x 4.

 

[snapty00]

Needs more "GameCube Open Tournament."

 

[Auron]

I can confirm the final title is "Mario Power Tennis". We already the memo.

 

[Meier]

I think it's a pretty good title personally.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Yuck! My anticipation for this game just disappeared, i refuse to play a game with such a stupid name.

You're a knob.

 

[shibbs]

I dont see whats so bad about it, you guys over react.

 

[Trevelyon]

Oh darn! why wasn' it called, Virtua Mario's Super Smash Court Grand Slam Ace Tennis & The Thousand Year Racket...... DX x 64: Substance?!

 

[Alcibiades]

dead url

 

[GDGF]

I like that name. It does sound like something you'd read about in a Nintendo Power circa 1989, or something.

 

[Speevy]

I would have preferred "Mario Tennis: Double Smash"

 

[evilromero]

They could call the game whatever they want. It's still going to make sweet love to me this fall.

 

[olimario]

Just an update.
They now have a boxart up

 

[Rlan]

Please don't tell me Diddy Kong got that damn Jet Pack pack :|

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Where the hell is a new update to Nintendo Ice Hockey, already? I love tennis games and all, but is that the only sport (besides Golf) that Nintendo is interested in doing? Grrr.

 

[Memles]

Just an update.
They now have a boxart up

As long as I don't have to USE that bloody jet pack (Bad memories from that bloody final boss)...I LOVE the Box Art. So hyped.

 

[Rlan]

Hockey would be difficult for Nintendo to come up with because you would need, at minimum, 3 people on your team. At the moment there are plenty of teams, but all of them have a Maximum of 2, and it'd wouldn't 'fit' to have, say, Mario, Luigi and Peach together and Daisy with some other team. Tennis at least has doubles, which can make teams make 'sense'.

And I don't think we need to see a third clone of each character

Sonic would be pretty good for Hockey though, since Heroes boasted the '3 people per team' gimmick.

 

[Shiggy]

Mario Pinball Land

Better than our 'Super Mario Ball' -_-

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Naw...screw the requirement of having the mascots playing in the games then. Just bring back the skinny Mario, the normal Mario, and the fat Mario players. Or maybe, make the mascots the team leaders and have the other team-members as related sub-characters. I dunno. Just as long as the cool team brawls are still there.

 

[Red Dolphin]

I like the original Mario Tennis cover a lot more.

 

[Great King Bowser]

Why is Diddy in the game?

 

[Memles]

Why is Diddy in the game?

Diddy=Donkey Kong Jr.

Why was he in MKDD? MGTT? Same reason.

 

[Mama Smurf]

I thought DK was Donkey Kong Jr?

Diddy is just accepted as Mario crew now, just gives him DK a good partnership (important for a game like Double Dash).

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

I thought DK was Donkey Kong Jr?

DK is Jr.'s dad. They appear in various games at the same time. They're not the same character. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you meant heh.

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

Go play donkey kong country again. "Donky Kong" is not the real "DK" from the first game. You know, the one with girders and barrells and crap. That is actually Cranky Kong. DK jr is the "current" Donkey Kong. Diddy Kong is a monkey, donkey kong is a gorilla, thus no, Diddy is not dk jr.

 

[Memles]

Oh jeesh...you guys took that literally. Shit.

What I mean is that Donkey Kong Jr. (Who appeared in Mario Tennis (64) with Donkey Kong) had been replaced in the sense of this series of titles with Diddy Kong.

 

[impirius]

Now you're playing with power... MARIO POWER

 

[Memles]

It's really quite similar to the Nintendo Power cover when Mario Tennis was released, in retrospect.

However, this would be a fist. In the case of MGTT and SMS, there was similar, multi-character art available for a box and they ended up going with simple Mario only covers (SMS to crap, MGTT to awesome). I like this one though.

 

[Bluemercury]

Check this site with great shots from the game and that retro court which looks great by the way......

http://www.g-freaks.de/NewsGamecube/scarnews.php?sn_show_news=3712

here are some:

 

[PotatoeMasher]

is there any vanilla tennis in this game?

 

[Shiggy]

Old pics -.-

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

is there any vanilla tennis in this game?

There was a mailbag on IGN recently that said right out that you have the option to play just plain old tennis. I can't find it though.

 

[Memles]

is there any vanilla tennis in this game?

Tennis without power moves = Simply don't use the power moves.
Tennis without obstacles = There is one, if not two courts confirmed to not be using the obstacle route. Peach Dome, and I'm not sure what court the one in that Waluigi pick is.