Nintendo serves up Mario Tennis trailers

by Chris Greenhough { Jan 5th 2009 at 9:00PM }

Over at the official site for the Wii de Asobu (Play on Wii, or NEW PLAY CONTROL!) series, there's a pair of Japanese commercials for the Mario Power Tennis remake, as well as a far lengthier gameplay trailer.

The adverts we can take or leave, consisting as they do of the usual telegenic Japanese families bouncing around their pristine living rooms. The gameplay clip is worth watching, as it displays the various shots that can be achieved through a well-timed flick of the wrist (top-spin, side-spin, slices, drop shots, etc.). We hope mixing up our shots actually has an effect on the game, because we always found Wii Sports tennis to be not-quite-as-advertised in this respect (though we're willing to accept we just may be rubbish at Wii Sports tennis).

Oh yes, and these are non-embeddable, so you'll have to go to the site to watch them. And they call this 2009!

Source: TV commercial 1
Source: TV commercial 2
Source: Gameplay trailer

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: gamecube, mario-power-tennis, new-play-control, play-on-wii, sports, tennis, wii-de-asobu

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Craig M @ Jan 5th 2009 10:04PM

The power shots or whatever special ability shots seem kinda silly to me. I want a Mario Tennis game more like the original Game Boy Color or N64 version.

Mr Khan @ Jan 5th 2009 10:32PM

They really didn't make a difference, imo. You could counter most or all of the power shots without having to use the defense shot (though with varying negative side effects), and in Doubles (which is the cooler way to play) it really isn't all that, just something to keep people on their toes

Aaron @ Jan 5th 2009 10:36PM

This looks like a lot of fun. I owned and loved the N64 original, but couldn't convince myself to buy the Cube version.

This could be the chance to totally redeem myself.

Basil St. Cecil @ Jan 6th 2009 9:43AM

So many of those GC Mario games were like "v1.5"s of the N64 versions. But not even 1.5s . . . more like 1.2s, or, in some cases 0.8s, if you catch my drift.

Oh, right, redemption: yes, I'm with you there, bro . . . with you all the way.

B St. C

Truth @ Jan 6th 2009 12:58AM

I noticed 7 titles total at the end of the clip for the Play On Wii series. What are all of them?

nameless wonder @ Jan 6th 2009 9:42AM

When you find out, please let me know.

Just send a postcard, or e-postcard, to:

me
6 Credibility Street

Thanks,

who else?

HairyBalls @ Jan 6th 2009 11:45AM

Pikmin 1 and 2, Jungle Beat, Mario Power Tennis, Chibi Robo, and Metroid Prime 1 and 2.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=68132

Josh @ Jan 6th 2009 1:45PM

Have both the Pikmins, have Jungle Beat, not interested in console non-RPG Mario Tennises, never really interested enough to buy Chibi Robo, have Metroid Prime 1 and I'm doing quite alright without owning Metroid Prime 2.

Good, looks like I don't need any of these re-releases. :)

And thanks for the list.

Dustin @ Jan 6th 2009 2:26AM

I understand remaking Pikmin, Metroid, (maybe) DK, and in the future (undoubtedly) Wind Waker. But why tennis? Don't they usually outsource developers for these spin-off sports games anyway? What's wrong with making a new Mario tennis game?

This seems a little odd to me. Maybe they're just testing the waters.

leonus @ Jan 6th 2009 9:20AM

you could be right. maybe they just wanna test the waters and see if its safe to dive right into it. also wasn't Mario power tennis pretty darn popular in the GCN era? if so then that's the perfect way to test the waters. from what i've heard the tennis game in Wii sports was awesome. if Ninty adds online support and a few other nices touches to the game it could turn out to be a very good investment for whomever should purchase this GC remake.

nameless wonder @ Jan 6th 2009 9:55AM

I'm just giggling at the world "non-embeddable".

There's a Joan Collins joke in there somewhere.

Oh, right: Mario Tennis. Looks good.

B St. C

warioswoods2 @ Jan 6th 2009 2:05PM

"We hope mixing up our shots actually has an effect on the game, because we always found Wii Sports tennis to be not-quite-as-advertised in this respect (though we're willing to accept we just may be rubbish at Wii Sports tennis)."

Correct, you must be rubbish at Wii Sports tennis. Control over your ball placement and shot type (lob, net, curve, low-bouncer, etc) means everything, especially when playing against a high-level computer.