NEW PLAY CONTROL! Mario Power Tennis

Shots

Playing Mario Power Tennis with your Wii Remote couldn’t be easier. The Wii Remote is your tennis racket and how you swing or flick it will determine what type of shot you’ll hit. Mario Power Tennis offers all the strokes you would expect to play on a real tennis court but from the comfort of your living room!

Tennis strokes

Serve

A good serve is imperative if you want to be a tennis champion. First, find your preferred spot on the baseline by using the + Control Pad. Then flick the Wii Remote up to throw the ball, and flick it again to serve. The direction you flick the Wii Remote will determine where the serve lands.

Forehand

Take the Wii Remote in your favoured hand, take a short swing backwards and then flick the Wii Remote forcefully forwards. The faster you whip the Wii Remote, the faster your shot!

Backhand

Hold the Wii horizontally in the palm of your hand, facing towards you. Take a short swing in towards your body and then smoothly swing the Wii away from you to create a streamlined backhand!

Topspin

The topspin shot is much like the forehand, but with more of an acute angle. This time, swing your Wii Remote from the lower right to the upper left in order to create topspin. The ball will travel faster and will kick forwards when it hits the court.

Slice

For a wicked slice, flick your Wii Remote from the upper right to the lower left as you play, to add backspin and cut the ball short.

Drop Shot

Hold the Wii Remote in your hand, palm down, and extend your arm out in front of you. To create the crafty Drop Shot, simply raise the Wii Remote and then flick it straight down.

Lob

Take the Wii Remote, palm up and flick upwards to create a lob shot and place the ball out of your opponent’s reach!

Smash

To smash your ball (and your opponent’s chances) out of the court, look out for a star that appears when the ball is coming in high. Move your character over to the star and flick your Wii Remote downwards to catch the ball perfectly and send it flying!

In addition to these shots is the all-important Power Shot! Each character has both an attacking and a defensive Power Shot - you can check some of them out in the Tricky Tennis section. And remember – practice makes perfect – you’ll reap the rewards as you tackle tournaments with a full arsenal of explosive strokes.

WHAT'S NEW?

The NEW PLAY CONTROL! series brings classic Nintendo GameCube titles bang up-to-date with innovative Wii controls. In Mario Power Tennis, the Wii Remote makes the perfect tennis racquet – all you need to do is pretend it IS a tennis racquet and play in exactly the same way. You can slice and smash to your heart’s content and each character also has their own special devastating move – check out all the action in our Controls section.

Other new game features include:

• Enhanced audio with character-specific voice samples and atmospheric sound effects
• Visual additions with a new replay option and zoom-ins
• Now in widescreen with new 16:9 mode!

You can check out details on the other NEW PLAY CONTROL! titles here - get strategic with the delightful Pikmin and go on a monkey-filled rampage with Donkey Kong!