List of Mario sports games
Mario Tennis series
While Mario appeared in several tennis games preceding it, he first starred as a player in the Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis, developed by Nintendo R&D1.

List of Mario sports games

Section Title: Mario Tennis series
Table Section Text: While Mario appeared in several tennis games preceding it, he first starred as a player in the Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis, developed by Nintendo R&D1.

Title	Details

Mario's Tennis Original release date(s): JP: July 21, 1995NA: August 14, 1995	Release years by system: 1995 — Virtual Boy

Notes: Released in stereoscopic 3D.

Mario Tennis Original release date(s): JP: July 21, 2000NA: August 28, 2000PAL: November 3, 2000	Release years by system: 2000 — Nintendo 64 2000 — Game Boy Color 2010 — Virtual Console (N64) 2013 — Virtual Console (GBC)

Notes: The Game Boy Color version is the first game in the series to feature a story mode with original characters, and it uses the transfer pak to transfer character's data to the Nintendo 64 version.

Mario Power Tennis Original release date(s): JP: October 28, 2004NA: November 8, 2004PAL: February 25, 2005	Release years by system: 2004 — GameCube 2009 — Wii

Notes: Re-released as part of Wii's New Play Control! game lineup.

Mario Tennis: Power Tour Original release date(s): JP: September 13, 2005EU: November 18, 2005AU: December 1, 2005NA: December 5, 2005	Release years by system: 2005 — Game Boy Advance 2014 — Virtual Console

Notes: This is the second Mario Tennis game to feature a story mode, after the Game Boy Color's game.

Mario Tennis Open Original release date(s): NA: May 20, 2012JP: May 24, 2012AU: May 24, 2012EU: May 25, 2012	Release years by system: 2012 — Nintendo 3DS

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Original release date(s): NA: November 20, 2015EU: November 20, 2015AU: November 21, 2015JP: January 28, 2016	Release years by system: 2015 — Wii U

Mario Tennis Aces Original release date(s): WW: June 22, 2018	Release years by system: 2018 — Nintendo Switch

Notes: This is the third Mario Tennis game in the series to feature a story mode.

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Mario's Tennis started the Mario Tennis series of video games.

final_sentence: Mario's Tennis started the Mario Tennis series of video games.