Ink Showdown

Ink Showdown is one of four Special Games in Mario Tennis Open.
==Gameplay==
Ink Showdown is very similar to Piranha Challenge in Mario Tennis for Nintendo 64, even retaining the rules from the game. However, the Piranha Plants from Piranha Challenge are replaced with Inky Piranha Plants. Another difference is that instead of having to rebound as much as possible within 50 balls, Ink Showdown features a set number of balls (usually thirty) that have to be rebounded against a certain opponent, who is different in each difficulty level, within three tries.
The Inky Piranha Plants spit balls at the player's character. The object is to hit the ball past the opponent to count toward the score. A score is counted if either the opponent is unsuccessful at rebounding or if the player hits the opponent. Occasionally, an Inky Piranha Plant may spit out an ink ball that can obscure the screen briefly if the player misses the ball. To destroy an ink ball, the player's character need to make contact with it. Although it instantly destroys the ink ball, this does not count towards the score.
If either the opponent hits the ball or if the player's character misses the ball, this does not add to the score, and the player loses a try. Hitting the ball out of bounds does not add to the score, although this does not result in losing a try. There are three tries, and losing all of them results in a Game Over.
At the end of the game, the number of tries remaining are factored in to the coins earned from the game.
===Difficulty levels and unlockables===
*Bronze (Cheeky Piranha Plant) - Mario Stadium Grass Court - 30 rebounds vs. Princess Peach (Daisy if playing as Peach)
*Silver (Naughty Piranha Plant) - Mario Stadium Clay Court - 30 rebounds vs. Yoshi (Diddy Kong if playing as Yoshi)
*Gold - Mario Stadium Hard Court - 30 rebounds vs. Wario (Mario if playing as Wario)
*Challenge - Bowser's Castle Stone Court - 50 rebounds vs. Bowser (Donkey Kong if playing as Bowser)
Clearing the Gold difficulty level unlocks Dry Bowser, and reaching 50 rebounds in the Challenge difficulty unlocks the Petey Piranha Suit.
Category:Special Games in Mario Tennis Open