Mario Tennis: Grand Slam Star

Mario Tennis: Grand Slam Star is the eighth installment of the Mario Tennis series, developped by the Apollo Studios. The game mechanics are similar to the Mario Tennis Aces' ones, while some came back from past games.
==Game Modes==
===Tournament===
The Tournament mode is very similar to the one of the past Mario Tennis games. There are four Cups in the World Open, four in the Star Open and one Grand Slam. When a character wins the Special Cup, he become Star and he can do the Star Open. Every set is won at the best of two games. It's possible to play the tournaments in double with a CPU or with a real player.
Winning the Special Cup the Pro difficulty is unlocked, winning the Final Cup the Ace difficulty is unlocked and winning the Grand Slam Cup the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) difficulty is unlocked. Winning a cup for the first will also unlock a new character.
====World Open====
*Mushroom Cup: 1-set starting round, 1-set semifinals, 3-set finals, held in the Hard Peach's Court.
*Flower Cup: 1-set starting round, 3-set semifinals, 3-set finals. held in the Clay Peach's Court.
*Feather Cup: 1-set starting round, 3-set semifinals, 5-set finals, held in the Carpet Peach's Court.
*Special Cup: 1-set starting round, 3-set semifinals, 5-set finals, held in the Grass Peach's Court.
====Star Open====
*Life Mushroom Cup: 1-set starting round, 1-set semifinals, 3-set finals, held in the Mushroom Court.
*Boomerang Flower Cup: 1-set starting round, 3-set semifinals, 5-set finals, held in the Volcano Court.
*Wing Cap Cup: 3-set starting round, 3-set semifinals, 5-set finals, held in the Sky Court.
*Final Cup: 3-set starting round, 3-set semifinals, 5-set finals, held in the Star Court.
====Grand Slam====
*Grand Slam Cup: 3-set starting round, 3-set eighth-finals, 5-set quarter-finals, 5-set simifinal, 5-set with 6 games finals, held in the Legend Court. In this cup all the 32 characters of the game are present and the 32th is secret and will be revealed only in the finals: the Roger Federer's Mii. If the cup is played in doubles, Federer will play with Rafael Nadal's Mii and the tournament will start at the eighth-finals
===Exhibition===
In Exhibition mode is possible to play (until four real players) a match, customizating it in various aspects. It can be played in single or double, the characters, the CPUs difficulty, the court and the amount of sets and game per set can be chosen, like the possibility of abilitate the Special Shots.
===Special Exhibition===
In Special Exhibition mode is possible to play matches with some special rules. The customization options are the same of the normal Exhibition mode.
====Party====
On the net there are Item Boxes that, if hit, they give an item that will used at the following shot, in a very similar way of Mario Power Tennis.
====Falling Court====
The court is divided in many small squares that when they are hit by the ball, they disappear and they leave an hole. If the hole become too big, the character should bypass it and if the ball fall in it, it is considered out.
====Rings====
Over the net there many many rings of different sizes: a small ring give many points and vice versa. The goal is to shot the ball in the rings. When someone lose a point, he will lose also some points gained from the rings.
====Triple Match====
In this mode there are three players for part of court, for a total of six characters. In this mode the court is also bigger than usual.
====Chaos====
In this mode is possible to combine some rules from the other Special Exhibitions, also all together.
===Missions===
The missions come back and the goal is to defeat a boss or win a match against some special foes. Winning a mission will unlock a court. There are 10 mission and 2 of them are exclusive of DLCs.
*Ghost Rallies (vs. King Boo): in this match against King Boo it's necessary to collect five torches before the Boos  will do it. When it's done, King Boo will be blinded for some instants and it will be possible to score a point.
*Paper Tennis (vs. Paper Mario): during the match the court and the net will change constantly form, so the bounce of the ball will be unpredictable.
*Goomba Horde (vs. Goomboss) during the match there will be some Goombas for distract the player. For defeat Goomboss, it must hit him with a Special shot in both of the eyes and at the crown. When he's hit in one of these points, Goomboss will become bigger, faster and stronger.
*Tennis Bros. (vs. Hammer Bro. e Boomerang Bro.): during the match there will be a Fire Bro. and an Ice Bro. that will throw some fireballs and iceballs for distract the player.
*Strokes in the Mud (vs. Petey Piranha): Petey and two Piranha Plants will throw during the match some mud in the courtside of the player for make him go slower. When a Piranha Plant is hit a piece of F.L.U.D.D. will be dropped and when it will be rebuild it will be possible to hit Petey Piranha with the water, winning the match.
*Tennisparty of Koopalings (vs. Larry Koopa): during the match against Larry, the other six Koopalings will try to distract the player in various ways.
*Explosive Match (vs. King Bob-Omb): during the match, King Bob-omb will throw some Bob-ombs against the player for stun the player, that must hit the Bob-ombs and send them against King Bob-omb.
*Old School (vs. Old-style Mario): in this match, at every rally, the ball will have a different speed and bounce.
*Gourmet Match (vs. King Dedede): obtainable only with the DLC Kirby Tennis. It's necessary to play a match against King Dedede and also try to eat as many sweets as possible that will provide some points.
*Deep Space (vs. Ridley ): obtainable only with the DLC Metroid Tennis. During the battle it's necessary to collect Energy Cells that will charge the Special Shot of the spaceship. Ridley will attack the player and he can be stunned by the Missiles founded in the court.
==Characters==
===Starting characters===
In Mario Tennis: Grand Slam Star there are 32 playable characters, 9 of them unlockable winning the Tournaments. There are also 4 DLC-exclusive characters and 2 obtainable with QR Code, for a total of 38 playable characters. Every character has his own Special Shot. They are divided in 6 classes, where every of these has his own stats:
*All-Around: characters do not have any major advantages or disadvantages.
*Technique: characters have better ball control, often at the expense of power.
*Speed: characters move quickly around the court, often at the expense of power.
*Power: characters have faster, stronger strokes and serves, but are often not very agile characters.
*Defense: characters are large or long characters with a better ball reach. They are not very agile characters.
*Tricky: characters have highly curving shots, making it harder for the opponent to predict shots. They are not very powerful characters.
====All-Around====
Character	Special Shot
Mario 	
Fire Hammer
Luigi 	Racketgust 5000
Daisy 	Flowery Whirlwind
====Technique====
Character	Special Shot
Peach 	Lovely Shot
Shy Guy	Spear Guy Dance
Birdo 	Cannontrunk
Dry Bones	Bonethrow
Kamek 	Magic Point
====Speed====
Character	Special Shot
Yoshi 	Power Egg
Toad 	Pickace
Koopa Troopa	Back-Shell-Hand
Diddy Kong	Banana and nuts Shot
====Power====
Character	Special Shot
Bowser	Fireball
Donkey Kong	Punch Break-net
Wario 	Stomach Shot
Rosalina	Star Smash
Metal Mario	Metal Hammer
====Defense====
Character	Special Shot
Waluigi	WAH!
Dry Bowser	Blaze Burn-Hopes
====Tricky====
Character	Special Shot
Bowser Jr.	Dark Paintbrush
Boo 	Spiteful Shot
Toadette	Unpredictable Braid
Nabbit	Stealball
===Unlockable characters===
====All-Around====
Character	Special Shot
Pauline	Song of Triumph
====Technique====
Character	Special Shot
Dr. Mario	Allign-Virus
====Speed====
Character	Special Shot
Funky Kong	Tennisurf
====Power====
Character	Special Shot
Boom-Boom	Raging Punches
====Defense====
Character	Special Shot
Kritter	Let's Attack
Super 	Electric Missile
====Tricky====
Character	Special Shot
Cappy 	Cap-point
Goomba	Headbutt
====Mii====
The Mii's category can be chosen by the player. The Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's Miis are of the "Superstar" category and they have almost every stat maxed. The Mii's icon changes depending on the last Mii used.
Character 	Special Shot
Mii 	Crushing Forehand
Roger Federer's Mii	Supershot of the Goat
Rafael Nadal's Mii	Supershot of the Goat
===DLC===
====Technique====
Character	Special Shot 	DLC
Labo Guy	Creative Curve Ball	QR Code
====Speed====
Character	Special Shot	DLC
Kirby 	Warp Star 	Kirby Tennis
====Power====
Character	Special Shot 	DLC
Samus Aran	Super-Missile	Metroid Tennis
====Defense====
Character	Special Shot 	DLC
Goombruce	Diving Headbutt	QR Code
====Tricky====
Character	Special Shot 	DLC
Meta Knight	Galaxiaslice 	Kirby Tennis
Metroid	Parasite Dropshot	Metroid Tennis
==Courts==
In Mario Tennis: Grand Slam Star there are 20 courts, 3 of them available only after the game's release. The 10 unlockable completing the Missions have also some unique characteristics that influence the match.
Name 	Type 	Ball Speed	Bounce 	Unlock criteria
Hard Peach's Court 	Hard 	Normal 	Strong 	Available from the beginning.
Clay Peach's Court 	Clay 	Slow 	Weak 	Available from the beginning.
Carpet Peach's Court	Carpet 	Normal 	Normal 	Available from the beginning.
Grass Peach's Court 	Grass 	Fast 	Weak 	Available from the beginning.
Mushroom Court 	Mushroom 	Slow 	Strong 	Available from the beginning.
Volcano Court 	Magma 	Normal 	Weak 	Available from the beginning.
Sky Court 	Cloud 	Faster 	Very Weak 	Available from the beginning.
Star Court 	Star 	Faster 	Strong 	Available from the beginning.
Legend Court 	Mystic 	Fastest 	Strongest 	Win the Grand Slam Cup.
Haunted House 	Dry Grass	Fast 	Normal 	Complete the "Ghost Rallies" Mission.
Paper Peach's Court 	Paper 	Normal 	Weak 	Complete the "Paper Tennis" Mission.
Goomba Forest 	Grass 	Fast 	Weak 	Complete the "Goomba Horde" Mission.
Koopa Valley 	Shell 	Normal 	Very Strong	Complete the "Tennis Bros." Mission.
Delfino Plaza 	Mud 	Very Slow 	Very Weak 	Complete the "Strokes in the Mud" Mission.
Bowser's Castle 	Magma 	Normal 	Normal 	Complete the "Tennisparty of Koopalings" Mission.
Minefield 	Carpet 	Normal 	Normal 	Complete the "Explosive Match" Mission.
1-1 	Pixel 	Variable 	Variable 	Complete the "Old School" Mission.
Mount Dedede 	Ring 	Very Slow 	Strong 	Complete the "Gourmet Match" Mission.
Deep Space 	Space 	Fast 	Very Weak 	Complete the "Deep Space" Mission.
Labo Court 	Switch 	At Choice 	At Choice 	Win a Tournament with a character released after the game launch.
==Gallery==
BoomBoomArtwork.png|Boom-Boom
CappyArtwork.png|Cappy
DrMarioArtwork.png|Dr. Mario
FunkyKongArtwork.png|Funky Kong
GoombaArtwork.png|Goomba
GoombruceArtwork.png|Goombruce
KamekArtwork.png|Kamek
KirbyArtwork.png|Kirby
KritterArtwork.png|Kritter
MetaKnightArtwork.png|Meta Knight
MetroidArtwork.png|Metroid
OmegaArtwork.png|Super
PaulineArtwork.png|Pauline
RuboniglioArtwork.png|Nabbit
SamusAranArtwork.png|Samus
UomoLaboArtwork.png|Labo Guy
==Trivia==
*It's the first time that two games of the Mario Tennis series are published for the same console.
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