Mitchell Tennis Aces

North American cover artwork, featuring Carolyn, Gavin and Mitchell in the game's tennis attire

## Development staff

### Developer(s)

Black Forest Games GmbH (co-developer)
Heavy Iron Studios, Inc.

### Producer(s)

MITCHELL Project
Micah Wright
Mark Crilley
Donna L. Friedman (Managing Producer )
Jordi Faci (THQ Nordic)
Joseph Charette (Heavy Iron Studios)

### Designer(s)

MITCHELL Project
Andrew Potter (Nickelodeon)
Eric Wuestmann (THQ Nordic)
Daniel Davila (Heavy Iron Studios)

### Programmer(s)

MITCHELL Project
Yutaka Yamamoto
Klemens Kreuzer (THQ Nordic)
Kenneth Chong (Heavy Iron Studios)

### Artist(s)

Studio Pierrot Art Team
Rumiko Takahashi
Mark Vulcano
James Salerno (Nickelodeon)
Ernst Satzinger (THQ Nordic)
Spencer Ozaki (Heavy Iron Studios)

### Writer(s)

MITCHELL Project
Micah Wright
Dani Michaeli

### Composer(s)

MITCHELL Project Music Team
Michael Giacchino

## Video game overview

### Release date(s)

**Original Release**JP July 24, 2018

NA July 22, 2018

EU July 26, 2018

AU July 26, 2018

**Google Stadia**

WW January 15, 2021

INT January 22, 2021

### Rating(s)

* ESRB: E, Everyone
* CERO: A, All Ages
* PEGI: 3
* OLGL: G

### Platform(s)

Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Microsoft Windows PC
Google Stadia

### Media

* Nintendo Switch game card (Nintendo Switch)
* Blu-ray (PlayStation 4 & Xbox One)
* DVD (PC)
* online gaming (Stadia)

### Input

* Joy-Con (Nintendo Switch)
* PlayStation Move (PlayStation 4)
* Xbox One Kinect (Xbox One)
* Keyboard & Mouse (PC)
* Stadia Controller (Stadia)

## Game order

### Preceded by

Mitchell Tennis: Ultra Smash

***Mitchell Tennis Aces*** is a 2018 Sports video game in the *Mitchell Tennis* series developed by Heavy Iron Studios, published by THQ Nordic and distributed by Nickelodeon Interactive Games set for release in 2018 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows PC. The game will be the first Mitchell tennis game to feature a story mode since the previous title *Mitchell Tennis: Power Tour* for the Game Boy Advance. It is the only first Mitchell Tennis videogame to be developed by a different video game developer.

## Characters

* Mitchell - All-Around
* Gavin - All-Around
* Carolyn - All-Around
* Jennifer - All-Around
* Martin - Power
* David - Speed
* Nicholas - Defensive
* Marquessa - Power
* Genola - Power
* Ebony - Tricky
* Valerie - Speed
* Scottie Salmon - Power
* Sarah (unlockable) - Technical
* Kayla Smiddy (unlockable) - Tricky
* Devin (unlockable) - Defensive
* Kelly (unlockable) - Technical
* Thug (unlockable) - Tricky
* Skeleton Thug (unlockable) - Tricky
* Dry Bowser (unlockable) - Defensive
* Green Sprixie Princess (unlockable) - Technical
* Amanda - Tricky
* Dr. Alexander Payne - Power
* Welton - Defensive
* Airsailor - All-Around
* Anthony - Speed

## Courts

* Hard Court
* Clay Court
* Grass Court
* Carpet Court
* Mushroom Court
* Sand Court
* Ice Court
* Rebound Court
* Morph Court

## Gameplay

The gameplay of *Mitchell Tennis Aces* is alot similar to Mitchell Tennis: Power Tour’s gameplay. Players play tennis with other characters, in both doubles and singles, and there are several mechanics such as topspin, slice, and "Power Shots" (Special Shot in the Japanese version). There are both Offensive Power Shots and Defensive Power Shots which are earned further into the game. Offensive Power Shots are very powerful attacks; they power-up the ball and when they make contact with another player, they put a side effect on him/her such as knocked back a little bit, running around dazed, etc. Defensive Power Shots can negate the secondary effects of Offensive Power Shots and they can reach balls which normally would be out of reach. There’s topspin and slice, and topspin has more power than slice, while slice spin exchanges a tiny bit of power for more curve in the character's shot. As well as this, there is also a variety of shots, such as lobs or smashes.

## Story

The plot of Mitchell Tennis Aces plays out in its Adventure Mode, where players undergo many challenges to complete. These challenges include missions and boss battles against CPU opponents. Mitchell, who is partnered with his best pal Gavin, attempts to rescue those who have been possessed by a dark force in a special tennis racket called Lucien. Characters who have been possessed by Lucien resemble mummies with glowing eyes. To free them from Lucien's control, Mitchell must travel across the island and complete challenges by enemies.

Mitchell is tasked with finding the five relics that power the racket of Lucien before the evil force does. Marquessa and Genola heard the myths of this racket and wish to own it for themselves, which in turn corrupts them. Rokona, who resides in the Temple of Bask, tells Mitchell of Lucien's goal and imparts various skills to him to help restore the island to normalcy. Mitchell can obtain different rackets with different attributes, and level up player stats.

## Release

The game was announced during a THQ Nordic E3 2018 presentation in January 2018. A free online tournament using a demo version of the game was held from July 24, 2018. On January 15th 2021, The Google Stadia port of the game is announced by Nickelodeon and the THQ Nordic family to be release on Steam's cloud gaming software after the Stadia release of the Destroy All Humans! Remake videogame.

## Notes

* The game's cinematic cutscene credits goes to PolyAssets United Inc. While Black Forest Games GmbH served as the game's additional developer.
* This is the first game where Mitchell & his friends where traditional athletic tennis outfits which matches the character's traditional outfits. The HUD icons for Mitchell and his pals originally used their traditional outfit.
* As depicted in the opening introduced in Mitchell Van Morgan Sports News. It is also depicted in the opening prior to the Mitchell Van Morgan Sports News (daily).

## References

1. ↑ Template:Cite news
2. ↑ Alexander, Julia (2018-01-11). Mitchell Tennis Aces announced for All consoles.

 ***Mitchell Van Morgan* sports video games**

 Other Sports games | *Mitchell Hoops 5-on-5* (2007, multi-platform) • *Mitchell & Nicktoons Golf* (2008, Windows PC) • *Mitchell & Nicktoons Tennis* (2009, multi-platform) • *Mitchell Sports Mix* (2014, multi-platform) • *Mitchell & Nicktoons Tennis: Rematch* (2017, multi-platform) • *Mitchell Sports Superstars* (2017, multi-platform) • *Nickelodeon Tennis Stars: Powered UP* (2019, multi-platform)