Mario Tennis Aces – With Great Power Comes Great Defensibility

Hi, everyone! Roxanne from Treehouse here. This post is part two of a series focusing on the character types found in Mario Tennis Aces. (For part one, head over here.) Today we will introduce the Powerful and Defensive contenders of Mario Tennis Aces, including Chain Chomp and Waluigi.

Powerful Characters

Powerful characters can dish out shots with very high speed. Their movement may be slower than some of the other character types, but when their racket finds their target, watch out! That ball is going and gone. This character type is for you if you want to keep the pressure on your opponents with an offensive onslaught.

Flex those muscles, Wario and Donkey Kong!

Bowser, please do not burn the court down…

I wish my cat was this excited to see me when I get home.

When up against Powerful characters, exploit their slower speed by aiming your shots far away from their position, where they hopefully cannot reach… (Unless they’ve mastered the Trick Shot…)

Defensive Characters

What do these two characters have in common? That’s right… Long limbs! Waluigi and Bowser Jr. (or his Koopa Clown Car, rather) use their extendable arms to strategically block, attack, or gra—wait, sorry, wrong game. They use their long arms to return all kinds of shots! It’s tough to hit a ball out of reach for these folks.

Waluigi has a shining future in both tennis and fashion.

Is it still technically Bowser Jr. playing tennis, or…?



These characters will be very comfortable in the center of the court, where they’ll have great horizontal range to defend against balls that enter their turf. It maybe be best to try to mix up your strategy against Waluigi or Bowser Jr. by throwing in some Zone Shots or Special Shots to trip up their rhythm and displace them.

I can’t wait to get my game face on with y’all when the game drops on June 22nd.

Next up, we will take a peek at the Tricky and Speedy characters of Mario Tennis Aces. See ya next post!

—Roxanne K.