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Mario Tennis 64 Guide (Japanese Version)
Platform: Nintendo 64
Version: 0.9
Created By: Jerome44
E-Mail Address: Jerome44@mail.com
Created On: 8-4-2000
Last Updated On: 8-8-2000
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Table of Contents
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I. Introduction
II. Legal Information
III. Updates/Revision History
IV. Menu Navigation
V. Basic Rules Of Tennis
VI. Game Controls
VII. Characters Profiles
VIII. Strategy
IX. Secrets
X. Cool Links
XI. Where To Buy Imports
XII. How To Play Imports
XIII. Character Endings
XV. Contributors
And Away We Go!
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I.Introduction
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Remember how Mario Golf was so surprisingly fun? Well maybe
you didn't play it, but Mario Tennis is another such game.
Who would have thought that Tennis of all sports could be as
much fun as this game makes it out to be? I will say that
it is a ton more fun than Mario Golf, and that it blows Virtua
Tennis out of the water(Don't worry I'll explain later). If
you own an N64, you must buy this game when it comes out in
the US this September, and if you can't wait that long, check
out the sections on importing and playing Japanese games on a
US N64 system that are contained in this faq.
This is my first faq and I am writing it because Mario Tennis
64 inspired me. I hope you enjoy it and please send me an
e-mail if you have anything to add to it!
Anyways, lets get on with the show!
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II.Legal Information
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This faq is copyright 2000 Jeromy Stroh.
This FAQ and everything included within this file cannot be reproduced
in any way, shape or form (physical, electronical, or otherwise) aside
from being placed on a freely-accessible, non-commercial web page in
it's original, unedited and unaltered format. This FAQ cannot be used
for profitable purposes (even if no money would be made from selling it)
or promotional purposes. It cannot be used in any sort of commercial
transaction. It cannot be given away as some sort of bonus, gift, etc.,
with a purchase as this creates incentive to buy and is therefore
prohibited. Furthermore, this FAQ cannot be used by the publishers,
editors, employees or associates, etc. of any company, group, business,
or association, etc., nor can it be used by game sites and the like.
It cannot be used in magazines, guides, books, etc. or in any other
form of printed or electronic media (including mediums not specifically
mentioned) in ANY way, shape, or form (including reprinting, reference
or inclusion), without the express written permission of the author,
myself. This FAQ was created and is owned by me, Jeromy Stroh. All
copyrights and trademarks are acknowledged and respected that are not
specifically mentioned in this FAQ. Below is a list of websites that
are allowed to house my faq.
Gamfaqs
Gamewinners
Gaming Planet
If you find this faq on another site, please e-mail me at:
Jerome44@mail.com
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III.Updates\Revision History
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0.9 - Added a new secret, more fixes, and added new sites to the hosting
list.
0.85 - Fixed Controls Area, Added 5 New Endings, Added More Awesome Secrets!
0.8 - This is The First Version!
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IV.Menu Navigation
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This section will get you through the mostly obvious
menu system! I will start with what I call the main
menu(right after the intro screen where you press start).
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Main Menu:
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__ __ __ __
/ |\ /||\ /||\ /||\
\__/ \__/ \|_/ \||/
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/ \ / \ / \
| L | | S | | W |
\___/ \___/ \___/
The top left circle with Mario in it is the one player game.
The one with Mario and Luigi is the two player. . . and so on.
The circle with the STAR NOTEBOOK (circle above with the L)
is where you go to load a save game. NOTE: The game
automatically saves all your info as you unlock things.
This save/load system is just for saving in the middle
of a game so that you pick up things later.
The circle with the SILVER S (circle above with the S) is the special area.
I haven't been able to unlock anything here so far.
The circle with the SILVER WRENCH is where you go for
options and to see stats on all of your players.
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Single Player Menu: \__/
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You will first have to pick your character and then
will be greeted with the screen that is represented below.
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/ \ / \ / \
| E | | T | | R |
\___/ \___/ \___/
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/ \ / \
| B | | P |
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The circle with the tennis court in it(E above) is where you
can play exhibition games to hone your skills!
The circle with the trophy in it(T above) is where you
can play in tournaments. When you first start out there will
be only one court to play and as progress, three courts will
eventually be there for both doubles and singles.
The circle with the ring in it(R above) is where you can
play the ring mini-games. There are several different situations
where you have to collect rings by hitting the tennis ball through
them, can get pretty tough!
The circle with Bowser in it(B above) is where you can play on
bowser's, lava floating, tennis court. It's setup like Mario Kart
where you can collect items and then use them against your opponent.
Very cool feature!
The circle with the plant in it(P above) is where you can play the
plant upchucking tennis balls mini-game. In this one you hit balls
,that have been upchucked by one of three plants, back at an opponent.
If the ball you hit hits the the other side of the court when you hit it,
you get a point. If you score more than you miss you win. Watch out
though because the opponent can knock the balls away.
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V.Basic Rules of MARIO TENNIS
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RULES OF THE TENNIS COURT:
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| 1 1 |
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| |________3________________3________| |
2 | | | 2
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| 1 4 1 |
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| 1 4 1 |
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2 | | 2
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| 1 1 |
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When you are playing a game of SINGLES, the lines above
that are marked with 1s will be the left and right out
of bounds lines. In DOUBLES the left and right out of
bounds lines will be the lines marked above with 2s.
When you are the player returning a serve, you cannot
cross the lines marked above with 3s until you have hit
the ball for the first time.
When playing DOUBLES, if you change sides with your
partner before the ball is served you will lose that
game automatically.
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RULES OF SERVING:
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If you hit the ball past any lines marked above with
a 1 or a 4, then you will get what is called a FAULT.
You will get one free FAULT but if you hit two FAULTS
in a row, you will lose that game.
There is also the LET, which is when you hit the
net, but I'm not sure if that counts as a FAULT.
I think it's only if it hits the net and then goes
out of the boundaries. Anyways, that's it for serving.
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RULES OF THE GAME:
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The object of the game of tennis is to hit the
ball past your opponent(obviously) in order to
gain points. The game proceeds through three levels.
GAME, SET, And MATCH.
You win points in a game to win points in a set
and points in a set to win a match, easy as that!
The point system for each level is listed below:
GAME POINTS:
No Wins: 0(Love)
First Win: 15
Second Win: 30
Third Win: 40
Fourth Win: You Win The Game!
If you tie at 40 then you will be at what is called DEUCE.
Here is how DEUCE works:
DEUCE POINTS:
First Win:
Advantage
Second Win(IN A ROW):
You Win!
If you lose with the advantage then you go back to DEUCE!
SET POINTS:
First Game Win: 1
Second Game Win: 2 (You Win!)
And if your opponent ties you at 2 wins, then you go into a TIEBRAKER.
SET TIEBRAKER:
Win seven games at a point a piece before the other player.(You Win!)
MATCH POINTS:
This depends. Different options and playmodes throughout the game will
let you know how many matches you'll be playing, but winning a match is
the ultimate goal.
So to recap you win GAMES to win SETS to win a MATCH.
Well that's it for now on the rules, hope this helped!
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VI.Game Controls
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Mario Tennis 64 has a wide variety of controls
that result in extremely deep, satisfying, and, above all, fun gameplay.
A Button: Hits the ball with a top spin.
Tap A Twice: Red Flaming Hit with more speed(I think more controllability,
power).
B Button: Also hits the ball with a back spin/slice.
Tap B Button Twice: Blue Flaming Hit(More Powerful).
Press A Then B: Lobs ball into the back of the court.
Press B Then A: Lobs ball into the front of the court.
Press A and B Together: Hits the ball straight.
Tap A And B Together twice: Does a Purple Flaming Power Hit, Very Nice.
Press R: Not Sure Yet.
Press Z: Not Sure Yet.
Analog Control: Moves your character and directs where the ball will be hit.
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Hitting The Ball:
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/ \ \ \ / /
A or B + || or \\ or //
|| \\ //
If you press the analog controller up while hitting
the ball, the ball will go further down the court.
|| \\ //
|| or \\ or //
A or B + \__/ \__\ /__/
If you press the analog controller down while hitting
the ball, the ball will land closer to the net.
And of course, the more you point the analog controller
left or right, it will be hit at sharper and sharper
angles in the direction you pointed it.
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Serving The Ball:
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Press A to toss the ball up and then press A, B, or A+B plus
the direction you want it to go. If you get the right timing down
you'll get a "Nice Hit."
That's it on controls, You're all READY TO PLAY!!
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Character Profiles
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Mario
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Speed: Average
Hitting: Average
Mario is just a good all around player.
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Luigi
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Speed: Above Average
Hitting: Average
Luigi slides around when he runs, can't stand him.
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Waluigi
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Speed: Below Average
Hitting: Average
Can't manuever and turn very well, but ok player.
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Daisy(The Other Girl)
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Speed: Below Average
Hitting: Average
Princess Peach's friend or something, I dunno?
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Peach
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Speed: Above Average
Hitting: Below Average
Special: Hearts Appear With A Flaming Hit.
If you want to get around the court quick, pick
the princess!
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Baby Mario
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Speed: Below Average
Hitting: Above Average
Special: Stars Appear With A Flaming Hit.
He's a slow baby with Popeye strength, Mario must
feed him spinach!
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Kinopio(Mushroom Head)
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Speed: Average
Hitting: Average
Pretty average little mushroom guy.
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Catherine(Pink Dragon, Also Known As Birdo)
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Speed: Below Average
Hitting: Average
Who is this, never heard of her!
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PataPata(Flying Turtle)
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Speed: Average
Hitting: Average
He does have smooth movement because he's flying.
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Wario
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Speed: Below Average
Hitting: Average
Not much to say, he's a bad guy.
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King Koopa
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Speed: Way Below Average
Hitting: Average
Pure Evil!
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Yoshi
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Speed: Average
Hitting: Average
Special: Rainbow With Flaming Power Hits.
It's Mario Green Pal!
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Donkey Kong
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Speed: Horrible
Hitting: Above Average
One clunky monkey.
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Theresa(The Ghost)
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Speed: Average
Hitting: Above Average
Has very controlable hitting.
How can you tell if a ghost is male or female?
!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT
!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
These are the two hidden characters be forwarned.
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Donkey Kong Jr.
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Speed: Below Average
Hitting: Average
Special: Green Bananas With A Flaming Power Hit.
Give him a break, he's just a kid!
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Hey-Ho(Little Red Baddie, Also Known As Shy Guy)
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Speed: Average
Hitting: Average
Has really mechanical irritating turning.
Thus endeth the character profiles!
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VIII.Strategy
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Well I don't have much strategy for everyone yet but here
are a few bits I've picked up on along the way.
If you would like to submit strategy, please send it to
Jerome44@mail.com and I'll give you full credit!
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Doubles Strategy
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When the other team is serving and your partner is on the
returning end, you can make an easy kill. After the serve
rush the middle of the net and hit the returning ball with a
purple flaming hit(A+B) into the opposite corner. Your player
should jump up and knock the crap out of it!
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IX.Secrets
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Secret Characters:
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Donkey Kong Jr.
Beat All three courts in Either Tournament Mode with any character.
Hey-Ho(Little Red Baddie With White Face)
Beat All three courts in The Other Tournament with any character.
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Secret Courts:
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MARIO/LUIGI TATTOOED COURT IN THE CLOUDS
Win the first(mushroom cup) tournament in Singles with Mario.
MARIO/LUIGI TATTOOED COURT IN THE CASTLE
I noticed this one after all tournaments were completed
in both Doubles & Singles with Mario.
DONKEY KONG COURT
Win the first(mushroom cup) tournament in Singles with DK.
YOSHI & BABY MARIO COURT
Win the first(mushroom cup) tournament in Singles with Yoshi.
WARIO COURT
Win all tournaments in Doubles with Wario.
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Coin Mini-Game Secrets:
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This has to be the most disipointing part of the game.
I completed a couple of the coin mini-games only to find that
the big reward was having a sort of free for all with Koopa.
Then I figured that something cool would happen if I beat them all...
Well about 4:00 AM I found out I was wrong! All you get is to play
against Koopa on all of them, blah!
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Plants Upchucking Tennis Balls Mini-Game:
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Haven't found anything yet. Just seems to be
for practice, could be secrets though.
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Miscleaneous Secrets:
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SPECIAL CUPS
Go through all the Tournament Cups with all the characters(including
Shy Guy and Donkey Kong Jr.) to unlock the Special Cups,
which are much harder than the previous one. Press R while
selecting a character to access the Special Tournament in the
menu.
PLAY WITH LEFT HAND
At the character select screen, hold down L while choosing
your character.
HANDICAP
I think you only have to beat one tournamet in order to enable
this with a character. If you have done this then hold down R
while picking your character and you should see a star next the
whoever you selected in the bottom left. This will give you
extremely powerful hitting abilities.
RESTART REPLAY
While a replay is playing, press the B button.
Good for torturing friends...
ALWAYS PLAY ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
This isn't a real secret but it really made me happy that
it was included! If you press start while playing, and then
select the camera and then select the middle camera with the
two arrows, you can play without having to play on the top side
of the court. I hate that top side and I'm sure many of you
do too!
That's it for the secrets for now.
I'll have gameshark codes and cheat codes as soon
as I find them. And if you would like to contribute them
you can send them along to Jerome44@mail.com!
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X.Cool Links
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I always like to know the latest about videogames so I
thought I'd compile a list of links where you can find all
about Mario Tennis 64! Enjoy!
Nintendo of America's Mario Tennis 64 Page:
http://www.nintendo.com/n64/mariotennis/
Nintendo of Japan's Mario Tennis 64 Page:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nm8j/index.html
IGN 64's Mario Tennis 64 Compilation:
http://ign64.ign.com/games/14400.html
IGN's Comparision of Mario Tennis 64 and Virtua Tennis:
http://dreamcast.ign.com/news/22659.html
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XI.Where To Buy Imports
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Well I have had some good luck and bad luck with importers in my
day and I thought I'd share that with you all today. Below is a list
of importers along with their links. I'll tell you why or why not
I like them and how smoothly my orders have gone with each.
Tronixweb.Com - Awesome!
These guys are on top of their orders. I have ordered several
games from them and they have always been very nice. They
give out tracking numbers, confirm shipments, and offer really
cheap overnight shipping if you just can't wait!(They Are In
New York). They're only drawback is that they don't always get
everything in the first day it's offered and they don't always
have every game I'm looking for, but other than that they rock!
TheRage.Com - Awesome!
Great track record with me, but they also don't always have all
the latest imports in stock. But they have very good prices and
cheap shipping as well.
NCSX.Com - The King!
These guys have everything the day it comes out. They have great prices,
fast shipping, and you can find pretty much everything you'd ever want!
They do have some shipping charges that are kind of high, but not enough
to make anyone not shop there. Definitely check these guys out. They also
offer a detailed account record and I have found that they ship sometimes
minutes after an order! Just plain amazing.
Videogamedepot.com - Awesome!
They have a huge selection of older imports for the saturn, super nes, etc
along
with all of the newer systems. unbeatable prices and they ship very fast.
These
guys are gamers that decided to open a store, so they will have every import
ever available. They get the obscure and the mainstream so if you want
some off the wall title like A-Train or a dating sim, this the site to check
out.
Buyrite.Com - ACK, BAD!
Slow shipping, Horrible packing, Bad Condition Product. STAY AWAY!
Gexpress.com - Worked Great!
Fast shiping, low prices, but I only ordered from them once so far.
DCSHK.Com - AWESOME!
Out of Hong Kong with great prices and selection. They have the latest
and greatest imports, along with a great variety of off the wall system
addons. You must check them out!
That's it for the import stores, hope you liked it!
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XII.How To Play Imports
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There are two options that you can consider for
playing import games on your N64. You can either modify
it yourself or buy an adapter. I in no way hold an responsibility
for whatever you do to your system so proceed with modding
at your own risk. Here are some links to more information
on this subject.
Mod Info:
http://ign64.ign.com/news/15325.html
http://www.icedragon.com/mod/n64.html
Buy A Converter:
Tronixweb.com
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XIII.Character Endings
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I wanted to save this for the bottom so I didn't spoil anyones fun!
If you don't want to know, DON'T LOOK! Here are the endings I've
seen so far.
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Mario
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As Mario receives his trophy a sewer pipe comes out of the ground
and knocks him off of his feet. The trophy pops out of his hands
and Bowser then comes out of the pipe and grabs it.
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Daisy
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She gets to close to the edge of the platform and falls off. Then
it freezes with her holding her trophy and smiling.
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Wario
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He marches around saying, "Wario number one wario!" Then he jumps off
the platform and flips onto his back.
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Luigi
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He runs around saying, "Oh Boy, Luigi Win! I win! I win! I win! I win! I
win!
Luigi win! Luigi win! He then falls off the platform and drops his
trophy. He
then says, "Come a back here whatsa matta." Then that camera turtle on a
cloud
comes down and steals his trophy. Then Luigi says, "Oh, my trophy!"
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Waluigi
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He dances around with the trophy in hand and says, "Yeaah, I'm a number
one! Look I'm
a dancing! I'm so Happy!" Luigi watches and then shakes his hand a
Waluigi
in disapproval. Luigi leaves and Waluigi gets really ticked!
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Kinopio
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He dances around with the trophy, throws it up, and it then hits him on
the head.
Star dust flys everywhere and he does a flip onto his rear end. Then he
smiles and
blushes.
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Peach
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She dances around with a levitating trophy. It seems like she has some
kind of
magical power and is doing this herself. She then grabs the trophy and
smiles.
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Contributors
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Gamwinners.Com - Special Cups Secret, Thanks!
That's It For Now, Look For More Updates In The Near Future!
...Over And Out...
