History Trivia / MarioTennis

* FanNickname:
** ''Yoshi Tennis Open'' to the 3DS game because of the overabundance of many Yoshi colors as singular characters.
** The Wii U game is often called ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Trash'', due to its bare-bones content.
** Lucien, the racket in Adventure Mode, has been called "Infinity Racket" due to its golden color scheme and five slots where its "Power Stones" are placed making it eerily similar to the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity Gauntlet]].
** Spike, introduced in ''Aces'', is more frequently referred to by his fan nickname, [[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers Fishy Boopkins]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Reportedly, Miyamoto ''hated'' the idea of his beloved Peach having an ugly counterpart, and in retaliation, not only vetoed the creation of said character, but also made Waluigi TheScapegoat for his anger and has, to this day, prevented him from appearing in any of the mainline ''Mario'' games, despite rumors that he was unlockable in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.

* ExiledFromContinuity: The OriginalGeneration human characters stopped appearing after ''Power Tour'', and likely won't ever return because of Nintendo's mandates that disallow original characters from appearing in ''Mario'' games.

* ExiledFromContinuity: The original human characters stopped appearing after ''Power Tour'', and likely won't ever return because of Nintendo's mandates that disallow original characters from appearing in ''Mario'' games.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Reportedly, Miyamoto ''hated'' the idea, and in retaliation, not only vetoed the creation of said character, but also prevented Waluigi from appearing in any of the main ''Mario'' games.

* IKnewIt: Many people expected Pauline to make her playable debut in ''Mario Tennis Aces'', given that the game was announced following her greatly expanded role in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. Although she wasn't one of the playable characters at release, she was among the additional characters that were added after release, becoming available in March 2019.

* ExiledFromContinuity: The original human characters stopped appearing after ''Power Tour''. This is likely because of Nintendo's mandates that disallow original characters from appearing in ''Mario'' games.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Reportedly, Shigeru Miyamoto was so incensed by the idea, he not only had Wapeach scrapped, but made Waluigi a scapegoat for his anger and, to this day, has seen to it that Waluigi never appear in a mainline Mario platformer or the ''Smash Bros.'' series.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach".

* IKnewIt: Many people expected Pauline to make her playable debut in ''Mario Tennis Aces'', given that the game was announced following her greatly expanded role in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. Although she wasn't one of the playable characters at release, she was among the additional characters that were added after release, becoming available on March 2019.

* IKnewIt: Many people expected Pauline making her playable debut in ''Mario Tennis Aces'', given that the game was announced following the release of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' (the game Pauline [[BreakoutCharacter greatly raised popularity]]). Although she wasn't one of the playable characters at release, she was among the additional characters that were added after release, with her being available on March 2019.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Shigeru Miyamoto had the character scrapped because he didn't even want to see her. He also reportedly took his rage out on Waluigi, and has seen fit to this day that Waluigi never appear outside of spinoff titles.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Shigeru Miyamoto had the character scrapped because he didn't even want to see her. He also reportedly took his rage out on Waluigi, and has seen fit to this day that Waluigi never appear in the mainline games.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Shigeru Miyamoto had the character scrapped because he didn't even want to see her.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Not only did Shigeru Miyamoto scrap this, he was so [[Main/BerserkButton outraged]] by the very concept that he took his rage out on Waluigi and [[Main/DisproportionateRetribution is the very reason that he's never appeared outside of the sports and party titles to date]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development of the original game, there was talk of expanding the Waluigi concept further by making an evil counterpart for Peach, tentatively known as "Warupeach" or "Wapeach". Not only did Shigeru Miyamoto scrap this, he was so [[Main/BerserkButton outraged]] by the very concept that he took his rage out on Waluigi and [[Main/DisproportionateRetribution is the very reason that he hasn't appeared in a main series game to date]].

** Spike, introduced in ''Aces'', is more frequently referred to by his fan nickname, [[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers Fishy Boopkins]].

** Lucien, the racket in Adventure Mode, has been called "Infinity Racket" due to its golden color scheme and five slots where its "Power Stones" are placed making it eerily similar to the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity Gauntlet]].

** The tennis racket Luigi gains in ''Aces'''s Adventure Mode has been called "Infinity Racket" due to its golden color scheme and five slots making it eerily similar to the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity Gauntlet]].

** The Wii U game is often called ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Trash'', due to its lack of good content.

** The tennis racket Luigi gains in ''Aces'' has been called "Infinity Racket" due to its golden color scheme and five slots making it eerily similar to the Infinity Gauntlet.

** The Wii U game is often called ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Trash'', due to its bare-bones content.
** The tennis racket Luigi gains in ''Mario Tennis: Tennis Ace'' has been called ''Infinity Racket'' due to its golden color scheme and five slots making it eerily similar to the Infinity Gauntlety.

** The Wii U game is often called ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Trash'', due to its bare-bones content.

* FanNickname: ''Yoshi Tennis Open'' to the 3DS game because of the overabundance of many Yoshi colors as singular characters.