Never in many, many years have I had so much fun as I had today, in a sports video game. I played for at least 4 hours straight (excluding washroom breaks), and had to peel myself away from my GameCube, as I had to eat something. Of course, I'm referring to Mario Power Tennis. I rented it earlier today, more as an experiment than anything else. I wanted to test it out, see what all the fuss was about, and maybe have a good time. Well, it would just so happen that the latter would turn out incredibly so! All I have to say is that if you own a GameCube, go get this game, NOW! It is one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had lately in a video game, and easily one of my favourite sports video games of all time. It's funny, inventive, has a great presentation, and is just fun to the core! The power moves are stunning, funny, and make the game fresh and so incredibly fun!!!

I'm not going to bore you with details, but this game is a must-have, and is easily working it's way to the top of my wish list. I have yet to play multiplayer, as I just rented it today, but the single-player is amazing. It's difficult (well, depending on which difficulty you're playing on) and fun in every aspect. Even when you play doubles with a CPU as a partner, the AI is very impressive, and you will definitely not feel like you have to cover the whole court in case your partner slips up. I just can't wait to get back to my TV to start playing it some more. I'm incredibly impressed with this game. Camelot is turning out to be a very useful company towards Nintendo, and I think Nintendo should go out on a limb, and get Camelot to produce a larger title, like an Earthbound game, instead of just using them to make Mario's sports adventures. They have proved themselves as a developer, and this is easily their best game yet! Kudos to you Camelot, and Nintendo as well. If Mario spin-off games continue to be this fun, and of this high quality, all I have to say is: Keep 'em coming!