Coming right off the heels of Mario Golf, Mario Tennis is an all-right enough time. The core gameplay still doesn't have any of the hallmarks of Mario Sports games as we know them now (i.e. character specific shots, fun courses, items, etc...) but its still fun enough to get by and significantly less frustrating than Mario Golf was as a whole. There is just about as much content via side modes and unlockable as there was in Mario Golf, but since this is a faster paced and less methodical sport like tennis all of it just seems shorter by nature of the sport. Where this game really shines though is in the charm department. Each character has their own victory animations and while simple they're fun and show that the developers put some amount of care into this game, there's also Mario who's the announcer for every match (for the matches Mario is playing in a random blue Mario with the same exact voice takes his place which is really funny to me) and his pronunciations of things are really charming and funny (the way Mario says Championship Point gives me life), it's small things like these that make up the game's personality but I'm really glad they're there, especially after just coming from a game that had nothing like that. Overall, Mario Tennis is a really simple game with basic tennis gameplay and a kind of minimal amount of content, but one packed with just enough charm and personality for me to like it.