Mario Tennis Fever update adds Galaxy Court, Black Hole Racket, GameShare support, and more

Nintendo has released a new free update for Mario Tennis Fever. Update ver. 1.1.0 is now available for all owners of the game. It adds a new Fever Racket, the Black Hole Racket and a new Galaxy Court.

In Mario Tennis Fever starting now there is also a new Special Match titled “Galaxy Court Match”. As the match progresses in this mode, one of three types of Prankster Comets will appear and will greatly change the strategy of the match.

New colors were also added for Luma and they added Mario’s Classic outfit.

Mario Tennis Fever now as GameShare and Play via GameChat support. You can now play tennis matches with swing controls in addition to tennis matches with button controls and games in Mix It Up via GameChat.

Below is an overview of the updates added to Mario Tennis Fever on Nintendo Switch 2:

Added “GameShare” and ”Play via GameChat”

• Added functionality to play the game with friends on GameChat who don’t have the game.
• In “Play via GameChat,” you can play tennis matches with swing controls in addition to tennis matches with button controls and games in Mix It Up.Note: A Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to use GameChat.

Added a New Fever Racket, the “Black Hole Racket”

• The new “Black Hole Racket” Fever Racket has been added which causes a black hole when the Fever Shot hits the ground.
• The black hole it causes has the effect of pulling players who are nearby into the black hole when it gets large.
• Your HP Gauge will take damage if you get close to the black hole. If your HP reaches 0 due to the black hole and you are knocked out, you will be sucked into the black hole.
• Black holes do not have the effect of drawing in incoming balls.

Added a New Court, the “Galaxy Court”

• A new court has been added based on Super Mario Galaxy.
• The court is made on a distant planet, and although the ball speed isn’t particularly fast, balls have a high bounce.
• The court has a different shape depending on whether you are playing Free Play or Ranked Match matches, or in Special Match.

Added a New Special Match, “Galaxy Court Match”

• Special “Galaxy Court Match” match rules have been added where you play on a spherical court made on a distant planet.
• As the match progresses, one of three types of “Prankster Comets” will appear and will greatly change the strategy of the match.

Added New Colors for Luma

• Added five new colors of Luma as playable characters.

Added Mario’s Classic Outfit

• Added Mario’s classic outfit as a reward for collecting 5 medals.

Changes to Character Specifications

• Changed specifications of some characters.

Changes to Shot Behavior

• Adjusted the star point detection to make it easier to execute Star Shots.

Other Changes

• In addition to the new “Galaxy Court”, you can now select “Academy Court (Grass),” “Academy Court (Hard),” and “Academy Court (Clay)” in court selection.
• You can now select “Random” on the racket selection screen. If you select “Continue” when the match ends, you can compete with a different racket each match.
• Added an option to disable pressing the A Button and B Button simultaneously to hit a flat shot.
• Adjusted how modes are randomly selected for “Search All Modes” in for Ranked Match matches.
• Added “Galaxy Court” as a Ranked Match court and adjusted the order courts appear in.
• Made it so when you’re playing the “Racket Factory Match” special game, if you don’t have a FV Gauge bar filled when picking up a Fever Racket, your FV Gauge will fill up to 1 bar.
• Several other adjustments and fixes have been made to improve the gameplay experience.

Mario Tennis Fever Free Update Trailer