Mario's Tennis

Mario's Tennis is a tennis game that was released as a launch title for the Virtual Boy.

It is the first tennis-related Mario game, and would later be followed by the Mario Tennis series.

Nintendo's Virtual Boy (1995) was an early, tabletop-mounted stereoscopic 3D system that used red monochrome displays — a design that caused user discomfort and contributed to it being discontinued within a year. Its extremely short commercial life produced one of the smallest official game libraries of any Nintendo platform, making complete Virtual Boy titles a genuinely rare and sought-after niche among Nintendo collectors.

Gamevaro tracks Mario's Tennis for Virtual Boy with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.

Adding Mario's Tennis to a Gamevaro collection takes seconds — search by title or scan the box barcode, and the app fills in cover art, release details and current pricing automatically. This VB release dates back to 1995.

Only a handful of market sales have been tracked for Mario's Tennis, suggesting it doesn't trade hands very often — a sign of relative scarcity compared to more common Virtual Boy titles.

Complete-in-box (CIB) copies typically command a premium over loose cartridges/discs because the original box and manual are more fragile and get discarded or damaged over time — fewer complete sets survive.

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