Gameplay footage of GBC Nina vs Bowser* and Boo* on MAX, the hardest Difficulty in the game.
The purpose of this video is to discuss the viability of GBC Characters in a speedrun setting and compare their performance relative to the Mario Tennis cast with different builds, I chose Bowser and Boo as Nina's opponents to compare both character Power and Trickyness, it finally feels good to be able to play with a grounded Tricky character without having to deal with the weird mobility mechanics that both Paratroopa and Boo have, which isn't inherently bad but feels very awkward to play, specially Boo, I mostly play Paratroopa but sometimes my movement with him feels off making me lose otherwise easy points. It seems that the -2 Penalty into Reaction and Stop has little impact on her overall movement and she can pretty much reach any ball from anywhere on the court from the baseline to the net. While slower than Alex, the difference is barely noticeable.
This is relevant in a speedrun setting because as far as speedrunners are concerned, Baby Mario is the best character because he hits hard enough to ace serve in the first cups and is also fast enough to rush the net and make quick easy points, while his short height and range may not be ideal, he excels at the net game precisely because of his small size, with his outstanding pros and few cons they do not think the GBC characters can outperform Baby Mario so there is little discussion about this.
HOWEVER they overlook the fact that a GBC character can be customized, while Nina also has a short height and suffers from poor range, I think she has more potential than Baby Mario because you can maximize her stats and optimize her to have perfect stats. With a stat distribution of X/20/18/19 at Level 58 or X/29/26/27 at Level 99, Nina will have perfect stats on Power, Control and Speed which means she can totally outperform Baby Mario in these 3 fields if her stats are distributed like this. In this video Nina doesn't have perfect stats because I intended her to be a Tricky character, but I will link you to my other video here: • Mario Tennis 64 - Kate (GBC) vs Peach* - I... where I showcase a gameplay of Kate (her partner), which also happens to be taller than Nina which translates to better range, with perfect stats on Speed and semiperfect Stats on Power and Control so you can have an idea of how this translates into the gameplay mechanics of Mario Tennis 64
If you wonder why I don't test them myself in a speedrun, is because I am not a speedrunner and I would suck at showing a good run, which is why I show a standard gameplay vs the CPU because this is easier to understand from a non-speedrunner perspective like casual players and such.
Note: Nina maxes her Power, Control and Speed Stat at Level 58, assuming 0 points are invested into Spin, like this: 0/20/18/19, this way you don't have to grind all the way up to Level 99, in the GBC you can reach Level 58 in a few hours by playing the Mario Tour in Singles & Doubles and give all the experience to Nina.
Nina Lv99 Max Stats (Round 1 & 2)
Type: Tricky
Held Items:
Gold Racket (+2 Serve, +2 Stroke, -1 Angle, -1 Placement)
Light Shoes (+2 Speed, +2 Dash, -2 Reaction, -2 Stop)
27 Spin Points (max at 27)
Topspin 10 / Slice 10
24 Power Points (max at 29)
Serve 6+2 / Stroke 7+2 / Volley 7-1
24 Control Points (Max at 26)
Angle 8-1 / Placement 9
23 Speed Points (max at 27)
Speed 6+2 / Dash 7+2
Reaction 7-2 / Stop 6-2
If you are a Mario Tennis 64 speedrunner, you can check the GBC characters discussion in this speedrun.com forum: https://www.speedrun.com/es-ES/mt64/f...
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