Mario Tennis Fever Adds a Free Galaxy Tennis Court

Mario Tennis Fever just got a free Super Mario Galaxy crossover, and Nintendo built the whole thing around one delightfully unhinged idea: what if the tennis court were a planet? Version 1.1.0 is out now on Switch 2, it costs nothing, and it comes with a racket that spawns a black hole. Yes, really.

• Galaxy Court — set on a distant planet, and it goes *spherical* in Special Match with high ball bounce
• Black Hole Racket — a Fever Racket whose Fever Shot spawns a growing black hole that yanks nearby players toward it
• Galaxy Court Match mode with three types of Prankster Comets that shift match strategy
• GameShare via GameChat — friends who don't own the game can play along (Nintendo Switch Online required)

The Court Is a Sphere Now

Let me repeat that, because it deserves a moment: in Special Match, the Galaxy Court curves into a sphere. Ball bounce goes high and your entire mental model of court positioning goes out the airlock. Somewhere at Nintendo, someone pitched "tennis, but the court is a small planet with its own gravity" and nobody stopped them. Bless.

The Black Hole Racket is the other headliner — a Fever Racket whose Fever Shot drops a black hole that grows and drags nearby players into it. It's the sort of chaos-gremlin item that will either win you friends or end a group chat, and honestly both outcomes are valid.

Galaxy Court Match adds three types of Prankster Comets, the returning Galaxy modifier concept that reshuffles how a match plays. Rounding it out: five new Luma color variants and Mario's classic outfit, plus character balance adjustments and a random racket selection option for people who like to let fate decide.

Wait, GameShare Is the Real Story

Here's the feature that deserves more attention than the black hole. Through GameChat, GameShare lets friends who don't own Mario Tennis Fever play along with you. All you need is a Nintendo Switch Online membership.

That's genuinely great. The eternal tragedy of local multiplayer in 2026 is that everyone has to buy in — and Nintendo just quietly deleted that barrier for this game. Free content drop *and* a way to hand the experience to a friend at no cost? That's the kind of player-friendly move worth pointing at. Anyone building out a Switch 2 library will want this on the list alongside the picks in our best Switch 2 games guide.

Free Updates Keep Being the Move

No season pass, no battle pass, no "Galaxy Bundle — $14.99." Just a substantial content drop for people who already bought the game, which continues a very good run of this on Switch 2 — see also Digimon Story: Time Stranger's free Switch 2 update. Our full gaming coverage has been tracking the trend, and it keeps holding.

Version 1.1.0 is live now. Go play tennis on a planet.

Sources: Gematsu — July 15, 2026; Nintendo Life — July 15, 2026.