Tennis scores are bourgeois decadence. Inflating points to make them seem bigger than they are to keep the proles out
Inflating numbers to make them bigger is also peak Japanese game design
it actually makes sense when you realize they used the minute hand of a clock to keep score
Then why 40??? Because 45 was winning and you are almost there? Was 45 used to indicate advantage then??
One theory is that it got shortened to quarante because everyone knew it meant quarante-cinq and it's quicker to say, but then people decided that it does not matter if the number is 40 or 45
The Mario Tennis RPG for the GBC had some NPC with this line about falling in love at 15, 30, 45, but I can't remember how it went lol
There's an old saying in Mario Tennis—I know it's on the GBC, probably the GBA too—that says, fall in love at 15—shame on you—fall in love at 30... and... you're 45 you can't love again.I gotcha covered! I used good ol' strings on the ROM and thankfully the text is stored as standard ASCII, so it worked like a charm. Here's what I found:
Scoring in tennis is so romantic, don'cha think? First it's 15-love, then it's 30-love. It's so dreamy. But... Once both sides score, the love is gone... I guess love in tennis, is all one-sided... You don't think so? The first point is called 15-love. It's like first love at age 15. No other sport scores like that. Oh, I see you filled your heart with love and made the rankings. Does this mean that love has lifted you higher?That game was so good. I wish there were more RPGs like that one. Except the skill degradation system, fuck that noise.
I think Golf Story and it's sequel, Sports Story, are supposed to be like it - never played them, but they seem relatively well received
Edit: also, I loved how you could pull your characters from the GBC game over to the N64 version. I think I had a super over leveled set when I was a super bored kid
Anything that makes me take my shoes and socks off so I can count to 40 is too complicated
I'm sure comrades in c/mutual_aid would be happy to buy you a pair of tennis shoes.
