Virtua Tennis 2009

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Virtua Tennis 2009

Manufacturer: Sega Of America, Inc.
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Product Description

Step out onto the court and get ready to face off against some of the world's top players. Virtua Tennis 2009 serves up intense tennis fun that brings the action on the court to life with incredible realism. Demonstrate your control and accuracy with the series' trademark pinpoint gameplay mechanics that lend every stroke, volley and serve real-life power and immediacy, and show you've got what it takes to compete for one of the sport's most coveted prizes.

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12 mini-games
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Synopsis
Create your own player and join the new World Tour where you will be trained by a real-life legend of tennis to compete for the #1 ranking against the biggest stars. Then take your character online and prove you’re the best with the new online ranking system! With brand new courts, a new roll call of tennis stars to compete against and even more court mini-games, Virtua Tennis 2009 is set to be the #1 tennis title once again!

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Virtua Tennis 2009 comes filled with enhancements that amp up the excitement on the court. Design your own customized player in the new player creation system, which offers a huge variety of options and includes improvements to hair, skin and texture detail. An enhanced world tour lets you pit your skills against more than 20 licensed pros and even make a run at the Davis Cup. Show off your tennis talents in arenas around the globe, complete with 3D crowds, and hone your skills to pro level in a tennis academy in which you'll take lessons from such greats as Stefan Edberg and Tim Henman. There are also 12 action-packed mini games that let you test your reflexes beyond traditional tennis, including Alien Attack, Avalanche and Meat Defender.

Product Details

Take your career online and compete for the ultimate title of Virtua Tennis Champion with the new online ranking system. With prize money you earn in online tournaments, you can purchase over 800 items in the new Tennis Store and upgrade your character.
New Players / Courts – Play as or against over 20 of the world’s top players, including seven new to Virtua Tennis and three legends. All-new arenas and the officially licensed Davis Cup provide the most realistic tennis competition to date.
New Player Creation System – You now have full control over facial, body and clothing customization, as well as the depth to populate the game world with hundreds of unknown opponents.
More Court Games – Playing alone or with up to three friends compete in 12 mini-games, five completely new, and upload your hi-scores on the worldwide rankings in games such as Zoo Feeder and Pirate War.
Improved Gameplay – Courtside action is better than ever, with extensive updates to the famous arcade-style Virtua Tennis match engine, as well as 3D crowds and a more realistic courtside experience.

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Customer Reviews

Good but could be better

Review Date: July 15, 2010

Reviewer: Ben Nicholson, Landrake, Saltash, Cornwall, UK

This is good game playing is fun the arcade games are really fun and the career mode is really good idea but it takes to long to up the ranks of amateur then pro even if your playing on it for ages and winning all the time (very disappointing).
The online play is rubbish if you want to play tennis online get Grand Slam Tennis it's way better for that.
Other than those 2 problems it's very good.

Good

Review Date: April 1, 2010

Reviewer: Leandro P. Heringer, Brazil

I liked this game. It is hard at beggining, but the challenge is good.Grafics are in the wii level, but games and wifi connection are great.

Quite good

Review Date: March 31, 2010

Reviewer: Marcelo A. Gonzalez, Argentina

Overall it is pretty good, although the rendering of the faces of the players is a tad below what I was expecting.

not as expected

Review Date: March 1, 2010

Reviewer: JD Kent, Wenatchee, WA

I picked this because of good reviews saying how realistic it was, and that it had my fave player in it. I soon sold the game.
The players were pretty close to their real life counterparts, movements and grunts. A couple of the mini games held my attention for a day.

The career mode didn't make much sense, I couldn't seem to get anywhere because there was not instruction on what I should do. The tutorial mode didn't offer much help for learning the different shots, it just said to do them, but not really how. The mini games were dumb, if not too difficult. The biggest problem to me was that the ball seemed to never go out of bounds. It was just long rallies until I missed the ball it seemed. Also it never seemed to register if I was doing forehand or backhand. To me, this didn't even play as real as the original Wii Sports tennis. the game play didn't do it for me.

Hard at first, than really fun!

Review Date: February 11, 2010

Reviewer: Italia30, NY

I am used to playing Wii sports tennis, but I wanted something a bit more realistic and challenging. Well this game did it for me. It is definitely more challenging and with Wii motion it is more real. I enjoy it and think for the price the game is worth it.