Virtua Tennis 2009 (Wii)

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Genre	Sports
Platform	Nintendo Wii
Release Date	18/06/2009
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Virtua Tennis 2009 (Wii) Product Information

Wii MotionPlus Compatible for unprecedented control. The number one Tennis Game now on Wii for the first time!The world's top tennis stars are hitting the courts again as SEGA's bestselling tennis series smashes into action for the first time on the Wii

Virtua Tennis hits the Wii for the first time using the most advanced control system the Wii has to offer, Wii Motion Plus.Create your own player, join the new World Tour, where you will be trained by a real-life legend of tennis, and compete for the #1 ranking against the planet's biggest stars. Then take your character online and prove you're the best with the new online ranking system!

Features:
• Improved gameplay: Courtside action is better than ever, with extensive updates to the famous VT match engine. Improved volleying, serving and net-play allow you to express yourself on court like never before.
• New world tour and online rankings: Take your career online and compete for the ultimate title of Virtua Tennis Champion.
• New Players and courts: 23 of the world's top players (8 new and 3 legends) take to the court in new arenas and the Davis Cup.
• New player creation system: Now have full control over face, body, and clothes as well as the depth to populate the game world with 100's of unknown opponents.
• More court games:  Compete in 12 minigames, 6 completely new, for either single or multiplayer action where players can upload their high scores onto the worldwide rankings in games such as Zoo Feeder and Pirate War.

Virtua Tennis 2009 (Wii) Review

The Virtua Tennis franchise has barely changed since its first appearance on the Dreamcast way back at the start of the decade. It’s a real disappointment that the 360 and PS3 versions of Virtua Tennis 2009 are essentially the same game that we loved on SEGA’s last console. Merely updating the player roster and adding a few mini-games just isn’t enough nowadays. Thankfully, with great implementation of Wii MotionPlus and motion controls, Virtua Tennis 2009 on Wii takes the series in an all-new direction.

Virtua Tennis 2009 definitely shines with MotionPlus, as it’s a far more realistic experience with it and is highly recommended to get the best out of the title. If you don’t have it, you’ll have to time your swing in accordance with the bar that appears on top of your player. A marker swings from left to right in the bar, so if you want to swing left, you’ll have to wait for the marker to be in the left area of the bar before you swing.

With MotionPlus, the bar is removed and you have to swing the remote whatever way you want to hit the ball as if you were playing with a real tennis racquet. The learning curve is quite steep and you’ll definitely have to do some of the tutorials before you play this way, but the benefits of playing with MotionPlus are clear once you master it. It’s a far more realistic way to play the title. There are some slight inaccuracies with slicing and volleying, but they are very rare and overall, the experience MotionPlus offers is excellent.

Virtua Tennis 2009 on Wii is the superior of all versions of the game. The gameplay is a lot of fun and the MotionPlus, even with a steep learning curve, really makes the game worth playing. The World Tour mode isn’t anything new but still offers enough challenge and depth to be enjoyable. There are plenty of mini-games and an OK online multiplayer component. The presentation is the only major letdown and ultimately holds the title back from being an absolute must-have. Still, the gameplay is good enough to make this one of the best sports titles on the Wii. It’s not quite as good as Grand Slam Tennis, but it’s pretty close.

SOURCE MYWII