Virtua Tennis 2009 [Nintendo Wii]

June 13th, 2009 | 71 views | Posted by admin in Cheap Video Games

Virtua Tennis 2009 for Nintendo Wii

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.

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!

Key Game Features:

New World Tour & Online Rankings – Take your career online and compete for the ultimate title of ‘Virtua Tennis Champion’ with the new PLAYSTATION 3 system and Xbox 360 online ranking system. With prize money you earn in online tournaments, you can purchase over 800 shop 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.

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.

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.

Virtua Tennis 2009 Review

Virtua Tennis is a great game on so many levels. The nice thing is that you can just pick up and play without reading a lot of instructions and still have a lot of fun, or you can build a character and really get into the games and tournaments and move up in the ranks. I played the game first without the Wii MotionPlus yesterday and it was fun, but when the MotionPlus arrived today I found it gave me more control over my racket and the way I hit the ball. It also made it easier to do slice and drop shots, lob shots or smash the ball. You have to physically take a backhand or forehand stance to accurately hit the ball. You have to twist and turn your body just like you would in a real game. It makes the whole experience that much more realistic.

I loved the Wii Sports Tennis and spent hours and hours playing, but always wished there was more to it. Virtua Tennis is the answer to my prayers. First off, the graphics are really beautiful. You have a choice of places to play like New York, Paris, Melbourne and others. The players look and move like real people. Not that I’m knocking those cute little Mii’s but you know what I mean. There are lots of characters to choose from if you want to just play online matches or you can start your own career in the World Tour. You select a basic character to start and then refine their looks with a whole bunch of different options. You actually have quite a bit of control over the way they look and this “me” looks like a real person. Then you have a bunch of options to train and develop your player and enter tournaments around the world while you move up (hopefully!) in rankings, pushing to become Number 1.

One of the many things included in this game is the Tennis Academy where you can learn and brush up on techniques like serving, strokes, and footwork. You can choose which ones you want to work on. You can change your character’s ability and play styles or unlock more by completing different Tennis Academy Missions. You can also select challenges from the global map to help improve your game skills.

Other options are competitions where you can play practice matches or sponsorship matches. In the sponsorship matches you can win prize money that you can use in the Tennis Store to buy more clothes, rackets, court passes and all kinds of stuff. It’s just one of the little things things that add to the realism of the game.

There are also several Court Games in the World Tour mode, with names like Alien Attack, Avalanche, Court Curling and mnay more. The ones I tried just seemed kind of goofy and I’m more interested in playing tennis so I haven’t really tried many of them yet. There is also online play where you can play matches with friends or anyone who has the game and is online. Imagine coming home from work at night and playing a match with a friend on the other side of the country. Or having a regular Saturday morning tennis game with a kid away at college or a friend in another state.

This game is great fun even if you’re not a kid or if you’re a 60 year old one like me. My reason for buying a Wii was exercise that’s fun and this is exactly that. It’ll get you up and moving and it’s realistic enough that there’s probably the chance of tennis elbow if you play long enough. If you enjoyed Wii Sports Tennis but always wished it was “bigger and better” I think you’ll really enjoy this game.