Virtua Tennis for mobiles

By MobileIndustry.biz Published 14 June, 2006

Nothing to do with babies.

Glu Mobile has announced the launch of Virtua Tennis Mobile Edition, a new version of SEGA's classic sports game, in time for the start of the Wimbledon tennis season.

Players can choose from 20 different characters or customise their own, winning tournament prize money which can be used to buy shirts, raquets or shoes, or a contract with a doubles partner.

"Virtua Tennis is considered by many to be the ultimate arcade tennis game, and we believe the gameplay and graphics of the mobile edition emulate the addictiveness of the original game and make it a perfect fit for the mobile platform," said Glu's Kristian Segerstråle.

Darren Newnham, business development manager for SEGA Europe, added: "Virtua Tennis is a classic arcade game franchise. As we've seen through the success of Sonic the Hedgehog, Glu has the proven ability to successfully bring SEGA's original console games to the mobile platform."

Virtua Tennis was a huge hit when it first appeared in arcades back in 1999. Further iterations of the game appeared on a variety of platforms, including Dreamcast, Xbox and, most recently, PSP. Virtua Tennis Mobile Edition will roll out this month.

Picture of MobileIndustry.biz.

About MobileIndustry.biz

Read more articles from MobileIndustry.biz by visiting the MobileIndustry.biz archive page.

You may also like...

Comments (4) Latest comment 6 years ago

Comments threads automatically close after 30 days, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

  • spidermanalf #1 6 years ago

    I had this on my sony ericsson about a year ago!

  • JonFE #2 6 years ago

    "Virtua Tennis was a huge hit when it first appeared in arcades back in 1999. Further iterations of the game appeared on a variety of platforms, including Dreamcast, Xbox and, most recently, PSP. Virtua Tennis Mobile Edition will roll out this month."

    As far as I know, Virtua Tennis was never released on the original Xbox; hopefully Virtua Tennis 3 will appear on the x360, tho'.

  • SimonM7 #3 6 years ago

    Nope, no Xbox version. That had Top Spin though, which is basically VT but with a bunch of randomizing *risk shots* and not nearly as much fun.

    On the topic of mobile games (those seem rather on the rise) are there any phones with a stick that isn't shite yet?

  • xandoodle #4 6 years ago

    SuperRealTennis wasnt Virtua Tennis?