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SEGA has confirmed another instalment in the Virtua Tennis series is coming to PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Virtua Tennis 2009 will feature real-life ballsmashers like Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams and Roger Federererer. New players for this year include Andy "Come on Tim" Murray and ladies French Open champion Ana Ivanovic.
Volleying, serving and net play have been improved, and there's now "player stumbling" to "add a new dimension to matches". Along with traditional singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches, the game will feature the official Davis Cup.
The World Tour Mode has been spruced up, and now includes a fully integrated online ranking system. There are more Player Creation options than ever and a new-look Tennis Store with more than 800 items to choose from.
There will be brand new Court Games to play, and we're told to "look out for crocodiles, fruit and pirates". Wise advice generally, of course.
Virtua Tennis 2009 is out this May, according to the press release. Which was written by someone who should be given a payrise for managing not to use any phrases like "smash hit" or "new balls please" in the entire thing.
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The Bodybuilder
05/02/09 @ 16:11
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News so fast it's not even up yet.
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kinky_mong
05/02/09 @ 16:27
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Will this "player stumbling" be like tripping in Smash Bros Brawl, i.e. incredibly annoying and always happening at the worst possible time?
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CunningLinguist
05/02/09 @ 16:52
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Awesome! This is just awesome. Did I mention how awesome this is?
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Ahhhh, I'm still playing Virtua Tennis 3 such is its greatness.
The series has gradually been improving since the DC days so I have faith in this one, whatever features they put in. I hope the online matches are more closely linked with the leaderboards this time, i.e. being able to see the rank of you/your opponent before you play and see how it changes depending on the result. Also, when this comes out I hereby want a penny for every moron that cries "the players dive all over the place I can't stop it happening". P.S. I presume Sega-AM3 (or Hitmaker or whatever they're called now) is developing this??????????
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youhavenomail
05/02/09 @ 20:02
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It feels like the right time for Sega to mess this franchise up. It's been too good for too long, it must be time for them to start fiddling.
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Markusdragon
05/02/09 @ 20:38
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Come on Tim!
EDIT. Er, Come on, comma, Tim, even. Come on Tim sounds like a gay porn director's instruction to a castmember....
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RobotRocker
05/02/09 @ 20:52
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So, is Sumo doing it or AM2 or is it like VT3 where its Xbox/Sumo and AM2/PS3?
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Stumbling.... no thanks. I agree about the lob, absolutely pointless in VT3. Actually played 3 recently due to the australian open and it still pains me as to why federer was so poor in VT3. Id like to see Tsonga added, the game needs more characters with flair and when are we going to see some classic players like sampras and agassi?
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Virtua Tennis was a great game. I had it on 360 and re bought it when I got my PS3. The fact the PS3 had no online I LOVED! Im sick to death of people focusing on online modes when its more fun playing tennis games with people in your house.
VT3 surely wasnt without faults. All the diving being one. Some will say "you're just not itming it right" etc but theres a happy medium. I preferred it to Top Spin 3 but its like Evo V Fifa really - one arcadey and the other a sim. Personlly I can wait for this. Im going to try and not play VT3 now so im more hungry when its released! Hope all the niggles are fixed this time around. |
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redgiemental
06/02/09 @ 19:15
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I liked the fact that it was arcadey and hope it retains its arcadiness. It was originally an arcade title after all. Why is it that being arcadey seems to be a negative these days? There is no lack of sim games these days and I find less and less arcade style multiplayer games to play.
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