SEGA's Virtua Tennis 2009 slips to June

By Robert Purchese Published 7 May, 2009

Goes head to head with EA's effort.

SEGA forum admin RubyEclipse claims Virtua Tennis 2009 has been pushed back a month to June.

The thread says polishing the Wii version, which features Wii MotionPlus controls, is the reason for the delay. The new US target for all versions - PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 - is 2nd June. We're waiting to hear back from SEGA about European plans.

That potentially sits the release of Virtua Tennis 2009 right next to EA's Grand Slam Tennis, which also has Wii MotionPlus controls. The latter will bundle the WMP accessory at launch on 12th June for an added tenner.

We served and volleyed with Virtua Tennis 2009 on Wii and PS3 recently, and were very impressed. Head over to our hands-on impressions of VT 2009 to find out why.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Darren #1 3 years ago

    Well I guess a June release makes more sense anyway, what with it being nearer Wimbledon and all that, but it's still disappointing to hear that one of the few games I want for my Xbox 360 for the rest of this year (in fact, it's the ONLY one so far) has been put back again... and because of the /spits Wii, a console I have less and less interest in with each passing week! Sure it's nice that the console will FINALLY have an accurate controller some two and half years after its release but it's come far to late for me to care. Sorry.

    GAME sent me an email last week stating that my pre-order had been put back to the 22nd May so if it's released a few days after the US version in early June then that makes the delay only a fortnight which isn't too bad I suppose.

  • DonnieDarko333 #2 3 years ago

    Nearer Motion Plus which the game uses, makes sense to me too!

  • Darren #3 3 years ago

    Do Wii games have to be coded to make use of the MotionPlus add-on or does it automatically improve accuracy for all its games? Obviously it would be better if it was the former as old games, which may have previously been awkward to play with the Wiimote, would benefit from having improved accuracy and responsiveness.
    Edited by 1 at 07/05/09 @ 11:39

  • Loser #4 3 years ago

    @ Darren

    I'd guess they need to be coded to work with the new functionality.

  • neilka #5 3 years ago

    I can only imagine they're delaying it to make the sky bluer.

  • Aretak #6 3 years ago

    Disappointing, but it's only a couple of weeks. Hardly the end of the world.