Tennis 2K2

by Sega

Product Features

• Realistically rendered stadiums, playing surfaces, camera angles, and player animations heighten the
• Compete in singles, doubles, and new four-person mixed doubles play
• Select your own partner combinations
• Play modes include arcade, exhibition, and a world circuit mode that lets you train, play in tournam

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NEAG
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 23, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,784 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Sega's Tennis 2K2 adds nearly every element fans of Virtua Tennis longed for upon its release. The game features eight female players, including the Williams sisters and Monica Seles, along with eight male players, including Patrick Rafter and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. As if that's not enough, you can create your own male and female players--selecting from a range of faces, hairstyles, heights, and weights--and train them to conquer the new World Tour mode.

The gameplay is slightly deeper than in the previous installment thanks to separate topspin and backspin buttons and a lob button to foil opponents who rush the net. You'll need all the tricks you can muster to beat the revamped AI opponents, who put up a fight even on the easiest difficulty setting. The amazing graphics engine from the original game has been tweaked to look even better, with smoother animations and more detailed players. Squint and you'll almost be fooled into thinking you're watching a TV broadcast. The fun minigames from the original are back and better than ever, but it's the depth of the World Tour mode that keeps us coming back for more, and that puts our copy of Virtua Tennis in permanent retirement. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Fluid animations and detailed graphics
• Separate topspin and backspin buttons for precision shots
• Create your own players and help them rise up the ranks

Cons:

• Tough AI opponents mean you will lose a lot at first
• Doesn't allow women to face off against men

Product Description

Join your favorite professional players for the ultimate Dreamcast tennis experience. Endorsed by sisters Venus and Serena Williams, the game also features athletes like Jelena Dokic, Lindsay Davenport, Mary Pierce, and plenty of representatives of the men?s draw. TENNIS 2K2 is the sequel to the popular VIRTUA TENNIS, and you can bet that there are plenty of improvements to the popular game. New physics, updated graphics, and more pro players make this one even better than the original.

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Great Dreamcast Game, October 29, 2001

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flaviolius (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tennis 2K2 (Video Game)

Ah, Virtua Tennis. It provided so many hours of fun - and easy-to-learn, hard-to-master pick-up-and-play classic, with amazing graphics and a masterful 4-player mode. And here is the sequel, Tennis 2K2, which takes the basic formula of the first game and expands upon it, and the result is not only an improvement, but an altogether better game.

Sega added the game to its already excellent Sega Sports line, and as a result, the gameplay is more of a simulation than the arcadey Virtua Tennis. In addition, there are now sixteen licensed players, from Patrick Rafter to Jelena Dokic. The players look unbelievably realistic, down to the smallest detail. Monica Seles makes her trademark grunts, Tim Henman hitches his shoulders while he serves, Lindsay Davenport has her familiar racket windup, etc etc. It's almost eerie how true to life the players are - a vast improvement over the rather grotesque characters from the first game. There are now 28 courts, a HUGE addition over Virtua Tennis, and some of them are just gorgeous. The Rio court at dusk is particularly wonderous, giving the court and players a glow that's magnificent to behold.

The gameplay, while similar to VT, has undergone a few changes, making the game much more challenging. You now have three types of shots: topspin, slice, and lob. There is also much more attention paid to how powerful the shots are in relation to how close the player is to the ball, i.e. if the ball is close to you when you swing, you're not going to hit it very hard. Positioning your player in order to get maximum shot power and control is vital, adding a whole layer of strategy to the game. Thankfully, the too-often diving of the first game has been practically eliminated, as players lunge for balls just out of reach. If you should dive, however, you jump back to your feet in no time - a much-welcome improvement. You can also return serves with much more power, if you're in the right place. This makes the game more balanced, as the server was usually victorious in Virtua Tennis. The players have much more range now, which results in longer, more strategic matches. You cannot jump into Tennis 2K2 and expect victory right away if you've mastered VT - it's necessary to learn the subtle details all over again. Despite these new complexities, the game still retains the same charm and playability of the original. Credit Sega for not just re-releasing Virtua Tennis with new graphics - T2K2 is a much different, but no less enjoyable game. The best thing about the improved gameplay is it gives you more control over your player and his/her shots.

Tournament (arcade) and Exhibition modes are, in fact, set up the same as VT: pick a player (or players) and hit the courts. There is a mixed doubles option, as you cannot play two males against two females. However, the World Circuit Mode has seen some pretty drastic changes. You create a male and female player using rather limited options, and start training in your quest to become #1 in the world (you start ranked at 300th). You follow a 12-month calendar, on which different singles and doubles matches are displayed for you to enter. In between matches, you train your players using different trials, much like the first game, but instead of winning money, you improve your player's statistics in various categories (forehand power, foot speed, serve control, etc.). These training matches have the same unusual charm as VT's: you'll try to knock items off a conveyer belt to improve your serve, try to catch flags while avoiding being hit by balls fired from tennis machines, and even play a strange tennis version of Othello. These quirky minigames are just as wonderful and addictive as before, and Bulls' Eye and Pin Crasher make repeat appearances. It's very necessary to train, as your players begin basically at zero and will lose matches immediately unless you train. When you think you're ready, you can enter a match. If you win, you get money, which you can then spend in the various shops for doubles partners, additional outfits, racket upgrades, and more arenas for Exhibition Mode. You also improve your rank, imperative as you must have a certain rank in order to enter higher tournaments. These changes are, again, intended to make the game more of a simulation than an arcade experience, but it's set up in such an intuitive and compelling way that it's more enjoyable. You'll get attached to your created players quickly, and you can even use them in the game's other modes.

Tennis 2K2 is a gorgeous-to-look-at masterpiece that has even deeper gameplay than the original, and is unmatched as a multiplayer party game and as a single-player experience. It is a must-own classic that is the final hurrah for the dying Dreamcast, and is one of the system's top three games. Enthusiastically recommended!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy sequel to Virtua Tennis, October 30, 2001

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Orson Wang (Novi, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tennis 2K2 (Video Game)

If you loved "Virtua Tennis", picking up "Tennis 2K2" is a no-brainer. This sequel is simply more of what made "Virtua Tennis" a surprise hit. If you have not played the original and are not a tennis enthusiast, consider buying the original....

Reasons why this game does not deserve five stars:
1) The most popular players (Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova) are still not here and most likely will be appearing in a rival tennis game for PS2 in the future.
2) If you played the original "Virtua Tennis", you already know this game -- you will not be getting a substantially different game here.

Reasons why this game deserves better than three stars:
1) Women are here! A not-too-shabby list of women players includes the Williams sisters, Lindsay Davenport, and Monica Seles.
2) Sega still sports the best blend of realism and approachability in a tennis game. Tennis enthusiasts and casual gamers will all enjoy this game.
3) The new create-a-player mode adds a unique RPG element to the game. And if your favorite player is not among the included 16, you can create him or her from scratch.
4) Minor improvements over the original game can be seen throughout this sequel. For example, the graphics are noticeably cleaner (with nice touches such as scuff marks on the court surfaces) and game control now includes slicing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm Hooked, November 20, 2001

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dOc "undergroundmuzic" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tennis 2K2 (Video Game)

I had the Virtua Tennis and played it until my thumb cramped and the tour was comleted. Now I get to see Venus and Serina. The addition of women was a plus. Agassi and Sampras would've been a nice addition but Tommy Haas holds his own on this version as well as the last. Gameplay is great on any level. I play only on the top level and seem to have no problem winning. I do lose more than I win, but it increases your skill and causes you to make better shots......hint: work the angles and keep the other guy guessing your shot.

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