Customer Reviews

Virtua Tennis

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Virtua Tennis is a decent tennis game. The graphics are pretty good. The sound is good with many voices. The control is just average, you can't really hit the ball to where you want to.. The gameplay is decent, there's a mode that allows you to create your own player and you can buy things from the shop, play mini-games, and compete in tournment. The mini-games are interesting cool bonus feature. All the players except the Williams sisters are unknowns or amateurs, because I've never heard any of them! I was expecting Andrea Agassi, Roddick, Seles, and others... At least the Williams sisters are there, Serena Williams is absolutely my favorite tennis player. Overall this game is fairly good, for under ten bucks you can't go wrong.

Virtua Tennis is a good GBA tennis game, if not up to the standards of tennis games on other more advanced platforms. You can direct the ball in a general direction, but in general the ball will just keep going to the same couple of spots. Serving is well-executed, and is one area where you can really excell with some practice. The World Tour game mode is the most interesting; you help build two players, a man and a woman, to the top of their respective circuits. Unfortunately, this requires both singles and doubles play, and the computer doubles players are really poor players, alternately hogging the court, and later running away from the ball. The game has some problems, but is moderately diverting, and a good bargain.

I just got this game for [a bit of money] at my local gaming store and i got more then what i payed for. This game is addictive. Even though i've never played tennis in my life, it is easy to learn how to with this game. World Tour is the best. There are mini games to build up your skills, and then you can buy equipment and pay to get a doubles partner. The controls are easy and the graphics are very nice looking. The computer is pretty smart too, so it's realistic. I think you should go out and buy this game, even if you'd just like a tennis to pick up and play. I was and I got this game and am having a blast.

At first, this game disappointed me somewhat. Having the Tennis 2k2 version for Dreamcast, I expected it to be a little more like that one. I knew the graphics weren't going to be as good, that was a given. However, the parts it does carry over still make it an enjoyable game. The world tour, and the gameplay with resembles the dreamcast one in many ways. 50% of the things which made the Dreamcast version have really good gameplay, are still implemented in this. However, about 50% of the other stuff that also made the dreamcast version really fun, seem to be lacking. They could have done a few things much better. Also, disappointing that you have to have more than 1 cartridge to play multiplayer. This is still a fun game though, especially for 10 bucks. I would have to recommend it, whether or not you're a fan of the dreamcast version. Just beware, not the same in many good ways.

I have never seen another GBA game with the level of realism that Virtual Tennis has. A huge amount of data was compiled into the program, making it the best GBA program I have seen.

Unlike some GBA games I have played, this one does not have choppy graphics. The tennis courts look perfectly clear! Each of them are in a different environment and are all very distinctive.

Virtual Tennis has world tou mode, which lets your virtual tennis player travel around the world and compete in tournaments practice his/her tennis skills. You get to create a tennis player, and build up their skill yourself. You build up their skill by completing training exercises. After completing an exercise, you achieve a certain number of skill points, and you can put the points in whatever skill you want to. For example, lets say to want to create a player that is excellent in serving the balls. You can put all of your serve points in the serve category. On the other hand, by doing that your player would be weak in other skills, such as footwork, so the gameplay involves a lot of decisions.

On tennis court, you virtual player can make many different types of hits, including top spins and lobs. You can switch between forehand and backhand, and the game lets you direct the ball with a lot of precision.

The only con about the game is that when your player hits the tennis ball, it does not sound much like a tennis ball, but the superb graphics and gameplay easily makes up for that.

Virtual Tennis is significantly higher in quality than most GBA games. The realistic graphic prove that is is possible for GBA manufactures to create 3-D graphics without them looking choppy. The unique and higher quality productions causes me to recommend it to all video game players interested in the tennis sport.

I find the training to be more fun then the tennis turnaments themselves. There is a connection to the game when you train a player with low stats and make him strong enough to challenge the top dogs and win. It's nice to have well known tennis pro names in this game but again, you're playing someone else with little attachment.

Gameplay wise, I would sometime get very frustrated with this game because it's on a screen that is so small. Trying to see where the tennis ball is heading so that you can run to it can be problematic since the ball is even smaller. This is also true when you try to position your player so that he can hit better. I dont have a manual so I dont know for sure how to control where the ball is heading. I figured pressing the side directions while i swing my racket would do the trick and it sometime does but other times it doesnt seem to do anything. This makes it hard for me to win matches since I dont control the ball.

What I really liked about this game was the A.I. in some of the players matched their play style. Pick someone that is good in singles to play double with you and he will try to hog all the ball, forcing you to switch sides constantly with him to cover your court.

Overall, I would think this game makes a good adition to the GBA. It's not the greatest and best of tennis games but it's something that someone can play standing in line.

This game reminds very much of the Sega Dreamcast port. It's pretty much the same but on a portable system. The controls are fairly responsive, and the graphics are pretty good for a small unit. One of the better tennis game out on the GBASP. I highly recommend this game if you're a fan of the Dreamcast version, or just love tennis.

This game is awesome. The game play is common sense. Like the dreamcast virtua tennis is a addictive game. When you have a friend around you can challenge he or she in a doubles, singles, mixed doulbles match. It's great because you can play mini games to get kill points and have fun at the same time. The glitches are normal it gives it a little kick and will also spice up game play. I think people should purchase this game because it has incredible graphics and game play. This game should be reccommended to no matter what age just have fun and letting your tennis skills take over.Happy holidays

It has the coolest features like mini games which are addictive and awesome game play. It helps to have a friend with a cable link so you can test your skills whether you like tennis or not its a fun addictive game.

anyone else notice a glitch right after you powerserve? the player starts turning very slowly. also on some of the world tour modes, the character sprite would be completely missing. aside from these rare glitches, the game is VERY ADDICTIVE.