IGN writes: "Despite a preliminary tennis offering in Wii Sports, fans of Nintendo's latest console don't have too many tennis games to work with on the system. What's even more surprising – and frankly a shame – is that Wii Sports Tennis, even in all its simplicity, is still the best of its kind on Wii. The racquet control works, allowing you to hit a lob, straight shot, or add a bit of spin if you've got the know-how, and while there's no independent character movement the main gameplay works. It's simple, quick, and rewarding.
2K Sports now throws its hat in the ring on Wii with Top Spin 3. Hitting all major consoles in just a few short weeks, Top Spin 3 is also making its Wii debut, and the team is working to incorporate some seriously in-depth motions. Just how well they work so far is still up for grabs at least a bit – the game has a decently high learning curve, and we're still only a few hours in with the game – but if there's one franchise that should be able to pull it off, it's Top Spin."
OPM: Thousands of Brits will be inspired to pick up a racket this week on the back of Andy Murray’s success at Wimbledon – but in this heat, and given our hand-eye co-co-ordination, we’ll be sticking to the virtual type. Looking to fill your week with some ace-smashing antics? Then join us in revisiting PlayStation’s finest tennis efforts…
Not really, most of those games were available on multiple platforms.
Just so happens that the PS magazine wrote the article so makes sense it would be 'Playstation's greatest games' :)
Gamepyre writes: "When Virtua Tennis 2009 first came out I was very excited about the game; I was so excited that I actually went and got it on release day.
Virtua Tennis 3 has been one of my favorite PSP games, and I could not wait to see what the 2009 Xbox 360 version of the game brought to the table. After playing the game, I was very disappointed in Virtua Tennis 2009; not because it was a bad game per say, but because it wasn't anything new from the previous release."
Another week and another episode of Distributed Failure is here for your listening pleasure. This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion on Top Spin 3, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Fight Night Round 4, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the latest update on EGM, the addition of prizes to 1 vs. 100, and the announcement of a new Mechwarrior game.
