Virtua Tennis 2009 - Wii Game (Retro Fam)

First and foremost: This game trends toward an arcade style of tennis. While it's much more realistic than VT1 released in 1999, it's still not an accurate tennis game. If you're looking for a deep, no frills tennis title, look toward Top Spin. Top Spin 3 currently doesn't support Wii-Motion Plus; until TS4 is released, you're probably better served looking at EA's Grand Slam offering.If you're familiar with VT3, this title will not shock and awe. Many of the mini games make a return alongside a number of fun new ones (pirate wars comes to mind); there are a quite few new venues, and many of the players return alongside some new editions. For the purposes of this particular review I'll assume you've played VT3 and only point out the differences.First, the bad: VT3 never made an appearance on the Wii (though the VT3 engine powered Sega Superstars Tennis) so those familiar with VT3's models will find the Wii's 2009 models significantly worse. It's an unfair comparison to be sure, but I can't help but notice straight off. Some of the models look worse than their Dreamcast counterparts; for instance, Tommy Haas' 'crazy eyes'.There are no language specific voices to venues. In VT3, if you played in Paris, the announcer would speak in French; in Spain, Spanish and so on. Here, 2K9 users get the same announcer for each venue. It's one of those features that I had grown to love, and was sad that it disappeared.Controls: The motion plus control requires re-calibration before each and.

So glad I found this game! We love playing it as a family for game night. Brand new n packaged well.

I like the game quite a bit and have played it a lot since receiving it.I am using the Wii version, with "Motion Plus". I never played real tennis so I am only comparing this to Wii Sports.Pros: realistic game play, nice variety of games / featuresCons: the trainer mode stinks. It asks you to do certain tasks but gives no feedback on how to improve. It just tells you if you passed. For some of the more difficult shots, some feedback on what you did wrong would be nice. For the online game play (main reason I purchased it), it takes a long time to find an opponent.