Tennis much like the other sports-related titles which Nintendo have released on the Virtual Console is really showing its age now. Way back in 1985 games like Tennis wowed gamers and won the to the NES console much like Wii Sports is wowing gamers to the Wii nowadays. This only serves to demonstrate how things have moved on since then.
Still it is not to say that just because we have Wii Sports that we should ignore Nintendo’s aging sports sim. It is not a bad game by any means and does what it says on the box, plays Tennis! Unlike its contemporises like Nintendo’s Baseball it isn’t such a dull sluggish affair like you might fear either.
There are a good range of shots to be played and you can play singles or doubles matches too. After playing Wii Sports for a while you really can appreciate being able to move the player where you want to!
One neat touch is Mario sits in the umpire's chair on the sidelines, calling the shots and pointing out faults. He'd later continue his work as an officiator in games like Punch-Out, but this was his first turn as a ref.
All things considered our recommendation is to wait for Nintendo to put the excellent Super Tennis on the Virtual Console rather than downloading this. The updated graphics, sound and smoother gameplay really give it game the edge over this aging original. Your 500 Wii points could be spent more wisely on something else.
1. Shawn
16 Mar 2007, 18:58 GMT
Why would anyone in thier right mind, make this purchase when everyone has Wii Tennis? I cannot understand why Nintendo even put this on the VC for downloading. Your points can be spent better than this.
2. Pocketim
16 Mar 2007, 21:00 GMT
All sport games are boring apart from wii sports so stick with that
3. Eric
20 Mar 2007, 16:46 GMT
This is a good release on the Wii. See how Tennis began with Nintendo with NES Tennis!
4. nephew77
09 May 2007, 03:34 GMT
This game seems dreadfully dull and simplistic at first. Play it for fifteen minutes, though, and you will probably become hooked. Level 5 is a great challenge, and you will find yourself breaking a sweat as you alternate strategic slams and lobs. This is only surpassed by Wii tennis in my mind. Some may consider this a coup, but I give Tennis a 5/5.
5. SKTTR
11 Jun 2007, 09:44 GMT
As i first got it on Animal Crossing, it seemed slow, boring and dull.
But after some time spent on it, the controls became very good.
There is also some challenge to be appreciated.
I don't think it's a bad tennis game, just a bit old
The two player doubles are quite fun,
if you have a good player on your side, so this game is really not that bad.
Unfortunately there's no VS-match so I rate it 3/5 stars.
PS: Tennis on Wii Sports is way better of course.
But in this game you can at least control your character like you want.
6. Jade Louise
09 Aug 2007, 19:45 GMT
I got this for the e-reader for £1 off ebay. Its not bad but too outdated. Sports games (football champ in the arcades is still fun though and World Series Baseball II on the Saturn is still very good) are the only games from the past where nearly all have dated far too much. You can make a great argument for Mario 2D games being better than the modern ones and Sonic 2D games blow the new ones away but sports games really are better in the here and now.
7. Mii be you
06 Sep 2007, 04:16 GMT
I played this before. It's not a lot of fun any more. Don't get me wrong, I'll still play this on Animal Crossing. Just not a lot.
8. angel m. rivera collazo
15 Sep 2007, 05:06 GMT
it is challenging and you can play it for some minutes . continue after you pause it and get mcenroe angry!
9. Beau Skunk
23 Nov 2007, 11:09 GMT
The game requires alot of getting used to, but it's quite fun, and alot more fun then say, "Pong" in my opinion, and alot more realistic, even by NES standards. 2 Player mode however onley has doubles, so unfortunatelly, you cannot play against a human opponent. If you manage to beat 2 CP opponents in a row, you'll win the game.
(The difficulties after 3 get a bit to frustrating for me personally. So stick to the early ones.)
10. zelda freak
23 Feb 2008, 21:01 GMT
I found out about this game on Animal Crossing and its a fun game for a few minutes, but I'm not gonna download this one.
11. MasterMario
01 Mar 2008, 03:50 GMT
I hated this game. It's really boring to play. Animal Crossing has some bad NES games like this one.
12. ChocoDK
12 May 2008, 19:46 GMT
I owned Super Tennis and when it gets released I will get it again for nostalgia. The game though for its time looks pretty good but now it looks like ***
13. PsychoFish
15 Jun 2008, 22:36 GMT
Compared to its "sister" Soccer, Tennis is a real great game. Overall it's an average. The first real Tennis game. I had a lot of fun with it and i think it's worth a try.
14. Corbie
26 Oct 2008, 08:38 GMT
Although I'm a big tennis fan, I've always found this game sluggish and boring.
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