Virtua Tennis 2

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Virtua Tennis 2
European Dreamcast cover of Virtua Tennis 2
Developer(s) Hitmaker
Publisher(s) Sega
Platform(s) Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Release date Arcade
2001
Dreamcast
Flag of the United States October 24, 2001
Flag of Japan November 15, 2001
Flag of Europe November 23, 2001
PlayStation 2
Flag of the United States July 30, 2002
Flag of Japan November 7, 2002
Flag of Europe November 29, 2002
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: E (Everyone)
Media GD-ROM, CD
Input methods Gamepad, Dreamcast Fishing Rod

Virtua Tennis 2 (known as Tennis 2K2 in the US and Power Smash 2 in Japan) is a sequel to Virtua Tennis that was released for the Sega Dreamcast, Sega NAOMI arcade unit and Sony's PlayStation 2 (known as Sega Sports Tennis) in 2001. New features included the ability to slice and play as female players (such as Monica Seles, Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport) and mixed doubles matches. The game was created and produced by Hitmaker, with Acclaim Entertainment publishing it in Europe for the PS2.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Virtua Tennis 2 was one of the last games released on the Dreamcast in Europe in 2001 - the game was in shops in November on the same weekend as Shenmue 2 (another massive Dreamcast title). During the following year several more games were released in Europe until eventually all Dreamcast distribution was stopped.
  • The game features a hugely expanded version of the World Tour mode found in the original Virtua Tennis and allows the player to unlock many different courts, rackets, and items of clothing.
  • The PlayStation 2 version (released in 2002) was noticeably visually worse than the Dreamcast version and featured the well known system issue of "jaggies" and some of the general graphic "sheen" was missing. European copies of the game were blue discs, which causes problems for Playstation 2s that have the infamous 'disk read error' problem.
  • "King" and "Queen" are the bonus "boss" characters of the game and are faced as the final doubles team in the world tour mode. They are also unlockable to play in tournament mode by winning every match without losing a single game and then, by beating King (or Queen - depending on the sex of your player) in the final. There are 99 levels of King and Queen to beat.
  • The game is compatible with the Playstation 2 multitap.

[edit] Players

Men

  • Pat Rafter (Serve & Volley)
  • Tim Henman (Serve & Volley)
  • Carlos Moya (Powerful Storokes)
  • Tommy Haas (Strong Forehand)
  • Thomas Enquist (Strong Backhand)
  • Cedric Pioline (All Round)
  • Yevgeny Kafelnikov (All Round)
  • Magnus Norman (Fast Runner)
  • King (Bonus player who can be unlocked)

[edit] External links

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