Virtua Tennis 3

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Virtua Tennis 3

Developer(s) Sega-AM3 (AC, PS3)
Sumo Digital (PC, XBOX 360, PSP)
Publisher(s) SEGA
Aspect ratio Xbox 360: 1080p (HDTV)
PlayStation 3: 1080p (HDTV)
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows
Release date Arcade
Flag of the United States 2006
PlayStation 3
Flag of Japan March 8, 2007
Flag of the United States March 20, 2007
Flag of Europe March 23, 2007
XBOX 360
Flag of the United States March 20, 2007
Flag of Europe March 23, 2007
PSP
Flag of the United States March 30, 2007
Flag of Europe March 30, 2007
PC
Flag of Europe March 30, 2007
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) 1 to 4 players
Input methods 8-way Joystick, 2 buttons
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system SEGA Lindbergh

Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega Professional Tennis: Power Smash 3 in Japan) is the second arcade game sequel to Sega's tennis game franchise, Virtua Tennis. The arcade version of Virtua Tennis 3 is powered by the PC-based Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. Ports for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 consoles are also available—with a traditional collection of tennis mini-games that the home versions of Virtua Tennis are known for.

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[edit] Male players

The following players are available in the game, each with different characteristics:

[edit] Female players

[edit] Hidden Players

  • King - All Rounder
  • Duke - Serve and Volley

Both have got moustache and old clothes, serve well (228 km/h), have good volley strokes, and outstanding agility. They wear long trousers and a hat. You can play them if you defeat them in "tournament mode". There is a cheat code which on the Xbox 360 is Up, Up Down, Down, Left, Right, LB, RB. This is done on the main menu.

[edit] Console versions

Like previous console ports of the series, lob is now a separate button in the conversions as opposed to pressing both topspin and slicespin as in the Lindbergh arcade version.

Besides having Tournament Mode and Exhibition Mode from the arcade version, the home versions include a World Tour Mode and Court Games mode. These game modes replace the Challenge Mode that was present in the arcade version.

The Xbox 360 version has exclusive Xbox Live online tournaments and modes, whilst the PLAYSTATION 3 version incorporates the option to control the game using the SIXAXIS motion-sensitive controller.

Both the 360 and PS3 versions offer native 1080p support. Virtua Tennis 3 is the second native 1080p game on Xbox 360 (the first is NBA Street Homecourt, released one month earlier).

A playable game demo of the Xbox 360 version was released on Xbox Live Marketplace on March 16, 2007.

[edit] Trivia

  • The surnames of Gaël Monfils and Daniela Hantuchová are both pronounced incorrectly in-game. The correct pronunciations are "mon-FEES" and "HAN-too-koh-vuh" respectively. Nalbandian is pronounced "nal-band-ee-AN"

[edit] Reception

Arcade version
  • Arcade Belgium 19/20[1]
PS3 version
Xbox 360 version

The average scores on Game Rankings are 81% for the PS3, 80% for the Xbox 360 & PC, and 79% for the PSP.

[edit] References

  1. ^ trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_virtuatennis3_vr_gta.mov. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.

[edit] External links

Official websites
Fansites
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