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Top Spin 2 ds Game Reviews
Top Spin 2
Critic Score
Metascore: 51 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.5 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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Design your own digital identity - ceate realistic player models and customize them with the highest level of detail. Create your own style of tennis play with a range of shots - Slices, drops, chops, lobs and drives. Train with a coach to master shots and playing surfaces - then work your way up the rankings. Play singles or doubles matches with 16 top pros, from Anna Kournikova to Lleyton Hewitt. Go online for live matches against other tennis fans.

PUBLISHER: 2K Sports
DEVELOPER: Power and Magic - Indie Built
GENRE(S): Sports, Tennis
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: March 29, 2006

What The Critics Said

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87
Games Master UK
As loveable as Greg Rusedski's haircut. [June 2006, p.78]
80
3DAvenue
Top Spin 2 is a title that impresses beyond our expectations on the DS. PAM may have had a tough time on the 360 and making a truly next gen game, but in terms of handheld, they have created the best tennis game available for portable systems. It may not innovate that much compared to the other two TS games, but it does what it set out to do well, and that’s what matters most.
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70
NGC Magazine UK
A rewarding, challenging and compelling sim, but once you come off the grass, it can be as punishingly serious and uncharismatic as an Andrew Murray interview. [May 2006, p.45]
60
Nintendo Power
The action feels downright sluggish at times. [Feb 2005, p.102]
40
IGN
The frame-rate is borderline unbearable, and what could have been a solid DS tennis title turned into one of the better examples of why not to use 3D on Nintendo’s newest handheld.
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40
Modojo
Top Spin 2 does have some minor accomplishments to its credit, but it all comes crashing down due to the flawed gameplay experience and lacking overall features.
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40
N-Europe
Top Spin 2 could have been so much more; instead of just going down the 2D route they tried too hard and ruined what could have been a great game.
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29
GameSpot
Top Spin 2 for the DS offers a good player roster and a deep shot system, but the choppy graphics render the game unplayable.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

thud gave it a9:
At first I was put off by the terrible reviews this game has had, but after playing it, I am actually hooked, brilliant game, play it more than Virtual Tennis on my PSP. Recommeded, tend to agree with the two top reviews on this site myself...try it, the frame rate really isnt that bad at all.

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