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Virtua Tennis
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: THQ / Sega
Developer: Altron
Genre(s): Sports
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: September 25, 2002
Summary
Virtua Tennis follows the easy-to-play, addictive style of its Dreamcast® predecessor! With Exhibition, Tournament, and World Circuit Modes, Virtua Tennis enables you to perfect your game, triumph in world tournaments, or develop and train players. A multiplayer mode allows up to 4-players to go to the net on courts made of grass, clay, concrete, and more! [THQ]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GameNow
Far and away the best sports title to hit the GBA. [Nov 2002, p.68]
TotalGames.net
The Dreamcast may be dead and buried but Virtua Tennis lives on in this essential GBA purchase. Excellent!
Read Full Review >Pocket Games
The best sports game out for the Game Boy Advance. It's every bit as fun as its Dreamcast predecessor. [Winter 2002, p.42]
IGN
By far, the finest tennis title on the GBA to date. It may not be a pretty rendition of the Dreamcast series, but it plays so well it's easy to forgive the somewhat clumsy character animation.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
The game never skips a beat even with four players connected, which is good news considering that you'll eventually be able to tear computer opponents to ribbons.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
While Virtua Tennis for the GBA dominates with addictive gameplay, it fails to impress with its rough-shod graphics.
Read Full Review >NintendoWorldReport
While the game of tennis may seem simple from a glance, Sega really nailed the core intricacies in terms of giving the player the most amount of control possible without hampering any other aspect of the gameplay.
Read Full Review >Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
The true brilliance shines through whenever you get enough mates together to unearth the full potential of the multiplayer.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
Preserves the original's emphasis on simplicity. It's well suited to the GBA's limited control options, yet it models the physics of tennis so well the depth it achieves is considerable.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Has the same impressive and deep career mode featured in VT2 for the Dreamcast. [Jan 2003, p.122]
Nintendophiles
The game shrinks down the arcade game successfully, even if it's not as good as that game was. It has some flaws, including some major ones in doubles play, but the rest of the game is too good to overlook.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
Matches feature 12 tennis stars, including Venus and Serena Williams. [Nov 2002, p.230]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jochem V. gave it a 10:
This is the best tennis game for the GBA!!!
Sick of playing gave it a 0:
this game is a waste of money, hard to follow the ball, control of the ball when it is total garbage, don't buy this game !
