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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Perfect, Mainly for Sega Fans, But Worth a Look!, 15 Mar 2008
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
"Sega Superstars Tennis" is basically the next level in Wii Sports Tennis, it takes all the best bits and mixes it with huge cast of colourful Sega characters.
You have a total of 16 characters (8 need to be unlocked) to choose from; the characters range from the popular Sonic the Hedgehog to the `hasn't been seen in a decade' Alex Kidd. If you've ever played a Sega game or owned a Sega console in your life, you'll be very happy to see many elements dedicated to those characters. Such as Sonic's Green Hill Zone court has the television with a ring inside, the chao cheering from the side lines and Sonic Adventure 2 music playing in the background. You can tell Sega had its fans at heart whilst developing this game.
The gameplay is very well thought out as you have much more control over the ball and racket compared to Wii Sports. Instead of just moving the remote to register a hit (like in Wii Sports) you have a variety of moves that allow you to input more strategy into the game and it feels more life like.
In addition you have the `superstar' moves, whilst playing tennis a gold star is found underneath your character; if you perform a good move or progressively win it starts to glow. When it glows you can press the buttons to activate `superstar' mode. In this mode your character can perform moves that make it trickier for you opponent to win; such as Amigo summons maracas on the other side to distract the opponent. This feature can be turned off if you prefer just to play straight forward tennis.
You can play with either the classic controller, the wii remote sideways (both use buttons and the d-pad to play), the wii remote held upwards (like you use in Wii Sports) and with the nunchuck. Each input method has its own advantages; for example with just the wii remote you only control the racket and the computer moves the character for you, with the nunchuck attached you have complete control over the character's movements and the tennis racket.
The graphics are good; the character designs and level layouts are nicely portrayed, though they don't reach the level of `Mario & Sonic at the Olympics' or `Super Mario Galaxy', they're better than most wii titles.
There are 4 different modes of game play; Match mode is basically the same structure as Wii Sports Tennis, you can play with/against the computer or friends in singles or doubles game. Tournament mode allows you to enter a competition, again with the computer or your mates to see who the best tennis player is. The Games section has multiple mini games, each representing a different Sega game. You can play by yourself or with friends to beat the high score.
Superstars mode is where single players will get the most out of this game; you have 16 areas all representing a different Sega game. These include Super Monkey Ball and Golden Axe. In each world you have missions to complete, all involving themes from each Sega game using tennis to complete each mission. You are graded on how well you perform and some missions unlock new worlds, characters and songs from each game's soundtrack. Most of the missions are very well thought out and range from quite easy to very challenging. This includes beating a horde of zombies from `House of the Dead' with tennis balls, or aiming coloured balls onto graffiti on the other side of the "Jet Set Radio" court.
However there are a few missions that feel very out of place, the best example is the Sonic based missions where you simply move your character to collect rings on the field whilst avoiding enemy attacks. Despite the game giving you instructions on how to serve and the character a tennis racket - you don't use it at all. If I wanted to move Sonic around collecting rings and dodging enemies I would've purchase Sonic the Hedgehog on the virtual console! Fortunately these types of games only count for a small portion of the missions; the majority are clever and highly enjoyable.
The major element that drags this game from a 5 star to a 4 is the computer AI. It's very unpredictable in an unfortunate way, one minute the computer will play tennis like Serena Williams, the next it will stand there gawking at the ball as it flies past them. This problem doesn't lie in the Match or Tournament mode as you can adjust the settings, it mainly lies in `Superstar' mode, so some missions involving computer controlled characters can be a doodle and others can be too challenging for new players.
The last fault of this title is that the Wii version is the only version that lacks online gaming. So if online gaming is vital to you, I recommend you pick an alternative version of this game.
Overall this is a well put together game and enjoyable for a wide range of gamers. Not only it is quite enjoyable for both single gamers and those with many mates; it has many high-quality features that make this title very worth while. If you want a new challenge that you cannot get in Wii Sports, this game offers it. Or if you dreamed about having your favourite Sega characters together in one disc, you won't be disappointed.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Game, 29 May 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
I bought this game a few weeks ago after trying the PS3 version.
It is a really good game - the graphics look good and the background of the courts are well detailed and the music is great especially on the House of the Dead court.
The controls work well and you can use the classic controller if you don't want to swing the remote.
There are a good selection of Sega chartacters and a lot of different game modes
This game would be great for anyone not just for Sega fans
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quite good, 19 May 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
I don't understand some of the bad reviews, this game is quite good. You can use any controller type method for this game (more game publishers should do this) and all of them feel good to use, the graphics are quite good and the amount on offer is good too and it is a fun game to play. The mini games are great and the championship and doubles are good fun too. Of course it isn't a real sim of tennis but nonetheless it is a fun tennis game. I have played the PS3 version of this too and both versions are very good in my opinion.
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