Software:Virtua Tennis 2

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Short description: 2001 sports video game
Virtua Tennis 2
Vt2box.jpg
European Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Hitmaker
Publisher(s)Sega
Acclaim Entertainment (Europe, PS2)
Director(s)Katsumoto Tatsukawa
SeriesVirtua Tennis
Platform(s)Arcade
Dreamcast
PlayStation 2
ReleaseArcade
2001
Dreamcast
  • NA: October 23, 2001[1]
  • JP: November 15, 2001
  • EU: November 23, 2001
PlayStation 2
  • NA: July 30, 2002[2]
  • JP: November 7, 2002
  • EU: November 29, 2002
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega NAOMI

Virtua Tennis 2, known as Tennis 2K2 in North America and Power Smash 2 (パワースマッシュ2, Pawā Sumasshu Tsū) 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 North America) in 2001–2002. New features included the ability to slice and play as female players such as Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport and the males such as Patrick Rafter, Magnus Norman, Thomas Enqvist and Carlos Moyá and mixed doubles matches. The game was created and produced by Hitmaker, with Acclaim Entertainment publishing it in Europe for the PS2. This was the last Virtua Tennis game to be released for the Dreamcast following its discontinuation.

Game modes

Tournament

The player must win 5 matches played on different surfaces and venues to win a tournament. If the player performs well enough, he is challenged by either King or Queen, the game's bosses, depending whether the selected player is male or female.

Exhibition

This is a single match in which the options are customizable.

World Tour

This is the main mode of the game. For the first time in the Virtua Tennis series, the World Tour mode features yearly based and calendarized seasons. Users have to play and win tournaments throughout the seasons, as well as to complete training exercises, in order to progress. Also, unlike any other game in the series, the World Tour mode on Virtua Tennis 2 requires the user to play and train both a male and a female players simultaneously, who can also team up to play in mixed doubles tournaments. The user enters with a rank of 300th for both male and female players, which improves as matches and tournaments are won. In addition, the players' abilities can be improved by completing different training exercises. The focus of the training exercises are to be fun, rather than realistic. Each exercise has four levels, with the difficulty increasing progressively. By completing the hardest difficulty with a certain amount of time left or points scored, an outfit is unlocked, which players can wear in all modes.

Game Content

Playable Characters

SPT World Championships Tour Competitions

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastPS2
AllGame4.5/5 stars[5]N/A
Edge8/10[6]N/A
EGM8.17/10[7][lower-alpha 1]8.17/10[8]
Eurogamer6/10[9]9/10[10]
Famitsu31/40[11]N/A
Game Informer9.5/10[12]9.25/10[13]
GamePro5/5 stars[14]4/5 stars[15]
GameRevolutionN/AB+[16]
GameSpot8.5/10[17]8.5/10[18]
GameSpy8.5/10[19]84%[20]
GameZone8.5/10[21]8.8/10[22]
IGN9.6/10[23]8.5/10[24]
OPM (US)N/A4.5/5 stars[25]
Aggregate score
Metacritic90/100[3]83/100[4]

The Dreamcast version received "universal acclaim", while the PlayStation 2 version received "favorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3][4] In Japan, Famitsu gave the former console version a score of 31 out of 40.[11]

Also in Japan Game Machine listed the arcade version in their December 1, 2001 issue as the seventh-most successful arcade game of the month.[26]

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Dreamcast version each a score of 8/10, 9/10, and 7.5/10.

References

  1. ↑ "SEGA SPORTS BUILDS UPON A WINNING FRANCHISE WITH TENNIS 2K2 FOR DREAMCAST". October 23, 2001. http://www.segasports.com/article.jsp?ArticleId=ART000000016. 
  2. ↑ Douglass C. Perry (July 22, 2002). "Hands-on Sega Sports Tennis". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/07/22/hands-on-sega-sports-tennis. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tennis 2K2 for Dreamcast Reviews". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/virtua-tennis-2/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sega Sports Tennis for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/virtua-tennis-2/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2. 
  5. ↑ Skyler Miller. "Tennis 2K2 – Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=35026&tab=review. 
  6. ↑ Edge staff (Christmas 2001). "Virtua Tennis 2 (DC)". Edge (Future Publishing) (105): 85. https://retrocdn.net/images/8/8e/Edge_UK_105.pdf. Retrieved May 16, 2023. 
  7. ↑ Dan Leahy; James "Milkman" Mielke; Jonathan Dudlak (January 2002). "Tennis 2K2". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (150): 232. https://retrocdn.net/images/3/31/EGM_US_150.pdf. Retrieved May 16, 2023. 
  8. ↑ EGM staff (September 2002). "Sega Sports Tennis". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (158): 152. 
  9. ↑ Tom Bramwell (December 28, 2001). "Virtua Tennis 2 (Dreamcast)". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/r-virtuatennis2-dc. 
  10. ↑ Kristan Reed (November 19, 2002). "Virtua Tennis 2 (PlayStation 2)". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/r-virtuatennis2-ps2. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "ドリームキャスト – POWER SMASH 2" (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain) 915: 54. June 30, 2006. https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12435&redirect=no. Retrieved May 16, 2023. 
  12. ↑ "Sega Sports Tennis 2K2 [sic] (DC)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (105): 90. January 2002. 
  13. ↑ Matt Helgeson (September 2002). "Sega Sports Tennis 2K2 [sic (PS2)"]. Game Informer (FuncoLand) (113): 81. http://gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200209/R03.0801.1539.03510.htm. Retrieved August 12, 2020. 
  14. ↑ Four-Eyed Dragon (October 25, 2001). "Tennis 2K2 Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro (IDG Entertainment). http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/17580.shtml. Retrieved August 13, 2020. 
  15. ↑ Air Hendrix (August 19, 2002). "Tennis 2K2 [sic Review for PS2 on GamePro.com"]. GamePro (IDG Entertainment). http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/25656.shtml. Retrieved August 13, 2020. 
  16. ↑ Ben Silverman (August 17, 2002). "Sega Sports Tennis Review (PS2)". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/35909-sega-sports-tennis-review. 
  17. ↑ Ryan Davis (October 24, 2001). "Sega Sports Tennis 2K2 Review (DC)". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sega-sports-tennis-2k2-review/1900-2820011/. 
  18. ↑ Ryan Davis (July 29, 2002). "Sega Sports Tennis Review (PS2) [date mislabeled as "October 21, 2005""]. Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sega-sports-tennis/1900-2875910/. 
  19. ↑ Tom Chick (November 7, 2001). "Sega Sports Tennis 2K2". IGN Entertainment. http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/tennis2k2/. 
  20. ↑ Gerald Villoria (August 7, 2002). "Sega Sports Tennis". IGN Entertainment. http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/august02/segasportstennisps2/. 
  21. ↑ Louis Bedigian (November 11, 2001). "Sega Sports(tm) Tennis 2K2 Review – Dreamcast". http://dreamcast.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18716.htm. 
  22. ↑ Nick Valentino (August 19, 2002). "Sega Sports(tm) Tennis Review – PlayStation 2". http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18716.htm. 
  23. ↑ Anthony Chau (October 29, 2001). "Tennis 2K2". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/10/30/tennis-2k2. 
  24. ↑ Douglass C. Perry (July 26, 2002). "Sega Sports Tennis". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/07/26/sega-sports-tennis. 
  25. ↑ Todd Zuniga (September 2002). "Sega Sports Tennis". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (60): 118. https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-issue-60-september-2002/page/118/mode/2up. Retrieved May 16, 2023. 
  26. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 – TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)" (in ja). Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (647): 17. December 1, 2001. 

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