It's nighttime in Flushing Meadows, New York. It's early-September and Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are making their way into Arthur Ashe Stadium to do battle at the US Open. Over 22,000 fans pile in to be part of one of the greatest rivalries in sports. Tennis fans and non-tennis fans alike hold their breath during every stroke as the two giants battle it out. Flags are waving, bodies are painted and shouts of jubilation and frustration emanate off the court behind fist pumps and racket tosses as two of the most acclaimed athletes on the planet wage war.
OPM: Thousands of Brits will be inspired to pick up a racket this week on the back of Andy Murray’s success at Wimbledon – but in this heat, and given our hand-eye co-co-ordination, we’ll be sticking to the virtual type. Looking to fill your week with some ace-smashing antics? Then join us in revisiting PlayStation’s finest tennis efforts…
Not really, most of those games were available on multiple platforms.
Just so happens that the PS magazine wrote the article so makes sense it would be 'Playstation's greatest games' :)
Gamepyre writes: "When Virtua Tennis 2009 first came out I was very excited about the game; I was so excited that I actually went and got it on release day.
Virtua Tennis 3 has been one of my favorite PSP games, and I could not wait to see what the 2009 Xbox 360 version of the game brought to the table. After playing the game, I was very disappointed in Virtua Tennis 2009; not because it was a bad game per say, but because it wasn't anything new from the previous release."
Another week and another episode of Distributed Failure is here for your listening pleasure. This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion on Top Spin 3, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Fight Night Round 4, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the latest update on EGM, the addition of prizes to 1 vs. 100, and the announcement of a new Mechwarrior game.
does it have online multiplayer?
PS3 review with xbox screen images, other than that seems a fair score.
I wonder why Nadal is only on the PS3 version 0.o
"The fact that the PS3 version is the only place to recreate the Federer vs. Nadal matchup is a huge point of contention for tennis fans. Having the second-best player in the world on Sony's system makes that version the one to buy of the current-gen crop."
i wonder who will "spin" this into a negative PS3 story ;)