PALGN writes: "Top Spin 3 for the Wii was originally just named Top Spin, but after a small delay the game was renamed Top Spin 3 and has launched alongside the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. Ever since Wii Sports took our time away from us back in December 2006 we've been waiting for a really great tennis game to arrive on the Wii. Sega tried to fill that void back in April, but failed, so is Top Spin 3 a good tennis game on the Wii or just another game that doesn't fully utilise the Wii hardware?
Despite sharing its name with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions Top Spin 3 is a completely different game to the aforementioned versions. There are different modes and different controls. Unlike the next generation versions Top Spin 3 features three main options from the main menu; exhibition, road to glory and party games. Exhibition is your standard quick game mode, with road to glory being the main single player mode. The road to glory mode contains several different global challenges, such as the survival mode, which requires players to win 7 wins in a row. Ultimately though, the road to glory mode is only barely passable as a single player mode and the game's single player options are far more limiting on the Wii."
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.
Not bad, passable for a decent game but I can see why this one is getting "decent" scores. It is nothing like the true next gen version of TS3 and feels more like a party game version of Top Spin. I liked it but would rather play the PS3 or 360 versions.