EA Sports have just released the box art for Grand Slam Tennis in Europe. Unlike the North American version, which features Roger Federer, John McEnroe and Serena Williams in cartoon form, the European cover has gone for a more realistic approach.
Andy Robertson writes "Grand Slam Tennis 2 brings tennis to PlayStation Move but ends up being jack of all controllers and master of none. Great fun for families but for grownups more promise of things to come than a fully fleshed out motion experience. I suspect Grand Slam Tennis on Wii U will be the de facto version."
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The biggest test for this approach is how well the more hardcore audience on the PlayStation 3 (and Xbox 360) will take to Grand Slam Tennis 2. It maybe that motion controls are less important here. Perhaps testament to this is the inclusion of some (also quite interesting) Skate style “flick-it” racket controls where the right stick is used to control your swing.
After playing on the Wii, I'll never play a tennis game with sticks again. That is OLD! Has to be motion controlled for moi.
Quite cool that they've made it relevant to the British in that respect ^^
I guess they must have reasoned that using a cartoon look for the the North American version would get more kids or something to buy it.