Being a tennis player myself I love to play these tennis games.  Now it won’t help me improve what so ever, but it does help give me some in-depth look into the game, and gives me the “Hey!  I can do that, but I don’t!” speech.

In Grand Slam Tennis not only can you play as some famous tennis players, but you can create your own crew of players (8 total players) to play against these legendary players and even more people online.

In this multiplayer sports game things may be hard at first, but stick with it, because if you keep on trying you’ll eventually win those matches with a flying ace.

Grand Slam Tennis Gameplay

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Now for once, this game isn’t always easy to play.  In fact it can be a very frustrating gaming experience sometimes.  First of all by pressing the A button you do a lob (a high bouncing shot), and by pressing B while swinging you do a drop shot (a weak, low bouncing ball).

By swinging downward you do a slice shot (a curving green colored shot), a straight swing gives you a flat shot (a pretty straight, strong shot), and upward for a topspin (a high bouncing red shot).

Now sometimes by swinging too hard you might hit the ball out of the court so you can’t go crazy hitting things (of course sometimes that’s not always true).

In Grand Slam Mode you get to play as your own custom made characters as you try to win the 4 grand tournaments while facing against legendary players.  If you beat them, you get a new ability for you to equip to boost your own skills.

Grand Slam Tennis Multiplayer

There are tons of ways for you to play with your friends in Grand Slam Tennis.  First of all you can play normal matches, go play games with different rules in

Use tactics, force, whatever it takes to make your opponent lose!

party mode, and go play with your friends online with Nintendo WFC.  Friend codes aren’t totally necessary.

Note: You can play your very own custom created character in all of the modes.

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As the name suggests you get to play a regular match with your friends in either singles, or doubles.  Don’t worry if you don’t have enough people, because you can always get a computer to fill in.

Party Mode

Here are 13 games where you can play with your friend.  Never get over confident and mess it all up in the end.  I did this once.  It was a timed game.  I was the champion (meaning I was going to win) with 5 seconds of the game left.  I played and lost in 4 seconds.  I never had a chance…

Inside this mode are party session and quick game.

• Party Session – Here you play 13 types of tennis games with 2-4 players.  You choose about how long you want to play, the rules of the game, and then one of the 13 tennis games to play, don’t worry there not just normal matches!
• Quick Game – Unlike going through a competition to see who’s the pro.  You just simply choose one of the 13 party games to play.  In this mode you can play by yourself if you wish.

Online

Here is where you stake your countries reputation at stake.  Here you’ll see whether if your county is the best, if you’re the best player in your country, and if you’re the best player in the world!

When you first connect to Nintendo WFC on this game you have to agree to EA’s terms and conditions.  Once you do that you can play online, but if you want the full experience you have to sign up for an EA account.

Once you’re online you can play with friends you signed up with friend codes, or just play random people.  You can only play ranking matches if you have an account.  Finally you can play doubles online if you have a friend or family member play as a second person!

Conclusion

Besides learning how to play the game and the controller difficulties, I had a blast playing this game, and I still do!  Being able to make your own character and play them in realistic courts, and not to mention really swing your wiimote to hit the ball adds a bit of self accomplishment.

You know you’re having fun when you constantly making your opponents run to the left, and then end them by hitting the ball to the right!

if you’re interested, you should buy this game, but you can rent it first at Gamefly starting as low as $8.95 or Try For Free!

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