Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis

Also known as: Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis [UK]

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Slick ass controls give Table Tennis a second chance at relevance

Words: GamesRadar US

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The D-pad offers extra competitive depth with corresponding top spin. Someone laying into you with heavy top spin will have to be countered accordingly so as not to lose the upper hand, and returning with grace builds up the forceful and time bending focus meter, which you can unleash with ease via the B trigger. Once you memorize the correlative colors and how to use them, you'll see just how satisfying an intense volley between two competent players can be.

You paddle works on a variety of axes, whether you're playing in any of the three modes. Standard controls have you brandishing the remote alone while the aptly titled Control Freak allows the Nunchuk analog stick to control precisely where the player is positioned. Sharpshooter mode is likely to have the broadest appeal, forgoing the player controls in the name of accurately slamming the ball back and forth in a similar manner to what we loved in Hot Shots Tennis.

Granted most of our doughy office inhabitants haven't technically hit a gym since it was preceded with the word "jungle," but our arms haven't been given this much of a workout since those early days of adolescent self-discovery. Or since those first bouts in Wii Boxing have our muscles ached with such a flailing of athletic prowess. It's no wonder Nintendo just issued those rubber Remote condoms at incredible expense. Because despite our professional tenure with motion controls, Intern Extraordinaire Chris Antista got whacked in the elbow somethin' awful. (Now quit crying about it, pussy!)