Given that it’s essentially a Virtua Tennis remix, the game feels almost exactly the same. You have soft shots, hard shots, lobs and drop shots and… that’s it. The only other move comes in the form of a special move. A star under your player slowly lights up as rallies progress and you hit winners. When it’s maxed out, you become powered up in “Superstar” state with better attributes unique to each character such as moving faster (Sonic), and you can unleash a special shot that has all sorts of effects from zig-zagging across the court (Gum), hitting players instantaneously back (Sonic), spinning upwards in a tornado before shooting across the court (Tails), firing bombs along with the ball (Egg-Man), sprinkling banana skins all over the court (AiAi), and so on. Characters even feel unique in the way they move - NiGHTS flies around the court while Beat skates.
Feb 7, 2008
