Virtua Tennis Arcade
virtua tennis 3 arcade version?
hi, i’ve seen some people using a kind of card for virtua tennis 3 in the arcade and i’ve bought the card. Somehow, they managed to turn Hewitt who is a Counter-Shot into a All Rounder, and i was wondering how you could actually do that. Thanks
Ask the people that you saw doing it,
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3143620
New graphics hardware can make any old game feel new again, so it was no surprise when Sega announced recently it is developing Virtua Tennis 3 (Power Smash 3 in Japan) for its next-generation Lindbergh arcade technology. But as we found out after spending the evening with a version of the game on location test in Japan, there’s a bit more to it than just a fresh coat of paint.
Most notably, the game brings over the data card concept that is popular in many Japanese arcade games nowadays, so players will be able to save their earnings and customize their character, and then take their progress with them on a memory stick that looks like a credit card. While the version of the game on test wasn’t complete (signs posted said it was 65% finished), we were able to name our player and change the color of his uniform, as well as play a few games to earn some money. Presumably, there will be more to do with the card system once the game nears completion, such as collecting different items and changing more of your visual appearance ala Virtua Fighter 4.
In the version on test, players could select from Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Tim Henman, Mario Ancic, Lleyton Hewitt, and James Burke, though the character select screen reveals that there are five more players “coming soon” to the roster. Going along with the customization aspects from the data cards, each of these pros has specific abilities, so players can choose what type of character to play as — for example, Roddick is a “Big Server” and Federer is an “All Around” player.
The single-player game also has a bit more to it than just going through the tournament mode. Players can enter what the game calls the “challenge mode,” where various mini-game challenges are available and players can go through them to earn money. It should be noted, however, that unlike the mini-games in some of the recent console versions of Virtua Tennis (and the upcoming PSP game), the challenges in the location test version aren’t over the top and silly. For example, one appeared to focus on keeping a ball volleying for a certain number of hits without touching the ground.
While all these extras will certainly add up to a deeper gameplay experience than in previous Virtua Tennis titles, there is only so much the developers can do to tweak the play style without risking alienating the fans who love the series so much, so the biggest change to the standard tennis matches in VT3 comes in the visuals. Running on the Lindbergh hardware, the graphics have received a sizeable-but-modest upgrade from Virtua Tennis 2. The most obvious difference is the new lighting system, with a saturated look and strong shadows helping the game feel like it actually takes place outdoors, but other new details such as nicer player models (even if their faces look like they’re coated in freckles) and much nicer looking crowds on the sidelines help the game feel fresh. It’s not a massive jump up from what we’ve seen out of Virtua Tennis in the past, but it looks nice all the same.
And that’s pretty much how we’d sum up the game based on our first couple hours with the location test version: not a massive jump forward, but with a few new ideas and a lot more depth that should give the game some staying power in arcades, rather than be a game that casual players will mess around with for fun every now and then. There’s no official word on a U.S. arcade release of the game, but it seems likely that the game will make it to consoles like the Xbox 360 soon. If you can’t wait that long, head over to our downloads page to check out video footage from the location test.
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