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Originally Posted by SpeedyHTPC /forum/post/14254596
Overall 7 out of 10 for no online, no create player..
Well, I agree with your score for this game, but I arrive at it from a different direction.
(To me this game is akin to 2K's Baseball game. It does a lot of things better than all the other Wii tennis games, but it just doesn't add up to an overall great experience. When I play, I find myself saying, "if only..." and "the next version will get it right...")
I'm having a fun time playing Top Spin 3 on the Wii, but I just don't get the feeling of playing "virtual" tennis. The nunchuck connected to the Wii remote gets in the way and having to use the analog stick (as you mentioned) is an "iffy" proposition at times. (Just like I find the nunchuck cumbersome in 2K's Baseball game.)
I can get red or blue "tails" on the tennis ball when I hit it, but I don't find it making that much of a difference. I don't know if there's all that many hidden techniques of hitting the ball. (Again, to me it's like 2K's Baseball game in that using the Wii remote just isn't polished enough.)
2K's Tennis does have a press a button and your player will automatically make a perfect serve. I don't use it because I consider that practically cheating and mastering a manual serve isn't all that difficult.
With Wii Tennis, I put the Wii remote inside a plastic Wii tennis racquet and I can swing that baby like a real racquet and make some cool shots. With 2K's Tennis I have that damn cord pulling me out of the reality of playing. (Of course, Wii Tennis has the limitation that the computer automatically moves your player, but 2K's version isn't that much better. I doubt that any Wii game can get that part virtually right, however.)