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Virtua Tennis 2

System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sega Corporation

Acclaim Entertainment (Europe)

Developer:

Hitmaker

Tamsoft

Brand:

Sega Sports (US)

Distributor:

Halifax (IT)

Infogrames Benelux (NL)

Licensor: Yonex

Peripherals supported:

Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit

Multitap

Genre: Sports^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] (tennis)

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2001-01-08^[5]	¥?	840-0084C
US	2001	$?	840-0084C
JP	2001-08-27	¥?	GDS-0015A
US	2001	$?	GDS-0015A

JP	2001-11-15^[2]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[2]	HDR-0177
US	2001-10-23^[6]	$49.9549.95^[7]	51186
EU	2001-11-23		MK-51186-50
EU (White Label)	2001
DE	2001-11-23^[12]		MK-51186-50
ES	2001-11-21^[15]		MK-51186-50
FR	2001-11-23^[13]^[14]		MK-51186-50
UK	2001-11-23^[8]^[9]^[10]	£29.9929.99^[11]	MK-51186-50
JP	2002-11-07^[3]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[3]	SLPM-62236
JP (Sega the Best)	2003-10-16^[3]	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800e^[3]	SLPM-62394
US	2002-07-31	$49.9549.95^[7]	SLUS-20480
EU (Promo)	2002		SLES-51232
BX	2002-11-29		SLES-51232 AML 23322.78 FAH
DE	2002-11-29		SLES-51232 AML 23322.03 GER
ES	2002-11-29		SLES-51232 AML 23322.04 ESP
UK	2002-11-29		SLES-51232 AML 23322.01 ENG
IT	2002		SLES-51232 AML 23322.05 ITA
AU	2002		SLES-51232 AML 23322.01 ENG

Virtua Tennis 2, known as Power Smash 2 (パワースマッシュ２) in Japan, is the direct sequel to Virtua Tennis. It was developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega in 2001 for Sega NAOMI arcade hardware as either a ROM board or a GD-ROM before being brought to the Sega Dreamcast and later PlayStation 2.

Virtua Tennis builds on the gameplay found in its predecessor, and adds the option to play as female professional tennis players and mixed doubles matches. It is compatible with the PlayStation 2's multi-tap peripheral, allowing for four players to play at once.

Gameplay

Players

Men

	Patrick Rafter

	Tim Henman
	Returning from Virtua Tennis.
	Cedric Pioline
	Returning from Virtua Tennis.
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
	Returning from Virtua Tennis.
	Tommy Haas
	Returning from Virtua Tennis.
	Thomas Enqvist

	Magnus Norman

	Carlos Moya
	Returning from Virtua Tennis.
	King
	Hidden character.

Women

	Venus Williams

	Serena Williams

	Lindsay Davenport

	Monica Seles

	Mary Pierce

	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

	Jelena Dokic

	Queen
	Hidden character.

History

In North America, the title of the Dreamcast game is Tennis 2K2, carrying the Sega Sports license. This was done so that the names matched with other sports games published by Sega, including World Series Baseball 2K2 and NFL 2K2. As the PlayStation 2 version was released in the second half of 2002, the game was simply renamed Tennis, as it would have appeared outdated in a matter of months. The PS2 version also exchanges Jelena Dokić of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for Ai Sugiyama of Japan.

For its PlayStation 2 release in Europe, publishers Acclaim Entertainment planned to release 20 spray-painted homing pigeons at Wimbledon 2003. The birds would fly to the courts during the day, flapping the logo in front of fans during warm-ups, and return to a "secret location" in south west London at night. The water-based paint used was said to be harmless^[16].

While the planned stunt generated some headlines at the time, it is not known if it ever went ahead. The Lawn Tennis Association, which manages the Wimbledon tournament, usually hire hawks too keep pigeons away so as not to distrupt play (although they are not always successful). Acclaim did however have form for controversial marketing practises, offering rewards to those who would willingly engrave ShadowMan 2 onto recently deceased gravestones, naming their newly-born babies "Turok" for Turok: Evolution and offering to pay any speeding fines incurred on the launch date of Burnout 2: Point of Impact.

Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on Virtua Tennis 2 arcade machines on March 31, 2017.^[17]^[18]

Versions

Localised names

Tennis 2K2 title screen.

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Virtua Tennis 2	Virtua Tennis 2
English (US)	Tennis 2K2	Tennis 2K2
Japanese	パワースマッシュ2	Power Smash 2

Production credits

Main article: Virtua Tennis 2/Production credits.

Digital manuals

US manual (kit)

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Tennis 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Virtua Tennis 2/Promotional material.

Artwork

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI, JP

Cart

NAOMI GD-ROM, JP

Disc

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(FR)

PAL

99

^[19]

(HU)

100

^[20]

(BR)

80

^[21]

(YU)

96

^[22]

(FR)

90

^[23]

(UK)

95

^[11]

(JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[24]

(JP)

NTSC-J

93

^[25]

(UK)

80

^[26]

(US)

NTSC-U

82

^[27]

(RU)

80

^[28]

(JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[29]

(US)

NTSC-U

83

^[30]

(US)

NTSC-U

88

^[31]

(UK)

PAL

92

^[32]

(DE)

PAL

89

^[33]

(PL)

90

^[34]

(FR)

91

^[35]

Play (PL)

94

^[36]

(US)

NTSC-U

80

^[37]

(PL)

NTSC-U

83

^[38]

(NL)

88

^[39]

(RU)

85

^[40]

	88
Based on 23 reviews

Virtua Tennis 2

Dreamcast, JP
Cover

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc File:VirtuaTennis-DC-EU-Manual.pdf Manual

Dreamcast, EU (White Label)

Disc

PlayStation 2 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(FR)

PAL

92

^[41]

(US)

NTSC-U

80

^[42]

(AU)

PAL

81

^[43]

(UK)

PAL

80

^[44]

(DE)

PAL

83

^[45]

(US)

NTSC-U

80

^[46]

(CA)

NTSC-U

80

^[47]

	82
Based on 7 reviews

Virtua Tennis 2

PlayStation 2, US
Cover
Disc Manual

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, JP (Sega the Best)
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, EU (Promo)
Cover

PlayStation 2, UK
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, DE
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, DE (alt)
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, ES
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, FR/NL
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, IT
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Virtua Tennis 2/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32	19a4d402
MD5	74a31eda1d75cbba28a23a6770fdc102
SHA-1	b8c4ee2685843264795545937181f93ffd4a523d

420,617,568

CD-ROM (EU)

SLES-51232 (V1.02)

✔

CRC32	7153a596
MD5	63e56af100613fa562eac36e8f6c9c31
SHA-1	fb074188d24b6c93a340b49fb732a40a21666006

420,330,624

CD-ROM (JP)

SLPM-62236 / SLPM-62394 (V1.02)

?

CRC32	a99afd85
MD5	c434895569cfe4bd9a191146590b4f34
SHA-1	da22ce705f0fc1b0213786187848f9fd6d6976d3

418,096,224

CD-ROM (US)

SLUS-20480 (V1.01)

External links

Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, Arcade, PlayStation 2
Virtua Tennis 2 on PlayStation.com: JP, JP (Sega the Best), US

References

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Virtua Tennis 2
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Credits \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Promotional material \| Technical information \| Bootlegs Demos: Power Smash 2 Taikenban (2001) Prototypes: 2001-09-13 \| 09-16 \| 09-20

Games in the Virtua Tennis* Series*
	Virtua Tennis (1999) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2006) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis (2000) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
	Virtua Tennis (2002) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2 (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2003)
	Virtua Tennis: World Tour (2005) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007)
	Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (2011)
	Virtua Tennis Challenge (2012) \| Virtua Tennis Challenge Free (2012)
Sampler Discs
Power Smash Taikenban (20xx) \| Power Smash 2 Taikenban (20xx)

Games in the 2K Sports series
	2K	2K1	2K2	2K3	2K4	2K5
Basketball	NBA 2K	NBA 2K1	NBA 2K2	NBA 2K3	ESPN NBA Basketball	ESPN NBA 2K5
American football	NFL 2K	NFL 2K1	NFL 2K2	NFL 2K3	ESPN NFL Football	ESPN NFL 2K5
Ice hockey	NHL 2K	--	NHL 2K2	NHL 2K3	ESPN NHL Hockey	ESPN NHL 2K5
Baseball	--	World Series Baseball 2K1	World Series Baseball 2K2	World Series Baseball 2K3	ESPN Major League Baseball	--
College football	--	--	NCAA College Football 2K2	NCAA College Football 2K3	--	--
College Basketball	--	--	--	NCAA College Basketball 2K3	ESPN College Hoops	ESPN College Hoops 2K5
Others	Virtua Athlete 2K	--	Tennis 2K2	--	--	--

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[29] Famitsu, "2001-11-23" (JP; 2001-11-09), page 31

[:File:GameNOW_US_02.pdf_p94-30] GameNOW, "December 2001" (US; 2001-11-13), page 94

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[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p93-42] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 93

[:File:Hyper_AU_111.pdf_p54-43] Hyper, "January 2003" (AU; 2002-12-04), page 54

[:File:OPS2_UK_028.pdf_p92-44] PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "Christmas 2002" (UK; 2002-11-29), page 92

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[46] PSM, "Vol. 6, No. 9: September 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 31

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+| peripherals={{DC}} [[Dreamcast VGA Box]], [[Jump Pack]], [[Dreamcast Arcade Stick]], [[Visual Memory Unit]] {{PS2}} [[Multitap (PlayStation 2)|Multitap]]
 | players=1-4
 | genre=Sports{{fileref|VT2 DC JP Box Back.jpg}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20071022095708/http://sega.jp/dc/011102/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20031023233650/http://sega.jp/ps2/powsma2/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20201109140909/https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html}}
+| subgenre=tennis
 | languages={{LanguageList|jp|en|fr|de|es|ormat=DC}}
 | releases={{releasesArcade
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+| properties={{Properties|DC|adx}}{{Properties|PS2|adx}}
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 '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Power Smash 2''''' (パワースマッシュ２) in Japan, is the direct sequel to ''[[Virtua Tennis]]''. It was developed by [[Hitmaker]] and published by [[Sega]] in 2001 for [[Sega NAOMI]] arcade hardware as either a ROM board or a [[GD-ROM]] before being brought to the [[Sega Dreamcast]] and later [[PlayStation 2]].
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 While the planned stunt generated some headlines at the time, it is not known if it ever went ahead. The Lawn Tennis Association, which manages the Wimbledon tournament, usually hire hawks too keep pigeons away so as not to distrupt play (although they are not always successful). Acclaim did however have form for controversial marketing practises, offering rewards to those who would willingly engrave ''ShadowMan 2'' onto recently deceased gravestones, naming their newly-born babies "Turok" for ''Turok: Evolution'' and offering to pay any speeding fines incurred on the launch date of ''Burnout 2: Point of Impact''.
+[[Sega Logistics Service]] announced it would end service on ''Virtua Tennis 2'' arcade machines on March 31, 2017.{{fileref|SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf}}{{fileref|SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf}}
 ==Versions==
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 ==Production credits==
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-===Dreamcast version===
-{{multicol|
-{{creditstable|
-*'''Producer:''' [[Mie Kumagai]]
-*'''Director:''' [[Katsumoto Tatsukawa]]
-*'''Assistant Director:''' [[Masaru Futaki]]
-*'''Chief Designer:''' [[Kazuko Noguchi]]
-*'''Designer:''' [[Takahiro Kajimoto]], [[Yasuhito Tanaka]], [[Kenji Shimizu]], [[Hiroshi Iijima]], [[Satoko Inoue]], [[Yoshifumi Suzuki]], [[Masahiko Kitaguchi]], Azumi Nakada
-*'''Chief Programmer:''' [[Mitsuharu Saikawa]]
-*'''Programmers:''' [[Yoshio Hirasawa]], [[Kazuyuki Kawanuma]], [[Masayuki Inoue]]
-*'''Sound Director:''' [[Chiho Kobayashi]]
-*'''Publicity:''' [[Shintaro Takaya]]
-*'''Director of Licensing:''' [[Masahiro Nakagawa]]
-*'''Licensingcoordinator:''' [[Takuma Hatori]]
-*'''Motion Actors:''' Masaki Komura, Naoki Arimoto, Ayami Akiyama, Ayami Takase
-*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Hisao Oguchi]]
-*'''Manual Design:''' [[Yoshihiro Sakuta]], [[Eiichi Ogawa]], [[Youichi Takahashi|Yoichi Takahashi]], [[Makoto Nishino]], [[Asako Miyajima]]
-*'''Project Management:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]
-*'''Product Manager:''' [[Seijiro Sannabe]], [[Toyohisa Hiwatari]]
-*'''Test Manager:''' [[Akira Nishikawa]]
-*'''Public relations:''' [[Yasunobu Masahiro]], [[Yasushi Nagumo]], Junichiro Hirata, Tomoe Akama, Yonex, Tennis Magazine, Citizen, Opel, Bridgestone, Head, Wilson, Evian, IBM, Dunlop, Weider, Fujifilm, Volvo
-*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
-*'''Created by:''' [[Hitmaker]]
-:'''Original Game ©[[Sega]]'''
-:'''©[[Hitmaker]]/[[Sega]],2001'''
-| source=In-game credits (JP)
-| console=DC
-}}
-}}
-{{hr}}
-{{multicol|
-{{creditstable|
-{{creditsheader|[[Sega of America]]}}
-*'''Senior Product Manager:''' [[Stacey Kerr]]
-*'''Associate Product Manager:''' [[Sam Hopkins]], [[Michael Rhinehart]]
-*'''Licensing:''' [[Jane Thompson]], [[Robert Leffler]]
-*'''Creative Services:'''
-**'''Director:''' [[Robert Schonfisch|Bob Schonfisch]]
-**'''Project Manager:''' [[Angela Santos]]
-**'''Manual Designer:''' [[Vicki Morawietz]]
-*'''Special Thanks:''' [[Peter Moore]], [[Chris Gilbert]]
-*'''Localization Associate Producer:''' [[Howard Gipson]]
-*'''Lead Tester:''' [[Shawn Dobbins]]
-*'''Assistant Lead Testers:''' John Diamonon, Jay Baldo
-*'''Testers:''' Seth Benton, Neil Sorens, Mike Popovic, James Miller, Fred Acebo, [[Lee Frohman]], [[Andrew Byrne]], Curtis Chiu, Jose Venegas, Amy-Geene Williamson, Daniel Kingdon
-| source=US manual
-| console=DC
-| pdf=Tennis2K2 DC US Manual.pdf
-| pdfpage=27
-}}
-}}
-===PlayStation 2 version===
-{{multicol|
-{{creditstable|
-{{creditsheader|[[SEGA of America]]}}
-*'''Group Director of Sports Marketing:''' [[Tom Nichols]]
-*'''Senior Product Manager:''' [[Stacey Kerr]]
-*'''Associate Product Manager:''' [[Sam Hopkins]]
-*'''Licensing:''' [[Takuma Hatori]], [[Robert Leffler]]
-*'''Creative Services:'''
-**'''Director:''' [[Bob Schonfisch]]
-**'''Project Manager:''' [[Matthew Shell]]
-**'''Manual Designer:''' [[Miles Steuding]]
-*'''VP of Product Development:''' [[Jin Shimazaki]]
-*'''Localization Manager:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
-*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Jason Kuo]]
-*'''Lead Tester:''' [[Shawn Dobbins]]
-*'''Senior Tester:''' [[Joe Mora]]
-*'''Testers:''' Rajanani Greenwood, Jeff Solis, Michael Gonzalez
-*'''Special Thanks:''' [[Peter Moore]], [[Chris Gilbert]]
-| console=PS2
-| source=US manual
-| pdf=VirtuaTennis2 PS2 US Manual.pdf
-| pdfpage=25
-}}
-}}
 ==Digital manuals==
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-| gamepro_source=[[Category:Update source]]''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041213054616/www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/17580.shtml 10/25/2001]''
 | gi=95
 | gi_source={{num|105|page=90}}
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+| manual=VirtuaTennis-DC-EU-Manual.pdf
 }}
 {{Scanbox
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 ==Technical information==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
 ===ROM dump status===
 {{romtable|
-{{rom|DC|sha1=|md5=|crc32=|size=|date=2001-09-13|source=GD-R|comments=''Tennis 2K2'' v0.902|quality=|prototype=yes|protoname=Dreamcast prototype; 2001-09-13}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=b8c4ee2685843264795545937181f93ffd4a523d|md5=74a31eda1d75cbba28a23a6770fdc102|crc32=19a4d402|size=420,617,568|date= |source=CD-ROM (EU)|comments=SLES-51232 (V1.02)|quality=}}
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+{{rom|PS2|sha1=fb074188d24b6c93a340b49fb732a40a21666006|md5=63e56af100613fa562eac36e8f6c9c31|crc32=7153a596|size=420,330,624|date= |source=CD-ROM (JP)|comments=SLPM-62236 / SLPM-62394 (V1.02)|quality=good}}
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-{{rom|PS2|sha1=b8c4ee2685843264795545937181f93ffd4a523d|md5=74a31eda1d75cbba28a23a6770fdc102|crc32=19a4d402|size=420,617,568|date= |source=CD-ROM (EU)|comments=SLES-51232 (V1.02)|quality=|prototype=no}}
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-{{rom|PS2|sha1=da22ce705f0fc1b0213786187848f9fd6d6976d3|md5=c434895569cfe4bd9a191146590b4f34|crc32=a99afd85|size=418,096,224|date= |source=CD-ROM (US)|comments=SLUS-20480 (V1.01)|quality=|prototype=no}}
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 {{VirtuaTennis}}
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+[[Category:CD-ROM PlayStation 2 games]]

Games in the Virtua Tennis* Series*
	Virtua Tennis (1999) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2006) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis (2000) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
	Virtua Tennis (2002) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2 (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2003)
	Virtua Tennis: World Tour (2005) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007)
	Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (2011)
	Virtua Tennis Challenge (2012) \| Virtua Tennis Challenge Free (2012)
Sampler Discs
Power Smash Taikenban (20xx) \| Power Smash 2 Taikenban (20xx)

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