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'''''Virtua Tennis 4''''', known as '''''Power Smash 4''''' (パワースマッシュ4) in Japan, is a sports game developed by [[AM3]] and published by [[Sega]] for the [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Nintendo Wii]] and Windows PC. It is the sequel to ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]'', and is the first "main" game in the series to be released directly to home consoles, with the arcade release following later. The game will make use of each console's respective motion peripherals (PlayStation Move, Kinect and Wii MotionPlus).
 
'''''Virtua Tennis 4''''', known as '''''Power Smash 4''''' (パワースマッシュ4) in Japan, is a sports game developed by [[AM3]] and published by [[Sega]] for the [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Nintendo Wii]] and Windows PC. It is the sequel to ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]'', and is the first "main" game in the series to be released directly to home consoles, with the arcade release following later. The game will make use of each console's respective motion peripherals (PlayStation Move, Kinect and Wii MotionPlus).
  
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A [[PlayStation Vita]] version titled ''[[Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition]]'' was released in late 2011 in Japan, and 2012 internationally. There is also an arcade version, though it is unknown which of Sega's hardware will be used to power it.
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A [[PlayStation Vita]] version titled ''[[Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition]]'' was released in late 2011 in Japan, and 2012 internationally. There is also an arcade version, which runs on [[Sega RingEdge]].
  
 
==Production Credits==
 
==Production Credits==

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Virtua Tennis 4
System(s): Sega RingEdge, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sony PlayStation 3
JP 		¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140) BLJM-60356
Sony PlayStation 3
JP
(Sega the Best) 		¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940) BLJM-60551
Sony PlayStation 3
US
Sony PlayStation 3
EU
Sony PlayStation 3
EU
(Essentials)
Sony PlayStation 3
AU
Sony PlayStation 3
AS
Xbox 360
JP 		¥7,1407,140 JES1-00147
Xbox 360
JP ▼
Xbox 360
US
Xbox 360
US ▼
Xbox 360
EU
Xbox 360
EU ▼
Xbox 360
AU
Xbox 360
AU ▼
Xbox 360
KR
Xbox 360
AS
Nintendo Wii
US 		RVL-P-SV4E
Nintendo Wii
EU
Nintendo Wii
AU
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Virtua Tennis 4, known as Power Smash 4 (パワースマッシュ4) in Japan, is a sports game developed by AM3 and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Windows PC. It is the sequel to Virtua Tennis 3, and is the first "main" game in the series to be released directly to home consoles, with the arcade release following later. The game will make use of each console's respective motion peripherals (PlayStation Move, Kinect and Wii MotionPlus).

A PlayStation Vita version titled Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition was released in late 2011 in Japan, and 2012 internationally. There is also an arcade version, which runs on Sega RingEdge.

Production Credits

Creative Producer: Mie Kumagai
Assistant Producer: Kazuko Noguchi
Creative Director: Shoichiro Kanazawa
Lead Game Designer: Norio Furuchi
Game Designers: Nobuyuki Yamashita, Masaru Korosawa, Yoshinori Takeno, Shigeharu Nagakami
Lead Programmer: Kenji Tohma
Programmers: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Takeshi Numazawa, Housei Ueda, Takashi Hirayama, Hiroshi Suzuki
Lead Artist: Michinari Terada
Animators: Kenji Shimizu, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Takanori Daitoh
Background Artists: Takeo Iwase, Yoshihiko Nakagawa, Masaki Miyashita, Yoshikazu Endo, Daisuke Ogawa
Character Artists: Takeshi Sano, Hiroshi Yoshida, Nobukazu Naruke, Yasuhiro Mori, Katsuhiko Omori, Takashi Ito, Toshihiro Ando
Front-End Artists: Norio Satomi, Kazuma Itoh, Rieko Yoshida, Yasushi Mihori, Kenta Akagi, Yusuke Sakai
Sound Artists: Tatsutoshi Narita, Shinichi Goto, Seiichi Hamada, Fumio Ito, Keisuke Tsukahara, Makito Nomiya, Megumi Takano, Junpei Mishima, Yasuyuki Nagata, Kazuki Takagi, Naoyuki Machida, Mieko Isa, Tomoya Koga, Aimee Black
MotionCapture Actors: Hiroki Kondo, Junri Namigata, Kento Takaguchi, Maki Arai, Masatoshi Miyazaki, Ryota Hisamatsu, Toshiharo Kato, Yuya Kibi
Sega of China Art Team: Takahiro Kudo, Wei Zhang, Xin Tang, Jian Jin, Zhiyin Dong, Zongwei Zheng, Rulming Tao
Sega Europe

CEO: Mike Hayes
Senior Vice President - Production: Gary Dunn
Head of Studio - Japanese IP: Kuniyo Matsumoto
Producer: Jun Yoshino
Assistant Producer: Bobby Simpson
Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
Head of Marketing Core and Sport: Matt Eyre
Brand Manager: David Kempshall
Head of European PR: Lynn Daniel
European PR Executive: Luisa Mari
Head of Creative Services: Alison Peat
Traffic Coordinator, Creative Services: Jeff Webber
Creative Services: Morgan Gibbons, Arnould Tempelaere, Ranjan Vekaria, Ed Bostock, Akane Hiraoka, Elliot Kidner
Director of Business Planning and Operations: Yusuke Suai
Purchasing Manager: Caroline van Venrooji
Production Manager: Natalie Forsyth
Online Marketing Manager:' Mike Evans
Online Marketing Executives: Charlotte Mills
Head of Online Services: Adam Lance
Community Manager: Kevin Eva
Head of Legal & Business Affairs: Nicky Ormrod
Legal Council: Polly Bennett
Legal Executive: Saad Choudri
Licensing Manager: Nivine Emeran
Head of Development Services: Mark Le Brenton
Localisation Manager: Marta Lois González
Localisation Project Manager: Giuseppe Rizzo
Assistant Localisation Project Managers: Antonella Marras, Luis J. Paredes
Translators: Jesús Álvarez, Sebastián Saiguero, Tatjana Nath, Daniela Kaynert, Nicole Thomer, Antonio Catanese, Giuseppe Rosa, Carole Kunzelmann, Sophie Paleologos, Ronan Salon
Mastering Equipment and Submissions Manager: Dave Pither
Mastering Engineers: Phil Adams
Project Lead: Luke Tarasek
Compliance Supervisor: Darren Wall
Compliance Coordinators: Mohammed Ajaib, Shiva allari, Chris Barnett
Compliance Senior Testers: Arron Caney, Lawrence Donohue, Matthew Pearson
Compliance Testers: Anthony Pillips, Martin Walker
Language QA Supervisor: Alessandro Irranca
Language Team Lead: Sergio Borelli
Language Assistant Team Leads: Lorenzo De Gregori, Huan Langa
Language Senior Testers: Alan Desole, Yann-Eric D'Addario
Language Testers: Michele Tenace, Elfreide Trillan, Alberto Barajas, Augustin Ferrari, Davide Mandrini, Ricardo Valle, Omar Perez
Functionality Supervisor: Julie Metior
Functionality Project Monitors: Colin Perman, Tristan Carree
Functionality Senior Testers: Robert Thompson, Sanjay Jagmohan
Functionality Testers: Stacey Lovage, Lynne Tripp, Chris Evans, John Robertson, Rachel Wu, Chris Davidson, Adam Hayward, Bryn Richardson

SEGA of America

CEO: Mike Hayes
COO & President: Masanao Maeda
Senior VP of Development: Bret Berry
Development Director: Todd Hartwig
Senior Producer: Patrick Riley
Associate Producer: Omar Woodley
Creative Director: Ethan Einhorn
Director of Technology: Jez Sherlock
Development Operations Director: John Merlino
VP of Business Planning: Rob Lightner
VP of Marketing and Sales: Alan Pritchard
Senior Director of Marketing: Darren Williams
Senior Publishing Manager: Katrin Darolie
Senior Brand Manager: Erica Mason
Brand Manager: Dan Gallardo
Sr. Public Relations Manager: Kerstin Mueller
Public Relations Manager: Fabian Doehla
Creative Services Director: Jen Groeling
Production Manager: Heather Lucchetti
Media and Events Manager: Terri Higgins
1st Party Manager: Sarah Elliot
Senior Director of Sales: Keith Gerhardt
QA Manager: Mark Cartwright
QA Supervisors: Shawn Dobbins, Demetrius Griffin
SEGA Standards Supervisor: Stephen Akana
Mastering Supervisor: Rey Buzon
Mastering Lab Technician: Chris Rilles
Hardware Specialist: Matt Ellison

SEGA of Japan

Executive Producer: Okitane Usui
Chief Producer: Hiroshi Kataoke
Project Manager: Yusuke Asano
Promotion: Takafumi Ueoro, Daisuke Sekine
Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Masaya Santo
Sales & Planning: Toru Yasuda, Nobuhiro Tanaka
Licensing: Keisuke Nagai, Aya Muramatsu
Localization Support: Yuka Yoshida, Emi Yamane, Tatsuya Shikata
Product Test: Koji Nagata, Hitoshi Abe, Hiromi Myama, Ryoichi Shibuya, Toshiaki Matsuda, Keime Sasaki, Tao Tanigueni, Daisuke Miyamoto
QA: Seiji Hasegawa, Yuji Nakamura
Software Package & Software Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Yoichi Takahashi, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Colin Restall, Hajime Ishinooda, Mikiko Ohbe

KATSUGEKIZA inc.

MotionCapture Actors Coordinate: Wataru Koga
MotionCapture Actors: Keiichi Wada, Yuuko Kawana

KOO-KI Co., LTD

Director: Motohiro Shirakawa
CG Designer: Kazutaka Ikeda

MARZA ANIMATION PLANET INC.

Lead Artists: Tsubasa Nakai
Artists: Kengo Nukizono, Wataru Kitamura, Tomohiro Hanawa
Tool Development: Takamasa Matsunari
Project Manager: Akira Ito
Producer: Masahito Imamura

Special Thanks: Akira Nomoto, Mutsuru Takahashi, Tadashi Takezaki, Takeshi Shimizu, Takayoshi Ohuchi, Yasushi Yamashita, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Suguro Moroga

Digital Manuals

  • RingEdge UK manual

Physical Scans

PlayStation 3 version

PlayStation 3, US
VirtuaTennis4 PS3 US Box.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 3, JP
VT4 PS3 JP cover.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 3, JP (Sega the Best)
VirtuaTennis4 PS3 JP Box Best.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 3, AU
VirtuaTennis4 PS3 AU Box.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 3, AU (Champions Pack)

PlayStation 3, UK

PlayStation 3, UK (PS3 Essentials)

PlayStation 3, FR

PlayStation 3, DE

PlayStation 3, ES

PlayStation 3, AS†

Xbox 360 version

Xbox 360, US
VirtuaTennis4 360 US Box.jpg
Cover
Xbox 360, JP
VT4 360 JP cover.jpg
Cover
Xbox 360, AU
VirtuaTennis4 360 AU Box.jpg
Cover
Xbox 360, UK
VirtuaTennis4 360 UK Box.jpg
Cover
Xbox 360, FR

Xbox 360, DE

Xbox 360, ES

Xbox 360, KR
VirtuaTennis4 360 KR Box.jpg
Cover
Xbox 360, AS†
VT4 360 AS cover.jpg
Cover

Wii version

Wii, US
VirtuaTennis4 Wii US Box.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis4 Wii US Disc.jpg
Disc
Wii, AU
VirtuaTennis4 Wii AU Box.jpg
Cover
Wii, UK

Wii, FR

Wii, DE

Wii, ES

Wii, IT

PC version

PC, AU

PC, UK

PC, FR

PC, DE

PC, ES

Gallery

  • Cabinet

  • Deluxe cabinet

Artwork

  • VirtuaTennis4 logo.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 logo with players.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 artwork.jpg
  • VirtuaTennis4 Sharapova.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Becker.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 DelPotro.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Djokovic.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Edberg.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Federer.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Gonzalez.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Ivanovic.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Monfils.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Murray.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Nadal.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Rafter.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Roddick.png
  • VirtuaTennis4 Williams.png

External Links



Games in the Virtua Tennis Series
Arcade
 Virtua Tennis (1999) | Virtua Tennis 2 (2001) | Virtua Tennis 3 (2006) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Sega Dreamcast
 Virtua Tennis (2000) | Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
Windows PC
 Virtua Tennis (2002) | Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) | Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Virtua Tennis 2 (2002)
Game Boy Advance
 Virtua Tennis (2002)
N-Gage
 Virtua Tennis (2003)
Sony PlayStation Portable
 Virtua Tennis: World Tour (2005) | Virtua Tennis 3 (2007)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
 Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) | Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Nintendo Wii
 Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Sony PlayStation Vita
 Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (2011)
Google Android OS
iOS
 Virtua Tennis Challenge (2012) | Virtua Tennis Challenge Free (2012)
Sampler Discs
Sega Dreamcast
Power Smash Taikenban (20xx) | Power Smash 2 Taikenban (20xx)
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