Virtua Tennis 4

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Virtua Tennis 4
System(s): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: AM3
Genre: Sports
Number of players: 1-4
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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 no arcade release. 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, though it is unknown which of Sega's hardware will be used to power it.

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

Physical Scans

PlayStation 3 version

PlayStation 3, JP
Cover

Xbox 360 version

Xbox 360, JP
Cover

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External Links

• Official website on Sega.com
• Official website on Sega.jp (Japanese)
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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)