Virtua Tennis 3

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Virtua Tennis 3
System(s): Sega Lindbergh, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega Sumo Digital
Licensor: International Tennis Federation
Genre: Sports
Release Date RRP Code JP 2006 ¥? ? US 2006 $? ? UK 2006 £? ? JP 2007-03-08 ¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329) BLJM-60017 JP (Sega the Best) 2008-11-27 ¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940) BLJM-60102 US 2007-03-20 BLUS-30021 DE 2007-03-23 BLES-00027 INL-B00027-GE DE (Platinum) 2008-08-15 BLES-00027/P ES 2007-03-23 BLES-00027 INL-B00027-SP ES (Platinum) 2008-08-15 BLES-00027/P FR 2007-03-23 BLES-00027 INL-B00027-FR UK 2007-03-23 BLES-00027 INL-B00027-UK UK (Platinum) 2008-08-15 BLES-00027/P INL-B00027-PL-UK IT 2007-03-23 BLES-00027 INL-B00027-IT AU 2007-03-23 BLES-00027 INL-B00027-AU AU (Platinum) 2008-08-15 BLES-00027/P INL-B00027-PL-AU KR 2007-07-27 AS 200x US 2007-03-20 68009 US ▼ (Demo) 2007-03-23 FREEfree EU ▼ (Demo) 2007-03-23 FREEfree DE 2007-03-23 INL-XT201701-GE ES 2007-03-23 INL-XT201701-SP FR 2007-03-23 INL-XT201701-FR UK (Promo) 2007 INL-XT201701-UK UK 2007-03-23 INL-XT201701-UK UK ▼ (Demo) 2007-03-16 FREEfree IT 2007-03-23 INL-XT201701-IT AU 2007-03-29 INL-XT201701-AU AU ▼ (Demo) 2007-03-23 FREEfree KR 2007-03-20 KR ▼ (Demo) 2007-03-23 FREEfree US 2007-03-30 ULUS-10246 EU (Promo) 2007 ULES-00763 DE 2007 ULES-00763 ES 2007 ULES-00763 INL-U00763-ES FR 2007 ULES-00763 INL-U00763-FR FR (Platinum) 20xx UK 2007-03-30 ULES-00763 INL-U00763-UK IT 2007 ULES-00763 INL-U00763-IT AU 2007 ULES-00763 BX 2007-03-30 SEGA-PC054-FD INL-S054-FD DE 2007-03-30 SEGA-PC054-GE INL-S054-GE ES 2007-03-30 SEGA-PC054-SP INL-S054-SP FR 2007-03-30 SEGA-PC054-FR INL-S054-FR UK 2007-03-30 SEGA-PC054-UK INL-S054-UK UK (White Label) 200x 1945A IT 2007-03-30 SEGA-PC054-IT INL-S054-IT TR 200x CZ (Extra Klasika) 200x PL 2007-03-30 99.90zł99.90 PL (Extra Klasyka) 200x PL (TopSeller) 200x RU 2007 AU 2007-03 SEGA-PC054-AU INL-S054-AU TH 200x

Virtua Tennis 3, known as Power Smash 3 (パワースマッシュ３) in Japan, is a sequel to Virtua Tennis 2, initially released for Sega Lindbergh arcade hardware.

Gameplay

Players

While Virtua Tennis 2 made sure to include the same number of female players as male, the arcade version of Virtua Tennis 3 has a male-only roster. In the home editions, female players were added (although there are still more men), however it is also possible to create your own custom player.

	Roger Federer
	Rafael Nadal
	David Nalbandian
	Sebastien Grosjean
	Juan Carlos Ferrero
	Lleyton Hewitt
	Andy Roddick
	Tim Henman
	Returning from Virtua Tennis 2.
	James Blake
	Mario Ancic
	Taylor Dent
	Gael Monfils
	Home versions only.
	Tommy Haas
	Returning from Virtua Tennis 2.
	Maria Sharapova
	Home versions only.
	Lindsay Davenport
	Returning from Virtua Tennis 2. Home versions only.
	Daniela Hantuchova
	Home versions only.
	Martina Hingis
	Home versions only.
	Nicole Vaidisova
	Home versions only.
	Amelie Mauresmo
	Home versions only.
	Venus Williams
	Returning from Virtua Tennis 2. Home versions only.
	Duke
	Hidden character
	King
	Hidden character. Returning from Virtua Tennis 2.

Achievements

Main article: Virtua Tennis 3/Achievements.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Virtua Tennis 3	Virtua Tennis 3
English (US)	Virtua Tennis 3	Virtua Tennis 3
Japanese	パワースマッシュ３	Power Smash 3
Korean	버추어 테니스 3	Virtua Tennis 3

Downloadable content

Title and description	Links	Releases
Intro Movie	Xbox 360: US, UK, AU, KR	US 2007-04-06 FREEfree UK 2007-04-06 FREEfree EU 2007-04-06 FREEfree AU 2007-04-06 FREEfree KR 2007-04-06 FREEfree
TV Ad	Xbox 360: US, UK, AU, KR	US 2007-04-06 FREEfree UK 2007-04-06 FREEfree EU 2007-04-06 FREEfree AU 2007-04-06 FREEfree KR 2007-04-06 FREEfree

Production credits

Lindbergh version

• Producer: Mie Kumagai
• Chief Director: Kazuko Noguchi
• Planner: Nobuyuki Yamashita, Norio Furuichi
• Chief Programmer: Yoshifumi Ishihata
• Programmers: Takeshi Numazawa, Takashi Hirayama, Jyoji Yamada, Norikazu Hayashi, Takuya Monma
• Chief Designer: Michinari Terada
• Character Designers: Toshihiro Ando, Hiroshi Iijima, Masayuki Gotoh, Nobuhiro Ushiyama
• Stage Designers: Yoshihiko Nakagawa, Daisuke Ogawa, Megumi Matsuda, Akira Fujiki
• Motion Designers: Kenji Shimizu, Masateru Nishiyama, Kazuyuki Watanabe
• 2D Designers: Yuko Kubota, Koujyo Tsukamoto, Takayuki Nagashima
• Sound Designer: Kentaro Koyama
• Technical Support: Masahito Kurosawa, Masaru Takano, Hiroshi Tatefuku, Osamu Takamori, Jun Kanda, Kiyofumi Kondoh, Hidenobu Yamada, Yasuto Muraki
• Motion Actor: Naoki Arimoto, Masatoshi Miyazaki, Yaoki Ishii
• Voice Actor: Walter Roberts
• Product Manager: Kentaro Nemoto, Masashi Ito
• Licensing Department: Rika Shirai, Nivine Emeran (SOE), Tetsuya Hotozuka, Takeshi Hiratsuka, Rie Kondo, Takuma Hatori
• Publicity: Kensaku Nishimura
• Mechanical Engineer: Toshiya Yamaguchi, Asako Tominaga, Masaki Kawabata, Yusuke Kaji
• Electrical Engineer: Yasuhiro Kondo, Hideyuki Yamada, Toru Mori, Yoshiaki Yamamoto
• Cabinet Designer: Yasuhiro Wada, Kimio Tsuda, Koji Yamashita
• Special Thanks: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Mitsuhiko Kakita, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ko Nishino, MOZZO,inc., BASEBALL MAGAZINE SHA co.,ltd., Club Sega Shinjuku, Yoshitaka Saitoh, Kei Midorikawa, Masashi Saitoh, Ryo, To all members of AM3. and To all the players of the POWER SMASH series.

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In-game credits

PlayStation Portable version

Sega of America, Inc

• CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
• President/COO: Simon Jeffery
• VP of Product Development: Dave Cobb
• Senior Producer: Constantine Hantzopoulos
• Associate Producer: Christopher Kaminski
• Vice President of Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg
• Director of Marketing: Rick Naylor
• Product Manager: Teri A. Higgins
• Public Relations Manager: Jennie Sue
• Creative Services: Jen Groeling, Heather Lucchetti, Bridget Oates, Marco Garcia
• QA Lead Analysts: Shawn Dobbins, Chris Rose
• QA Asst. Lead Analysts: Jason Bianchi
• QA Testers: Jade August, Terence Destouet, Matt Goodwin, Jason Hom, Diego Melo
• Compliancy Lead Analyst: Stephen Akana
• Compliancy Asst. Lead Analysts: Lawrence Mann, Joe Floyd
• Compliancy Testers: Rudolfo "Junior" Sison
• Mastering Lab Coordinator: Rhianna Kellom
• Mastering Lab Technician: Rey Buzon
• Special Thanks: Mark Cook, Tom Dudley, Matt Eyre, Steve Fleming, Scott Lambrecht, Kerry Martyn, Hiroshi Nagata, Marjorie Puruganan, Osamu Shibamiya, Shinobu Shindo, Ben Szeto, Charles Topping, Klayton Vorlick, Omar Woodley

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US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Tennis 3/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

AM3 team info press release

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Announcement press release

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New features press release

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ITF sponsorship press release

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PlayStation 3 tilt control press release

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Physical scans

Lindbergh version

Lindbergh Yellow,
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PlayStation 3 version

Sega Retro Average
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Publication Version Score Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 73 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 85 Game Station (UK) 80

	79
Based on 3 reviews

Virtua Tennis 3

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Xbox 360 version

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Publication Version Score Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 73

	73
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PlayStation Portable version

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Publication Version Score PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK) PAL 80

	80
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Virtua Tennis 3

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PC version

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 7ede3589 MD5 55890b337a6be6a4e40f886675e22cdf SHA-1 8046a0f2b328f843e84a463844cc78d210decb6a	582,156,288		UMD (EU)
?	CRC32 08656c8a MD5 0bb80bd2c3539a20a94bd56487194e47 SHA-1 d391480dcc8a91beb76d0d73d0b8370b8f975156	582,156,288		UMD (US)

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Arcade, PlayStation 3
• Official website on Sega.jp (Japanese)
• Virtua Tennis 3 on Xbox Marketplace: JP, US, UK, AU, KR
• Virtua Tennis 3 on PlayStation.com: PlayStation 3: JP, JP (Sega the Best), US, UK, KR; PlayStation Portable: US

References

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)