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Virtua Tennis 2
System(s): Sega NAOMI , Sega NAOMI GD-ROM , Sega Dreamcast , PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega
Acclaim Entertainment (Europe)
Developer: Hitmaker
Tamsoft
Distributor: Halifax (IT)
Licensor: Yonex
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box , Jump Pack , Dreamcast Arcade Stick , Visual Memory Unit Multitap
Genre: Sports[1] [2] [3] [4]
Number of players: 1-4
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
MK-51186-50
FR
2001-11-23[12]
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
Women
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2 version was released in the second half of 2002, the game was simply renamed Tennis , as it would have appeared outdated in a matter of months.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[13] .
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 .
Versions
Localised names
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
Dreamcast version
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 , 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)
Senior Product Manager: Stacey Kerr
Associate Product Manager: Sam Hopkins , Michael Rhinehart
Licensing: Jane Thompson , Robert Leffler
Creative Services:
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
Digital manuals
Magazine articles
Main article: Virtua Tennis 2/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
Main article: Virtua Tennis 2/Promotional material .
Artwork
Photo gallery
Physical scans
NAOMI version
NAOMI, JP
Cart
NAOMI GD-ROM, JP
Disc
Dreamcast version
Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc
Inlay
Dreamcast, EU (White Label)
Disc
PlayStation 2 version
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Division by zero.
Based on0 review
PlayStation 2, US
Cover
Disc
PlayStation 2, JP
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
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
?
2001-09-13
GD-R
Tennis 2K2 v0.902
Page
?
2001-09-16
GD-R
Virtua Tennis 2
Page
?
2001-09-20
GD-R
Page
?
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
References
↑ File:VT2 DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/011102/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-10-22 09:57)
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