Virtua Tennis 3

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Virtua Tennis 3

System(s): Sega Lindbergh, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Windows PC

Publisher: Sega AM3

Developer:

Sega

Sumo Digital

Licensor: International Tennis Federation

Genre: Sports (tennis)

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2006	¥?	DVP-0005
US	2006	$?	?
UK	2006	£?	?

JP	2007-03-08^[3]	¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)^[3]	BLJM-60017
JP (Sega the Best)	2008-11-27^[4]	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)^[4]	BLJM-60102
US	2007-03-20^[1]^[2]		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^[5]
AS	200x
US	2007-03-20^[12]^[2]		68009
US ▼ (Demo)	2007-03-23^[14]	FREEfree
EU ▼ (Demo)	2007-03-23^[17]	FREEfree
DE	2007-03-23^[8]		INL-XT201701-GE
ES	2007-03-23^[9]		INL-XT201701-SP
FR	2007-03-23^[7]		INL-XT201701-FR
UK (Promo)	2007		INL-XT201701-UK
UK	2007-03-23^[6]		INL-XT201701-UK
UK ▼ (Demo)	2007-03-16^[15]	FREEfree
IT	2007-03-23^[10]		INL-XT201701-IT
AU	2007-03-29^[11]		INL-XT201701-AU
AU ▼ (Demo)	2007-03-23^[16]	FREEfree
KR	2007-03-20^[13]
KR ▼ (Demo)	2007-03-23^[18]	FREEfree
US	2007-03-26^[2]		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^[19]		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^[20]	99.90zł99.90^[20]
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. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017.^[21]^[22]

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 for the player to create their 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

Main article: Virtua Tennis 3/Downloadable content.

Production credits

Main article: Virtua Tennis 3/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Tennis 3/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

AM3 team info press release

PDF

Announcement press release

PDF

New features press release

PDF

ITF sponsorship press release

PDF

PlayStation 3 tilt control press release

Artwork

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Physical scans

Lindbergh version

Lindbergh Yellow,
"Long" instructions "Long" instructions (2)
Disc Manual

PlayStation 3 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[23]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[24]

Game Station (UK)

80

^[25]

	79
Based on 3 reviews

Virtua Tennis 3

PlayStation 3, US
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 3, EU
Cover

PlayStation 3, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 3, JP (Sega the Best)
Cover

PlayStation 3, AU
Cover

PlayStation 3, AU (Platinum)
Cover

PlayStation 3, UK
Cover

PlayStation 3, UK (Platinum)
Cover

PlayStation 3, FR
Cover

PlayStation 3, FR (Platinum)

PlayStation 3, DE
Cover

PlayStation 3, DE (Platinum)
Cover

PlayStation 3, ES
Cover

PlayStation 3, ES (Platinum)
Cover

PlayStation 3, IT
Cover

PlayStation 3, AS^†
Cover

Xbox 360 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[23]

	73
Based on 1 review

Virtua Tennis 3

Xbox 360, US
Cover
Disc

Xbox 360, EU
Cover

Xbox 360, EU (?)
Cover

Xbox 360, AU
Cover

Xbox 360, UK
Cover

Xbox 360, UK (Promo)
Cover

Xbox 360, FR
Cover

Xbox 360, DE
Cover

Xbox 360, ES
Cover

Xbox 360, IT
Cover

Xbox 360, KR
Cover

Xbox 360, AS^†
Cover

PlayStation Portable version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK)

PAL

80

^[26]

	80
Based on 1 review

Virtua Tennis 3

PlayStation Portable, US
Cover

PlayStation Portable, EU
Cover

PlayStation Portable, EU (Promo)
Cover

PlayStation Portable, AU
Cover

PlayStation Portable, UK
Cover

PlayStation Portable, FR
Cover

PlayStation Portable, FR (Platinum)
Cover

PlayStation Portable, DE
Cover

PlayStation Portable, ES
Cover

PlayStation Portable, IT
Cover

PC version

PC, UK
Cover
Disc

PC, UK (White Label)
Cover
Disc

PC, UK (White Label; alt)

PC, FR
Cover
Disc

PC, DE
Cover
Disc

PC, ES
Cover
Disc

PC, IT
Cover
Disc

PC, IT (MX4)

PC, BX^†
Cover
Disc

PC, PL
Cover

PC, PL (Extra Klasyka)
Cover
Disc

PC, PL (TopSeller)
Cover

PC, CZ (Extra Klasika)
Cover

PC, RU
Cover
Disc

PC, RU (DVD)
Cover
Disc

PC, AU
Cover
Disc

PC, AU (Gamer's Choice)

PC, TR

PC, TH
Cover
Disc

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

↑ http://www.us.playstation.com/games/suggested?link=Publisher&SceaId=ULUS-10220 (Wayback Machine: 2007-10-03 04:30)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://www.sega.com/games/game_temp.php?game=virtuatennis3&lid=gp_virtuatennis3&lpos=allgamelist_title (Wayback Machine: 2007-10-06 21:44)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/bljm60017.html (Wayback Machine: 2008-09-23 09:51)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/bljm60102.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-06-08 19:14)
↑ http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/1034 (archive.today)
↑ Xbox.com (en-GB; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2010-01-10 00:19)
↑ Xbox.com (fr-FR; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2009-02-22 08:17)
↑ Xbox.com (de-DE; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2009-02-15 10:15)
↑ Xbox.com (es-ES; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2009-01-21 00:46)
↑ Xbox.com (it-IT; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2009-01-23 05:39)
↑ Xbox.com (en-AU; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2009-07-09 13:17)
↑ Xbox.com (en-US; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2010-08-12 04:57)
↑ Xbox.com (ko-KR; v/virtuatennis3) (Wayback Machine: 2009-06-04 08:31)
↑ Xbox LIVE Marketplace (en-US; media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802534507e1) (Wayback Machine: 2010-08-21 01:02)
↑ Xbox LIVE Marketplace (en-GB; Virtua-Tennis-3/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802534507e1) (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-07 10:16)
↑ Xbox LIVE Marketplace (en-AU; media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802534507e1) (Wayback Machine: 2009-07-03 07:35)
↑ Xbox LIVE Marketplace (fr-FR; media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802534507e1) (Wayback Machine: 2009-07-29 10:25)
↑ Xbox LIVE Marketplace (ko-kr; Virtua-Tennis-3/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802534507e1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-07-19 02:20)
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/SEGA-Virtua-Tennis-3-PSP/dp/B000NNM4OE (Wayback Machine: 2014-05-26 19:04)
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 https://www.gry-online.pl/gry/virtua-tennis-3/zea49 (Wayback Machine: 2020-01-24 23:05)
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2007" (US; 2007-03-13), page 84
↑ GamePro, "May 2007" (US; 2007-xx-xx), page 82
↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "April 2007" (UK; 2007-03-29), page 95

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	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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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)

Virtua Tennis 3

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Players

Achievements

Versions

Localised names

Downloadable content

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Photo gallery

Physical scans

Lindbergh version

PlayStation 3 version

Xbox 360 version

PlayStation Portable version

PC version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References