Virtua Tennis 2
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System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega, Acclaim (EU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Hitmaker, Tamsoft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Multitap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Virtua Tennis 2 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. In Japan, it is known as Power Smash 2 (パワースマッシュ2), as Virtua Tennis was known as Power Smash in that region.
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.
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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2 version was released in the second half of 2002, the game was simply renamed Tennis, as it would have appeared outdated in a matter of months.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.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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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
- Programmer: 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
- Senior Product Manager: Stacey Kerr
- Associate Product Manager: Sam Hopkins, Michael Rhinehart
- Licensing: Jane Thompson, Robert Leffler
- Creative Services:
- Director: Bob Schonfisch
- Project Manager: Angela Santos
- Manual Designer: Vicki Morawietz
- 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
Magazine articles
- Main article: Virtua Tennis 2/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Photo gallery
Artwork
Physical scans
NAOMI version
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Dreamcast version
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88 | |
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Based on 23 reviews |
PlayStation 2 version
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82 | |
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Based on 7 reviews |
PlayStation 2, UK |
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PlayStation 2, ES |
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PlayStation 2, FR/NL |
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PlayStation 2, IT |
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External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, Arcade, PlayStation 2
- Virtua Tennis 2 on PlayStation.com: JP, JP (Sega the Best), US
References
- ↑ http://sega.jp/search/result.php?page=5&pf=41 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-03 22:40)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Press release: 2001-09-06: Sega Sports Launches Basketball and Tennis On Multiple Platforms
- ↑ http://sega.jp/dc/011102/ (Wayback Machine)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://sega.jp/ps2/powsma2/ (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-23 23:36)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf, page 32 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:Playbox FR 12.pdf, page 48 Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name ":File:Playbox FR 12.pdf_p48" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 100% Consoles, "Décembre 2001" (FR; 2001-1x-xx), page 54
- ↑ 576 Konzol, "December 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ Ação Games, "Janeiro 2002" (BR; 200x-xx-xx), page 47
- ↑ Bonus, "9/2001" (YU; 2001-11-25), page 36
- ↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 2001" (FR; 2001-1x-xx), page 168
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2001-13 (2001-11-23)" (JP; 2001-11-09), page 30
- ↑ Edge, "Christmas 2001" (UK; 2001-11-29), page 85
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 2002" (US; 2001-12-04), page 232
- ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 294
- ↑ Famitsu, "2001-11-23" (JP; 2001-11-09), page 31
- ↑ GameNOW, "December 2001" (US; 2001-11-13), page 94
- ↑ GamePro, "January 2002" (US; 200x-xx-xx), page 130
- ↑ GamesMaster, "Xmas 2001" (UK; 2001-1x-xx), page 105
- ↑ MAN!AC, "12/2001" (DE; 2001-11-07), page 82
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Grudzień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 35
- ↑ Play, "Luty 2002" (PL; 2002-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ Play, "Premiere Issue" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 67
- ↑ PSX Extreme, "12/2001" (PL; 2001-1x-xx), page 62
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 10, Nummer 2, Februari 2002" (NL; 2002-0x-xx), page 37
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Dekabr 2001 1/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 2002" (FR; 2002-1x-xx), page 98
- ↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 93
- ↑ Hyper, "January 2003" (AU; 2002-12-04), page 54
- ↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "Christmas 2002" (UK; 2002-11-29), page 92
- ↑ PlayZone, "01/2003" (DE; 2002-11-29), page 64
- ↑ PSM, "Vol. 6, No. 9: September 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 31
- ↑ Total Gamer, "November 2002" (CA; 2002-xx-xx), page 15
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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) | |
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Power Smash Taikenban (20xx) | Power Smash 2 Taikenban (20xx) |
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