Tennis
Main game
2.54 average rating based on 120 ratings
- Developers
- Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D1
- Publishers
- Hudson Soft, Nintendo
- Series
- Nintendo Sports
- Platforms
- Arcade, Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1, Wii, Wii U
- Genres
- Sport
- Themes
- Non-fiction
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Another sport game for the NES on the shelf.
Nintendo continues to make another sport game for the sake of making some games to put on the store shelves. and this one did not disappoint, It's just another sports game with a lot of problems to be on the shelf for the NES's Launch.
Seriously, Nintendo, there were way better Sports games on the Commodore 64, so why not take a few notes from them before making These Sports games.
Back and Forth
This review is for the Nintendo Entertainment System version
One of the lesser Black Box Games in my opinion, and one that I had on NES back in the day but we never really played it. You always saw a copy of 'Tennis' at friends houses who also had the NES. We had Tennis on Game Boy too however, which is a much better game and alternative to Tennis than this iteration - so go play that instead!
Anyways, it's tennis. You can play a doubles mode with a friend which I bet is way more fun if you share a couch, but we never did that either. There's way better, modern Tennis titles to play instead of this one, but for the sake of history it's worth checking out.
Tennis: A Volley Or Two
This review is for the Nintendo Entertainment System version
Tennis, much like its sports precursor Baseball, is a game that might get repetitive quickly but has some fun mechanics behind it that feel a bit more intuitive and exciting.
The goal per match is to play either singles or doubles with five different AI gameplay modes. Each serve requires a well timed strike with the A button and must follow rules like staying within the service area. After that, the player can either swing normally or lob the ball with B, allowing a handful of different moves based on position and timing of hitting the ball. The player must be careful not to let the AI get a killer shot in, as well as make sure not to cause Faults, Nets, or Outs in the process. It translates pretty well from actual Tennis rules for six games per set for 2/3 sets.
The graphics are pretty standard with a static audience and a Mario coach and the music forgettable, but the perspective of the court and the physics of the ball are really cool to see for an 8-bit console.
Tennis flexes some more successful mechanical know-how of Nintendo's system and while it's not the most interesting thing it …
Tennis, much like its sports precursor Baseball, is a game that might get repetitive quickly but has some fun mechanics behind it that feel a bit more intuitive and exciting.
The goal per match is to play either singles or doubles with five different AI gameplay modes. Each serve requires a well timed strike with the A button and must follow rules like staying within the service area. After that, the player can either swing normally or lob the ball with B, allowing a handful of different moves based on position and timing of hitting the ball. The player must be careful not to let the AI get a killer shot in, as well as make sure not to cause Faults, Nets, or Outs in the process. It translates pretty well from actual Tennis rules for six games per set for 2/3 sets.
The graphics are pretty standard with a static audience and a Mario coach and the music forgettable, but the perspective of the court and the physics of the ball are really cool to see for an 8-bit console.
Tennis flexes some more successful mechanical know-how of Nintendo's system and while it's not the most interesting thing it does allow for a few fun matches from time to time. Play Doubles with friends if you can!