Great news indeed that 2K Sports has just announced that Top Spin Tennis -"the most real life tennis experience to date for the Wii" - is heading to Nintendo's motion-controlled party machine next spring.
The game (the forthcoming PS3 version of which is pictured here) is currently in development over in Paris studio PAM, where we imagine all the high-concept design work gets done, and 2K Shanghai, where SPOnG imagines all the tedious coding and donkey work gets done.
As you would imagine, the Nunchuck controls the player and aim, while the Wii Remote controls racquet movement so you can pull top spins, slices and lobs till your heart's content, controlling both the power and the quality of the shot.
This raises one obvious question - will the game require a longer lead from the Wi Remote to the Nunchuck? Since SPOnG cannot currently imagine playing Wii Sports Tennis, for example, with a Nunchuk attached to the remote, which is seemingly the premise of 2K's game; the Nunchuk being used to control the position and aim of the player.
We will, of course, soon see. Top Spin Tennis is due on Wii in spring 2008, featuring lots of modes, venues and real-life tennis stars, including (breath in...) singles, doubles, mixed and non-mixed matches, exhibition, and tournament, four levels of difficulty, a dozen licensed real-life stars alongside 10 original characters, four player multiplayer, and a collection of party games (this is Wii, remember!). Whew!
2K president Christoph Hartmann had the following quote to give to his PR department, to give to us, to give to you: "We are excited to bring our popular Top Spin series to the Wii. Given the Wii's unique controllers and the fun family-oriented gameplay, Top Spin Tennis effectively bridges the gap between a sports and a party game."
The game (the forthcoming PS3 version of which is pictured here) is currently in development over in Paris studio PAM, where we imagine all the high-concept design work gets done, and 2K Shanghai, where SPOnG imagines all the tedious coding and donkey work gets done.
As you would imagine, the Nunchuck controls the player and aim, while the Wii Remote controls racquet movement so you can pull top spins, slices and lobs till your heart's content, controlling both the power and the quality of the shot.
This raises one obvious question - will the game require a longer lead from the Wi Remote to the Nunchuck? Since SPOnG cannot currently imagine playing Wii Sports Tennis, for example, with a Nunchuk attached to the remote, which is seemingly the premise of 2K's game; the Nunchuk being used to control the position and aim of the player.
We will, of course, soon see. Top Spin Tennis is due on Wii in spring 2008, featuring lots of modes, venues and real-life tennis stars, including (breath in...) singles, doubles, mixed and non-mixed matches, exhibition, and tournament, four levels of difficulty, a dozen licensed real-life stars alongside 10 original characters, four player multiplayer, and a collection of party games (this is Wii, remember!). Whew!
2K president Christoph Hartmann had the following quote to give to his PR department, to give to us, to give to you: "We are excited to bring our popular Top Spin series to the Wii. Given the Wii's unique controllers and the fun family-oriented gameplay, Top Spin Tennis effectively bridges the gap between a sports and a party game."
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OptimusP 23 Aug 2007 12:32
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Great news, untill we get to the PR-talk and they start getting "excited" or "thrilled" again. I wonder how these people fare in a stripclub.
I'm just hoping all this "oh yeah, but the Wii version comes out...next year" stuff is really about them getting used to the controller and not some plot to make the Wii-version bomb on purpose so they can say "oh noes doesn't sell! must be the audience! No more games for you from us!"
I'm just hoping all this "oh yeah, but the Wii version comes out...next year" stuff is really about them getting used to the controller and not some plot to make the Wii-version bomb on purpose so they can say "oh noes doesn't sell! must be the audience! No more games for you from us!"