2K Sports Announces Top Spin Tennis for Nintendo's Wii
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on August 23, 2007 1:35:16 PM (90 Reads)
Popular Top Spin franchise to make its Wii debut by combining real life tennis experiences and fun features this spring
2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software,
Inc. announced today it will be releasing Top Spin
Tennis for the Wii home video game system from Nintendo. As part of
2K's critically acclaimed Top Spin franchise, Top Spin Tennis features
fun, flawless tennis action and the most real life tennis experience to
date for the Wii. Developed by 2K's Paris studio PAM Development in
conjunction with 2K Shanghai, Top Spin Tennis will be available
exclusively on the Wii in spring 2008.
The intuitive
pick-up-and-play action in Top Spin Tennis allows gamers to use the Wii
Remote and Nunchuk controllers in a way that matches the movements
players would make on a real court. The Nunchuk controls the player and
aim, while the vibration-enabled Wii Remote hits the ball like a tennis
racquet and determines the style of shot ranging from a top spin move
to a slice. The Wii Remote also allows players to control the power and
the quality of the shot and to serve in many different ways.
The
gameplay in Top Spin Tennis will feature an array of modes including
singles, doubles, mixed and non-mixed matches, exhibition, tournament
and more, with four levels of difficulty and ten international venues.
It will also feature more than a dozen licensed tennis stars as well as
ten original characters. Up to four players can play Top Spin Tennis
using as many as four sets of controllers. To add to the group fun,
there are a collection of party games included.
"We are excited
to bring our popular Top Spin series to the Wii," said Christoph
Hartmann, President of 2K. "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."