Ah the memories - playing this up to all hours when i knew damn rightly I should have been revising for my exams. Yes - the time has come again to review one of the first games released for the SNES. It's just such an amazing game. Again - mode 7 all the way here. What makes this tennis game somewhat different to most of its predecessors was the difference in buttons and how you held the buttons down. It feels awkward at the start but after a while, you really feel like you have an element of control over the raquet!

There are loads of characters in the game but i believe the only difference in them is the quest for one the same as your own name! Or looking for the most cartoony-attractive - depending on your taste ;). The computer isnt particularily difficult in the game - but it feels as if you're playing against an actual player! This, of course is a benefit which is short lived.

The computer can never take the place of a man and it is proved in pretty much every multiplayed snes game and this one is no exception. Play a mate in this, making it a shot a game and see who can stand, never mind play! Actual reflexes are actually a feature of the game for a change and planning offences simply won't cut it unless you're playing against somebody who's either ridiculously crap, or else blind. or got no arms. Or both.

It's the necessity for change throughout a rally that makes this game great - the computer isn't stupid - there are no set ways of winning and, although the lobs could be under control a bit better, the rest of the controls are great. The only real downfall with this game though, as there are with pretty much all tennis games, is that they get boring after a while - nice for a short term bit of fun though!