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Grand Slam Tennis

Grand Slam Tennis review

Wimbledon’s just about wrapped up here in the UK and as a result there have been a couple of tennis games out recently. One is Virtua Tennis 2009 which I reviewed a fortnight ago, the other is EA’s Grand Slam Tennis which is the first game to use Nintendo’s new Wii Motion Plus controller. Unfortunately Nintendo haven’t sent me one so I’ll have to review the game based on the standard remote and nunchuck. As with previous tennis games on the Wii, if you play with just the remote, the game controls the player so you can concentrate on your...

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EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis for Wii Release Date

Now that Nintendo have confirmed an early release date for their MotionPlus Wii Remote add-on that gives 1 to 1 control precision to compatible Wii Games, EA have given us more details on their upcoming new game EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii. Featuring full Wii MotionPlus support you’ll really feel like you’re playing tennis, with 100% accurate forehand, backhand and spin shots as well as shot power recognition. EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis for Wii features your favourite tennis stars; John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and many more....

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EA Grand Slam Tennis

We reported on EA’s answer to Wii Sports Tennis a few months ago and finally we have some screenshots to share with you. As you can see EA have decided to stick with a cartoonish feel which is reminicent of Wii Sports but keeping a dignified amount of realism as regard to the player models and overall experience, combine this with MotionPlus controls for 1:1 accuracy and we could finally see the ultimate home tennis simulator arriving on Wii this Summer. The EA Grand Slam Tennis for Wii release date is June 16th 2009. Buy EA Grand Slam Tennis now...

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EA Sports Tennis 09

EA Sports have let us know that they are busy at work at a new Tennis game and until they give it a proper name we’re referring to it as Tennis 09. Tennis 09 for Wii is the first game from EA to use the new Wii MotionPlus add-on for the Wii Remote which gives player a true 1:1 level of accuracy and responsiveness. Tennis 09 Wii will also be the only videogame to feature the All England Lawn Tennis Club – home of The Championships, Wimbledon. Original as EA ain’t, you can’t deny they make top notch sports games,...