Check out Virtua Tennis 3’s World Tour Mode
Since most of the game developers are on break, we decided to go check out the sites for some of the Japanese games, and we found out that Sega‘s Virtua Tennis 3webpage, also known as Power Smash 3, got a Christmas update. Sega’s showing off the World Tour Mode of the game, and we find that we would be remiss in our duties unless we told you what the mode was all about.
World Tour Mode is pretty much your standard career mode, where you train your very own character to tennis stardom. The right screen above shows you or actual stats, which will definitely need some strengthening if you intend to whack some sense into the world’s best racket-wielders.
As with any next-gen sports game, you’re going to have the option to customize your look, from facial features, skin tone, to the whites of your eyebrows (Well, you could make them white, I suppose). While we do understand your admiration for Rafael Nadal, making your in-game character look like him is just plain creepy though.
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Since most of the game developers are on break, we decided to go check out the sites for some of the Japanese games, and we found out that Sega‘s Virtua Tennis 3webpage, also known as Power Smash 3, got a Christmas update. Sega’s showing off the World Tour Mode of the game, and we find that we would be remiss in our duties unless we told you what the mode was all about.
World Tour Mode is pretty much your standard career mode, where you train your very own character to tennis stardom. The right screen above shows you or actual stats, which will definitely need some strengthening if you intend to whack some sense into the world’s best racket-wielders.
As with any next-gen sports game, you’re going to have the option to customize your look, from facial features, skin tone, to the whites of your eyebrows (Well, you could make them white, I suppose). While we do understand your admiration for Rafael Nadal, making your in-game character look like him is just plain creepy though.
If you want to actually progress through career mode, you’re going to have to train. That’s what all those strange minigames we showed you before actually do, and Sega reveals that there will be 12 minigames to train with, presumably with each game focusing on a particular stat. That’s only one step though. Getting the chance to play against the best means you’re going to have to up your reputation amongst tennis players. To do that, you have to go to the game’s Tennis Academy and beat rookies to get some attention.
Once your rep’s gotten higher, the fun begins. You can join tournaments with varying gameplay and terrain elements that will help increase your rank further. Singles, doubles, and mixed doubles are part of it, and you can expect to play a little differently depending on the ground you’re stepping on. Winning tournaments and special matches will also get you new items for your character.
Speaking of items, the ones you pick up during the course of the game can be used to customize your character further. No word on whether it gives bonuses or just changes appearance, but it’d be nice to see new rackets actually impacting gameplay. That being said, is there anything useful to be gained from using a guitar-shaped racket?
As word of your skills and oddly-shaped racket preferences spread, you’ll be picking up emails from notable players like Maria Sharapova. That either means they want to team up with you or just beat you into the concrete like the racket-wielding amateur that you are. Obviously, you aren’t going to stand for that kind of trash talk.
That’s when you start challenging the competition for real. Winning and losing is a part of it, as communicating with them in between games will earn you respect, as well as information. As you can probably guess, communicating well with certain players will also give you the opportunity to work with them in future doubles matches.
Lastly, there’s a matter of your character’s progression. You can train him to become stronger in certain areas, and doing so will also affect his playing style. It actually becomes evident in the stats page as your swing type changes its name eventually depending on your numbers. You have to balance it, however, with rest. Continuous play is ultimately detrimental to your player’s health, so the game reflects this by giving your characters an increased chance to get sick or hurt if you don’t get them to rest every so often.
Well, that’s it for the World Tour Mode. Be sure to check back here when we hear more from Sega about its hot new tennis title.
