Tennis (NES)

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It was the first tennis game on the NES and allowed to play singles or doubles against five different levels of enemies. Although there aren't many moves to remember, it actually takes time to master the game and defeat the toughest and fastest opponents. Practicing volleys and smashes might help you tremendously if you want to win the last tournament.

A familiar Nintendo character makes a guest appearance in the umpire's chair. He performed a similar profession in a few other Nintendo sports games; can you find them all?

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darren_calvert

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USA Tue, 19 Dec 2006 by Darren Calvert

It was the first tennis game on the NES and allowed to play singles or doubles against five different levels of enemies.

Tennis was one of the launch titles for the NES way back in 1985, it succeeded back in winning new gamers to the system in much the same way as Wii Sports is doing nowadays. That begs the question of course, why bother with this if you already have Wii..

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shawn1

1. Shawn United States 16 Mar 2007, 18:58 GMT

Why would anyone in thier right mind, make this purchase when everyone has Wii Tennis? I cannot understand why Nintendo even put this on the VC for downloading. Your points can be spent better than this.

pocketim

2. Pocketim New Zealand 16 Mar 2007, 21:00 GMT

All sport games are boring apart from wii sports so stick with that

eric2

3. Eric Italy 20 Mar 2007, 16:46 GMT

This is a good release on the Wii. See how Tennis began with Nintendo with NES Tennis!

nephew771

4. nephew77 United States 09 May 2007, 03:34 BST

This game seems dreadfully dull and simplistic at first. Play it for fifteen minutes, though, and you will probably become hooked. Level 5 is a great challenge, and you will find yourself breaking a sweat as you alternate strategic slams and lobs. This is only surpassed by Wii tennis in my mind. Some may consider this a coup, but I give Tennis a 5/5.

sckkktttrrrr

5. SKTTR Germany 11 Jun 2007, 09:44 BST

As i first got it on Animal Crossing, it seemed slow, boring and dull.
But after some time spent on it, the controls became very good.
There is also some challenge to be appreciated.
I don't think it's a bad tennis game, just a bit old ;)

The two player doubles are quite fun,
if you have a good player on your side, so this game is really not that bad.
Unfortunately there's no VS-match so I rate it 3/5 stars.

PS: Tennis on Wii Sports is way better of course.
But in this game you can at least control your character like you want.

jade_louise

6. Jade Louise United Kingdom 09 Aug 2007, 19:45 BST

I got this for the e-reader for £1 off ebay. Its not bad but too outdated. Sports games (football champ in the arcades is still fun though and World Series Baseball II on the Saturn is still very good) are the only games from the past where nearly all have dated far too much. You can make a great argument for Mario 2D games being better than the modern ones and Sonic 2D games blow the new ones away but sports games really are better in the here and now.

mii_be_you

7. Mii be you United States 06 Sep 2007, 04:16 BST

I played this before. It's not a lot of fun any more. Don't get me wrong, I'll still play this on Animal Crossing. Just not a lot.

angel_m_rivera_collazo

8. angel m. rivera collazo Puerto Rico 15 Sep 2007, 05:06 BST

it is challenging and you can play it for some minutes . continue after you pause it and get mcenroe angry!

beau

9. Beau Skunk United States 23 Nov 2007, 11:09 GMT

The game requires alot of getting used to, but it's quite fun, and alot more fun then say, "Pong" in my opinion, and alot more realistic, even by NES standards. 2 Player mode however onley has doubles, so unfortunatelly, you cannot play against a human opponent. If you manage to beat 2 CP opponents in a row, you'll win the game.
(The difficulties after 3 get a bit to frustrating for me personally. So stick to the early ones.)

zelda_freak1

10. zelda freak United States 23 Feb 2008, 21:01 GMT

I found out about this game on Animal Crossing and its a fun game for a few minutes, but I'm not gonna download this one.

mastermario

11. MasterMario United States 01 Mar 2008, 03:50 GMT

I hated this game. It's really boring to play. Animal Crossing has some bad NES games like this one.

chocodk

12. ChocoDK Canada 12 May 2008, 19:46 BST

I owned Super Tennis and when it gets released I will get it again for nostalgia. The game though for its time looks pretty good but now it looks like ***

psychofish

13. PsychoFish Germany 15 Jun 2008, 22:36 BST

Compared to its "sister" Soccer, Tennis is a real great game. Overall it's an average. The first real Tennis game. I had a lot of fun with it and i think it's worth a try.

corbie_dillard

14. Corbie United States 26 Oct 2008, 08:38 GMT

Although I'm a big tennis fan, I've always found this game sluggish and boring.

ferret75

15. Ferret75 United States 31 Jan 2009, 20:47 GMT

Fun to play with a friend.

littlemac86

16. LittleMac86 United States 20 Feb 2009, 13:18 GMT

Great game...easy to control and fun to play

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