Virtua Tennis: World Tour (Power Smash: New Generation in Japan) is a tennis video game which was released for the Sony PlayStation Portable.

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Virtua Tennis: World Tour
European cover art which includes Tim Henman, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova
Developer(s)	Sumo Digital
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	Virtua Tennis
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable
Release	EU: September 1, 2005 NA: October 7, 2005 JP: January 26, 2006
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player

Overview

Virtua Tennis: World Tour was first released on 1 September 2005 in Europe with a North American release following shortly afterwards on 6 October. It was later released in Japan on 26 January 2006 under the title Power Smash: New Generation.

The game features 14 real-life professional tennis players, four court surfaces (with multiple arenas of each surface) and multiple game modes.

Game modes

World Tour

This is the main 1-player mode of Virtua Tennis: World Tour. In this mode, the players create one male and one female character for use in all tournaments in the game to become the No. #1-ranked player in the world. In between tournaments, skill levels may be raised by competing in a variety of quick minigames.

Quick Match

As it sounds, Quick Match just throws into a match, automatically selecting the players and court.

Ball Games

A few minigames for a short play time. These are Blocker, Balloon Smash, Fruit Dash and Blockbuster.

Tournament

The players select a player and attempt to play through 6 matches in order to win a tournament. Courts are automatically selected. There is also a retry option which enables the player to try to win again and again.

Exhibition

The player selects a player, opponent and a court.

Multiplayer

Using the PSP's Wi-Fi capabilities, up to 4 players can compete in a tennis match.

Reception

In a GameSpot review, Virtua Tennis: World Tour received a score of 8.2.[1] IGN gave the game "8.5".[2] However, many critics were disappointed by the added element of two fictional female players, on the account of the high numbers of top players in the WTA.

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