As a whole Sega Tennis simply served as a reminder of how good Virtua Tennis is. The irony here is that by replacing the real players with these cartoon characters Sega have made there game considerably less attractive to a casual audience. Maybe they never intended it to garner wide appeal, but the addition of their various mascots seems to play to the hardcore market.
Most people who brought the new Beatle had previously owned an old VW, so too the obscure characters and locations here serve as a big inside joke to those who have already played the games in Sega's (hardware manufacturing) heyday.
For Sega and Sonic the Hedgehog aficionados, Sega Superstars Tennis is a solid blend of simple sports action and glossy fan service.
SEGA Superstars Tennis will be released for the Mac on October 17th, Feral Interactive has today announced. Developed by Sumo Digital Ltd., published by SEGA for consoles and inspired by two decades of SEGA history, SEGA Superstars Tennis sees 16 fan-favourite characters serving up extreme arcade tennis.
Following news that Sega is planning on bringing 20 Dreamcast games to XBLA, and the possibility of Saturn games to follow, NowGamer went straight to Sega and asked them how they mastered the art of fan service.
