411mania writes: "Grand Slam Tennis is one of the first games to take advantage of the Wii Motionplus, which means that the review of this game is going to be like an early review for what is to come with this new peripheral. If this is any indication, good things are in store for Wii owners. In my first foray with the game I couldn't grasp exactly what this device had done, but within the next several minutes I began to notice something. All of my shots were going straight to the doubles line. Normally this wouldn't be exciting, but you must understand, when playing real tennis, my ball does the same thing! Yes, I can suck at the real sport, and that suckiness has made a successful transition to Grand Slam Tennis."
Andy Robertson writes "Grand Slam Tennis 2 brings tennis to PlayStation Move but ends up being jack of all controllers and master of none. Great fun for families but for grownups more promise of things to come than a fully fleshed out motion experience. I suspect Grand Slam Tennis on Wii U will be the de facto version."
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The biggest test for this approach is how well the more hardcore audience on the PlayStation 3 (and Xbox 360) will take to Grand Slam Tennis 2. It maybe that motion controls are less important here. Perhaps testament to this is the inclusion of some (also quite interesting) Skate style “flick-it” racket controls where the right stick is used to control your swing.
After playing on the Wii, I'll never play a tennis game with sticks again. That is OLD! Has to be motion controlled for moi.
