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Virtua Tennis Challenge

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Virtua Tennis Challenge
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Developer(s)Sega
Publisher(s)Sega
SeriesVirtua Tennis
Platform(s)Android, iOS
ReleaseAndroid
March 13, 2012
iOS
May 24, 2012
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Virtua Tennis Challenge is a sports game developed and published by Sega for Android and iOS.[1] It was first released in 2012, with Sega later releasing it as a part of its Sega Forever mobile game platform in 2017.[2]

Games mode

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Exhibition Match

The users play it in singles or doubles. They choose between all the available players and the World Tour profiles that they created. Different options can be configured such as the stadium, difficulty, among others.

SPT World Tour

In it, the users create a player, choose their characteristics and game skills, sign up for the different tournaments available every day throughout the season, win sponsorships throughout the career and compete until they are number 1 in the professional ranking.

Multiplayer

The users play games against other people using bluetooth.

Training

The players improve the skills by training against their strongest rival.

Tournaments

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The game contains a total of 18 tournaments available for SPT World Tour mode.

Main Championships (Grand Slams)

  • Australia Melbourne - Hard (Australian Open)
  • France Paris - Clay (Roland Garros)
  • United Kingdom London - Grass (Wimbledon)
  • United States New York - Hard (US Open)

Final Championship of the SPT (ATP World Tour Finals)

  • United States Chicago - Hard

SPT 1000 Masters (ATP Masters 1000)

  • United Arab Emirates Dubai - Hard
  • Spain Madrid - Clay
  • Czech Republic Prague - Grass
  • United States Los Angeles - Indoor

SPT 500 Championship Advantage (ATP 500)

  • China Shanghai - Hard
  • Japan Tokyo - Indoor
  • Egypt Cairo - Hard
  • Sweden Stockholm - Hard
  • Canada Vancouver - Grass

SPT 250 Aspirants (ATP 250)

  • United States Washington - Hard
  • Mexico Acapulco - Hard
  • Germany Hamburg - Clay
  • United Kingdom London - Grass

Reception

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The iOS version received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Virtua Tennis™ Challenge". Sega. Archived from the original on August 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Etherington, Darrell (July 12, 2017). "Sega adds Virtua Tennis Challenge to its free mobile game lineup". TechCrunch. Yahoo. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Virtua Tennis Challenge for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Tillotson, Derek C. (May 28, 2012). "Virtua Tennis Challenge Review (iOS)". Gamezebo. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  5. ^ Dellinger, AJ (June 22, 2012). "Virtua Tennis Challenge Review". MacLife. Future US. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  6. ^ Catalán, Cristian Ciuraneta (May 23, 2012). "Virtua Tennis Challenge [date mislabeled as "July 2, 2017"]". MeriStation. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  7. ^ Brown, Mark (May 25, 2012). "Virtua Tennis Challenge (iOS)". Pocket Gamer. Steel Media Ltd. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  8. ^ Glover, Jonathan (May 31, 2012). "'Virtua Tennis Challenge' Review – A Few Broken Strings [score mislabeled as "4/5"]". TouchArcade. TouchArcade.com, LLC. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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