Tons of new Sega Superstars Tennis info
Posted by George. Filed under Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Unreleased.
The last unannounced character in Sega Superstars Tennis has been revealed, and it’s none other than Gilius Thunderhead from Golden Axe. Total Video Games had an interview with the boys at Sumo Digital; here is the interesting information from the interview:
- The game started out as Sonic Tennis, but Sumo Digital wanted to do a Sega tennis game.
- They got feedback from all the original Japanese studios.
- Each character in the game has 150-250 animations. The game is very animation driven.
- Ryo isn’t in the game because he wasn’t “cartoony” enough.
- The PlayStation 2 version won’t be released in Japan.
- They would like to do more Sega Superstars games including a racer or brawler.
- The game was made by a team of 60 people. This includes all the versions.
- They started working on the game after the release of Virtua Tennis 3 port for the Xbox 360.
- The game will feature over 80 minigames!
- No online multiplayer for the Wii version because it was too complicated, and the DS is more flexible in this department.
Gamersyde has posted videos of the mini-games, gameplay, and a interview with Steve Lycett. IGN has posted four gameplay videos for the Xbox 360 version.
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Comments on this article
There have been 17 responses to this article.
“…the DS is more flexible in this department.”
Meaning there’s a chance the DS version will have online multiplayer? holy crap 8D
maxchain
Posted February 17th, 2008 at 7:34 pm.
Every version has online, just not the Wii.
George
Posted February 17th, 2008 at 7:46 pm.
Thank you George!!!!
NiGHTSfan360
Posted February 17th, 2008 at 7:51 pm.
PS2 has online too? I thought it didn’t.
Kogen
Posted February 17th, 2008 at 9:13 pm.
The game will feature over 80 mini game!
80 mini-games? That’s alot.
udx
Posted February 17th, 2008 at 10:26 pm.
I can NOT wait for this game, the only thing I am saddened to see is the lack of some of my favorite Sega characters, like Ecco, Vectorman, Ryo, Ristar, et cetera. It’s possible for the 360 and Playstation 3 versions to have download content, so… is there some way we can force Sumo to add in our favorites?
If theres a downloadable level I am pretty sure it’ll be a Rez court though.
Sega Uranus
Posted February 17th, 2008 at 11:03 pm.
The game looks to be top notch, I cannot wait for this game it just has so much awesome fan service that any one who has ever owned a Sega console would be a FOOL not to pick it up, even if your not a big fan of tennis.
But I will agree with roster is a bit low when you take into account Segas classic characters…
It could have done with another 16 on top of that to be honest, I hope they go onto make a party fighter in the vain of POWER STONE 2!
Ryan
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 3:16 am.
Next, Fighters Megamix 2!!!!! :D
City Hunter
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 5:52 am.
They did say that there would be unlockable characters, did they not? So there’s still a chance for Vectorman, Ristar, etc. to be. I really hope they make a fighter. With all of the classic music they’ve culled, they could easily produce something of the quality of Smash Bros., and that, but with Sega, would be really, really fantastic.
Daniel Kurland
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 8:03 am.
The SIZE of the roster is fine, honestly. When rosters for games like this get much bigger, you either end up with a bunch of clones or horrible balance. I’m mainly disappointed that Amy and Shadow made it in instead of Knuckles. I was really hoping for some ToeJam and Earl too, but Alex Kidd and Golden Axe Guy are satisfying enough for me.
Bryan
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 9:59 am.
aaaaw no ryo, seeing how there’s a house of the dead stage (with not very cartoony zombies) i really dont get why they say he wasnt cartoony enough. hope they’re some unlockable burning rangers charas
masked ranger
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 2:02 pm.
No Ryo cuz he wasn’t cartoony enough?,
so what are those The House Of The Dead stuff
or I am sure that Gilius won’t be cartoony enough in
SEGA’s upcoming Golden Axe games too!
Let’s don’t make excuses by saying Ryo was not … or was …
You can simply make a cartoony version of Ryo
or at least you can add some tiny Shenmue related stuff to this game.
Anyway at least you’ve considered Ryo,
so thank you for this but be sure that many Shenmue fans who
aren’t SEGA fans can ignore this game from now.
Regards-Alimn
alimn
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 3:45 pm.
Wait didint they ‘cartooned’ the virtual fighters up for virtual quest? come on, they could had done that with ryo no problem. They are using real looking characters on the background of the outrun stage after all.
farmer pancho
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 10:46 pm.
“They would like to do more Sega Superstars games including a racer or brawler.”
It would be cool if they made a brawler could you imagine if the brawler got popular then they might have a chance to invite some characters from other companies like Nintendo have done with Smash Bro’s.
But in saying that i would much rather AM2 develope a new Fighters Megamix game then have SUMO develope a game that ends up being a Smash Bro’s clone….
A racer would also be intersting but i would probably still prefer a brawler they need to think of something different though imo something that hasn’t been done…lol
Sam
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 11:15 pm.
farmer pancho, they didn’t make Virtua Fighters cartoony for Virtua Quest. Though they did do it for Virtua Fighter Kids
George
Posted February 18th, 2008 at 11:24 pm.
This is the one of the first gameswhere I am counting down to the release date since the good old Genesis days. I counted down to Endless Ocean (which is pretty great), but this game will (hopefully) be 100 times better. 98% chance I will be buying this on release day. The only thing that disappoints me is the Wii’s lack of onlineness (online play, downloadable content). It almost makes me want a 360…
eday_2010
Posted February 19th, 2008 at 1:53 pm.
No Ryo? Sigh…. I wanted a Streets of Rage character, too….
Can’t wait for this though, and the eventual sequels that follow up. However, if their going to make Sega Superstar Fighters, Ryo better be included.
CaptainUlt
Posted February 20th, 2008 at 9:56 am.