Namco Announces Smash Court Sequel

Namco plans to release a succeeding part to its PlayStation 2 tennis sim Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament this year, Impress Game Watch reports today. The followup also for PS2 is owed for release in Japan July 1

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 (a title designed to make repeated typing difficult) expands the original's roster of real-life courts and professional players to include a certain quantity of 16 male and female pro and all four Grand Slam circumstances The complete list of players appearing is as follows:

Guy

Andy Roddick
Carlos Ferrero
James Blake
Layton Hewitt
Marat Safin
Richard Gasquet
Tim Henman
Tommy Haas

Girls

Justine Henin-Hardenne
Kim Ciljsters
Serena Williams
Amelie Mauresmo
Lindsay Davenport
Jennifer Capriati
Daniela Hantuchova
Anna Kournikova

In addition to the U unclose Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon (the four occurrences making up the pro tennis Grand Slam), the game will include seven more courts, including four other pro circumstances -- in Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Japan, and Hamburg -- and three fictitious incidents

Up to four players can view the action from seven different angles. a certain quantity of simply move the camera closer to the action, maintaining the usual behind-the-back perspective, on the other hand it's also possible to view the game from an off-kilter quarter view or from the top down, like Pong

Pro Tournament 2 will almost certainly make an appearance at Namco's E3 display, in the way that expect a hands-on report from the display next month.

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