And every so often you’ll land on an uh-oh spot that forces you to drop your wallet and lose half your earnings.
Other times you’ll land on a practice match or a big tournament. Sometimes you’ll land on one of the wacky minigame training sessions that the Virtua Tennis series is known for. That trend continues here with a nonsensical board game format, where you draw from three randomly numbered “move tickets” to determine how many spaces you’ll advance that day. The world tour mode has been revamped again, though less because Sega had a brilliant new idea and more because the developer has never been able to create a career mode worth keeping. It’s a fun tool, but ultimately useless, as the meter fills way to slowly to be a determining factor in any match. Once your meter is full, pressing B will allow you to hit a power shot from any position in the court.
New to VT4 is the Super Shot, a reward for filling a meter at the top of the screen with play that matches your character’s style. Aside from the use of the dedicated topspin, slice, and lob buttons, the key to victory lies in moving your player to the right spot in order maximize your power and outmaneuver your opponent. As we touched on before, newcomers will have no trouble learning the swing of things.
