As far as the tennis, it does provide chances for strategy and skill. Against the computer you may be able to find an effective method of blanking them out, but the competition gets better as you advance in the main game. Depending on your controller of choice, finding out how to swing and utilize the different types of swings may take some time. Once you do it's on to getting good at ball placement and moving up to the net for more advanced and aggressive play. If you don't find out how to place the ball or hit it hard enough, you'll end up going into long rallies as the CPU characters can cover the court quite easily. And there will be times when you swing and nothing happens, but some of that can be attributed to poor tennis play - the rest is just standard Wii-motion-detection-trouble.

The character you choose does have some small impact on the gameplay. Each character specializes in one thing, be it putting on spin, being fast, having control, power, or being balanced in everything, they all do something extra, but all the specialties repeat for several characters. Other than spin, which is a wicked skill, the rest are pretty hard to notice as you play and probably wouldn't be a big deal if they had more of an effect on the gameplay anyway. It's the characters' special power that will at least win you a serve or two. After you've won a few serves you will notice the star under your character is glowing. You simply press A + B and then your special is ready, and you better hit the ball or it's a wasted power. These powers last only a few volleys, but they range from "guaranteed to win you a point" to "it might not help at all." So there are only a few powers and specialties that really affect gameplay in any degree, but overall they are just making a mildly interesting sport only slightly more unexpected.

The graphics are unpolished, just as the rest of the game. Character models are passable, and some of the effects are nice, but there's nothing here to change your mind about Wii games and their notoriously lousy graphics. The same goes for the sound, which you could almost expect more from a DS or PSP title. The unlockable music tracks are interesting, if you're into that kind of thing, but at least it's something good for the audio of this game.

There is a bit of fun to be had with this title, especially if you fall under the Sega-loving/tennis-playing demographic. It's a decent game to play out a few matches of tennis, and mildly entertaining as a Sega fan's way of getting even with Nintendo. It's honestly a far-below average title, but it doesn't fail at being tennis or offering some Sega goodness. If you seek out this kind of game, it will not be perfect, but it's at least a decent way to waste time and has some rewarding goals for playing. For that, this game is not terrible.

• Gameplay - 75
• Presentation - 60
• Graphics - 60
• Sound - 65
• Replay Value - 70
• Overall - 66

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 66%.

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