Virtua Tennis 2

Virtua Tennis 2
European Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Hitmaker
Publisher(s)Sega
Acclaim Entertainment (Europe, PS2)
Director(s)Katsumoto Tatsukawa
Producer(s)Mie Kumagai
Designer(s)Kazuko Noguchi
Programmer(s)Mitsuharu Saikawa
Composer(s)Chiho Kobayashi
SeriesVirtua Tennis
Platform(s)Arcade
Dreamcast
PlayStation 2
ReleaseArcade
2001
Dreamcast
  • NA: October 23, 2001[1]
  • JP: November 15, 2001
  • EU: November 23, 2001
PlayStation 2
  • NA: July 30, 2002[2]
  • JP: November 7, 2002
  • EU: November 29, 2002
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega NAOMI

Virtua Tennis 2, known as Tennis 2K2 in North America and Power Smash 2 (パワースマッシュ2, Pawā Sumasshu Tsū) in Japan, is a sequel to Virtua Tennis that was released for the Sega Dreamcast, Sega NAOMI arcade unit and Sony's PlayStation 2 (known as Sega Sports Tennis in North America) in 2001–2002. New features included the ability to slice and play as female players such as Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport and the males such as Patrick Rafter, Magnus Norman, Thomas Enqvist and Carlos Moyá and mixed doubles matches. The game was created and produced by Hitmaker, with Acclaim Entertainment publishing it in Europe for the PS2. This was the last Virtua Tennis game to be released for the Dreamcast following its discontinuation.

  1. ^ "SEGA SPORTS BUILDS UPON A WINNING FRANCHISE WITH TENNIS 2K2 FOR DREAMCAST". Sega Sports. October 23, 2001. Archived from the original on December 30, 2001. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Douglass C. Perry (July 22, 2002). "Hands-on Sega Sports Tennis". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 16, 2023.