Tennis
Game by Nintendo
Reviewed by DeathPunk
Size: 512 kb
Save: Nil
Released: 1989 orginal/1998 re-released 
Works with: All [best on color]

Opening Snide Remarks: Hey what'd want from me? It was only $9.95!

Gameplay: I really didn't expect that I, of all people could EVER enjoy
playing tennis, but this lil' game is acually kinda fun, even though there
is absolutely no plot, no choice of characters, no options, only TWO
different swings, and gameplay that reminds me of a freeware windows game.
It does have a brutal A.I. though, Hey maybe i'm just awful at this game,
but i can't even win the first match!! Also it's one of those simple games
that you can play just for like 5 minutes or so. Really, really shines
when your in a waiting room.

Graphics: Maybe it's programed for it [remember i'm playing the 98'
re-release] but the default GB color pallete is perfect!! Green court,
white lines, the bad guy is has peach colored skin, black hair and is 
wearing a white "tennis" outfit!! The only problem is that your only
one color, bright blue! But besides the fact that you look like a 
blue-berry, it most likely had SOME GBC enhancement. Also the game
sports crystal clear, big on screen characters, not to mention mario
in the judge's chair!! For some reason tennis looks suprizingly good!! 
Especially when you learn that this game is TEN YEARS OLD!!!!  

Sound: BLIP......BOP.....BLIP....that pretty much sums it up.

Music: Horrid music, but you can turn it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[and turn it off you will]

Play Control: Fairly responsive control. The people move a little too
slow, and your racquet control is a little off, but it doesn't hamper
the game as much as you would think. Also if you line up a shot
"perfectly", sometimes the ball will hit you!! So at all times you have
to be slightly to the side of the ball to hit it. 

Final Analysis: This game is perfect for what it is, a simple tennis game.
While it is addictive and fun, the only time you'll really play this
game is to burn time [like in waiting rooms, long car rides etc.] Newer
games like wario land 2, zelda dx, and pokemon are great games that are good 
enough to play at home like or in the place of console[n64] games,
but Tennis really takes you back to the original pupose of the gameboy.
Nobody at nintendo expected the GB to become the most owned system of all
time, or the fact that it's games would become so complex that they we're
in reality better than most console system's games. The original Game Boy
was just a time waster, and Tennis, being one of the first games for the
elite system, is just that.

Score 
Gameplay: *** 
Graphics: ***
Sound:** 
Music:** 
Play Control:***
Total: 13 out of 25

Final Score: 52%


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