Not a smash, but worth a spin (Anna Kournikova Smash Court Tennis (PS))

Member Name: Boriski

Product:	Anna Kournikova Smash Court Tennis (PS)
Date:	10/09/01 (35 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good Gameplay, Easy to control

Disadvantages: Poor graphics

This is very similar to the original smash court tennis repackaged with a licenser on the box.

With 24 players both male and female to choose from there are plenty of different aspects of your game to practice with. Each player has different strengths for example the simple aspect of harder serving in the mens game.

There are fourteen courts on which you can play on. Many of them are based on real courts but some are just for fun like on the great barrier reef.

In addition to the normal game of tennis move around and hit the ball etc... there is a second game mode. In smash blast you can have up to four human players. Each team has five men and it is remiscent of the freely downloadable South park dodgeball. You play singles against the computer with an explosive ball. If the ball explodes in a manner remiscent of that garden game with a timed water bomb and it hits your man then he`s dead.

To make it harder with each explosive return non kill the ball will explode with more power and have the potential to take out more area.

The handling on the controls is very good even on the original playstation pad. The player's moves are very responsive without being too sensitive.

The graphics are frankly pretty poor given the year of release. The animation is fair and the court texture is passable but the actualplayers are very badly done.

All in all it is good for a quick spin with the mates if you`ve got time or even a tournament and it is quite playable. I would recommend this game but not strongly. Probably the best on the PS but not the best overall

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