March 15th, 2009 by Jason Dobson
Electronic Arts is totally serious about including ill-tempered tennis legend John McEnroe in EA Sports’ upcoming Wii release, Grand Slam Tennis. According to EA, McEnroe will be just one of several “all-time greats” in the upcoming title, which is expected to take to the court on June 16.
Hopefully EA will package more than just McEnroe’s likeness with the game. We can’t think of a better use of the promised MotionPlus support than mirroring his juvenile antics on screen as we toss our Wii remote aside in disgust when calls don’t go our way.
John McEnroe headlines EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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February 27th, 2009 by David Hinkle
EA is determined to release its new crop of sports game, whether or not Nintendo has released the Wii MotionPlus peripheral or not. As you may recall, EA revealed the next Tiger Woods game would feature MotionPlus support, as well as a new tennis game the company is developing, and both will ship to retail on June 16, 2009. EA Sports’ PR chief, David Tinson, said that both games “will be compatible, but not dependent, on WMP. They will ship with the functionality, regardless of when WMP comes to market.”
The peripheral is a tie-in with Wii Sports Resort, a game that was woefully absent from Nintendo’s big release list yesterday. Will MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort be on store shelves by June 16? Nintendo has yet to comment on an exact release for the Wii Sports successor, but we’ll be sure to update you as soon as we hear.
EA not waiting on Nintendo, will release MotionPlus-compat games on time originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 6th, 2009 by Chris Greenhough
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Over at the official site for the Wii de Asobu (Play on Wii, or NEW PLAY CONTROL!) series, there’s a pair of Japanese commercials for the Mario Power Tennis remake, as well as a far lengthier gameplay trailer.
The adverts we can take or leave, consisting as they do of the usual
