Starting the Game, Doubles Winning Techniques, Smash

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SIMPLE CONTROLS FOR SUPERIOR PLAY

Smash

If you're positioned such that the ball reaches you before it bounces, you can automatically volley it back. High balls sent over your head can be smashed back into the opponent's court.

Drop Shot

If your opponent is near the baseline, hit a slice shot and aim for the front of the opponent’s court. This allows you to return a Drop Shot that falls close to the net.

Running Shot

If you can’t reach the ball in time, press the top spin button for a running shot. The momentum will cause you to lose your footing, and the shot will be weak, but the ball will be returned.

INSTRUCTING A COM DOUBLES PARTNER

Give strategic instructions to your COM partner during doubles matches. Press the tQtE buttons to switch between the positions below. These are displayed at the top left of the screen.

BASELINE Back of court (defensive)

NORMAL Regular position

NET PLAY Front of court (offensive)

DOUBLES WINNING TECHNIQUES

Try to keep one player in each half of the court. Shots aimed the center of the opponent's court will cause both players to move inwards leaving the sidelines open. Return shots with no directional input will naturally tend towards the center court.

STARTING THE GAME

Press the START button at the Title Screen to bring up the Main Menu, and use the left stick CV and the Sgbutton to select from the following modes:

■World Tour Create and develop your own player character and enter competitions all around the world for the number one world ranking (p.11).

■Tournament Take part in a 5 match Singles or 3 match Doubles tournament against COM players (p.17).

■Exhibition A single match mode for 1 to 4 players where game settings can be set freely (p.18).

■Court Games A collection of seven mini-games for 2 to 4 players (p.20).

■Options Make changes to a variety of game settings (p.10)

SAVING AND LOADING

Two kinds of game data are created by this game – System Data and World Tour Player Data. System Data stores your system settings and Tournament rankings etc. and you will be prompted to save this to your storage device whenever changes are made to the content. World Tour Player Data is used in the World Tour mode to store custom player details, parameters, and game progress. World Tour Player Data must be saved manually via Home on the World Tour Map (p.13).