Great Fun for Awhile
Customer Rating: 
The learning curve on this game was very frustrating, I felt like a spastic imbecile for the first week: I would swing and nothing happened, my player suddenly turned her back to the ball as it approached, etc. Slowly, it came around. I learned to follow my player's lead: if she wanted to hit a forehand then, by gosh, that is what I would do. I really started to enjoy the game...for about two weeks. I racked up 5 stars and some gold abilities before it all unraveled and, somehow, my player was functionally reset to imbecile level again after a Grand Slam or two. I created a new player, was working my way up the ranks when, suddenly, the default arm position for the player became the "hailing cab" position. I tried holding the wiimote steady in between shots, gently tapping the wiimote, button-side down in my hand, re-setting the wiimote, trying the other wiimote to no avail: my player is terminally out of sync with the game. She overruns the ball, she freezes, she won't swing when I serve, and she falls down and doesn't get up, all the while holding the racket high and to the right. I can't find a solution on any of the forums. It is very disappointing because I know how much fun the game is when things are working properly. While I can't swear that it isn't a problem with my Wii or both wiimotes (how likely is that), I have to say that the game has great potential but just too many glitches to make it much fun for very long. Oh, and another thing: if you buy the game, note that you can indeed turn off Pat Cash's annoying commentary. Huge improvement.
Promising but very "jerky" experience snuffs the joy out
Customer Rating: Most of the previous reviews pretty much capture it all. This game shows great potential around graphics, player imitations and ability to hit top-spin etc. But very poor by way of usability and has some really annoying "glitches".
Usability - in a nutshell: very difficult to get a hang of. Menus, options etc. are not self-explanatory and the help section is anything but helpful. Very difficult to figure out how to get ahead in this game.
Glitches - the player you control does some really annoying things like overrun the ball, switch forehand/back-hand at the last second etc. which makes for a very jerky and frustrating experience.
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I would recommend sticking to the default tennis game on the Wii even though it lacks in graphics/sophistication. This EA version promises a lot but is hardly enjoyable.
