Tennis

Tennis
Developer	Nintendo R&D1 Intelligent Systems
Publisher	Nintendo
System	NES, Arcade, e-Reader, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U) NEC PC-8801
Release Date	NES JP January 14, 1984 US October 18, 1985 JP February 21, 1986 (FDS) EU September 1, 1986 Arcade 1984 e-Reader September 16, 2002 Wii Virtual Console JP December 2, 2006 US December 18, 2006 EU/AU December 22, 2006 Wii U Virtual Console US/EU October 10, 2013 JP October 30, 2013
Rating	ESRB: E

Tennis is a sports game for the NES that is based on the eponymous sport.

Gameplay

The player uses simple gameplay for tennis matches in which the ball must be hit past the opponent in order to scale. There were singles and doubles matches and support for two players. Tennis also had five difficulty levels, rising from Beginner to Advanced. Mario also makes a guest appearance as an umpire.

Legacy

Tennis was accompanied by a Game Boy counterpart which utilized similar gameplay, and there was also a 9-Volt minigame based on it within WarioWare: Twisted!. Tennis would later be among the games featured in NES Remix, which presented challenges based on excerpts from classic NES games and also allowed players to "remix" elements from the different games.

Overall, it acted as a predecessor for later tennis-based games such as Mario Tennis.

Ports and Remakes

• An arcade version known as Vs. Tennis was released in 1984.
• Nintendo allowed Hudson Soft to port Tennis to their NEC PC-8801 in 1985.
• It was available as an unlockable NES game in the original Doubutsu no Mori for the Nintendo 64 and the remake Animal Crossing for the Gamecube.
• In 2002, it was one of the games released as part of the e-Reader.
• It was released as a downloadable game through the Nintendo Wii's Wii Virtual Console in 2006 and the Wii U's Virtual Console in October 2013.
• In 2018, it was among the NES games made available to play as part of the Nintendo Switch Online service. It was part of the first wave of games that were made available with the launch of the service in September 2018. This version included cooperative and competitive online multiplayer options.