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EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis (Wii) with Wii MotionPlus Accessory | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 5745
Format: Unknown format
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: tennis-games
Media: Video Game
Edition: With MotionPlus
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.5 x 2.4
MPN: WIIGRANDSLAM
EAN: 5030930077686
ASIN: B00275FWNG
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis Game
Wii MotionPlus
Grand Slam Tennis is a genuine tennis experience that truly puts the racket in the palm of your hand! - Wii MotionPlus: One of the first games compatible with the new Wii MotionPlus, the experience is further enhanced with added shot depth and precise ball placement on the court. Racket rotation is also recognised so you can spin your stick just like the pros do!
- Swing the racket like a Grand Slam champion: From your living room, play tennis as it was meant to be played with the ability to hit a variety of shots such as top spin, slice, flat, lobs and drop shots.
- Grand Slam Career: Only a select group of pros have won the elusive Grand Slam and now for the first time, gamers can take up the same challenge. Conquer the various skill and legends challenges to accumulate more skills for your created player.
- Authenticity: Boasting realistic looking Grand Slam venues and playing styles true to the players in the game. Actual audio was recorded from the Grand Slams and used in the game.
- Tennis for Everyone: As simple or as complex as users want their gaming experience to be. Use the Wii Remote to focus on ball placement or plug in the Nunchuk the control your player's movement in addition to the shots.
- Social Tennis Party: An exciting tennis gaming environment comes to life with multiple players having fun and staying active. A dozen party games can be played, using seven core Tennis Academy style games.
- Connect Online: Play singles and doubles against new opponents online. Every win contributes to your country on the nations leader board.
- Play Against or As Your Favourite Pro: The EA roster features 23 total players with a mix of men, women, legends and current stars. Players include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Pete S
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 Patience required but it's worth it June 13, 2009
A. Tipper (Durham, UK)
82 out of 86 found this review helpful
Having become bored of playing Eliza and Sara on wii sports I thought I'd check out GST and see what all the hype is about wii motion plus. To my relief GST didn't disappoint.
I can sympathize with some of the reviews on here and after an hour and a half last night I would probably have written something similar. At first motion plus doesn't seem all that responsive and the ability to match movements 1:1 appears a bit of a bold claim. Instead of dismissing it though I read a few reviews and realised the first trick is to hold the remote correctly with the buttons facing the ceiling. This is different to how I played wii sports but makes the world of difference.
Secondly give yourself 10 mins against the ball machine and just practice hitting left and right instead of just returning the ball. The learning curve is steep but once it clicks it is very satisfying. When you get the hang of this you can actually control rallies and hit winners.
I think most gamers are used to picking up games and very quickly working out button combinations or shortcomings to allow quick progress. GST isn't like this.
my tip is to allow yourself to get immersed in the game. change the match settings to full 6 game sets and play a game of tennis and you'll soon see what EA have done is nothing short of brilliant.
The programming isn't perfect and sometimes the game does make mistakes with backhand and forehand positioning but just play through your shot. It might not be the exact shot you wanted but the game seems to compensate and at least it will return your shot allowing you to get into position for the next shot. Follow through is also key. If you're using motion plus a flick of the wrist no longer does the trick like in wii sports. Instead follow through and angle your shots and rotate your wrist to get top spin or slice and suddenly this game comes to life. Cross court winners or down the line passes are possible and they're very satisfying when you make them.
Due to the motion sensor glitches you can lose the odd easy point which is frustrating and over a 3 game set (default match length)you'll probably lose at first. But over a best of 3 sets you can come out on top.
grand slam mode builds you up with basic warm up short matches against legend or current tennis stars to learn different styles of play. For example McEnroe does come to the net forcing you to learn lobs and passes, while Serena Williams hits backcourt powershots so you have to learn to place your shots, stay in rallies and work the angles. After these warm ups you're into the tournament and thats when the fun really begins.
An hour and twenty later I've beaten Michael Stich 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the last 16 of the Australian Open with most games going to deuce. The satisfaction comes from deciding to serve and volley when facing break point and making it work along or from nailing that top spin cross court shot having played your opponent into a corner. This is all possible in GST and thats without using the nunchuk.
The graphics are cartoon like but work in hiding some of the programming faults and certainly doesnt detract from gameplay. Ultimately this isn't the sort of game that you can pick up and suddenly be the next Roger Federer. I'm pretty average at tennis in real life and I'm pretty average at this but GST has managed to bring the fun and energy of playing for real to your living room. After a 3 set match you'll be sweating and i'm sure my arm will ache but I'm already thinking about how to beat Leyton Hewitt in the next round and know that i'm weak on my backhand and have to work at it. That's ultimately the magic of the wii and motionplus because your weaknesses cant be corrected just by pressing a button you've got to learn how to actually play the shot.
Well done EA Sports and hopefully this will encourage people to stick with GST a little longer.
Love it! July 21, 2009
Mr. D. G. Laker (York, England.)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this game a few weeks ago, and soon came to hate it.There weren't many reviews at the time, and they were pretty mixed.I wrote a really bad review (which wasn't published thankfully).I came back here and read the reviews again, and learned that you need to be holding the remote properly, i.e. with the A button facing the ceiling.It transformed my experience of the game, and I now think it's brilliant.My wife and I play almost every evening. It's about the most fun we've had from any game. Well done EA, and thank you all for your helpful reviews.
Frustrating but mostly in a good way! June 30, 2009
Temujin
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have played this for about 10-12 hours now. I have the Wii motion accessory. I don't have VT2009 and I haven't tried this game without the Wii motion.
All in all, it's pretty good. The interface takes a while to get used to (several hours). Basically a long swing across your body on either forehand or backhand is designed to take the ball cross court, whilst up/down translates to spin/slice.
This mostly works well and the game is enjoyable and fairly realistic (I do play a bit of tennis). However, I would note:-
Sometimes preparation for a swing i.e. drawing back your remote, is interpreted as a swing. For me, this means some of my shots end up with slice instead of the desired topspin, taking them out.
You need to play this game with the nunchuck. I gave it 5 mins without.
Despite best efforts, sometimes your player seems to suddenly swap from backhand to forehand (and graphics go a bit jerky) the result is usually not good for you!
Apart from this it works well and really is frustrating in a good way (like real tennis!). I do suspect that the placing of the balls is not 'analogue' i.e. there are 3 or so positions:- straight, slightly cross court, extreme cross court, so some repetition in rallies for me, even after quite short number of horus I have played, but I suppose it's as good as it gets with the technology available at the moment!
if you find it unresponsive... June 30, 2009
Mr. R. Cullen (london)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
put fresh batteries in!
i played grand slam tennis for a couple days and found it pretty hard going even on easy. i played my friend, me with m+ her without, and didn't see any advantage.
had to put new batteries in today and suddenly its became too easy that i've moved onto hard. with new batteries, not dying ones, the m+ is more responsive and i can easily place my shots and do all the slices and top spin when i want.
its an enjoyable game. i would have liked more tournaments. and i really really hate those mini game matches you have to play in the grand slam. why cant i just play 3 exhibition matches then the tournament? i dont wanna play rubbish tag team tennis where the computer player keeps losing me points
 better than wii sports tennis July 7, 2009
Bryn O'Connell
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first problem with the wii motion plus is the batteries. I have the rechargeable battery packs designed for the wiimotes and they didn't supply enough juice for the wii motion plus to work properly. Once I had bought some decant new batteries it started working properly and became quite fun. The control system is by no means 1-1, and isn't as good as I had hoped. But it is as good as one can reasonable expect and far better than wii sports.
Once overcoming the initial problems of batteries and rather sharp initial learning curve the game is quite fun. The big problem with it is the lack of depth. It smacks of having been rushed out in time for Wimbledon. It is not just the lack of a career mode, poor and chunky menus, or annoying repetitive Pat Cash commentary that you can't turn off. There's also the poor game play, with serve volleying being the best tactic on all surface, terrible opponent AI, and poor movement. Letting the computer move foor you is out of the question. It has an annoying habit of running round both forehands and backhands leaving you flailing stupidly in the air. Using the numchuck is far better and easier, but it lacks finesse.
Overall good fun for awhile, but leaves you wishing for something better.
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