SEGA Superstars Tennis - DS/DSi

You've spent a sweaty summer afternoon on the tennis court wishing you could face off against AiAi from Super Monkey Ball instead of your slightly out of breath Dad, right? Of course you have! Well, now SEGA is giving you the chance.

SEGA has, let's face it, one of the most revered catalogues of intellectual property in the games industry. Now, it does to the tennis game what Nintendo has done for the beat 'em up with Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Namely, it has brought together its best know characters in one place to face off against each other (obviously they use tennis rackets instead of fists and weapons!)

Players will find 15 playable SEGA characters up for grabs, including Sonic the Hedgehog, AiAi from Super Monkeyball fame, Ulala of Space Channel 5 and Amigo from Samba De Amigo. They'll square off in areas like the Green Hill Zone or Amigo’s Carnival Park.

SEGA has made the most of the DS's wireless functionality to build in a multiplayer mode. Four players can get together to double up and take each other on.

The game also comes with the option to play with the stylus and touch screen. If you like your tennis games a bit more traditional, however (and if you've got a tennis game featuring a monkey, you clearly do), you'll be able to stick with the D-pad.

Go on, you always wanted to cream someone at tennis as Sonic. Right...? more