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EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+
« on: March 12, 2009, 11:52:38 PM »




Things to note
  • Wimbleton & John McEnroe exclusive to EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis
  • 1:1 Authentic Tennis Racket Swing Control
  • Singles and Doubles Online Play
  • One Dozen Party Games
  • Online Leader Boards
  • Calorie Tracking

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Nintendo Power Preview - EA's Grand Slam Tennis

Is no one else kinda excited by this game? I've never bought an actual EA sports game (NBA/NFL Street don't count) & my mom is really into tennis(on TV & WiiSports) so I very eager for this game to come out so that I can expand her gaming taste into real games with more depth than what WiiSports/WiiPlay/WiiFit have to offer.

I really like the stylized graphics, cause even though they are cartoony, they are very good caricatures of the real players.

Truth is I'm really excited about the possibilities of M+ & might even be tempted to pick up Tiger Woods even though I'm not a fan of golf

IGN Hands on
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IGN hands on Wii EA Grand slam Tennis "now with" M+

Without Wii MotionPlus, rallies are all about timing. Based on when you swing, the ball will fly off in a certain direction -- very similar to Wii Sports Tennis. With MotionPlus, it's all about your form, power and followthrough, the latter of which is very important. You still use A and B-trigger as lob and dropshot modifiers, which just works. But less emphasis is placed on your timing. As your waiting for a serve or for a return, you twist the Wii remote about and your on-screen character will do the same. And when you finally hit it back, you'll need to consider whether to hit forehand or backhand, speed, and the positioning of the Wii remote at the end of your motion and arch. In my play test, every ball I returned shot exactly where I wanted it to go. Even better, if I cut my followthrough midway on a return, the ball would curve inward toward the middle court instead of outward toward a corner, which is amazing.

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For Grand Slam Tennis, that translates to a near one-to-one movement between what you're doing with the Wii Remote and what your onscreen player is doing with his racket. In fact, the controls are so sensitive that you can roll the Wii Remote in your hands and the player will roll the racket in sync. As a result, you'll need to be mindful of how level your racket is when you're swinging, because angling the face up or down will make a difference in how the shot comes off the racket's face.

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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 11:58:50 PM »
I love Wii. I love tennis. I love tennis games on Wii. Of course I am looking forward to this, especially now that it uses motion plus.
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2009, 01:33:37 AM »
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2009, 07:58:09 AM »
I got really excited for this after hearing them talk about it on the IGN podcast.
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2009, 10:56:47 AM »
Yes, this game and Tiger Woods with the Motion + is going to kick the Wii into overdrive, not to mention Sports Resort. They all sound great and I can't wait to try this stuff out.

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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2009, 01:22:42 AM »
Going by the gamespot hands on I'm excited by the possibilities of Motion+.I think next year will be the year of Motion+ while this year will be a testing ground for the device.

I also heard that John McEnroe was going to be in this game. You know that guy that says "You can not be serious!!"
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2009, 04:55:41 PM »
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2009, 01:59:42 PM »
Looks like Wii Sports Resort won't be the only game to come with a M+ attachment packed in... atleast in Europe

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Grand Slam Tennis - 2.07.2009 - 49,99 Euro

Grand Slam Tennis Bundle with Wii Motion Plus - 2.07.2009 - 59,99 Euro

Unfortunately the game was delayed about 2 weeks from June 16th to July 2nd.

Hopefully they do the same thing with the US release.(bundle M+ w/ GST)
I plan on buying both, so it would be nice to have 2 M+ attachments for both remotes.
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2009, 02:37:41 PM »
"I plan on buying both, so it would be nice to have 2 M+ attachments for both remotes."

Same here; if anything, just to support M+ games.
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« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2009, 02:45:25 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2009, 02:48:48 PM »
hehe

how ironic
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2009, 03:14:35 PM »
I was gonna suggest that they bundle it in with Tiger Woods too, but from a business sense, it wouldn't encourage sales of Grand Slam for the M+ purchase.
Tiger is gonna sell w/ or w/o the M+ bundle so why pack it in. Grand Slam on the other hand is made very attractive because of the M+ bundle and if you buy TW and wand an M+ you might just pick up a GS bundle to get it.

I've never owned a stand alone sports game that wasn't NFL/NBA Jam/Street/Blitz so I'm kinda surprised that I'm actually excited by these games. It might have to do with the fact that my mom is a Tennis fan and constant player of WiiSports Tennis and one of my best friend loves Tiger Woods and we used to have long weekend nights playing through tournaments on the PS2 years ago. Its definitely the aspect of M+ and getting more people into the Wii and away from WiiSports/Play/Fit. This game gives me a chance to get my mom to try to play more complex games and turn her into an actual gamer.

Its a long wait till June

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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2009, 03:19:02 PM »
Maybe me and your mom can play together? She'd probably be quite a challenge. We'd go at it for hours.

I don't think your logic makes sense. Since Tiger Woods will sell on it's own that means it's not a good candidate for a pack-in? If anything, it's more of a candidate. The more people that have the accessory, the larger the base to sell accessory driven games.
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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2009, 03:51:53 PM »
But they will buy Tiger anyways. Grand Slam needs the incentive.
Those that own Tiger will want the M+ support will go out and buy Grand Slam too.
Those that love Grand Slam and want another game to use with M+ will go buy Tiger
Two games sold cause you have to collect them all - It would be like EA applying the Pokemon method to its sports games.

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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2009, 03:53:21 PM »
"Maybe me and your mom can play together? She'd probably be quite a challenge. We'd go at it for hours."

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Re: Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ (EA Sports)
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2009, 03:58:29 PM »
"Maybe me and your mom can play together? She'd probably be quite a challenge. We'd go at it for hours."

Whatchu talkin bout willis!

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Re: EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ bundled in
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2009, 06:54:02 PM »
It makes sense that Nintendo and EA would bundle MP with one of the sports games. The appeal of the new EA games is that MP greatly enhances the experience so the more games that include it the better. That way those that want MP but don't want Wii Sports Resorts (a very unlikely case) can pick up something that is deeper.
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Re: EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ bundled in
« Reply #18 on: May 11, 2009, 11:06:01 PM »
Got my NP today.Here is the Player Roster.
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« Reply #19 on: May 11, 2009, 11:32:07 PM »
Is create-a-character available?
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Re: EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ bundled in
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2009, 11:40:30 PM »
Is create-a-character available?
I don't see it mentioned Pro.

There will be online play for singles and doubles play.
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« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2009, 11:44:22 PM »
Is the release date mentioned.
Just want to make sure I got it right this time(Thought EA Active came out tomorrow - gave mom an IOU for mothers day :()

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« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2009, 12:05:31 AM »
All I need to know is if it comes with the extended protective rubber sleeve to accommodate the addition of the Motion Plus.

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Re: EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis w/ M+ bundled in
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2009, 12:09:34 AM »
BNM Nintendo Power has a June 2009 timeframe.A couple sites have June 8th date.

Caliban I believe it does have that.
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« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2009, 12:44:00 AM »
Speaking of release dates,Austrelia might have gotten a week push up their release date. Some retailers are listing June 11th as the release date. Dasmos and Blackfootsteps you might want to check on that.
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