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If you are searching for a tennis game to download that sits somewhere between the arcade insanity of Mario Tennis and the hardcore simulation of Top Spin , is the forgotten champion you’ve been looking for.

Platform: PlayStation 2 (PS2), Xbox (Original) Genre: Sports (Tennis Simulation) Developer: Namco Release Date: 2004 Download Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2

PS2 Emulator (PCSX2) or Original Xbox (if you still have the disc drive). If you are searching for a tennis game

– if you want flashy cutscenes, a story mode, or the casual fun of Mario Tennis . As a follow-up to Namco’s original, this Pro

As a follow-up to Namco’s original, this Pro Tournament 2 edition often gets overlooked in favor of EA’s Grand Slam series. But after revisiting it, here is why this title deserves a spot on your hard drive. For a game from 2004, the visuals hold up surprisingly well if you’re playing via emulation or backward compatibility. The player models are distinct—you can easily recognize Lleyton Hewitt by his cap and fist-pump or the Williams sisters by their build. The animations are the real star here. The motion capture is fluid; players shift their weight realistically on clay versus grass.

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 is the "Fight Night Round 2" of tennis games. It has a perfect risk/reward system, fantastic player animations, and a roster of legends. It is old, it is grindy, and it sounds bad—but on the court, it is arguably the best feeling tennis game Namco ever made.