Just days ahead of the game's release on other platforms, NACON and Big Ant Studios have revealed the full roster of players set to appear in Tennis World Tour 2.
There are 38 players available in total, including current stars like Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as well as 'legends' of the game such as Marat Safin and Gustavo Kuerten. You can see the full line-up below.
Alex De Minaur
Daniil Medvedev
Grigor Dimitrov
Marat Safin (pre-order bonus)
Alexander Zverev
David Goffin
Gustavo Kuerten (pre-order bonus)
Nick Kyrgios
Ashleigh Barty
Denis Shapovalov
Jannik Sinner
Petra Kvitova
Belinda Bencic
Dominic Thiem
John Isner
Rafael Nadal
Benoit Paire
Elina Svitolina
Karen Khachanov
Roberto Bautista Agut
Bianca Andreescu
Fabio Fognini
Kei Nishikori
Roger Federer
Borna Coric
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Kiki Bertens
Stanislas Wawrinka
Caroline Garcia
Francis Tiafoe
Kristina Mladenovic
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Casper Ruud
Gaël Monfils
Kyle Edmund
Cori Gauff
Garbine Muguruza
Madison Keys
If you missed the gameplay reveal announcement which arrived last week, let us quickly fill you in on some of the features promised for the game:
Game Features:
- Highly anticipated new features: the ability to play doubles matches with up to 4 players locally and online, a competitive mode, an improved serve system and a new shot timing mechanic
- More realistic: more animations create smoother gameplay
- Multiple game modes: Career, Quick Match, Online, Tournament, Ranked Match and Tie Break Tens - there's a format to suit every player
- Several official courts: Manolo Santana of the Mutua Madrid Open, the OWL ARENA of Halle or the 3 courts of Roland-Garros: Philippe-Chatrier, Suzanne-Lenglen and Simonne-Mathieu.
As a reminder, the Switch version of Tennis World Tour 2 launches on 15th October, a few weeks after the 24th September release on other platforms.
Will you be taking to the court? Tell us below.
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I miss Virtua Tennis.
Would highly recommend people wait for reviews on this one. The last game was a joke at launch and developers abandoned the game straight away with no fixes.
@blockfight : The cover of the Australian release of the last instalment looked like a tiny, tiny heavily compressed JPEG image blown up to meet the dimensions of the Switch case. It would have been funny if it weren't so pathetic. It's quite telling when they can't even be bothered producing a decent quality cover.
@Silly_G can you link it? Always baffles me that so much devs/publishers have no respect for their own work
I won't be going anywhere near this, or any game from this rotten publisher. I'm not one to bear a grudge but I make an exception for Big Ben Interactive, after releasing a 20% complete game and telling its buyers, don't worry, next year's release will be better.
That said, it's strange how they can get Fed and Nadal but not Djok and Murray. Perhaps the latter 2 are fans of video games and well aware that Big Ben are awful.
Edit, just noticed they've changed their name to Nacon. I wonder if it's because their previous name became synonymous with low quality games?
No Serena Williams?
Big Ant Studios are an Australian dev that have produced some excellent sports titles. I remain hopeful but no money down until reviews.
Given how bad the first game was you might be optimistic with that use of ‘playable’
Can have the biggest roster in tbe world. If its got as little soul as the last one then its gonna pan. We need a new Top spin.
No Williams sisters? No Kournikova, Sampras or Agassi in the legends section? I'll pass.
@blockfight in fairness, the original devs went into meltdown and half the studio collapsed but they did release fixes months later. Also, this is now developed by Big Ant of AO tennis and Cricket 19 who have a good track record of patching games.
However, your point stands as this is still NACON / Bigben... a truly awful publisher who I don't trust further than I can throw them.
@OorWullie I too hate BigBen / Nacon and fully support the above message
Despite being stung by TWT,. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and bought their full priced (£49.99) volleyball game on xbox.... the invisible hit box on the players was such that the in game replays would show players waggling their hands about at nothing whilst the ball, several metres away, would bounce off thin air. I think it got one minor patch that never addressed the issue.
I really liked the gameplay mechanics of Top Spin 4, I've been looking/waiting for a game like that one. It's been years tho lol.
Murray? Djokovic? I guess they're holding them back for a legends pack of some kind later down the line, with maybe Agassi, Graf and Hingis as well... kinda bummed I can't play as Murray from the get go, but if history repeats and this game is a complete dumpster fire, it won't matter much.
Hmmm something’s not right when Safin is considered a legend...
@nicols didn't know of all the details after what happened. Just remembered the mess they made of the last one. But who knows, this might be better. I hope. Would like a tennis game. Haven't played one since Xbox 360 days.
@Yanina : I could only find stock art, I'm afraid. There are no Australian copies of the Switch version on eBay at the moment.
@Silly_G Ok! But thanks a lot for looking! As a person closely related to graphic design, stuff like this makes me so mad.
@Yanina : I'm not a graphic designer, but it drives me crazy when I see shop fittings comprised of tiny JPEGs blown up on their walls (artefacts and all.............). It costs the same as if they had used a pristine, higher quality image, but instead cheapens the whole look of the place.
What's worse is that those producing these abysmal shop fittings aren't taking pride in their work and guiding their clients to produce something better.
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