Customer Reviews
Good fun, needs a sequel - By: gowanouttadat, 31 May 2008 
How anyone can copmpare this to Wii sports is beyond me. This is much better, with more control & representing a real challenge. Equally, this is no gym replacement! LOL
The best thing to do is to dive straight into the tournaments. It took me a while to get used to the controls, & not without frustration. But after a while they become second nature; then the fun really starts.
The key to this game is to watch the other player - as you wouldin real life. Their stance before they strike gives a lot of info about the speed & direction they will shoot. It's a nice, realiistic touch, but it's most immediate use is to cope with the control lag. Although I use the Control Freak configuration, it is primarily the early timing of your swing, rather than player's position that determines success. Unfortunately, this can lead to some mechanical play during the longer (and often very enjoyable) rallies.
I experimented with holding the Wii remote like a pen, as a professional might hold his bat. That would appear to offer the most realistic sense of control, but I usually revert to a normal hold when the action is getting high. My laziness perhaps?
My verdict is - very good game - funa nd addictive, but ultimately not challenging enough.
I would like to see a sequel with online mode & more intuitive controls (i.e. bat-wielding). The rest is just fluff reallly - gameplay is king here.
And yeah - the loading times are a bit ridiculous.
Not very good - By: Mr. M. Oconnor, 20 Apr 2008 
Difficult to get the hang of. The music is very annoying. Characters can't be customised other than changing the color of their clothes. Overall it's pretty rubbish. Pity the design wasn't more like the tennisin Wii sports.
Could have been more challenging - By: Ben, 06 Apr 2008 
I was orinally warned off this game from some freinds as they found it too difficult. Strangely, I found it completely the opposite & picked up it very quickly. I'd won most of the tournamentsin a couple of days...? Very enjoyable all the same & it certainly works up a sweat on the harder matches. Good fun, but won't have anything like the same last-a-bility as the tennis on Wii sports.
real life tactics - By: Big Head Small Hand, 28 Feb 2008 
I am an above-average table tennis player myself. I know it is hard to make a good video game on table tennis, but this one is really exceptional. I used the sharp shooter control mode & quickly got "hooked" to the game. I did not read the manualin detail. I just used my common sense & it worked ! The opponents' gesture told you what they're going to do & I just returned the ball to the other side. I am very happy because I think this is exactly what the players want: we play table tennisin this wayin real life, & it works againin the video game ! I beated the all-stars tournamentin a few days' time. But the game has replay value since I can choose many different characters. I would recommend this game to anyone who loves table tennis.
Missed a trick????? - By: Pablo Toomez, 24 Jan 2008 Wot no ping-pong noise from my wiimote?? Recently purchased (shop around for good deal) had high hopes for this one - this should be pick up 'n' play just with wiimote but the only way I can get the ball to go anywhere like where I want I have to use the nunchuck!! Why?? Wii sports tennis has a sense of involvement & is best played standing up - this does not detect backhand & a 'smash' is executed with a mere 'flick' of the wiimote (as a whoosh emits from it) PLEASE!!!! Table tennis will, i'm sure, be better represented on this formatin future.
