Hot Shots Tennis: Court Aces

"This article is a Work In Progress."

Hot Shots Tennis(Minna No Tennis in Japan and Everybodys Tennis in Europe) is an upcoming installment in the Hot Shots Tennis spin-off series Published by Sony Computer Entertainment and Developed by Clap Hanz LTD, The game will be released for the Playstation 3 game console and the Playstation Vita handheld system, which is considered to be a direct port of the PS3 version which has all the features of it's console port, plus a few extras.

Introduction
This is a Next-Generation installment of the spin-off series to Hot Shots Golf, featuring tighter, accessible gameplay, and beautiful graphics very akin to Hot Shots Golf Out of Bounds. The game engine itself will be based on Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip with a few tweaks and bulit to be more realistic in character animations and visuals and it will run at 60 fps. The game will be fully-loaded on features to promise excellent replay value.

Game Description:

"More fun than an ace!"

Slap on your wristband, put on your tennis shoes, grab your racket and get ready to hit the courts again because Hot Shots Tennis is back and is bigger and better than ever! This awesome fast-paced tennis game gives you a big roster featuring all the characters from the previous Hot Shots Tennis installments as well as new characters who have a new set of skills to prove and personalities to display! Play on different exotic venues from around the world and show yourself that you can become a court ace! Hot Shots Tennis PS3(working title) combines beautiful cartoon visuals and accessible-than-ever gameplay and controls to give you an awesome tennis experience like no other!

Features
-Beautiful graphics(akin to Hot Shots Golf Out of Bounds) and addictive, accessible gameplay just like it's predecessors, but tighter than ever!

-A variety of game modes for Single-Player and Multi-player.

-The character roster consists of all the characters returning from Hot Shots Tennis for the PS2 and Hot Shots Tennis Get A Grip for the PSP, and 12 new characters. Plus, Sly Cooper from the franchise of the same name by Sucker Punch Productions will make an appearence in Hot Shots Tennis PS3 as a playable guest character. There are 40 characters to choose from, making it the largest character roster in the franchises history!

-25 Exotic Venues to play on, each with their own unique environments.

-11 umpires from the previous games will return along with 4 new ones.

-Customize your favorite characters with style using thousands upon thousands of clothing, gear, and even rackets!

-A variety of different match types!

-Online mode allows you to play against other hot shots from around the world! marking it the first game in the Hot Shots Tennis series to have Online Play!(You must have a PSN account to play online.)

-Custom Soundtrack: play your own tunes in Hot Shots Tennis PS3 using the XMB menu, just press the PS button on your controller, select a song to play and have fun!

-Improved Challenge Mode: Rise through the ranks and take part in different matches and challenges, aim for top honors and unlock cool rewards, such as new characters, courts, clothing, gear, movies, concept art, and other cool stuff!

-More Characters, courts, modes, and other stuff will come through DLC.

Controls
Hot Shots Tennis PS3(working title) features simple and easy controls that are accesible to everyone, it's easy to learn but hard to master!

-->Menus

D-pad or Left Analog Stick: Navigation through menus

X button: Select(confirm choice)

Circle Button: Back to previous menu

-->During Gameplay

-During point

(D-pad and Left Analog Stick are used for player movement and shot location and direction.)

Tap D-pad or Left Analog Stick in any direction: Move one step

(1) Hold D-pad or Left Analog Stick in any direction: Run

X Button: Topspin

Circle Button: Slice Shot

Triangle Button: Lob

Start Button: Pause game

Select Button: Change view

-During Serving

D-pad or left analog stick: Player movement sideways and shot direction

X Button: Spin Serve

Circle Button: Slice Serve

(2) Triangle Button: Flat Serve

1.You will run as long as you keep the button held down.

2.Flat Serves are only availible if your characters loyalty level is level 5.

Characters
The roster features all the characters from the previous Hot Shots Tennis installments all of them playable! as well as new ones!

(name in the Japanese version/name in the North American Verison)

Minna No Tennis/Hot Shots Tennis (ps2)


 * Ereona/Ashley


 * Yuki/Cody


 * Jun


 * JJ


 * Momoko


 * Kaito


 * Carol


 * Rock Bull/Big Chief


 * Miranda


 * Liu/Kent


 * Lola


 * Will

Minna No Tennis Portable/Hot Shots Tennis Get A Grip (PSP)


 * Emi/Emily


 * Ban/Hugo


 * Tiger/Troy


 * Wendy/Bridget


 * Brad/Colin


 * Rosetta/Amorette


 * Mitsuzane/Toshi


 * Paola/Lani


 * Fan/Fong


 * Rachael/Sam


 * Schneider/Rolf


 * Norma/Zeta


 * Yakkun (Japanese version only)


 * Helghast (North American and European version only)


 * Suzuki


 * Gloria

-12 new characters

Guest characters


 * Sly Cooper From the Sly Cooper franchise(owned by Suckerpunch Productions.)

Match Styles
In Hot Shots Tennis PS3(working title), you can play other crazy variations other ﻿standard 1-on-1 and 2-on-2 singles and doubles matches, there are many different ways to play tennis! Check out these awesome tennis match styles!

-Singles: A standard 1-on-1 match, your goal is to win a required number of sets and games to win the match.

-Doubles: Same rules as singles, but it is a 2-on-2 match. teamwork is the key to success, so combine your strengths and come out victorious!

-2-on-1: This match style combines singles and doubles together where it involves 2 contestants against 1, you can choose to play with a partner or by yourself, if you play by yourself, you will go up againist a duo of players, if you play with a partner, you will go up againist a lone tennis player. This match style may be crazy but fun!

-Points race: This match style abandons the tennis scoring format for a standard scoring format. You will be awarded 1 point for every successful shot that your opponent is unable to legally return. The game will be played on a timer, and the timer will continue to tick as long as the ball is in play after a successful serve by the server. If the ball bounces twice, hits the net, or goes out of play via an "Out", the timer will stop. The goal is to score as many points as you can than your opponent before the timer counts down to zero, of course, your opponent is trying to do the same thing. When the timer expires, the match is finished, the player who scored the most points wins the match. If the score is tied, the match goes into a "Sudden Defeat", and there will be just one point to score. The winner is the player who scores the last point during "Sudden Defeat". This match style can be played in singles, doubles, or 2-on-1.

-Take Turns Doubles: This match style follows the same concept as 2-on-2 doubles matches but with a twist, only one player from each side is allowed at a time instead of 2 players on each side. A doubles team can choose who wants to go first and play, and if a game point is scored by either side(it does not matter who scored the game point), both the doubles teams have to switch players, so his or her partner can play until another game point is scored by either side, also changing sides, and server/receiver positions will alternate as the match goes along. If the match goes into a tie-break, the player who is currently playing will stay all the way and try to win until the tie-break section finishes. The winner is the 2 player doubles team who scored the required amount of sets and games to win the match.

-3-on-3 team elimination: This match style is a 3-on-3 singles match, you and your opponents have a 3 player team and before each match, you have to decide who goes first, second and last. There will be only one player from each side playing(1-on-1), the maximum amount of time to play is 2 minutes, the aim is to try to get more points than your opponent, when time expires, the player who has the most points stays and the loser will be eliminated and another teammate will take his or her place. The match will go on until a 3-man team has all of their players eliminated. The winner is the team who has defeated the opposing team by defeating all 3 of their players.

-Rainbow Madness: The rules are simple, there are 4 colored tennis balls, red, blue, yellow and green, at the start of every point before the serve, 1 of the 4 colored tennis balls are randomly chosen. The chosen colored ball in play is awarded to the player who scores a point. If you have a colored ball that is in play in your possession and your opponent scores a point, you will lose the colored ball and it will go to the opponent. If you get all 4 colored balls in your possession, you will score a game point. The winner will be the player who gets the required amount of games to win the entire match. This match style can be played in singles, doubles, and 2-on-1.

Soundtrack
For the first time ever in the Hot Shots series, this game will feature a licensed soundtrack featuring awesome pump-up songs from popular artists spanning across different genres, such as rock, dance, old-school hip-hop, and electronica. Original music compositions will still be made though. *The list is unofficial and more songs will be added later on.*
 * DJ Tatana - Spring Breeze (Martin Roth Summerstyle Remix)
 * Da'zoo "Meet her At The Harder Parade"
 * Eric Prydz- Shadows
 * Queens of the stone age "3's and 7's"
 * Green Day "Welcome To Paradise"
 * Social Distortion "Machine Gun Blues"
 * BT "Le Nocturne De Lumiere"
 * Daft Punk "Technologic"
 * Orbital "Lush"
 * Ferry Corsten "Junk (Feat. Guru)"
 * Green Day "Welcome To Paradise"
 * Gorillaz "DARE"
 * nobodyknows+ "Heros Come Back!"
 * La Roux "Bulletproof"
 * Nirvana "Breed"
 * Cirrus "Breakbeat Suckers"
 * Phonat "Ghetto Burnin'"
 * Stanton Warriors "Night Mover"
 * Tom Jones "Shes a lady (BT remix)"
 * Jennifer Lopez "On The Floor (Feat. Pitbull)
 * The Hives "Bigger Hole to Fill"
 * Coburn "We Interrupt this program"
 * Utah Saints "Something Good"
 * Junkie XL "Stratosphere"
 * Amberlin "We Owe This To Ourselves"
 * Basement Jaxx "Red Alert"
 * Afrika Bambaataa "Planet Rock"
 * Q-Burns Abstract Message "He's a Skull"
 * The Herbalizer "Gadget Funk"
 * Queens Club "Danger Kids"