''Smash Tennis'' is a 1993 tennis video game developed and published by Namco for the

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. It was released in Japan as It is a follow-up to ''Family Tennis'', originally published in 1987 for the Family Computer. It was designed by Hideo Yoshizawa, a former employee of Tecmo that later created '' Klonoa: Door to Phantomile'', ''

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'' and '' R4: Ridge Racer Type 4''.

Gameplay

''Smash Tennis'' is a tennis video game. Up to four players can be on the game. They must hit the ball with the SNES's controller; failing to do so will resulting in the announcer saying "fault!". After the maximum score is achieved, the court changes. The Japanese version featured a hidden mode named "NAMCOT Theater", which is a story mode that was absent from the western release.

Development and release

''Super Family Tennis'' was released for the

in Japan on June 25, 1993. It was released in Europe later that year for the

, published by British developer Virgin Interactive and renamed to ''Smash Tennis''. The game was designed by Hideo Yoshizawa, a former employee of Tecmo who is best known for creating '' Klonoa: Door to Phantomile,

'', and '' R4: Ridge Racer Type 4''; ''Super Family Tennis'' was the first game for Namco he worked on. Development of the game was done by Namcot, the former home console division of Namco that was later abolished in 1995. It is the sequel to ''Family Tennis'', which was originally released in 1987 for the Family Computer in Japan. It was digitally re-released in Japan for the

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on September 6, 2019 and in the rest of the world on February 19, 2020 as one of twenty SNES titles announced for the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service, making it the first time the game was released in the

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Reception

The game has received mostly positive reviews. '' Famitsu'' gave the game a score of 29/40, whereas ''

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'' rated it a 7/10, and ''Mega Fun'''s score is of 86/100. In 1995, Total! ranked Smash Tennis 19th on their "Top 100 SNES Games" and commented that compared to its predecessor the game worked slightly better all round and having an interactive background.

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