Another WE CAN’T BELIEVE OUR EYES moment from the Wii version of SEGA Superstars Tennis, this time featuring Space Channel 5 vixen Ulala - the Natasha Kaplinsky of the future - avoiding robot attacks while collecting rings in the Scrap Brain Zone stage from the very first Sonic.

This game is 100% pure SEGA mash-up joy. Do well here and Ulala even wins a Chaos Emerald for her troubles! Bonkers, mate. Absolutely bonkers. I think I was playing it wrong and you’re supposed to hit those energy bombs back. Still. It’s Ulala in Sonic and another moment of SEGA Superstars Tennis magic.

The level features the original Scrap Brain Zone music from the first Mega Drive game as well, if you’re interested and old enough to know what that actually means. The rest of Superstars Tennis has 80 classic SEGA tunes, many of which have been lovingly created by genius musician Richard Jacques - himself a bit of a legend on the SEGA scene, thanks to his work on such Triple A SEGA games as OutRun2, Metropolis: Street Racer and, going back a few years, Sonic R.

Incidentally, you can play the Wii version in three ways - with the Wiimote, a bit like Wii Tennis. Or with the Wiimote and Nunchuck, or just holding the Wiimote sideways and pressing buttons like we used to do in the olden days. And the last way is best - that makes it feel the most like the awesome Virtua Tennis 3.

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This entry was posted on Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 3:05 pm by Gary Cutlack
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