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 - On time release should not be Nintendo's #1 PriorityCompletely frustrated is the only way to describe my overall attitude towards this game! I like the playability, the graphics are more than enough (You do not own the Wii for the graphics) but HOW IN THE WORLD do you market a game designed only for right handed play? No Rafael Nadal in the Wii version, makes sense now! Could they at least put this on the box to let us WEIRD LEFTIES know before purchasing that THS GAME IS NOT FOR YOU! Furthermore (i know it was my fault for not reading reviews before purchasing the game), the print advertisements for this game pre-release all centered on the player creator capability, something that seems nowadays almost standard to gaming. Not available on the Wii i come to find out. Nintendo should be ashamed of themselves for marketing a product like this, knowing that once their consumers open the product there is no returning it. Do they relize that they ARE NOT COMPETEING with the other gaming devices. They still have a nitch, and i, like i think most other Wii fans, would be much happier waiting a couple of extra months for a game to be developed with a total "Wii Experience" that cannot be found anywhere else. Rating:  - Good Exersize but A Little FrustratingI played Top Spin on the XBOX at a friends house and loved it. So when I got a wii and found out that there was Top Spin 3 available I got it without reading a review. I like the game but I understand the negative comments given so far. Here's my break down of the game. Tutorial: Limited. You have to figure the game out by trial and error. It pretty much tells you swing, serve, and volley basics and then you're on your own. Menus: Annoying music. Especially the opening song. Navigating through the game is intuitive. Game play ground strokes: Hitting a cross-court shot on the run is pretty difficult. But I love the strategy and the ability to hit drop-shots and lobs. I can hit slices and top spin shots. Sometimes, my player backs up instead of turning and running which is pretty annoying. It's hard to judge whether I need to prepare for a backhand or a forehand sometimes and body serves are almost imposible to judge. I have gotten hit many times in a match. I have a lot of trouble judging where to stop and swing and 50% of the time I overrun the spot that I need to stop. Serving and returning: I'd love to be able to hit kick serves, slice serves, flat ones up the middle; but I just can't figure it out. The fastest I can get Andy Roddick to serve is about 129mph. But some dude named Cummings aced me with a 150mph that makes no since. My guys gets aced all the time with pretty slow serves but I rarely ace the computer. Volleying: Just plain hard. But then so is the case in real life. Road to Glory: This is the best part of the game in my opinion. You work your way up to the grand slams and then it gets really hard. It's kind of weird playing women when I'm playing a man in a grand slam. It's even weirder that some woman with pajama bottoms and very short shirt (covering a very untennis player like chest, sorry Serena) would be my opponent in a grand slam. But even more wierd is that she's serving up aces at 125mph and Andy Roddick can't! But it's still fun and you can save your progress and try again if you fail to win. The doubles are alot of fun but playing singles against someone is weird becase a player has to be on the far end were everything is kind of small and opposite (it doesn't split screen like in Wii Sports). There are also some party games that I havent tried out but overall I have gotten alot of exersize with this game and the difficulty of the slams keep me constantly searching for a solution to defeating the computer with a slow moving and, apparently inferior, Andy Roddick avatar. Rating:  - I do not like thisI think the game should work with your movements. If you move right it should move right, if you move left it should move left. Instead you have to use the wii nunchuck to contol movement. It should be like the wii sports tennis where your character moves side to side with your movements. I like the graphics & the fact you can play on different surfaces but I can't even serve the ball. I am still waiting for my son to help me with this. They took the enjoyment of this game by making it to complicated. I could see if they had every shot you hit come back, but to be worried about moving the player with the nunchuck, forget it. The best thing I can say is the graphics are good. I hope wii comes out with a tennis game that we can use the miis on new surfaces & have the ability to play one on one. Rating:  - No left hand option and other lacksI didn't understand why 2K developed a so WII weak version of Top Spin on a console with so many opportunities to use motion control... On Top Spin there is no career mode, no player creator, no left hand option, no online play. We can only find some simulation. And that's all for this simple game. Rating: - This game calls for/teaches real skill...I carefully read a few reviews before purchasing this game, and I suggest you do so as well. First off, after some regretable language while getting used to the game, my husband and I really enjoy Top Spin 3. I think because it's not quite a "gamer's" game. If you want a tennis game where you can sit on the couch, just move your hand a little, don't have to worry too much about position, then stick with the Wii's Pez-like people version. If you want to train your brain to think about where to position the ball and your serve, how to use two remotes at once (the regular Wii-mote and the Nunchuck are necessary), to experience how tennis plays on different surfaces, compete in numerous tournaments, and run around your game room like a maniac, then Top Spin 3 is for you. We're actually using it as an indoor workout, and a way to train our brains for outdoor tennis as well. It's not quite the same as the real thing -- I mean, who uses a Nunchuck in real tennis?! But when I play for real, I now think a lot about position and strategy. No, you can't play online. No, you can't create your own player. No, you can't play left handed. That's why we're rating it a 4, so the next generation will hopefully be corrected. You can save matches you've won, which is great. And there are tons of players to choose from, so you can even be a player with different skill sets; e.g., great server or fast runner or great volleyer. I hope this review really helps you. Enjoy!
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