Top Spin 3 (Wii, 2008)

I was excited to try the Top Spin 3 for Wii since I am an avid tennis fan. I wanted something a little more challenging than the tennis on Wii Sports so I decided to purchase this item.

I was a little disappointed that the tutorial was just visuals and not practice sessions where you could actually serve, volley, etc. The tutorial did a decent job of getting me familiar with the controls.

I found the first three hours I played this very frustrating. It was difficult to get the motions down using the Wii remote and the nunchuck at the same time. I found myself constantly missing balls, not being able to manuever my player or return the ball where I wanted it. I was ready to chalk it up to money wasted. I stuck with it though and finally got the hang of using both at the same time. One thing I did that you may find helpful is change the view of the court to Zoom. That enabled me to see the ball better and have better control over where my player was and of my swing.

Now that I know what I am doing, I absolutely love playing this game. It is a great deal of fun (once you get the hang of it!) It may be tough in the beginning but keep at it and once you get the hang of it, you'll love playing the game.

My only complaint is that there is no Wimbledon court to play on and the best player in the world (in my opinion) Rafael Nadal is not one of the characters in this version.