Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2
Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, known in Japan and Australia as is a tennis game created by Namco for the PlayStation 2 in 2004. Gameplay. The game features many playable modes including Arcade mode and the in depth Pro tour mode in which you create a player and try to become a tennis champion. Other modes include Exhibition, Challenge and Tutorial. There are a range of courts one can play on, including those at the Australian Open (the old Rebound Ace courts), Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Along with various tennis  characters, players can unlock characters from the "Soulcalibur" series (Cassandra Alexandra and Raphael Sorel) and "Tekken" series (Heihachi Mishima and Ling Xiaoyu). Reception. "Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2" received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Ryan Davis of "GameSpot" said, "PlayStation 2 owners should find plenty to like about Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2." "IGN"s Ed Lewis said of the game, "Overall, it still isn't the best thing out there, but it's definitely a solid update and holds rather strongly by itself." One specific criticism of the game was that when entering the  Davis-Cup styled 'World Tournament' as a player from a small nation, no realistic name generator was available for partners and other team members. In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of all four eights for a total of 32 out of 40.