Hard Hitter Tennis (2002)

Developer: Magical Company
Publisher: Atlus USA, Midas Interactive Entertainment, Magical Company
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Genres: Sport

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A season-long grind of building your tennis pro's skills and mental edge, match by match, in pursuit of becoming the year's top earner.

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Hard Hitter Tennis challenges you to become the best in the world. Choose one of 14 athletes or make your own, and grow your character's stats over the course of a year. Playing well during the game will increase the mentality meter, giving your player a better chance of making tough shots. The mentality meter can also be expended to make a shot that will be difficult to hit back. Whichever player has won the most money from tournaments by the end of the year is crowned champion.

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