very nice...i've beening waiting for this one.

thanks for letting us know major

this is great, wasn't sure if i wanted to buy this, demo always helps my decisions.

Here is the dashboard description:

"Based on the spectacularly successful arcade version, Virtua Tennis 3 adds dazzling power to the renowned series for next-gen consoles while retaining that easy to play, difficult to master gameplay loved around the world."

Omg! Sweet. Only game I'm buying march, and there's a demo! :)

it got 85% in the magazine i read...and i was going to buy this,so a demo is greatly appreciated...85 is still a good score

hope its better than top spin 2 as i felt let down by that

downloading as i post

Great to see a demo!

I sure hope Sega have better luck with this title. *Cough* Sonic *Cough*!

Also looking forward for the March BC update. It comes out every quarter doesn't it? Should be due soon!

Sweet!

Huge fan of Virtua Tennis 1+2 on Dreamcast.

It's almost like the good ol' days:

* Peter Moore

* White online-enabled console that comes out before the Playstation and is better

* lots of SEGA games

* Capcom craziness

* Virtua Tennis!

Well, except this time it's actually doing better than the main competition in spite of the hype.

If only the Sonic game were as good as the Sonic Adventure games. I have no idea how they managed to drop that so hard on the floor or how it even got through QA/playtest.

I have just played the demo and the game is missing one huge element; vibration.

I never thought vibration in games was that big a deal, but when you don't have it, you really notice! Whilst playing the demo you just don't feel that extra OOMPH when you hit a good smash. It's still a lot of fun, but no vibration is a bit of a let down in my opinion. Vibration worked really well in Top Spin 2 and without it in Virtua Tennis 3, you somehow feel less involved.

I'm hoping it'll feature in the retail release, but I somewhat doubt it. The downside of having a game made for both PS3 and 360, some features you'll get, some you won't.

Vibration aside, it's still a lot of fun.

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I was advised by a friend that you CAN turn vibration on in the options menu. I've just tried it and the game is SO much better, it's very strange that the vibration is off by default but I highly recommend you turn it on when playing the demo. Simply pause the game by pressing start and the option will be there.

In fact, try it both ways. I found it felt surprisingly empty without the vibration.

Adam, you get to choose from 4 players: Federrer, Nadal, Sharapova and Venus Williams.

You then get to play a match that consists of 2 games. When the match is complete, you can restart, change players or exit.

Is the demo in 1080p, just like the final release is supposed to be?