So I posted my stupid video on youtube and people actually watched and commented on it asking for advice on Wii Tennis. I was bored (and at work) so my advice turned in to a guide. Here it is:
Mathew's Wii Tennis Guide:
Basics:
If your racquet is pointed to the right:
Swinging early will make the ball go to the left.
Swinging late will make the ball go to the right.
If your racquet is pointed to the left:
Swinging early will make the ball go to the right.
Swinging late will make the ball go to the left.
Swinging low to high (from your waist area to your shoulder) will make the ball curve in a high arc and can stop the front position on the other side from returning thereby buying you time and position.
Swinging in a quick snap of the wrist will make the ball travel faster. As far as I can tell there are only 2 to 3 noticeable speeds.
Slow: Hard to achieve and puts you in danger as the controller might not recognize the swing at all. This can also come in handy when returning the ball to the front with front spin. You can get the ball to slow down enough to make it impossible for the computer to return it before it bounces twice. This is not the best strategy. The only saving grace here is that if the controller does not recognize the swing you can still hit with your back position.
Regular: nothing special here. Hit the ball.
Fast: This is really only important on the serve.
Twisting your wrist clockwise in your right hand will cause the ball to have backspin and travel on a lower faster arc.
Twisting your wrist counter clockwise in your right hand will cause the ball to have forward spin and travel in a higher slower arc.
Ball spin:
I have not had good luck with this but I think if you hold your controller up and down and twist your wrist when you hit it you'll get some spin. I have never been able to achieve the spin that the computer's 1900 and 2000 level players get.
The Serve:
The speed serve is easy with a little practice. Give a quick snap of the wrist at the exact zenith of the ball's arc. I swing my hand down quickly from Shoulder hight to waist hight with a little twist/snap of the wrist. Start a game against yourself and practice. Timing is 90% here. accelerating the remote quickly is the rest.
Scoring:
Speed serve: If the other side manages to return the ball, get it with your back guy. This will give you time to judge if it will go out or not. Never miss an opportunity for a free point.
The crossover: You shoot far to one side and then far to the other side making it impossible for the computer to make it back to the other side. This is always more effective from the front.
Acing: If you hit the ball directly at the opponent, sometimes they will have to flip their racquet at the last second and miss.
Position tactics (THIS IS WHERE YOU SCORE):
Swinging early gives the computer less time to recover and is usually more successful to score.
Play the front game when you know you have a good shot. If you're too early or too far to one side you'll hit the ball out of bounds. Pick your shots and let the ball fall back to the rear position if you don't have a good shot.
Racquet position:
Depending on where your guy is standing, your racquet will be pointed either left or right. Use this to your advantage when choosing to score with a crossover.
The perfect example of this is when:
A. Your racquet is pointed to the right and you hit the ball with your back position early to the far left.
B. The computer returns the ball with their back player.
C. Your front player's racquet is pointed to the left allowing you to hit the ball early to the right.
D. You watch as the computer player does a face dive into the court while you enjoy your point.
Speed and hight of returns and serves:
You can always hit the ball slowly from the back to buy yourself time and position. Hitting the ball fast from the back is usually always returned by the computer and gives you less time to react.
The end game:
Elisa (2000) and Sarah (1900)
When you are serving:
Serve a speed ball as often as you can. It is not always returned. WAIT to see if it will go out of bounds before you return it.
When they are serving and serve a speed ball:
Be ready to return with your front guy. After your initial return of their speed ball, If they have good position they will return it to the other side of the court with their front player making it unrecoverable.
This is KEY: Use your back guy to buy you time. You will rarely score from this position and you will only shorten the time you have to react by hitting the ball quickly. Hit it high with front spin to avoid their front player. This will slow it down when it gets to the back and they will be forced to return it low and fast. THIS is when you score.
This team is VERY good at covering ground when you cross the ball back and forth. It will be uncanny. You will be pissed that the computer is “cheating” and recovering crossovers that it would never let you get.
Trick: Cross the ball back to the same side. This team is far less likely to get a ball shot directly at them then they are to get a ball all the way across the court. If you catch them right as their racquet is turning from one side to the next, then they will screw up and miss it entirely. Try and get the ball as far to one side of the court as possible when your front player is close to the net.
Glitch?: Just for fun I have completely avoided the front all together doing nothing but hitting the ball high with front spin. After a while the computer seems to screw up for no reason and hit the ball far into the crowd. I like to try to do this until I have good position up front for the crossover.
Let me know if this was helpful. (mathewc [AT] gmail.com)
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