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Virtua Tennis 3 Hidden Players and Unlockables (PS3)

Make Sharapova use a frying pan as a tennis racket

By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)

9th of May 2007, 06:36 GMT

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Virtua Tennis 3 (Power Smash 3 in Japan) is
the second arcade sequel to Sega's tennis game franchise. The arcade version of Virtua Tennis 3 is powered by the PC-based Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. Ports for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 consoles are also available, with a traditional collection of tennis mini-games that the home versions of Virtua Tennis on the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable are known for.

Male players
The following players are available in the game, each with different characteristics:

Roger Federer - All Around

Rafael Nadal - Fast Runner

Lleyton Hewitt - Counter Shots

Andy Roddick - Big Server

Tim Henman - Serve and Volley

James Blake - Powerful Strokes

Tommy Haas - All Around

Sebastien Grosjean - Fast Runner

Mario Ancic - Big Server

Juan Carlos Ferrero - Strong Forehand

David Nalbandian - Strong Backhand

Taylor Dent - Serve and Volley

Gael Monfils - Various Shots

Female players
Maria Sharapova - Hard Hitter

Venus Williams - Powerful Strokes

Martina Hingis - Tactical Player

Lindsay Davenport - Big Server

Nicole Vaidisova - Strong Forehand

Daniela Hantuchova - All Around

Amelie Mauresmo - Various Shots

Hidden Players
King - All Around

Duke - Serve and Volley

Fish - Powerful Serve

Flash - All Around

Blake - Powerful Serve

Unlockables

Unlock Extra Players
Select Tournament Mode and win every singles match with the required rank.

Duke - Get a "C" rank or higher and defeat him

King - Get a "D" rank or lower and defeat him

Unlock Frying Pan
To unlock the Frying Pan as a tennis racket, complete the following.

Frying Pan racket - Get three strikes in a row in the Pin Crusher mini-game.

XBox 360 versus PS3: the duel continues with each title that comes out. We've got a video that shows you a comparison between Virtua Tennis 3 on the PS3 and the same title on the XBox 360:




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