Sega Superstars Tennis

SEGA Superstars Tennis is a tennis video game, crossing over numerous Sega franchises, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Alex Kidd, Space Channel 5 and more. It was released in March 2008.

Playable Characters
The game includes five characters from the Sonic series:
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Amy Rose
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Doctor Eggman

The game also includes 11 SEGA charcaters from different games.
 * Ulala (Space Channel 5)
 * Pudding (Space Channel 5)
 * Aiai (Super Monkey Ball)
 * Meemee (Super Monkey Ball)
 * NiGHTS (Nights into Dreams)
 * Reala (Nights into Dreams)
 * Amigo (Samba De Amigo)
 * Gilius Thunderhead (Golden Axe)
 * Alex Kidd (Alex Kidd)
 * Beat (Jet Set Radio)
 * Gum (Jet Set Radio)

Gameplay

 * Superstar Mode allows the player to play missions which include exhibition matches, tournaments and tasks based around a specific Sega game including Sonic the Hedgehog, Puyo Pop and Virtua Cop. Completing missions unlocks items such as courts, stages, soundtracks and characters.


 * Exhibition Mode offers the chance to challenge a character to a match on one of many courts, including Sonic's home court of Green Hill Zone, or Amigo's Carnival Park court. Whichever court is chosen, there are a host of Sega celebrities cheering them on from court side.


 * Tournament Mode allows the player to play in a series of matches against opponents chosen at random by the computer in an arena also chosen at random.


 * There are several playable minigames in Sega Superstars Tennis, including ones from Sega games such as a House of the Dead meets Space Invaders game, in which the player has to hit moving targets in the form of zombies, a Space Harrier game, a Puyo Puyo game, and a Virtua Cop game.


 * Each character has their own unique 'special attack' giving the player more chance of scoring a point. For example: Gilius throws a magic bottle in the air and covers the opponent's side with thunderbolts, if they touch one the character will be stunned for a brief moment, or Sonic's signature "Super Sonic" attack, which causes the tennis ball to zig-zag in various directions around the court when he hits the ball.


 * Platform differences

The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions both have online play, while the Wii version has three different control schemes (motion control, Wii Remote sideways, and Wii Remote with Nunchuk). The Nintendo DS version of the game can be played with the standard control pad, or utilize the stylus

Trivia

 * Ulala, Aiai, Nights and Amigo have all been playable guest stars in the Sonic Riders series
 * Sega Superstar Tennis features missions based off Puyo Puyo which Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine was adapted from.
 * First time ever that Sonic &amp; Alex Kidd appeared in a game together
 * This Game recently began being packaged with the Xbox 360 as a free game with the console. This is something we haven't seen Sonic do since Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) for the  Genesis.