Date Kimiko no Virtual Tennis

Date Kimiko no Virtual Tennis is a tennis simulation game on SNES/Super Famicom. Gameplay includes serving, various shots like topspin, backspin, lob, and drop shots, with clay, grass, and hard courts available. The player controls the main character while a smaller sprite handles court adjustments. There are fictional computer-controlled opponents with different strengths. Modes include single-player head-to-head, tournament, exhibition, and world tour (with elaborate story line to become the world's best female tennis player like Date Kimiko). Story: elaborate narrative in world tour mode to rise as premier champ. Characters: player as Kimiko Date, various opponents. What makes it stand out: licensed by real player Kimiko Date, Mode 7 scaling graphics like peers, tactics mode, password saves for progress.