Monkey Tennis app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Sauce Digital Limited
First release : 19 Apr 2010
App size: 6.61 Mb
Like tennis? Like monkeys? Then you will love Monkey Tennis.
Monkey Tennis is a gesture controlled Tennis game played entirely using monkeys. Using swipes and flicks to run and play a variety of shots, its the most fun, addictive and amusing tennis game available for your iPhone.
For gameplay videos visit:
www.imonkeytennis.com
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TIPS:
1. The controls for Monkey Tennis replicate tennis shots as swipes. They may take 3-4 games to master, but they are what make the game great and worth the effort.
2. For an easier start play as Silverback against Aye-Aye, Howler or Gelada - on a Clay surface.
3. Use steady long swipes for best effect.
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Monkey Tennis is rendered in 3D, and uses an advanced 3D physics engine, so it is also a very realistic tennis experience - despite the fact that you might be playing against a Chimpanzee.
You can swerve the ball, play lobs, drop shots, volleys, accurately aim your shots and vary power, all with simple swipe gestures.
All of this can be done on grass, clay and hard courts - which all have their own attributes. There are also over 30 monkeys to play with, each with their own skills levels, style of play.
How will you handle a Gibbon that plays from the baseline? What about a serve and volleying Gorilla? Easy? Well wait until you meet an Orangutan that serves like Andy Roddick.
GAME MODES:
* Single Match.
* Knockout.
* Tournament: group stage followed by knockout.
* League: 10 teams playing twice.
* Challenge: 16 unique challenges, such as beat your best rally, ace a Chimp, win in straight sets and other skills.
FEATURES:
* 3D physics and visuals
* Gesture based controls: swipe to run, or play a shot.
* Flick and move in 360 degrees
* Volleys, drop shots, lobs, swerve
* Over 30 unique monkeys.
* 3 different surfaces, each with different characteristics
* Saving for each game mode, so you can have a knockout, league and more all in progress at the same time.
* settings: games per set, sets per match, sound on/off, surface type.
REVIEWS
"the best tennis game on the platform. With or without monkeys." squarezero, toucharcade.com
"without question best tennis game on the device" Gabrien, toucharcade.com
"Bought this yesterday and I have to say it is one of the best games on the platform... A bit difficult at first but a good way to get an easy start and accelerate your learning curve is to play against Aye-Aye: the creature cant run across court for the life of him! Thanks for a great game, dev, and for daring something different." Jeep, toucharcade.com
Latest reviews of Monkey Tennis app for iPhone and iPad
This will probably get buried with all the high-profile releases today, but I hope it doesnt. Just spent half-an-hour with it, and I love everything about it: the intuitive controls, the ridiculous amount of content for a $.99 game, the adorably clunky animation of the monkeys running, the fact that the monkeys make, well, monkey screeches when they screw up. It took me about 2 (short) matches to fully "get" the swipe system, but once I did its just freaking natural. As far as Im concerned, its the best tennis game on the platform. With or without monkeys.
This is one of the best apps out in the AppStore for tennis. The graphics are great and the controls make the game very natural. The range of hit is very wide making the game much easier. 99c is an easily justifiable price for this game for the amount of content it offers. One thing I would change is that the animations are a bit awkward.
this game is really good after you got used to it you have to play this game lets say 15 minutes and then you are able to control it and then you will really love this game it is obvious that the 1-2 star reviewers didnt play the game very long
This is not PONG people, you do not just move left or right and hit the ball! You actually have to think about where the ball will land and decide how you are going to swing. Play against Aye-Aye for practice.
Game looks great, took me a minute to get the controls down but once I did I find them pretty responsive. To those reviewers calling people out on their low review for them. Shame shame. Its not the users fault, the instructions the game provides I feel are the reason people are having issues. The casual gamer does not visit sites such as toucharcade, nor is it their responsibility to seek out your help in a forum. If you love the title that much you should instead encourage the developer to re word or edit the tutorial provided in the game. That said though. After getting it down I love it. Where is Pete Sampres though? Guy looks enough like a minkey he should be in this game! For 99 cents this game has it all, great fun and value.