Choose Your Protagonist
When playing this game for the first time, you have to start by choosing your protagonist. Once you have chosen their sex, whether they are left or right-handed, and given them a name, the story begins.
Selecting a Character
Use the ➔ Control Pad ◄➔ to select a character, then press the A Button to confirm your selection. The other character will appear as your partner when you play doubles.
Handedness and Naming
Choose whether your character will be right or left-handed, and choose the difficulty level for Power Tour Mode.
You can also change your character's name. Use the ➔ Control Pad to select a letter, and press the A Button to enter it. When you've finished, select QUIT and press the A Button.
Main Menu
If you are using saved game data, you can move from the Title Screen to the Main Menu, and select a mode or set the options.
Use the ➔ Control Pad to select an item, and press the A Button to confirm your selection.
Game Modes
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Power Tour Mode: This is a single player mode in which you tutor your character at the Royal Tennis Academy, having them play matches against rivals.
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Exhibition Mode: This is a single player mode in which you play matches against the computer, using the character of your choice.
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Multiplayer Mode: This is a mode for 2 to 4 players, in which you use the Game Boy Advance Game Link™ cable or the Game Boy Advance™ Wireless Adapter to play interactively with your friends.
Pause Menu
If you press START on the Pre-serve Screen during a match, the Pause Menu will appear. You can also save any unsaved data from here.
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GAME RULES: Choose this to check the rules of the current match.
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CONTROLS: Choose this to check the control functions.
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CAMERA: Choose this to switch the type of camera being used.
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CONTROL: Choose this to switch control set-ups.
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SUSPEND: Choose this to return to the Main Menu.
Basic Rules of Tennis
This section sets out the basic rules of tennis. If you learn them before you play, matches will be much more fun.
Scoring
In tennis, there are three types of scoring: points, games and sets. There are four points in a game and two or six games in a set.
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If you are the first to score four points you win the game.
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If you win two or six games respectively, acquiring a two-game lead over your opponent, you win the set.
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In a three-set match, the first player to win two sets wins the match.
The number of sets and games can be changed on the Match Settings Screen.
Calling the Score
Tennis scores are announced in the following manner. No Points is 0 (“Love”), 1 Point is “15”, 2 Points is “30”, and 3 Points is “40”.
When both players have scored three times and the score is tied at 40, this is called DEUCE. The next player to score gets closer to winning and then has the ADVANTAGE. The player who is the first to score another two points in succession is the winner.
Court Areas
Singles and doubles games differ as to the area of the court used. Doubles games use the whole of the court, while in singles games the darker areas on both sides (called “alleys”) are not used. Balls hit into areas not used are OUT and result in points being awarded to your opponent.
Serving Procedure
When a match begins, the server tosses the ball and serves it, aiming it inside the service court on the other player's side.
1. Select the spot to serve: Press Left and Right on the ◀▶ Control Pad to move your character to the spot you want to serve from.
2. Toss the ball: Press the A Button or the B Button to throw the ball in the air.
3. Whack the ball to serve: While the ball is in the air, press either the A Button or the B Button (or both) to serve it. You can adjust the direction of the serve using Left and Right on the ◀▶ Control Pad.
Varieties of Serve
You can hit three varieties of serve by using different combinations of buttons. Use the right serve for the situation.
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A Button: Topspin Serve (High trajectory, bounces high).
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B Button: Slice Serve (Low trajectory, does not bounce very high).
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A Button + B Button: Flat Serve (Fastest type of serve).
Service Court Rules
When serving, aim for the opponent's court diagonally across from you. If you fail twice in a row to get the ball into your opponent's service court, this is called a DOUBLE FAULT and a point is awarded to your opponent.
If the ball hits the net but still travels into your opponent's service court, this is called a LET, and you're allowed to serve again.
Power Tour Mode
In Power Tour Mode, you become a student at the Royal Tennis Academy, where you play matches against your rivals, striving to become a top player.
File Selection
Use Left and Right on the ► Control Pad to select a slot. By selecting an empty slot, you can create a new set of data for your protagonist character. By pressing the L Button, you can
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