Tennis no Oujisama: Sweat & Tears

The second game for the Sony PlayStation based on The Prince of Tennis manga series, The series is primarily set in Tokyo, and centers around Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy who attends Seishun Academy, or Seigaku for short, a private school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot as one of the team’s regulars. In pursuit of their ultimate goal of winning the National Middle School Tennis Championship, members of the team make new friends while learning and mastering increasingly complex techniques.

In Sweat & Tears, a tennis prodigy at the tender age of 12, Ryouma Echizen beats players much older than himself on the court. When Ryouma enters Seishun Junior High School, he naturally joins the tennis club and meets rivals as well as comrades on their way to school tournaments around Japan. The Playstation game features Ryouma’s tennis club, it’s strong willed characters, and an new storyline worthy of a manga serial. At the beginning of the game the player can choose if he wants his character to be a male or a female one. The game features some mini games that let the player to increase or decrease his character stats.