Tennis Antics

Tennis Antics is a mixture of tennis and arcade action. Both players have a health bar similar to the ones used in fighting games. The objective of the game is not to score points to win games and sets, but to deplete the health bar of the opponent. This can be done in several ways:

• First, a player can try to play the ball past their opponent. The higher the number of times the ball bounces on their side of the court before returning it, the more damage is done to the health bar.
• Players can also collect and use power-ups that turn the ball into a bomb or a plasma weapon to hurt the opponent. Other power-ups available include ones that temporarily increase running speed, give the ability to steal a power-up from the opponent or give a shield.
• Finally, if the player holds down the swipe button long enough, their character will launch a special attack at the other side of the court. However, while building up this attack, the player can not hit the ball.

Players can refill their health bar by eating fruit and candy that appears on the court during gameplay. The first player to win the required number of rounds (1, 3, 5 or 7) wins the match.

In the singleplayer story mode, the player starts with only one character and collects 19 other characters by beating them in the 3 available episodes. Unlocked characters can then be used in exhibition games. The 3 episodes take place on a pirate-themed galleon court, a horror-themed graveyard court and a Christmas-themed wonderland court.