Racket Sports Party

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Racket Sports Party
Developer(s) Asobo Studio
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Platform(s) Wii, PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Move)
ReleaseWii
  • NA: March 9, 2010
  • AU: March 25, 2010
  • EU: March 26, 2010
PlayStation 3
  • EU: September 15, 2010
  • AU: September 16, 2010
  • NA/UK: September 17, 2010
Genre(s) Sports (Tennis)
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Racket Sports Party, known in North America as Racquet Sports, is a sports video game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Ubisoft for Wii and PlayStation 3's PlayStation Move (the latter under the name Racket Sports in the PAL region) in 2010.

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Reception

The Wii version received "mixed" reviews, while the PlayStation 3 version received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] [1] In Japan, where the PS3 version was ported for release under the name Racquet Sports (ラケットスポーツ, Raketto Supōtsu) on February 24, 2011, [15] Famitsu gave it a score of all four sixes for a total of 24 out of 40. [4]

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