Tennis no Oujisama: Sweat & Tears

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. Ryoma also begins to develop his own style of tennis, and eventually realizes what the sport really means to him. The Prince of Tennis franchise has spawned many different video games. The vast majority of these are either tennis games or dating sims, and they are spread across several different video game consoles. The first of these games was released for the PlayStation console on February 20, 2002, and is the only game which holds the simple Prince of Tennis title – all of the following game titles are preceded by the "Prince of Tennis" title. This was followed by Genius Boys Academy, which was released for the Game Boy Advance on April 25, 2002. Since then, several other video games has been released for different gaming consoles, including one more PlayStation game, three Game Boy Advance games, five Nintendo DS games, and thirteen PlayStation 2 games. The latest games to be released were Nintendo DS's Girls, be gracious on March 5, 2009, followed by Boys, be glorious on March 26, 2009. Additionally, characters from The Prince of Tennis appeared in the Shonen Jump based video games Jump Superstars and Jump! Ultimate Stars. All of the games have so far only been released in Japan. 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.