World’s leading gaming company, SEGA Europe Ltd. together with SEGA America, Inc., recently announced that for the first time Virtua Tennis will be released on the Wii system in May 2009. This is one tennis game that boasts of all the arcade actions and interesting features and now the Wii owners will get it on their device.

Virtua Tennis 2009 will feature impressive player roster on new platforms. It will have players like Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams along with the new players like Andy Murray and Ana Ivanovic. Virtua Tennis on Wii will offer over 40 vibrant court environments to the Wii owner with a freedom to play it in single player or multiplayer modes. There will also be an online mode.

While adhering to the old features, Virtua Tennis on Wii will also feature many new features like five new games, official Davis Cup license and the World Tour Mode that allows the Wii owners to experience Virtua Tennis online. It will also include Court Games and 12 mini-games in total including, Zoo Feeder, Pirate War and many more.

Recently, VGChartz’s internal data revealed that Nintendo Wii Sports title that comes bundled with each Wii outside South Korea and Japan is the world’s best selling game. As per the report, Wii Sports passed ahead the sales of Super Mario Bros at 40.24 million units by December 27^th, 2008.

It is believed that this game reached this milestone after 110 weeks of sales. The makers of the game feel proud to see that Wii Sports is now the best-selling game of all times. While there are others who believe that Wii Sports is not a game in the conventional sense and it lacks story.

Irrespective of the report that states Wii Sports as the best-selling game, many don’t even like comparing it with the popular Super Mario Bros, and consider it just to be a simple video game. Many people do feel that Wii Sports taking the place of Super Mario Bros is actually an insult of such great games.

According to recent researches done by the US Natural Resources Defense Council, those who play games from various gaming consoles from the comfort of their sofas are harming not just their health but also environment.

Reports revealed that over $160 are spent every year by the US games fans on their Sony Playstation 3. On the other hand, those playing games on Xbox 360 are likely to spend $143 per year. In future, this cost is bound to expand with the growing craze of the people in gaming.

However, those playing on Nintendo Wii game consoles have nothing to worry, as it has emerged as the greenest gaming console. Costing just $15 per year it saves fives times the power saved by Sony Playstation 3.