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The number of players was changed from 16 to 8, and the player names were changed to those of Namco characters.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 26 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 20.39 out of 30, as shown below.
According to Famitsu, Family Tennis sold 74,458 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
The same magazine's special supplement "Famicom ROM Cartridge All Catalog" (1991-5-10 issue) placed the game as "a full-scale game in which the various techniques of modern tennis can be used", and after pointing out the wide choice of courts and the range of stroke techniques included, praised it highly, saying "the matches move at a good tempo, putting real tennis to shame".
It was released only in Japan in December 1987.
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