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The game was designed by Hideo Yoshizawa, a former employee of Tecmo who is best known for creating Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Mr. Driller, and R4: Ridge Racer Type 4; Super Family Tennis was the first game for Namco he worked on.
It was digitally re-released in Japan for the Nintendo Switch on September 6, 2019 and in the rest of the world on February 19, 2020 as one of twenty SNES titles announced for the Nintendo Classics service, making it the first time the game was released in the Americas.
According to Famitsu, Smash Tennis sold 21,572 copies in its first week on the market and 83,213 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
It was released in Europe later that year for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, published by British developer Virgin Interactive and renamed to Smash Tennis.
It is the sequel to Family Tennis, which was originally released in 1987 for the Family Computer in Japan.
It did not receive a North American release until it was released on the Nintendo Classics service in February 2020.
According to Famitsu, Smash Tennis sold 21,572 copies in its first week on the market and 83,213 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
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