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Measuring the popularity of Wii Sports is akin to measuring the popularity of the Wii: For every console sold, that’s one satisfied family of wannabe tennis players. I don’t know why I haven’t heard of it more abroad, in Japan even where the console originates from, but this may very well be the first ever tournament held for a Wii title…ever.

Organized by Indiagames.com, the Mumbai Wii Tennis Tournament will be held on April 25th, Saturday, from 11:00 AM-3:00 PM IST at Indiagames Ltd, 11th Floor, Vishwaroop IT Park above Raghuleela Mall in Vashi Navi Mumbai. The tournament will be a best of 5 sets elimination-style game. It has 38 confirmed guests and 281 unconfirmed guests. Among those participating is the vaunted Editor-in-Chief (hi, Jacob!) of SKOAR!, India’s only gaming magazine. I shudder to think of what could be next for our country – maybe a road-style Bollywood movie in the tone of 1989’s The Wizard featuring dual Wii Zappers wielded by a masked Hrithik Roshan? Well, one can certainly hope against hope that these kinds of tournaments are what we stick to.

You can view the full rules and guest list on the Mumbai Wii Tennis Tourney Facebook comm.