Ace or fault?
Are “lets” allowed? I would argue that for all the fun provided by Table Tennis, there are essential faults and missing possibilities that, if fixed, could have made Table Tennis great. First and foremost, Table Tennis is just too damn easy to learn well. The result? Most points played against a human opponent yield at least 25 rallies, with many ending after 50 or even 100 rallies. This makes for agonizingly long matches, even playing up to only 11 points.

Asides from the forever-ness of each multiplayer match, there are minute features, such as a player editor, that are mysteriously missing. Why must I confine myself to play as Liu Ping or another of his small array of companions? Why can’t I create myself in the game, especially since ping pong is a game us average Joes can excel at in real life? Given that I consider myself both a connoisseur of ping pong and a narcissistic bastard, this lack of a player editor is most distressing.