NBA Jam Returns! Wii version out now! 360/PS3 versions out today.

TelMarine · January 2010

toxk_02 wrote: »

Oh shit if this is the art style, awesome. Probably just concept art but would be great to have the real headshots with exaggerated facial expressions.

Background: Nintendo Power's website always includes a 2-page pdf preview of their magazine. This image was originally in the pdf, then censored, then replaced with a crop of the cover.

bwahaha, that is a hilarious picture, even if it is so simple. KG letting himself get owned by kobe.

Elvenshae · January 2010

There's a saying that everyone has so far missed in this thread, and it points to exactly how effin' l33+ I am that I'm the one to remind all y'alls:

CAN'T BUY A BUCKET!

Darmak · January 2010

Elvenshae wrote: »

There's a saying that everyone has so far missed in this thread, and it points to exactly how effin' l33+ I am that I'm the one to remind all y'alls:

CAN'T BUY A BUCKET!

:?

Elvenshae · January 2010

What? Jealous of my mad skillz?

I throw bricks like a mason, bitchez.

FyreWulff · January 2010

Skull2185 wrote: »

NBA Jam as a Wii exclusive =

No.

Let's not even start this.

Also changing thread title.

Htown · January 2010

Skull2185 wrote: »

NBA Jam as a Wii exclusive =

Fixed.

Darmak · January 2010

Elvenshae wrote: »

What? Jealous of my mad skillz?

I throw bricks like a mason, bitchez.

No, I'm just amazed that anyone can be that retarded.

Kelor · January 2010

Yessssss.

TelMarine · January 2010

sweeeet.

TelMarine · January 2010

this is interesting, you can vote for the players to be in the game: http://nba-jam.easports.com/home.action

right now it is only clippers, kings, thunder

Bartholamue · January 2010

Michael Jordan or bust.

Xenogears of Bore · January 2010

Obama or bust. Ain't nothing he can do about it anyways and he loves basketball.

Elvenshae · January 2010

Darmak wrote: »

Elvenshae wrote: »

What? Jealous of my mad skillz?

I throw bricks like a mason, bitchez.

No, I'm just amazed that anyone can be that retarded.

So, just being another internet asshole, then.

Gotcha.

Skull2185 · January 2010

FyreWulff wrote: »

Skull2185 wrote: »

NBA Jam as a Wii exclusive =

No.

Let's not even start this.

Also changing thread title.

Not nerd raging or anything. Just makes me sad, cause NBA Jam is awesome, and I don't own a Wii.

Brainiac 8 · January 2010

I'll end up buying it, because I'm a sucker for NBA Jam classic, and it's been so long that I can't help it.

I want Clinton back in the game though.

toxk_02 · January 2010

From elsewhere

ed: originally the author said the game was 3v3, he meant 2v2 with 3 players available to choose from on each team.

So I read through the article in NP, heres what I got:

- 2 Modes, 1 is called Classic Campaign, plays pretty much identical to previous NBA Jams, 2v2, no rules other than shot clock and goaltending. The other is called Remix Tour, which is different, changing the core mechanics, rule tweaks, and camera tweaks etc. The devs didnt want to go into detail on the Remix Tour mode yet.

- Theres tons of new dunks, a new spin move that can evade the shove move.

- The faces are actual photograph captures, each character has multiple faces, 3 faces while running the court, 2 dunk faces, and a positive and negative face. (Looks hilarious. Basically its 3d bodies with 2d heads)

- Option of motion controls or holding the wiimote sideways. Didnt see any mention of the Classic Controller

- NP provided a checklist of what is in the game:

Fire
Shattering Backboard
Cheats
Flashing Shoes
Flashing ball
Big Head Mode
Legends
Playable Mascots
Secret Characters

TelMarine · January 2010

so i thought it would be fun to come up with a list of who will probably be in the game. I assumed it would be like NBA Jam Tournament edition, which had 3 players per team. My guesses:

Eastern Conference

1. Cleveland - Lebron James, Shaq, Mo Williams
2. Boston - Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett
3. Orlando - Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis
4. Atlanta - Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Al Horford
5. Miami - Dwayne Wade, Michael Beasley, Jermaine O'Neal
6. Toronto - Chris Bosh, Hedo Turkoglu, Andrea Bargnani
7. Charlotte - Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace, Boris Diaw
8. Chicago - Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Brad Miller
9. Milwaukee - Brandon Jennings, Andrew Bogut, Michael Redd
10. New York - Al Harrington, David Lee, Danilo Gallinari
11. Washington - Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, Andray Blatche
12. Detroit - Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey
13. Indiana - Danny Granger, Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy
14. Philadelphia - Allen Iverson, Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young
15. New Jersey - Devin Harris, Brooke Lopez, Courtney Lee

Western Conference

1. LA Lakers - Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Derek Fisher
2. Dallas - Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry, Josh Howard
3. San Antonio - Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobli
4. Denver - Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Nene
5. Phoenix - Steve Nash, Amare Stoudamiere, Channing Frye
6. Portland - Brandon Roy, Lemarcus Aldridge, Rudy Fernandez
7. Oklahoma City - Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green
8. Houston - Yao Ming, Trevor Ariza, Aaron Brooks
9. Utah - Deron Williams, Paul Millsap, Mehmet Okur
10. New Orleans - Chris Paul, David West, Devin Brown
11. Memphis - O.J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph
12. LA Clippers - Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Rasual Butler
13. Sacramento - Tyreke Evans, Kevin Martin, Spencer Hawes
14. Golden State - Monta Ellis, Andris Biedrins, Corey Maggette
15. Minnesota - Al Jefferson, Corey Brewer, Kevin Love

Nalouto · January 2010

oh boy, a re-release of NBA JAM, there's no way this could possibly turn out ba...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8uomOPUETrY/Sw3IW5e-ziI/AAAAAAAACj4/CobZ-bGxZGU/s1600/1.jpg

O WAIT RIGHT..

I will reserve my excitement for now. Seriously... NBA Street has been the closest to getting that arcade TE flavour. I remain very cautiously optimistic.

Brainiac 8 · January 2010

That NP info sounds delicious.

FyreWulff · January 2010

Nalouto wrote: »

oh boy, a re-release of NBA JAM, there's no way this could possibly turn out ba...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8uomOPUETrY/Sw3IW5e-ziI/AAAAAAAACj4/CobZ-bGxZGU/s1600/1.jpg

O WAIT RIGHT..

I will reserve my excitement for now. Seriously... NBA Street has been the closest to getting that arcade TE flavour. I remain very cautiously optimistic.

Key words here again:

Acclaim.

Acclaim.

IceBurner · January 2010

Oh, this made me smile on an otherwise sad night

Xenogears of Bore · January 2010

toxk_02 wrote: »

Fire -Yes
Shattering Backboard -HEATING UP
Cheats -He's On FIRE!
Flashing Shoes -FROM WAY DOWNTOWN!
Flashing ball -BOOMSHAKALAKA!
Big Head Mode -Meh
Legends -OH MY GOD. BIRD, JORDAN, MAGIC, BARKLEY? OMG.
Playable Mascots -YES
Secret Characters -Obama Biden or Bust

[/QUOTE]

I went from may rent someday I was really bored to day one, preorder, must buy with this list, as long as actual footage/impressions doesn't suck.

toxk_02 · January 2010

BOOM

(click for big)

SHAKALAKA

TelMarine · January 2010

it's just one screenshot, but that looks pretty cool if you ask me

Skull2185 · January 2010

Wait, that's how its gonna look?

Like magazine cut outs or something? Huh, are there any videos of the game in motion?

Hugh Jass · January 2010

Awww, I fuckin hate this shit. They bring back one of my favorite games of all time and they put it exclusively on the fucking wii. Seriously, as if DS: Extraction wasn't bad enough and now this. I hope it sells like shit just like extraction. I wish I could hate them to death!!!

Brainiac 8 · January 2010

Hugh Jass wrote: »

Awww, I fuckin hate this shit. They bring back one of my favorite games of all time and they put it exclusively on the fucking wii. Seriously, as if DS: Extraction wasn't bad enough and now this. I hope it sells like shit just like extraction. I wish I could hate them to death!!!

Oh please, don't start that around here. You must still be hurting that the Wii sold 3.8 mill in December.

Nintendo Power had an awesome several page article on it full of screen shots, and my god does it look wonderful. The photo realistic faces are a riot to see. :lol:

Barrabas · January 2010

Skull2185 wrote: »

Wait, that's how its gonna look?

Like magazine cut outs or something? Huh, are there any videos of the game in motion?

It's basically 3D with magazine cut out heads.

nintendo power wrote:

Every player in the game has three possible faces for when he's just running around the court, two dunk faces, plus a positive face and a negative face.

It seems like you shouldn't expect a lot of facial animation .... or really any .... if I'm understanding that correctly.

Brainiac 8 · January 2010

Going by the screenshots in NP, the facial features are easily readable, and quite hilarious.

FyreWulff · January 2010

Looks like a clever way of combining some 3D but still make it look like a 90s arcade game.

Brainiac 8 · January 2010

FyreWulff wrote: »

Looks like a clever way of combining some 3D but still make it look like a 90s arcade game.

This is exactly what it reminds me of. With the 2-d cutout faces and 3-d bodies, it makes it look similar and I'm sure feel similar to the original arcade game, but with the new fangled tricks...if that makes any sense.

Just looking at the game made me remember when I first read about the original NBA Jam in Nintendo Power when it was coming out for the SNES.

It was a wonderful feeling.

Hugh Jass · January 2010

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Hugh Jass wrote: »

Awww, I fuckin hate this shit. They bring back one of my favorite games of all time and they put it exclusively on the fucking wii. Seriously, as if DS: Extraction wasn't bad enough and now this. I hope it sells like shit just like extraction. I wish I could hate them to death!!!

Oh please, don't start that around here. You must still be hurting that the Wii sold 3.8 mill in December.

You must be an idiot of the highest order or I didn't make my post clear enough. I'm mad at EA for being stupid, not nintendo. I'm not a sony or microsoft employee so I don't give a fuck about Wii sales. A prequel to a game that came out on ps3/360 is made for a system that the original never even appeared on. That makes a ton of fucking sense EA, really. Now bringing NBA Jam to the Wii exclusively? This game screams Live arcade/psn title to me. It pisses me off as a fan of the original and makes no sense financially to make it an exclusive. I can see it bombing just like Extraction.

Brainiac 8 · January 2010

Hugh Jass wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Hugh Jass wrote: »

Awww, I fuckin hate this shit. They bring back one of my favorite games of all time and they put it exclusively on the fucking wii. Seriously, as if DS: Extraction wasn't bad enough and now this. I hope it sells like shit just like extraction. I wish I could hate them to death!!!

Oh please, don't start that around here. You must still be hurting that the Wii sold 3.8 mill in December.

You must be an idiot of the highest order or I didn't make my post clear enough. I'm mad at EA for being stupid, not nintendo. I'm not a sony or microsoft employee so I don't give a fuck about Wii sales. A prequel to a game that came out on ps3/360 is made for a system that the original never even appeared on. That makes a ton of fucking sense EA, really. Now bringing NBA Jam to the Wii exclusively? This game screams Live arcade/psn title to me. It pisses me off as a fan of the original and makes no sense financially to make it an exclusive. I can see it bombing just like Extraction.

#1 - I was just messing with you, thus the

#2 - it's not a prequel to the XBox/PS2 title, it's a sequel to the original Arcade/Genesis/SNES title. So the original actually appeared on a Nintendo platform, not the others....so EA are just fine in what they did. 8-)

Xenogears of Bore · January 2010

So it makes more sense to release a full retail game with an expensive license for $20 on two smaller downloadable platforms than to release it at $50 on a system that has proven sales on casual pick up and play local multiplayer games.

Yep.

Rakai · January 2010

ESPN is already talking about it before any details came out. It won't bomb. NBA Jam was a fantastic multiplayer game that had appeal to a wide range audience. Perfect for the Wii fanbase. I don't see how you can possibly expect this to sell like a prequel to a game nobody on the system played.

FyreWulff · January 2010

Also a small number of people can actually buy PSN or XBLA titles

the money is still in disc releases

Brainiac 8 · January 2010

I miss the days when a 2-d wasn't considered second teir and relegated to XBLA/PSN/WiiWare.

UncleSporky · January 2010

Hugh Jass wrote: »

I can see it bombing just like Extraction.

Right, because the gameplay is nothing like the original was, and in fact is in an already oversatured genre on the console, and due to this difference in gameplay its original audience won't want to play it at all, and the entirety of the game will be watchable on youtube like a movie?

Wait no, that sounds more like an orange than an apple.

Xenogears of Bore · January 2010

Extraction is also fun as shit.

UncleSporky · January 2010

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

Extraction is also fun as shit.

There's one of the few things that it will probably have in common.

Penny Arcade

NBA Jam Returns! Wii version out now! 360/PS3 versions out today.

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