NBA JAM (EA Edition) Thread
It's on fire! That means it's EXTREME and probably not allowed by NBA regulation rules.
Platforms
Wii
(OUT NOW): 50$ Disc Title. Single player, Co-op, Remix mode, the works. Does not have online because they could not get the online running at a locked 60fps.
360/PS3
(UNKNOWN HOLIDAY DATE): Retail title. Could be anywhere from 40-60$. Will have online mode, but EA will probably shut that off after one or two years just like all their other games. Online mode may be limited to 30fps.
So if you want to wait for the 360/PS3 version just for online, be warned about the limited online life of EA titles, if that is your sole reason for purchasing that version.
Wait, I thought the original was done by Midway. How did EA get ahold of this?
Unlike other sports leagues, the NBA retains the rights themselves to all NBA games.
What does this game look like?
EA wanted to have a modern game but mimic the original photographed sprite style of the original game. So what you end up with is this:
Each player has a fully 3D modeled body just like every new NBA game, but their heads are sprites that change expressions as a reaction to what is currently going on.
"I bet they just did that to get it run on the Wii".
No.Game Modes
More ass shots than Halo: Reach
Backboard Smash
Everything is the same, except for one twist - no score. Each hoop at the end of the court has a health bar. Slam dunking that hoop will drop the health bar. The first team to reduce the other hoop's lifebar to zero and slam dunk it to death with an
explosion wins the game.
Remix Mode
It's like basketball. If you played it inside Mario Kart. Reviews are kind of up and down on this one, but I enjoyed it for a bit.
Boss Battles
Go after your favorite (or hated)
ballin' stars for a chance at revenge, or just beat the poo out of them. Larry Bird can cheat and throw 3 pointers from anywhere. Magic Johnson can
magically teleport into the hoop to dunk it. Clearly someone let the Darksims from Perfect Dark into this game.
Secret Characters
This game has secret characters just like the original! Including a shitton of politicians this time around. Mr G has your back:
Hey, who wants to unlock
DEMOCRATS
On the Press A To Start screen, press Left 13 times, and then +. They will be unlocked in the + screen in Team Select.
REPUBLICANS
On the Press A To Start screen, press Right 13 times, and then +. They will be unlocked in the + screen in Team Select.
J COLE AND 9TH WONDER (WHO ARE THEY? I DON'T KNOW!)
On the Press A To Start screen, press Up, Left, Down, Right Up, Left, Down, Right, 1, and 2. They will be unlocked in the + screen in Team Select.
Democrats team lets you select Obama, Biden, Bill and others. Team GOP has Bush, Cheney, and Palin and even a McCain!
Also JAM SECRETS:
The Limited Edition Team of Michael Jordan and Gary Payton
"Payton didn't make the cut to be in the (first arcade) game, and of course, Jordan pulled himself out of the licensing of the NBA, so we had to pull him out of the game," explained Turmell. "But one day, I got a phone call from a distributor out on the west coast who told me that Gary Payton was willing to pay whatever it cost to get into the game. So we told him what to do in terms of taking photographs, so he sent in photographs of himself and Jordan, saying, "We want to be in the game, hook us up." So we actually did a special version of the game and gave both players all-star, superstar stats. There are only a handful of these machines, but Jordan and Payton did end up being in one version of the game."
The Pippen Jinx
Did Scottie Pippen's ratings really drop when he played certain teams or was I just the least clutch shooter every time I played Detroit? "It's true, but only when the Bulls played the Pistons," explained Turmell. "If there was a close game and anyone on the Bulls took a last second shot, we wrote special code in the game so that they would average out to be bricks. There was the big competition back in the day between the Pistons and the Bulls, and since I was always a big Pistons fan, that was my opportunity to level the playing field."
Posts
They've tried reviving it in the past with little success
IT MUST BE THE SHOES
There, that's my contribution to this thread
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I seem to remember that the last company that tried to revive it was Acclaim
that might have had something to do with it
edit - HE'S GOING DOOOOWNTOOOOOWN
ok now i think they've all been said
And this new one is done by EA Sports, which doesn't fill me with confidence for a "fun" sports game since they haven't made one since NBA Street Vol. 2.
Played 3-on-3 NHL on XBLA/PSN? It's horrid.
Loved it. Sad it's only gonna go to the Wii.
EA confirms the game will be shown on the 11th.
I do find NFL Madden Arcade to be a suitable substitute though.
I play that game far too much.
Anybody else play?
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No! It's the socks!
Explain?
Edit - Oh wait, bottom of the OP. Fuck that's awesome, even if childish. <_<
Hopefully they still have the guys who made NBA Street - that series was very fun and pretty similar to NBA Jam in style, play and outlandishness.
This and Arch Rivals are the only basketball games I've ever liked. I mainly played this one as a result of it being a part of the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships one year.
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OH MY!!!
"HE'S HEATING UP!"
But here is to hoping the game really keeps to it's old-school roots. Like, that it could just be played with a remote turned sideways, and not with impossible waggle controls.
I do have a Wii, and will get this no matter what, but I would much, much, rather purchase it for XBLA so I can play online constantly.
And if there's any way it can still have Rick Smits, I'd like to show you all what the Dunkin' Dutchman can really do.
THATS THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN!
Amazingly fun game.
I doubt Clinton; wouldn't doubt Obama on fire, though. But who would replace Will Smith, if anyone?
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Also, there better not be any of this 'And 1' nonsense.
Keep that bullshit in NBA Street.
NBA Jam is all about turbo, flying dunks and shooting flaming 3's 'FROM DOOOOWN TOOOOOWN!'
I still like people that think that online is vital to any games sales, and continue to ignore the fact that not even Halo has more than 10% of it's copies online.
And you know, NSMB Wii is sure flying off the shelves because of it's online functionality..
George Clinton, Bill Clinton, the baby, the guy with the mustache and the derby, oh my god I loved this game so much! At the very very least this game needs Dick Vitale to do the announcer's voice.
Whaaat? You mean Marv Albert.
Its so great, in just every way. That cover shot makes me hopeful that they are doing the right thing and sticking to a 2d perspective. Don't even talk about the playstation era remakes by Acclaim, they are so far removed from what the game really is. The original guy who championed this game is consulting so I think it really has a chance.
HD sprites and online play via PSN or XBOX would have probably been what I really wanted but Nintendo and Jam feel so right together.
Here's hoping that none of the big name players withold their image like Jordan and Payton did for the original. (I don't think they can actually anymore but who knows.)
Dick Vitale's voice would sink this game so fast ugh, the original guy was a Marv Albert impersonator so if he's still got it that will work. If not the NHL 3 vs 3 guy could be a hilarious stand-in. Marv Albert's kind of a creep so doubtful he comes in and does it justice.
ed. from the ESPN article
warioland: shake it, great example of crazily good 2D. I wouldn't mind this being 2D either, but what they probably will do is 3D cartoonish look.
But yea, I'd love to see a ton of old players as hidden charactes as well. It'd be nice to ditch the massive button combos to play as them as well please.
Ahahahahaha, what a great tag line. Should be the threads title.
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.