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EA set to announce NBA Jam! Exclusive to Wii. Complainers GTFO.
- Thread starter Captain N
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abstract alien
Member
Good, now I can actually do a tomahawk dunk instead of just pressing a button and pretending I did something.
...still not buying
...still not buying
speculawyer
Member
WTF? Is that true? If so, epic fail!yes we can said:
Nice to see a Midway IP salvaged . . . I hope they make a decent product out of whatever they make.
Neodiablo22
Member
Boom Shakalaka!
OldJadedGamer
Banned
bmf said:
Because some of us want to play this online versus our friends?
turnbuckle
Member
I got excited for nothing. I have a Wii, but this needs to be on PSN/XBLA.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
I am really glad to see that NBA Jam is coming back. Hopefully they don't mess this up.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Awesome. Bought.
abstract alien
Member
LMAODMczaf said:
Ploid 3.0
Member
yes we can said:
Holy crap I don't know what is allowed of me to respond right now. I want to use a gif showing my feelings but I could also be banned for being disappointed. I'm not sure what the current ban status on wii related discussion is but I'm very heart broken right now.
STELLA!!!!!
Regarding how I felt before finding this quote above. I was surprisingly over joyed, I had very fond memories of Arch Rivals (nes basketball game where you can break the glass, throw elbows etc), and NBA Jam. Man the nostalgia hit hard when I saw this thread, and thinking what they could be like in the hands of EA on [Censored console] had me thinking of a comback for the franchise.
Congratz wii.
AceBandage
Banned
This is not good news.
Knowing how EA operates on the Wii, this is probably going to be horrible.
Knowing how EA operates on the Wii, this is probably going to be horrible.
Back in September, the NBA trademarked NBA Jam:
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77819794
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77819794
BJK
Member
"Altitude With an Attitude!"
::Tarzan noise::
This game is relevant to my interests, so long as it isn't motion-controlled (and works with the Wavebird / classic controller).
...but will it be the same without "Iuzzolino!"?
(For those not familiar with the old-school cabinet, when you registered your initials with the game, you had to beat the teams in order, starting with the then-dregs of the NBA, the Mavericks. Mike Iuzzolino was the Mavs point guard in the arcade version....to be replaced by Jim Jackson / Jamal Mashburn in the console versions. Anyone who played the arcade version in different places couldn't escape the guy's name....not to mention garbage 3s thanks to rubber-band AI.)
::Tarzan noise::
This game is relevant to my interests, so long as it isn't motion-controlled (and works with the Wavebird / classic controller).
...but will it be the same without "Iuzzolino!"?
(For those not familiar with the old-school cabinet, when you registered your initials with the game, you had to beat the teams in order, starting with the then-dregs of the NBA, the Mavericks. Mike Iuzzolino was the Mavs point guard in the arcade version....to be replaced by Jim Jackson / Jamal Mashburn in the console versions. Anyone who played the arcade version in different places couldn't escape the guy's name....not to mention garbage 3s thanks to rubber-band AI.)
RadarScope1
Member
Retail.
Exclusively for Wii.
....
Jesus fucking H. Christ how damn stupid is that? Sell it for $15 on XBLA/PSN and package the same game in a box for Wii and sell it for $40. It would sell on both platforms. People with HD consoles will buy it for online multi, and 97 percent of the people who own a Wii won't even know a cheaper version exists and they'll be excited, too. The digital platforms were FUCKING MADE for revivals like this. *grumblegrumble*
Exclusively for Wii.
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Jesus fucking H. Christ how damn stupid is that? Sell it for $15 on XBLA/PSN and package the same game in a box for Wii and sell it for $40. It would sell on both platforms. People with HD consoles will buy it for online multi, and 97 percent of the people who own a Wii won't even know a cheaper version exists and they'll be excited, too. The digital platforms were FUCKING MADE for revivals like this. *grumblegrumble*
OldJadedGamer
Banned
hokahey said:
This game screams to be played online.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
OldJadedGamer said:
No it doesn't, it's the local MP game of all local MP sports games.
This is still at rumour stage, so I find it hard to believe that EA would fund a platform exclusive. Until we get official information, I suspect some mistranslation. The wording of this "ship to retail exclusively for the Wii" even suggests that the other systems may receive downloadable versions. Who knows.
Ken Masters
Banned
I went from rock hard to tissue soft after reading this is only for Wii
turnbuckle
Member
Don't post a lot in the gaming section but there are rules against stating displeasure that this will be a Wii exclusive? Is it only referring to complaining about Wii exclusives? Would one expect to be banned for being upset if Diablo 3 got announced as a 360 (meaning, not even on PC) exclusive? There are several reasons to be upset by this news that don't involve system wars nonsense.
