JackFetch Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 EA Sports gave an exclusive first look at NBA Jam to Nintendo Power, and judging by a scan that's circled the earth about three times now, a zany visual style should accompany its boom-shakalaka gameplay. That image above was first circulated by Go Nintendo. As you can see, it looks like the players will have 3D bodies and 2D heads, (think Monty Python, or the cutscene animations in Mythbusters.) According to a reader on NeoGAF, "The faces are actual photograph captures, each character has multiple faces, three faces while running the court, two dunk faces, and a positive and negative face." Sounds delightful. In fact, it wasn't that far off from Ripten's artist's conception published when the game was announced earlier this week. For those curious about how the game will be controlled, NBA Jam will support motion control; players may also control it holding the Wiimote sideways to use the D-pad and buttons. No mention was made of the Classic Controller. Of course, the power-ups and unlockables are what made NBA Jam such a raucous hit, and the Nintendo Power article listed these: Fire; Shattering Backboard; Cheats; Flashing Shoes; Flashing ball; Big Head Mode; Legends; Playable Mascots; Secret Characters. Big Head mode, combined with these graphics, sounds like a riot. The secret characters were a show-stealer on the original, but they came before everyone got super uptight about licensing and use of likenesses in games. I have to wonder who they've brought in. This is awesome. I played the crap out of that game back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DCAUFan1051 Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 hmm wow when I first read that and didn't look at the image I thought it was the old game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 All I can say, is thank god you don't need to use motion controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 I just hope they keep the secret characters in. Bill Clinton Heavy D Hillary Clinton Jazzy Jeff Will Smith MCA Mike D Ad Rock Prince Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 This could in all seriousness tip the scale to me getting a Wii, my friends and I used to play the shit out of these games, both on console and the arcade versions. God knows how many dollar coins I put through that machine at the video store. Looks pretty cool, love that the article used the term boom shakalaka, love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Busted out the Sega version out yesterday. Just as awesome as ever. But how does the other team always make their last second, full court shots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 That looks genuinely hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 The trailer of awesomeness. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-nba-jam/63073 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 That looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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