NBA Courtside 2002

"A true Basketball game!!!"

Nintendo Gamecubes first Basketball game is one of the best ever and deserves to be slam dunked into every Gamecube owners console .Its fast,fun and a right laugh when you got a thew of your freinds around.NBA COURTSIDE for Nintendo Gamecube features the NBA's greatest teams including the Lakers,Bulls,Blazers,76ERS and Miami Heat.Its up to 4 players so if you have a thew spare controllers ask your mates round and by the time youve stopped playing NBA COURTSIDE 2002 it will be way past your bedtime.The Visuals are amazing , The sounds are like the real thing and the gameplay lasts you hours!

GRAPHICS- NBA COURTSIDE has some of the most real life-like visuals you can get from the detail on the players beard to the laces on their shoes!And also , the court looks better than ever , you can see the reflections and even shadows of the great Basketball players.

SOUND-Totaly amazing , Great commenttary and most of all the moans and groans of the players when they miss thier shot and when they shout as they do a slam dunk.The sounds are deffinitely more than what you would exspect.

GAMEPLAY-One of the best ever , it has the best passing system ever and has a wide selection of modes.My favorite is the Arcade mode where you select your team and you have 3 of that teams players against another team and you play a match....... but everything is hyped up. Rings on the ground will apear (they have either 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or ? on them)and when you score on them you get a certain amount of points,the hyped up part about it is that you run twice as fast and can do better dunks than in a normal match.There also SEASON MODE , which you select your team and you play a number of match's to get into the NBA playoffs but to get into them you have win as many match's as you can and win th NBA finals. Also in season mode you can put players from one team to another,for example i can put Allen Iverson on the Lakers and Kobe Bryant ont the Rapters.The other modes are QUIK PLAY which you can just play a normal match with your mates or the computer and the last mode is CREATE A PLAYER ,you can build a player from scrath and add any accesories to him and build up his skills by playing match's and you can make him taller than shaquil o'neil or smaller than Iverson .You get a huge selection of modes to keep you happy for a long time.

THE BEST BIT- is creating a player and putting him on a team going to the top of the leage.

THE WORST BIT- is when your near the net the players dont get in no space so its hard to score points (apart from dunks)

LENGTH- it lasted me a thew months untill i stopped playing it.

FINAL SAY- the best basketball game ever with one or two flaws but basicly perfect - 9 outa 10 ! * A MUST BUY*

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 08/25/02, Updated 08/25/02