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Preview  NBA Street Basketball
- By Chris Montreuil


Pop quiz. What do you get when you take the in your face style of NBA Jam, a slick 3D engine and the pedigree of Electronic Arts? You get a pretty stupid question considering you clicked on the link for NBA Street. Not satisfied with dominating the simulation market, EA has decided to venture into the realm of extreme sports in the form of street basketball. With giant afros and titanic dunks all occurring in the concrete jungle Street promises to take the gauntlet laid down by Jam and slap you in the face with it. Man I am getting into this extreme thing.

But seriously folks Street is EA's attempt to branch out from its self imposed shackles of traditional sports gaming. Featuring 3 on 3 Street allows you the user to play on the finest asphalt courts the country has to offer. EA has forgone the cartoonier 2D look of Jam in favor of highly detailed polygon models. In addition Street takes advantage of extensive motion capturing for a more immersive feel. As befitting an EA title, Street offers a bevy of features in addition to its graphical prowess:

• Over-the-top arcade style action brings sweet moves and a rough game to the court.
  
  
• Create-a-player option lets you design and refine your own character to perfection, so you'll be able to stack up against the likes of even Shaq, M.J., or Kobe.
  
  
• Based off EA's SSX snowboarding control scheme offers up the chance perform amazing trick combinations.
  
  
• Link up colossal dunks, fancy dribble moves, and other glamorous tricks into combos for big points allowing you to unlock new players, courts, and rack up create-a-player points.
  
  
• Burn through the City Circuit mode, taking on rough 'n' tough teams from around the country on courts ranging from the glowing neon blacktops of Miami to the cold, snowy schoolyards of Philadelphia.
  
  
• Pick out your favorite court and take on team after team of big ballers with Hold the Court mode where you can unlock new outfits, tatoos, and other look styles in the Hold the Court mode.
  
  
• Motion captured players provide smooth animations for added realism.
  
  
• Using your elbows and shoulders to bowl over other players is encouraged.
  
  
• Build your "Gamebreaker" momentum with dazzling alley-oops, steals, and fat combos for a show-stopping performance. The "Gamebreaker" is a special on-fire type move that can alter the face of the game.
  
  
• Two players can go head-to-head for the ultimate multiplayer game of b-ball.
  
  
• Joe "The Show" Jackson doesn't hold back anything with his in-game commentary to put players in their place.
  
  
• A pumping soundtrack from the DJ crew Ninja Tune.
  
  
• The first extreme style basketball game available Nintendo's GameCube.