NBA Street V3

NBA Street V3
North American cover art.
Developer(s)	EA Canada
Publisher(s)	EA Sports BIG
Designer(s)	EA Black Box
Series	NBA Street
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
Release date(s)	GameCube, PlayStation 2 Xbox NA February 8, 2005 PAL February 18, 2005 JP May 26, 2005 (GC) JP August 4, 2005 (PS2)
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	CERO: A ESRB: E OFLC: G PEGI: 3+

NBA Street V3 is the third game in the NBA Street series. It is the sequel of NBA Street Vol. 2. It was released for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox, along with a PlayStation Portable port of V3 called NBA Street Showdown.

The GameCube version contains Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach as playable characters. This was part of a deal Nintendo had with EA Sports to have Nintendo's intellectual properties appear in EA franchises.^[1][2]

Gameplay

Gameplay consists of standard three-on-three streetball games as well as alternates such as a competition to be the first to a certain score or other objective. Players can try to collect trick points, which are scored through the use of excellent ballhandling and execution.

In NBA Street V3, Gamebreakers return to their original format from NBA Street, becoming once again unpocketable. This time, while in the air just before landing a dunk, the person controlling the Gamebreaker can do tricks with the right analog stick or pass the ball to teammates. Depending on how well these tricks are executed, and how long the ball is passed (each player may only have the ball once during a Gamebreaker), a dunk could be worth two to four points, and the opposing player's score would be subtracted by one, causing a three-to-five point swing. In an NBA game, the score changes become three to five points for the offense and a loss of two for the defense, amounting to a five-to-seven point swing. The risks added by this mechanic are the possibility of overdoing the tricks and therefore missing the basket, or (due to the variance in offensive points) allowing an opponent to take advantage of a poor or failed Gamebreaker to entirely reverse the momentum of the game. The same controls for the Gamebreaker apply in the new Dunk Contest feature. The "trick stick" is also used on the ground for specific tricks, while the trick button now performs a random trick.

Aside from customization of the NBA players, it includes detailed character creators. It is also possible for a player to customize his own court; starting with a street court and eventually obtaining the top priced NBA courts.

Development

NBA Street V3 was developed by EA Canada, and was released under the EA Sports BIG franchise.^[3] Its developing team largely consisted of the same people who developed SSX 3 and NBA Street Vol. 2.^[4] The game was first unveiled in July 2004 and was intended to be, according to the game's executive producer William Mozell, "[a] celebration of the culture and inventive style of street basketball".^[5]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	88%[6][7][8]
Metacritic	89 of 100[9] (PS2) 89 of 100[10] (Xbox) 88 of 100[11] (GC)
Review scores
Publication	Score
1UP.com	A[12][13][14]
Game Informer	9 of 10[9][10][11]
GameSpot	9.1 of 10[15][16][17]
IGN	9.4 of 10[18][19][20]
Play Magazine	10 of 10[9][10][11]
Awards IGN Editors' Choice Award[21][22][23] Gamespot's Editor's Choice Award[15][16][17]

NBA Street V3 has received critical praise, with GameSpy's Will Tuttle saying that NBA Street V3 "just might be the most entertaining basketball game ever", Gamespot's Bob Colyaco hailing it as "the new king of the court as far as arcade basketball games go", and IGN's Jon Robinson saying NBA Street V3 is "the best of the series by far.^[15][20][24]

References

1. ^ "Mario to hoop it up in NBA Street V3". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/05/news_6115715.html. Retrieved May 4, 2009. 
2. ^ "Nintendo All-Stars Take to the Street". IGN. http://games.ign.com/articles/577/577573p1.html. Retrieved May 4, 2009. 
3. ^ "IGN: NBA Street V3 (NBA Street 3)". IGN.com. http://cube.ign.com/objects/694/694254.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
4. ^ "Game Credits for NBA Street V3". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/nba-street-v3/credits. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
5. ^ "EA planning three-peat for NBA Street". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/nbastreetv3/news.html?sid=6103426&mode=all. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
6. ^ "NBA Street V3 for PlayStation 2 - GameRankings". Game Rankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/922030-nba-street-v3/index.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
7. ^ "NBA Street V3 for Xbox - GameRankings". Game Rankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/922031-nba-street-v3/index.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
8. ^ "NBA Street V3 for GameCube - GameRankings". Game Rankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/922032-nba-street-v3/index.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
9. ^ ^{a b c} "NBA Street V3 (ps2) reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/nbastreetv3?q=nba%20street%20v3. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
10. ^ ^{a b c} "NBA Street V3 (xbx) reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/nbastreetv3?q=nba%20street%20v3. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
11. ^ ^{a b c} "NBA Street V3 (cube) reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/cube/nbastreetv3?q=nba%20street%20v3. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
12. ^ 1UP Staff (2005-02-08). "NBA Street Vol. 3 Review from 1UP.com (PS2)". 1UP.com. pp. 1–2. http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3138292&did=1. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
13. ^ 1UP Staff (2005-02-08). "NBA Street Vol. 3 Review from 1UP.com (Xbox)". 1UP.com. pp. 1–2. http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3138288&p=3&sec=REVIEWS. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
14. ^ Mielke, James (2005-02-08). "NBA Street Vol. 3 Review from 1UP.com (GC)". 1UP.com. pp. 1–2. http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3138291&p=5&sec=REVIEWS. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
15. ^ ^{a b c} Colyaco, Bob (2005-02-08). "NBA Street V3 Review GameSpot (PS2)". GameSpot. pp. 1–2. http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/nbastreetv3/review.html?tag=tabs%3Breviews&page=2. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
16. ^ ^{a b} Colyaco, Bob (2005-02-08). "NBA Street V3 Review Gamespot (Xbox)". GameSpot. pp. 1–2. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/sports/nbastreetv3/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
17. ^ ^{a b} Colyaco, Bob (2005-02-08). "NBA Street V3 Review Gamespot (GC)". GameSpot. pp. 1–2. http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/sports/nbastreetv3/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
18. ^ Robinson, Jon (2005-02-03). "NBA Street V3 - PlayStation 2 Review - at IGN". IGN.com. pp. 1–4. http://ps2.ign.com/articles/585/585143p1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
19. ^ Robinson, Jon (2005-02-03). "NBA Street V3 - Xbox Review - at IGN". IGN.com. pp. 1–4. http://xbox.ign.com/articles/585/585139p1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
20. ^ ^{a b} Robinson, Jon (2005-02-03). "IGN: NBA Street V3 Review". IGN.com. pp. 1–4. http://cube.ign.com/articles/585/585144p1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
21. ^ "IGN PS2: Games, Cheats, News, Reviews, and Previews". IGN.com. http://ps2.ign.com/index/choice.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
22. ^ "IGN Xbox: Games, Cheats, News, Reviews, and Previews". IGN.com. http://xbox.ign.com/index/choice.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
23. ^ "IGN Gamecube: Games, Cheats, News, Reviews, and Previews". IGN.com. http://cube.ign.com/index/choice.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
24. ^ Tuttle, Will (2005-02-05). "GameSpy: NBA Street V3 - Page 1". GameSpy. pp. 1–3. http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/nba-street-v3/586177p1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 

External links

• NBA Street V3 at MobyGames
• NBA Street V3 at Xbox.com
• NBA Street V3 at Playstation.com