NBA Street V3

NBA Street V3
Europe cover art featuring Baron Davis.
Developer(s) EA Canada
Publisher(s) EA Sports BIG
Producer(s) Shyang Kong
Designer(s) Daniel Erickson
Artist(s) Kirk Gibbons
Composer(s) Tim McKenzie
Series NBA Street
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
GameCube
Xbox
Release
  • NA: February 8, 2005
  • EU: February 18, 2005
  • JP: May 26, 2005 (GC)
  • JP: August 4, 2005 (PS2)
Genre(s) Sports, Action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

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. Baron Davis was in the cover for the game.

Contributing rappers to the Golden Age of Hip Hop, the Beastie Boys, appear as playable characters.

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 National Basketball Association 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. Its developing team largely consisted of the same people who developed SSX 3 and NBA Street Vol. 2.[3] 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".[4]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GCPS2Xbox
EGM8.83/10[5]8.83/10[5]8.83/10[5]
Game Informer9/10[6]9/10[6]9/10[6]
GameProN/A[7][7]
Game RevolutionB+[8]A−[9]A−[9]
GameSpot9.1/10[10]9.1/10[10]9.1/10[10]
GameSpy[11][12][13]
GameZone9.2/10[14]9.1/10[15]9.5/10[16]
IGN9.4/10[17]9.4/10[17]9.4/10[17]
Nintendo Power3.9/5[18]N/AN/A
OPM (US)N/A[19]N/A
OXM (US)N/AN/A9.1/10[20]
Detroit Free PressN/A[21]N/A
USA Today[22][22][22]
Aggregate scores
GameRankings87.76%[23]88.18%[24]87.77%[25]
Metacritic88/100[26]89/100[27]89/100[28]
Awards
PublicationAward
IGNEditors' Choice Award[29][30][31]
GameSpotEditor's Choice Award[10]

The game was met with very positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 88% and 89 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions,[24][27][25][28] and 88% and 88 out of 100 for the GameCube version.[23][26]

Detroit Free Press gave the PS2 version all four stars and called it "deceptively deep, graphically sharp and a beauty to behold in the hands of two skilled players."[21] USA Today gave the game three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying, "Style, style and more style sums up the presentation of EA's hallmark street franchise. The courts look authentic and D.J. Bobbito Garcia returns with more colorful play-by-play. The music is mostly classic hip-hop and rap artists like House of Pain and the Beastie Boys that fit nicely within the action."[22] The Sydney Morning Herald gave it four stars out of five, saying, "The game has never looked better with easily recognisable pro players and vividly detailed courts. But where this latest installment excels is in enhanced options and customisation for serious fans, while still offering pick-up-and-play access for those after a quick sporting fix."[32]

References

  1. ↑ Surette, Tim (January 5, 2005). "Mario to hoop it up in NBA Street V3". GameSpot. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Adams, David (January 5, 2005). "Mario Seen Dribbling, Peach Slam Dunks". IGN. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "NBA Street V3 (2005) PlayStation 2 Credits". MobyGames. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
  4. ↑ Thorsen, Tor (July 26, 2004). "EA planning three-peat for NBA Street". GameSpot. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 EGM staff (March 2005). "NBA Street V3". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 189. p. 116.
  6. 1 2 3 Reiner, Andrew (March 2005). "NBA Street V3". Game Informer. No. 143. p. 114. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Atomic Dawg (March 2005). "NBA Street V3 (PS2, Xbox)". GamePro. p. 84. Archived from the original on December 7, 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ Dodson, Joe (February 25, 2005). "NBA Street V3 Review (GC)". Game Revolution. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  9. 1 2 Dodson, Joe (February 25, 2005). "NBA Street V3 - PS2, Xbox". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Colayco, Bob (February 8, 2005). "NBA Street V3 Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  11. ↑ Tuttle, Will (February 8, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA Street V3 (GCN)". GameSpy. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ Tuttle, Will (February 8, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA Street V3 (PS2)". GameSpy. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ Tuttle, Will (February 8, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA Street V3 (Xbox)". GameSpy. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  14. ↑ Hopper, Steven (March 20, 2005). "NBA STREET V3 - GC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  15. ↑ Bedigian, Louis (March 10, 2005). "NBA STREET V3 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  16. ↑ Zacarias, Eduardo (March 14, 2005). "NBA STREET V3 - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 Robinson, Jon (February 3, 2005). "NBA Street V3". IGN. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  18. ↑ "NBA Street V3". Nintendo Power. Vol. 190. April 2005. p. 98.
  19. ↑ "NBA Street Vol. 3". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. March 2005. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  20. ↑ "NBA Street V3". Official Xbox Magazine. February 2005. p. 73.
  21. 1 2 Gardner, Omari (February 27, 2005). "'NBA Street V3' (PS2)". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on March 5, 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  22. 1 2 3 4 Scott, Jim (June 22, 2005). "'NBA Street V3' blends slick style, street grit". USA Today. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  23. 1 2 "NBA Street V3 for GameCube". GameRankings. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  24. 1 2 "NBA Street V3 for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  25. 1 2 "NBA Street V3 for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  26. 1 2 "NBA Street V3 for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  27. 1 2 "NBA Street V3 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  28. 1 2 "NBA Street V3 for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  29. ↑ "IGN.com Editors' Choice Awards (PS2)". IGN. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  30. ↑ "IGN.com Editors' Choice Awards (Xbox)". IGN. Archived from the original on December 1, 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  31. ↑ "IGN.com Editors' Choice Awards (GCN)". IGN. Archived from the original on December 29, 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  32. ↑ Wilcox, Mike (April 2, 2005). "New kid on the block". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
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