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Amazon Maximum Age: 17 years
Amazon Minimum Age: 96 months
Binding: Video Game
EAN: 0045496390204
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
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Platform: GameCube
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Sales Rank: 13959
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The keys to a successful basketball video game are its controls, artificial intelligence, and pacing. NBA Courtside 2002 excels in all three areas, with only a few problems. One is the defensive AI, which often leaves itself open to dunks and fast breaks, and is generally a slouch when it comes to rebounds. This can be remedied with the higher difficulty levels, but that makes the computer a flawless shooter, even from behind the line.
The controls are good, but take some getting used to if you've spent a lot of time with other basketball simulations. Players use the C stick on the controller to pass the ball. No button pressing is necessary; just point the stick at the desired player and the ball is away. Unfortunately, this same system is used to select defensive players, and that can be difficult, especially if the action is moving fast and furious. The game does feature quite a few game modes: practice, exhibition, season, and even an interesting mode that takes place on top of the roof.
As you might expect, the player models are smooth, crisp, and photorealistic. The animations are detailed with nary a slowdown or glitch. Even the crowd looks good, and benched players are likewise in full 3-D. The audio isn't so impressive, however. Never have I heard such uninspired and slow commentary--it often seems to be describing plays from another game, or worse, talks about plays that happened 30 seconds prior to the current action. Not a game breaker, but definitely not as good as the competition.
NBA Courtside 2002, aside from the minor flaws described above, is still a stellar entry in the basketball fold and an asset for the Nintendo GameCube library. It's worth the purchase now, and with a few fixes, it'll be a real contender next year. --Bob Andrews
Pros: - Fast action; good fundamentals
Amazon.com Review:
The keys to a successful basketball video game are its controls, artificial intelligence, and pacing. NBA Courtside 2002 excels in all three areas, with only a few problems. One is the defensive AI, which often leaves itself open to dunks and fast breaks, and is generally a slouch when it comes to rebounds. This can be remedied with the higher difficulty levels, but that makes the computer a flawless shooter, even from behind the line.
The controls are good, but take some getting used to if you've spent a lot of time with other basketball simulations. Players use the C stick on the controller to pass the ball. No button pressing is necessary; just point the stick at the desired player and the ball is away. Unfortunately, this same system is used to select defensive players, and that can be difficult, especially if the action is moving fast and furious. The game does feature quite a few game modes: practice, exhibition, season, and even an interesting mode that takes place on top of the roof.
As you might expect, the player models are smooth, crisp, and photorealistic. The animations are detailed with nary a slowdown or glitch. Even the crowd looks good, and benched players are likewise in full 3-D. The audio isn't so impressive, however. Never have I heard such uninspired and slow commentary--it often seems to be describing plays from another game, or worse, talks about plays that happened 30 seconds prior to the current action. Not a game breaker, but definitely not as good as the competition.
NBA Courtside 2002, aside from the minor flaws described above, is still a stellar entry in the basketball fold and an asset for the Nintendo GameCube library. It's worth the purchase now, and with a few fixes, it'll be a real contender next year. --Bob Andrews
Pros: - Fast action; good fundamentals
- Terrific graphics
Cons: - Slow, inaccurate commentary
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Considering it's the game from 2002, it's not TOO bad...wouldn't pay $40 for it, but my mom got it for $5 and it was well worth it...
Rating:  -
The game is well worth what we paid for it!
I even like playing the game with my kids.
Rating:  -
NBA Courtside's an entertaining game, a very easy game to learn and play. The biggest drawback of this game is that it's just too simple. There's practically no skill involved in playing this game. There's very little control over dunks, blocks, shooting, and everything else.
The players and their likenesses are in the game, but in terms of skill and everything else, it's just not there. Players' real-life talents and abilities are not relfected in the game, with the exception of ... Read More
Rating: -
While this game may be pretty fun, other companys offer so much more and for so much less. This is the prime reason this game was overlooked. If you're looking to buy this, then go buy NBA 2k3 instead. It's waaaay better.
Rating:  -
this game is the absolute worst game i've ever played bcause...
Pros:
There are none
Cons:
Players make imposible dunks
Graphics are horible
Slow gameplay
Fans are real wierd( they take your attention of the game)
overall the game is real bad
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