NBA Street Showdown
NBA Street Showdown is a basketball game for the PlayStation Portable developed by Canadian studio Team Fusion. It was released in 2005, and is the fourth game in the NBA Street series and the first to be portable. It features the gameplay elements of NBA Street Vol. 2, but the presentation of NBA Street V3. The game primarily features minigames, shot blocker and arcade shootout, as well as quick game modes. You can play head to head in all of these through ad hoc mode. To unlock courts you play King of the Courts where your objective is to beat a local street team in games, then beat them in a challenge. Some of the challenges are playing the team in shot blocker, or playing them in a game with no trick points. You can play with all current NBA teams and previous teams made up of legendary players.
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cover featuring LeBron James | |
Developer(s) | Team Fusion |
Publisher(s) | EA Sports BIG |
Director(s) | Jez Sherlock |
Producer(s) | Joel Manners |
Designer(s) | Kevin Chorney |
Programmer(s) | Craig Hall |
Artist(s) | Todd Pollich |
Series | NBA Street |
Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Sports game |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 75/100[1] |
Publication | Score |
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1Up.com | B[2] |
EGM | 6.67/10[3] |
Famitsu | 30/40[4] |
Game Informer | 7/10[5] |
GameSpot | 7.7/10[6] |
GameSpy | [7] |
GameZone | 8/10[8] |
IGN | 8/10[9] |
OPM (US) | [10] |
X-Play | [11] |
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] In Japan, where the game was ported for release on September 29, 2005, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40.[4]
References
- "NBA Street Showdown for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- Sewart, Greg (April 29, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". 1UP.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- EGM staff (July 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 193. Ziff Davis. p. 118.
- "NBA ストリート ショウダウン [PSP]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- Reiner, Andrew (July 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". Game Informer. No. 147. GameStop. p. 127. Archived from the original on November 18, 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- Colayco, Bob (April 26, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- Tuttle, Will (April 25, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA Street Showdown". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- Wrentmore, John (May 4, 2005). "NBA Street: Showdown - PSP - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- Allen, Jason (April 27, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- "NBA Street Showdown". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 94. Ziff Davis. July 2005. p. 79.
- Marriott, Scott Alan (August 18, 2005). "NBA Street: Showdown Review". X-Play. G4 Media. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2015.