http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/246574.asp

http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=7271

Righto. :blink:

Well, I guess this could count as Mario Basketball! :P

I was pretty impressed with NBA Street Vol. 2 and with the added inclusion of Mario characters this definitely also looks like a worthwhile purchase.

Abit of a gimmick?
Does ther XBOX version have Master Chief? :P

LOL, now THAT would be funny! :lol:

And somehow I can imagine it happening...maybe it's cause of all those promo's of a guy in a MC suit playing with football teams. :blink:

That's kind of funny :P It's nice to see them add a nice touch, and I guess it's good to see Ninty getting in bed with EA a bit more.

...
Hang on, Ea. Disregard that previous comment.

*reaches for the vomit bucket* :argh:

Nintendo are better than that, why have Mario and Luigi in an EA GAME? Blasphamy, Nintendo :P

How will a 4ft tall plump plumber play vs a 6'5" NBA athlete? :lol:

You've seen Mario jump, I think he'll do fine. :)

*makes mario jumping sound*

He does those spin jumps off Sunshine and that's his signature dunk! :)

There was rumours of a Mario basketball game, this could be it, I suppose it's cool to allow appropriate developers to handle such a game, the NBA Street games are pretty cool so at least it would actually be a decent basketball experience with Mario characters.

If anybody's got NBA Street Vol 2, and live in the Melbourne area, then I'd be very interested in taking it off their hands.

IGN is stating that you play as Mario, Luigi and Peach, and that there's one Mazza themed court.

I CAN'T WAIT!

I have a copy of NBA Street Vol. 2 but I live in the Adelaide area. :P

I was thinking of selling/trading it and upgrading when Vol. 3 is released.

Wouldn't Mario seem out of place here?
Colorful cartoon characters vs. realistic detailed human characters...
:unsure:

Space Jam Worked- Right?


:lol:

:D Man that was a cool movie!
...still, the idea of Mario vs. Mr.Doe is strange..

Yeah it is strange, but such strategies have worked before. Hell the implementation of Link in the GCN version of Soul Calibur II was arguably the reason it sold more than the PS2 and Xbox versions. Although I suppose Link fits in the SC universe much more than Mario fits in the NBA, but yeah it's something that has got a lot of peoples attention.

Soul Calibur II sold more on GCN? :huh:
Wow! I didn't know any GCN games sold more than any Playstation or Xbox games! (other than comparing crap titles to Metroid obviously)
Not that I don't love Nintendo, but well we all know the sales story.

Maybe because the controlling was better and...
eh, who am I kidding, it was all Link. <_<

Actually, I thought link was a little nancy boy, and had I bought my Xbox at the time it came out, I would've gone with spawn any day.

Heh, I was happy with the inclusion of Link, and didnt really care much for the other exclusive characters in the other versions, however I of course understood that SC is awesome anyway :) .


Ahem, but yeah Link's popularity is indeed at a grand scale for it to be probably the reason of the GCN versions huge success, possibly Mario and the gang can do the same for NBA...

Well NBA Street Vol2 was an excellent game, and i'm dissapointed at the prospect that I won't have the time to enjoy this title, especially with the inclusion of our favourite gang.

IGN have posted some videos of the All-Stars in action:
http://media.cube.ign.com/media/694/694254/vids_1.html

They look pretty funny actually, beating the huge NBA players. :lol:

That looked pretty cool. :P
But really, it wouldn't interest me if it didn't have Mario characters so in that respect I won't be getting the game*

*Because EA are evil :P

Mario and company just don't look right in NBA Street V3. It's kinda funny though.

When it comes to Volume 3. That's almost agiven, after Volume 2 there's probably no excuse not to pick it up. I'm sure it will exceed all expectations - for me anyway. I'm still a sucka for some 4 player street action.

Ah crap, who am I kidding, i'll be buying this one for sure.

Although, that annoying ass MC is still in it.

"Banana loopy"?! How about you shut the fuck up, DAWG!

Well, 9.4 on IGN. I know, I know, IGN aren't that great, but 9.4! Surely it can't be completely shit!

I'm just looking forward to a decent, ONE-PLAYER sports title, which isn't over in a few days - from the review at IGN this sounds like Vol 3 will give me this.

Still, IGN gave NFL Street a 9.1, or something, and I felt that it was completely average...

I'm definitely going to get this and if I can't get rid of Vol. 2 beforehand I'll probably just trade it in and another game at EB.

Going by online stores it seems that the GCN version isn't being released in Australia, since the Xbox & PS2 versions have a date, but there is nothing for the GCN? This is probably because sports titles on the GCN sell very poorly in Australia, however given the inclusion of Mario in the game, you'd think that they would give this one a chance.

Same thing happened with Def Jam: Fight for NY.

Time to import then Borg. Mwuhahhaha, it's all coming together...

:lol: Well I don't want this game anyway, I just thought it was worth mentioning.

You know beastie boys are in it too. Kinda like def jam versions - much bigger than in real life, doing unrealistic stuff.
I'm not a fan of gimicky cameos, but I must admit that mario, luigi, peach and the beastie boys are a better inclusion than Nelly ala NBA street vol 2.

Well its a very good game(my fav out of the NBA Street series) but I dont think it counts as a mario basketball. It need the best guy in the Super Smash Bros., Falco!

Uh, this thread is like 6 months old. >_>

And i still OWN the game. Plus theres no threads on new games anyways. why not go retro?