NBA JAM

coming soon on wii
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2308826582_7019a51480.jpg

c&p'd from GAF:

- 2 Modes, 1 is called Classic Campaign, plays pretty much identical to previous NBA Jams, 3v3, no rules other than shot clock and goaltending. The other is called Remix Tour, which is different, changing the core mechanics, rule tweaks, and camera tweaks etc. The devs didnt want to go into detail on the Remix Tour mode yet.

- Theres tons of new dunks, a new spin move that can evade the shove move.

- The faces are actual photograph captures, each character has multiple faces, 3 faces while running the court, 2 dunk faces, and a positive and negative face. (Looks hilarious.
Basically its 3d bodies with 2d heads)

- Option of motion controls or holding the wiimote sideways. Didnt see any mention of the Classic Controller

- NP provided a checklist of what is in the game:

Fire
Shattering Backboard
Cheats
Flashing Shoes
Flashing ball
Big Head Mode
Legends
Playable Mascots
Secret Characters

I love that pic of Hillary!

I just played this in emulation this morning, but it's not much fun on a keyboard. I always wondered why they didn't keep updating it; it was the funnest sports game ever, up there with College Football 97 for Genesis. I still look for basketball vgs with as much arcadey stoopidity as this one but they're too damn complicated (Street I'm looking at you).

yeah I'm hoping because this is on wii that it'll be as straight up arcadey as the original jam

looks... really good
http://www.pastapadre.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/nbajamscan.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEIyJ33izE

nash & stoudemire yes pls

miller & schrempf 4 all time tho

it'd be great if they were able to license some of the older players so you could have classic NBA JAM teams

used to love this game...

"HE'S ON FIRE...."....."from DOWNTOWN" etc etc

BOOM SHAKALAKA!

http://nba-jam.easports.com/home.action

May as well get this out of the way..

He's on fire!
He's heating up!
BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!
Ugly shot!
Ugly shot!
Ugly shot!
For three!
JAMS it in!
Wide open!
From downtown!
At the buzzer!

STOLEN!

OH MY!

<3

THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN!

Earlier I was looking up NBA Jam catchphrases to make sure I didn't miss anything ("hello ladeeez, this is how ZS rolls during the afternoon"), and came upon a list of things that the announcer says in the Genesis version. And I noticed that a few of them aren't in the SNES version (which was the one I played). Here's the list:

Boom Shaka Laka! - (my personal favorite!)
Can't buy a bucket!
For two!
Grabs the rebound!
He's heating up!
He's on fire!
Head fake
Hello!
Is it the shoes?
It's a turnover!
Jams it in!
Oh my!
Puts up a brick!
Rejected!
Swish!
The nail in the coffin!

Oh, the "(my personal favorite!)" was in the guy's list. My personal favorite has gotta be "FROM DOWNTOWN!!"

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hope that's for real

This looks awesome. NBA Jib Jab Jam.

emphatically do want

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2445/jam.jpg
This is my Jam. I played Richmond

I was always Charlotte (Larry Johnson + Alonzo Mourning)

Or Phoenix (Barkley + K Johnson)

Malone and Stockton was essentially unbeatable if Stockton got the rebound.

it was always great watching someone blindly pick the Bulls and then realize that MJ wasn't available.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb125/XiaNaphryz/f20eb5925bd73fa5833811aebe557ad5.gif

This is a Wii game? Why does it look so good?

why does it look so amazing
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-nba-jam/63072?type=flv

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc45/snesfreak/neogaf/NBAJam-bish2.gif

Guesses on who the unlockable celeb players will be this time around?

Used to be Adrock, George Clinton, Snoop, Hillary Clinton, Spud Webb, can't remember who else

Obama? Adam Sandler? Lil Wayne?

glenn beck

drake.

tay zonday

BIG HOOS

you can unlock lee ranaldo and thurston moore in the og nba jam?!

can we talk about how its some bullshit that this game was supposed to be like $15 dlc but once nba elite got flushed down the shitter it turned into a $50 release?

I paid $30 for it. Well worth it. Basically it is a lot like the new Mario/DKC games in that it's very mindful of what made the originals so great. Very addictive and super fun. Right now I play as Brandon Jennings (because I'm a homer) and do alright. The Heat are absolutely ridiculous. They are like the modern version of the Madden 04 Eagles.

https://www.si.com/longform/2017/nba-jam-oral-history/index.html

this oral history is killing me. I knew it was insanely popular, but this was crazy

Fun read. I was kinda irrationally angry at the NBA licensing person initially refusing to give it a thumbs up because arcade machines were only in disreputable locations. Pretty wtf/clueless opinion to have in the early 90s.

he's heating up!