NBA Street Vol. 2 Retrospective
One of the greatest basketball video games of all-time – NBA Street Vol. 2. Released for the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft X-Box and Nintendo GameCube on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, EA Sports BIG made their sequel to the 2001 game even better than its predecessor.
Street Vol. 2 features all of the then-29 NBA teams in the game, with four different modes such as being able to play a pick-up game, NBA Challenge (where you defeat every NBA team with legends and current players with a custom team) and Street School, to learn the basic moves and tricks to the game.
In addition to these, this game has a great soundtrack, thanks to the 1992 Pete Rock and CL Smooth hit, “They Reminisce Over You.” It plays when you start the game and is considered “the song of the game.”
The game also features songs by Nelly “Not In My House,” Benzino “Rock the Party,” and Black Sheep’s 1991 hit, “The Choice is Yours.”
NBA Street Vol. 2 contains that old-school flavor, thanks to the game featuring three different versions of the legendary Michael Jordan (Rookie w/hair, 1996 Bulls and 2003 as being a member of the Washington Wizards).
Not only does it feature Jordan, but a whole bunch of legends such as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, “Pistol Pete” Maravich, Connie Hawkins, and Julius “Dr. J” Erving.
This game received a positive reception upon its release. BBC Sport declared, “The atmosphere of NBA Street is enhanced by an excellent soundtrack including hip-hop tracks from the likes of Nelly and Nate Dogg, plus various sound effects from the street – traffic, sirens, crowd abuse, etc.”
The International Men’s Magazine, Maxim even recommended to non-basketball fans by boasting, “even if you aren’t a hoops fan, there’s plenty of unintentional humor to appreciate: Seeing Yao Ming dunk on Bill Walton alone is worth the price of admission.” It received an 8/10 in its review.
The NBA Street series would last four more years, with 2005’s NBA Street Vol. 3 and 2007’s NBA Street Homecourt. While both were solid games, they failed to bring the hype of the second game.
I highly recommend everyone to at least try and play the game, especially young hoop fans. They will not be disappointed.
Plus, if you have a PlayStation 2, Original XBOX, and/or Nintendo GameCube lying around and don’t have this…YOU need to get this. It’s even more fun with four players!
While there are currently no sports going on right now, definitely pick this up!
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