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NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant

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1999 basketball video game
1999 video game
NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant
Cover art of the Nintendo 64 version
Developer(s) Left Field Productions
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Producer(s) James Maxwell
Programmer(s) John Brandwood
Artist(s) Robert Hemphill (Game Boy Color)
Composer(s) Chris Lamb
SeriesNBA Courtside
Platform(s) Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
ReleaseNintendo 64
  • NA: November 8, 1999
Game Boy Color
  • NA: December 7, 1999
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant is a 1999 basketball video game developed by Left Field Productions and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 exclusively in North America. It is the sequel to Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside and features NBA star Kobe Bryant on its cover. Bryant also performed the motion capture for the game.[1]

A Game Boy Color version of the game was released at the same time, entitled NBA 3 on 3 Featuring Kobe Bryant.

The third and final edition in the Courtside series, NBA Courtside 2002 was released for the GameCube in 2002.

Gameplay

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This game features rosters from the 1999–2000 NBA season. The ability to play multiple seasons has been added. New features include the ability to play a three-point contest and additional options for creating a player from scratch. The game features improved artificial intelligence helps to improve the realism of the gameplay.

New dunk styles are possible to implement and enhanced motion capturing allows the no-look pass to be used during gameplay. There are more than 300 players and games can either be a realistic simulation of actual NBA action or a full-blown arcade experience. Plays such as the isolation play, the post up, and the triangle offense can be called.

Reception

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Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GBC N64
GameRankings 69%[13] 76%[14]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GBC N64
AllGame [2] [3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly N/A8.25/10[4]
Game Informer N/A7.25/10[5]
GameFan N/A85%[6]
GameSpot N/A7.1/10[7]
IGN 6/10[8] 9.2/10[9]
N64 Magazine N/A87%[10]
Nintendo Power 6.6/10[11] 7.9/10[12]

NBA Courtside 2 received "favorable" reviews, while NBA 3 on 3 received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[13] [14]

References

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  1. ^ "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant | N64". Rarity Club. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Woods, Nick. "NBA 3 on 3 featuring Kobe Bryant – Review". AllGame . All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Nguyen, Cal. "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant – Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant". Electronic Gaming Monthly . Ziff Davis. 2000.
  5. ^ "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant". Game Informer . No. 81. FuncoLand. January 2000.
  6. ^ Buchanan, Levi (November 11, 1999). "REVIEW for NBA Courtside 2 [Featuring Kobe Bryant]". GameFan . Shinno Media. Archived from the original on May 21, 2000. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. ^ MacDonald, Ryan (November 16, 1999). "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant Review [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"]". GameSpot . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  8. ^ Harris, Craig (December 9, 1999). "NBA 3 on 3 Featuring Kobe Bryant". IGN . Ziff Davis . Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  9. ^ Boulding, Aaron (November 24, 1999). "NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  10. ^ Kitts, Martin (August 2000). "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant (Import)". N64 Magazine . No. 44. Future plc. pp. 66–69.
  11. ^ "NBA 3 on 3 Featuring Kobe Bryant". Nintendo Power . Vol. 127. Nintendo of America. December 1999. p. 164.
  12. ^ "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant". Nintendo Power. Vol. 127. Nintendo of America. December 1999. p. 156. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "NBA 3 on 3 Featuring Kobe Bryant for Game Boy Color". GameRankings . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
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