Software:NBA Street Showdown

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NBA Street Showdown
Nba street showdown.jpg
North American cover art 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
SeriesNBA Street
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release
  • NA: April 25, 2005[1]
  • EU: September 1, 2005
  • JP: September 29, 2005
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

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, play King of the Courts, where your objective is to defeat a neighborhood street team in games and then in a challenge. Playing the team in shot blocker or playing them in a game without trick points are two challenges. You can play with all current NBA teams and previous teams made up of legendary players.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comB[3]
EGM6.67/10[4]
Famitsu30/40[5]
Game Informer7/10[6]
GameSpot7.7/10[7]
GameSpy3.5/5 stars[8]
GameZone8/10[9]
IGN8/10[10]
OPM (US)3/5 stars[11]
X-Play2/5 stars[12]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] In Japan, where the game was ported for release on September 29, 2005, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40.[5]

References

  1. Adams, David (2005-04-25). "EA Kicks, Slam Dunks PSP" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/25/ea-kicks-slam-dunks-psp. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "NBA Street Showdown for PSP Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/nba-street-showdown/critic-reviews/?platform=psp. Retrieved June 16, 2015. 
  3. Sewart, Greg (April 29, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083136/http://www.1up.com/reviews/nba-street-showdown_5. Retrieved December 18, 2019. 
  4. EGM staff (July 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (193): 118. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "NBA ストリート ショウダウン [PSP"] (in Japanese). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=10991&redirect=no. Retrieved December 18, 2019. 
  6. Reiner, Andrew (July 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". Game Informer (GameStop) (147): 127. Archived from the original on November 18, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051118170123/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/FE34CD19-4FBA-43C3-9B32-CF3F7BBEE7B8.htm. Retrieved June 16, 2015. 
  7. Colayco, Bob (April 26, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown Review". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nba-street-showdown-review/1900-6123042/. Retrieved June 16, 2015. 
  8. Tuttle, Will (April 25, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA Street Showdown". IGN Entertainment. http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/electronic-arts-psp-title-1/607482p1.html. Retrieved June 16, 2015. 
  9. Wrentmore, John (May 4, 2005). "NBA Street: Showdown - PSP - Review". Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006051004/http://psp.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r25587.htm. Retrieved June 16, 2015. 
  10. Allen, Jason (April 27, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/28/nba-street-showdown. Retrieved June 16, 2015. 
  11. "NBA Street Showdown". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (94): 79. July 2005. 
  12. Marriott, Scott Alan (August 18, 2005). "NBA Street: Showdown Review". G4 Media. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051224112422/http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/52311/NBA_Street_Showdown_Review.html. Retrieved June 16, 2015. 

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