Software:NHL Slapshot

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NHL Slapshot
NHL Slapshot logo.png
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesNHL series
Platform(s)Wii
Release
  • NA: September 7, 2010[1]
  • EU: September 16, 2010
  • AU: September 16, 2010
Genre(s)Sports (ice hockey)
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

NHL Slapshot is EA Sports' first ice hockey video game on the Wii, released in 2010.[1] It was the first game in the NHL series since NHL 2005 to receive an E rating, mainly because the game does not include fighting.

Game cover

Wayne Gretzky is the game's cover athlete. This marked the first time that the EA Sports NHL series featured a retired ice hockey player on the cover as well as Wayne Gretzky's first appearance on a cover of a video game since Gretzky NHL 2006.[1]

Hockey stick peripheral

The hockey stick peripheral for NHL Slapshot

A miniature hockey stick peripheral was released with the game, allowing (but not requiring) the player to insert the Wii Remote and its Nunchuk attachment and simulate playing with a real hockey stick.[1][2]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic76/100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comB[4]
G43/5 stars[5]
Game Informer7/10[6]
GameSpot8/10[7]
GamesRadar+4/5 stars[8]
GameTrailers6.9/10[9]
GameZone6.5/10[10]
IGN8/10[11]
Nintendo Power6/10[12]
Nintendo World Report8/10[13]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3]

See also

  • NHL 11, another ice hockey video game by EA Sports, released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
  • NHL 2K11, another ice hockey video game, by 2K Sports for the Wii and iOS

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tilley, Steve (May 29, 2010). "Great One getting back in the game". Slam! Sports. Canoe.ca. http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Hockey/News/2010/05/28/14173601.html. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  2. [1][|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 "NHL Slapshot for Wii Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/nhl-slapshot/critic-reviews/?platform=wii. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 
  4. Bailey, Kat (September 10, 2010). "NHL Slapshot Review". http://www.1up.com/reviews/nhl-slapshot-review. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  5. Thomsen, Michael (September 14, 2010). "NHL Slapshot Review for Wii". G4TV. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150102061941/http://www.g4tv.com/games/wii/63946/nhl-slapshot/review/. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  6. Bertz, Matt (September 7, 2010). "NHL Slapshot". Game Informer. http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nhl_slapshot/b/wii/archive/2010/09/07/nhl-slapshot-review-swimming-in-its-skates.aspx. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  7. Todd, Brett (September 7, 2010). "NHL Slapshot Review". http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nhl-slapshot-review/1900-6275361/. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  8. Grisham, Richard (September 8, 2010). "NHL Slapshot review". GamesRadar. http://www.gamesradar.com/nhl-slapshot-review/. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  9. "NHL Slapshot Review". GameTrailers. September 13, 2010. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012173230/http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/1bd7bs/nhl-slapshot-review. Retrieved May 15, 2016. 
  10. Splechta, Mike (September 27, 2010). "NHL Slapshot review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101001220205/http://wii.gamezone.com/reviews/item/nhl_slapshot_review. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  11. Harris, Craig (August 30, 2010). "NHL Slapshot Review". http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/08/30/nhl-slapshot-review. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 
  12. "NHL Slapshot". Nintendo Power 259: 89. October 2010. 
  13. Ronaghan, Neal (October 10, 2010). "NHL Slapshot". Nintendo World Report. http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/24248/nhl-slapshot-wii. Retrieved July 5, 2015. 

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