NBA Courtside 2002 GameCube DISC ONLY

by GameCube

Product Features

• Gamecube

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005S3TK
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,102 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The keys to a successful basketball video game are its controls, artificial intelligence, and pacing. NBA Courtside 2002 excels in all three areas, with only a few problems. One is the defensive AI, which often leaves itself open to dunks and fast breaks, and is generally a slouch when it comes to rebounds. This can be remedied with the higher difficulty levels, but that makes the computer a flawless shooter, even from behind the line.

The controls are good, but take some getting used to if you've spent a lot of time with other basketball simulations. Players use the C stick on the controller to pass the ball. No button pressing is necessary; just point the stick at the desired player and the ball is away. Unfortunately, this same system is used to select defensive players, and that can be difficult, especially if the action is moving fast and furious. The game does feature quite a few game modes: practice, exhibition, season, and even an interesting mode that takes place on top of the roof.

As you might expect, the player models are smooth, crisp, and photorealistic. The animations are detailed with nary a slowdown or glitch. Even the crowd looks good, and benched players are likewise in full 3-D. The audio isn't so impressive, however. Never have I heard such uninspired and slow commentary--it often seems to be describing plays from another game, or worse, talks about plays that happened 30 seconds prior to the current action. Not a game breaker, but definitely not as good as the competition.

NBA Courtside 2002, aside from the minor flaws described above, is still a stellar entry in the basketball fold and an asset for the Nintendo GameCube library. It's worth the purchase now, and with a few fixes, it'll be a real contender next year. --Bob Andrews

Pros:

• Fast action; good fundamentals
• Terrific graphics

Cons:

• Slow, inaccurate commentary

Product Description

The keys to a successful basketball video game are its controls, artificial intelligence, and pacing. NBA Courtside 2002 excels in all three areas, with only a few problems. One is the defensive AI, which often leaves itself open to dunks and fast breaks, and is generally a slouch when it comes to rebounds. This can be remedied with the higher difficulty levels, but that makes the computer a flawless shooter, even from behind the line.

The controls are good, but take some getting used to if you've spent a lot of time with other basketball simulations. Players use the C stick on the controller to pass the ball. No button pressing is necessary; just point the stick at the desired player and the ball is away. Unfortunately, this same system is used to select defensive players, and that can be difficult, especially if the action is moving fast and furious. The game does feature quite a few game modes: practice, exhibition, season, and even an interesting mode that takes place on top of the roof.

As you might expect, the player models are smooth, crisp, and photorealistic. The animations are detailed with nary a slowdown or glitch. Even the crowd looks good, and benched players are likewise in full 3-D. The audio isn't so impressive, however. Never have I heard such uninspired and slow commentary--it often seems to be describing plays from another game, or worse, talks about plays that happened 30 seconds prior to the current action. Not a game breaker, but definitely not as good as the competition.

NBA Courtside 2002, aside from the minor flaws described above, is still a stellar entry in the basketball fold and an asset for the Nintendo GameCube library. It's worth the purchase now, and with a few fixes, it'll be a real contender next year. --Bob Andrews

Pros:

• Fast action; good fundamentals

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bryant is on the Run!, January 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: NBA Courtside 2002 GameCube DISC ONLY (Video Game)

To tell the truth I really don't like KOBE BRYANT as a player but I give credit where credit is do. Courtside 20002 has the best graphics, tight crossovers, and awesome gameplay = it's just off the charts. I've played all of the courtsides, NBA lives, NBA 2k & 2k2 but Kobe Bryant's game takes the TIP. Courtside 2002 makes live and NBA Live 2002 and NBA 2k2 look...[weak]. You can play on a regular street court. The players look like they do in real life. Its goods as Vince Carters dunks, to Tim Duncan's spin, to Gary Payton and Eddie Jones defense, to Mutumbo's blocks, to Shaq's monster Slams, all the way to Jordan's Buzzer beaters and more. Clearly the best basketball game ever until Kobe Bryant makes COURTSIDE 2003.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Video Games Reviewer, February 20, 2002

By 

Mr. De Moss (...) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NBA Courtside 2002 GameCube DISC ONLY (Video Game)

Kobe Bryant: NBA Courtside 2002 is an excellent basketball game for the Nintendo GameCube. The game features a full NBA license with every team and basically every player in the league. The game features many different game modes: Quick Play, Arcade Play, NBA Season, and a skills mode consisting of a 3 point contest and practice mode. NBA seasons can be broken down into number of games for the season, number of games in the playoffs, minutes per quarter, trade deadline, fantasy drafts, and many many other features. One of the best features of this game is an excellent create a player mode. Courtside's create a player mode allows you to create a player by choosing their face, hair, height, size, and many other features all the way down to tattoos and the amount of tape on their fingers. Once the players are created, you have an allotted amount of points to divide up between many different categories such as: defensive, dribbling, passing, dunking, shooting, 3-point shooting, stealing, and many more. Once the players have used up their allotted point totals, you have to go into the regular game and use your newly created players and have them gain and build up more point for you to again disperse between the different categories. This feature alone makes the replay value on this game second to none. It is great to take your created players who are basically terrible at the start of the season and build them up into a great team. A full license, great graphics, great player control, tons of customizing options, and a create a player system that begs to be played over and over again, makes Kobe Bryant: NBA Courtside 2002 the best basketball game available for the Nintendo GameCube and a great game to add to your GameCube Library.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome basketball game, August 11, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: NBA Courtside 2002 GameCube DISC ONLY (Video Game)

i am a big basketball fan i this was my 3rd game for my gamecube it has awesome graphis and if you like to go hang time there is three on three street ball if you want to be in the game you can create a player looks face down to the littiest things then you are put in the free agents and all you have to do is pick a team you want to be on and go and there is three point compitions and if you do not think you are ready for the big time there is practice court were you can pratice at and if you want to see who wins the big chapoion chip then you can play the playoffs with your favorite team or play the whole season all the games or a few games and during the season or playoffs you can have a fansesey draft were all the players are free and you have to wait for the other team to pick and then pick the players you want i suggest you buy it or at least rent it Thank YOU For Reading Hope It Was Helpful