NHL 2006

by EA Sports

Product Features

• Sports Sniper Stick - With a flick of the stick, pick your spot and execute brilliant signature shots while controlling the power and location of each shot. Create your own scoring opportunities and go to the net in style
• Realistic Puck Momentum (R.P.M.) means the puck is dangerous- hard shots can injure defensemen, shake up goalies in the crease, or knock water bottles off the net to add insult to injury
• Classic Deking Control - Movement on the ice is more intuitive as you skate and deke using the stick. Own the ice like the the glory days of the EA Sports classic NHL 94
• Fluid Skating Response - Feel what it's like to skate on an icy surface. Make smoother crossovers as you glide through turns with a more authentic response
• Create a player who looks like you with the new Analog body and facial sculpting controls -- now YOU can raise the cup!

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009Q2LNE
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 4.5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,911 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

From the Manufacturer

Take complete control of every scoring opportunity and become an offensive superstar with NHL 06. With the new EA Sports Skill Stick, express your shooting style and light the lamp with highlight reel moves of an All-Star. Using classic deke controls to skate past, around, or through defenders, and then rip the back of the net with pin-point accuracy. Get offensive and score like never before with NHL 06!

Features:

• All-New EA Sports Skill Stick: Create highlight reel goals by executing the signature moves of an NHL All-Star. With a tap of the right analog stick, drop the puck between your skates, fake out goaltenders with a between-the-legs shot, or puck the puck in the back of the net with a bat-in.
• EA Sports R.P.M. Physics: new Realistic Puck Momentum (R.P.M.) means the puck is dangerous--hard shots can injure defensemen, shake up goalies in the crease, ripple the twine, or knock water bottles off the net to add insult to injury.
• Classic Deking Control: Movement on the ice is more intuitive than ever as you skate and deke using the left analog stick to move past opponents and make goalies look foolish. Own the ice like in the glory days of the EA Sports classic NHL 94!
• All-New Momentum Skating: Feel what it’s like to be on the ice. A player’s speed and size now affects his momentum and turning radius. Generate momentum to initiate speed bursts then fly past opponents, leaving real-time ice trails in your wake.
• Creation Zone: Create a player who looks like you and get into the game with the new analog facial sculpting controls. Add black eyes, broken noses, and scars to put fear in the eyes of your opponents. Create an NHL team in your hometown and build a dynasty, or edit any player in the league with an all-new player editor.

Product Description

Take complete control of every scoring opportunity with NHL 2006. Express your shooting style with the new Sniper Stick - fire off pinpointed slap shots or execute sweet backhanders in a precise location with the flick of the right analog stick. All new decking control adds to your arsenal by letting you skate around, between, and through opponents while maintaining full puck control. Shoot and score like never before with NHL 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising!, September 27, 2005

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S. Miller "ksarrow" (Wichita, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NHL 2006 (Video Game)

So how do you release a new version of software based on a season that never was? For a program that is based on player statistics, I had serious questions about whether this was a good buy.
I play NHL 2005 almost every night. NHL 06 fixes everything that I hate about NHL 2005. No longer do you have to skate in and autodeke and use the right thumbstick to hope to get a crazy shot past the goalie. NHL 06 brings back real skating with classic deking with the left thumbstick!! So much easier and better gameplay!
The interface is completely overhauled. The initial speed settings were noticeably slower than NHL 2005 so I had to turn them up. Now you get special moves with the right thumbstick and star players can do the special moves.
The whole game experience is better. More commentary by the announcers, and its not too repetitive (unlike the VERY irritating NHL 2005). More TV-like graphic experience. One wierd thing is the instant replay sometimes down't seem to be quite accurate for player placement.
The team rosters show the current NHL rosters. Must have been difficult to turn it around that quick. Many of the teams are very different because of trades and the salary cap. I usually play as the Carolina Hurricanes. They are useless, especially Gerber, so I had to do some significant trades (I don't have to worry about salary cap, apparently).
So what don't I like? The goalie flops down too easy and stays down too long, especially Martin Gerber. Thye changed the checking model to have sensitivity of the Y-button. Now it seems like they don't hit very hard at all, even when I turn up the checking and agression. There is also alot of play in the puck handling, even at high sensitivity. I also don't like the music as much as NHL 2005.
Overall, I like this game very much. Not perfect, but much better than NHL 2005.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I miss Fantasy Draft, October 5, 2005

By 

Ashaman51278 (Rochester Hills, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NHL 2006 (Video Game)

This game is a blast. I had a lot of expectations after NHL 05 and they have met most of them. The realistic puck movement - where you can rock a slapshot off a player's body, and instead of them picking it up and bringing it back down the ice, they actually feel the sting and limp away - is awesome. The return of "on your own deking" is most welcome. With '05, you had to count on the thumbstick to beat the goalie. In '06 you are on your own. While there is very little that I would change, my two major beefs are the loss of the "big hit" and the fantasy draft. Half the fun of playing was knocking someone into the 5th row. In '06, the hits are wussy. You have to get a major-league running start, and you still don't get that much of a reward for it. Above all, though, I miss the fantasy draft. Being a fan of the game, my favorite part was creating a dynasty from lottery picks. It created some parity in the game and exposed me to some new ways of viewing my team. I'm hoping it is back in '07.
Overall, this is still a great game and a lot of fun to play.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as up to date as I hoped it would be., October 19, 2005

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T. R. Hobbs "guitarmusicfreak" (NC USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NHL 2006 (Video Game)

This is my first NHL video game and it is pretty good. There is a big difference between difficulty levels, but right now I am finding the medium difficulty level to be more fun (I quit my dynasty mode on easy after scoring 19 goals in one game). Anyway, some of the players are able to do ridiculous moves with the puck, and also what kills me is the fact that the glass behind the net shatters too often whenever you hit a slapshot past the net. Also, the rosters aren't as up to date as they should be. (ex. If you are a Hurricanes fan, you will be very dissapointed to find that they only have Martin Gerber and Jamie Storr as goaltenders and Cam Ward, the rookie, is not even on the game, even with players in the minors on this game. What I had to do to keep the other team from scoring so many goals is that I had to sign Curtis Joseph from the Free Agency list and they still will not change the Red Wings helmet into a Hurricanes helmet.) It would make it more interesting if there was a fantasy draft where you can pick your whole team from all the players on the game like in Madden NFL, but it doesn't have one. Overall, it's a decent game to play.

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