NHL 2K10

by 2K Sports

Product Features

• A challenging AI system that that always puts up a fight on the ice.
• True to life simulated NHL action that will please hardcore hockey fan and those new to the sport as well.
• Choose between easy-to-use Wii Remote/Nunchuk, Sideways Wii Remote support, or plug in a Wii Classic Controller for three ways to play.
• Enjoy full online support for Wii, including multiplayer and multi-console match-ups, downloadable rosters, online leagues, tournaments, leaderboards and Team Up Mode featuring persistant created teams and regular pick-up games.
• Enjoy online voice chat capabilities via WiiSpeak and precise one-to-one control with WiiMotion Plus.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002DC8GLI
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3.7 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 15, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,412 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #3 in Video Games > Wii > Sports > Hockey
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Amazon.com Product Description

2K Sports NHL 2K10 redefines the sports gaming experience with a new emphasis on social gaming. Whether you're a die-hard NHL fan or a casual player, NHL 2K10's combination of pick-up-and-play controls ensuring accessibility, the game's true-to-life professional hockey authenticity and its variety of on and off-line multiplayer modes promise hours of entertainment for every gamer, regardless of experience level. Key Game Features Choose between easy-to-use Wii Remote/Nunchuk, Sideways Wii Remote support, or plug in a Wii Classic Controller for three ways to play. Enjoy full online support for Wii, including multiplayer and multi-console match-ups, downloadable rosters, online leagues, tournaments, leaderboards and Team Up Mode featuring persistent created teams and regular pick-up games. Enjoy online voice chat capabilities via WiiSpeak and precise one-to-one control with WiiMotion Plus.

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Product Description

NHL 2K10 Wii

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From a long time hockey gamer, September 26, 2009

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J. Marchant "Old School Gamer" (Springfield, MA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NHL 2K10 (Video Game)

Now I've ben playing video hockey games since hat trick for the atari 7800 so I've played a lot of hockey games in my time and in my option this one's pretty good overall. First off the graphics on the game are actually pretty good considering it's on the Wii. I mean after seeing the screen shots I agreed with most people that this looked like a psp game at best, but once I played the game it looked a lot more polished then I was expecting. (The only reason anyone might think it would look bad its because they're comparing it to the HD versions but I'm reviewing the game with the thought that you only have a Wii) As for the rest of the game the sound effects are pretty good and the music is ok though your opinion on this may differ based on your musical tastes. As for the game's control I played the game without the motion plus attachment but I found the game's control pretty good overall as my only gripe with it is the checking motion in the game as sometimes it checks and sometime it poke checks but it wasn't that bad. I also didn't look to see if you could change it in the options so that might not be a gripe. Sadly I didn't get a chance to play the game online so I can't comment on the quality of that. Overall though I found the game to a very good hockey game and easily the best hockey game on the Wii. The only thing I would recommend changing for people who play it is to change the game's speed setting since the default setting seems a bit slow to me for a hockey game. Other than that though I didn't have any things I would change about the game.

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hey I thought it was good, October 5, 2009

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LL (NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NHL 2K10 (Video Game)

This was my first time getting any nhl game for the wii and i was pleasantly surprised. I thought the controls were going to be akward and difficult but actually they were just the oppisite. skating and shooting were both easy and very fun, not to mention the fights, i loved every minute of it. Sometimes i would purposly do a low blow or high sticking to get into fights, what the heck, its what hockey is about. the graphics are good and superstar mode is amazing. All and all its a great game

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bad, then good, then bad again, December 17, 2009

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Greg Smalter (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NHL 2K10 (Video Game)

I've been playing hockey games since NHL '94, and have always mastered them. Initially, this game is a huge disappointment. Part of it is because there is a steeper learning curve than with other sports games, but mostly because the documentation is absolutely awful. The instruction manual is a joke, and often times just wrong, but mostly it leaves a lot of stuff out. According to the manual, it's possible to do more things on a faceoff with a game pad than with the Wii motion plus (it turns out you can do these things - it just doesn't tell you how).

Then, ONE WEEK into playing the game, I find, buried deep within the almost unnavigable menu system, a tutorial mode. This actually helps a lot. It would have helped a lot more if I hadn't suffered a week before finding it (I cannot stress enough how bad and undiscoverable the menu system is). After that, actually knowing how to play and all, the game is fun because you can actually win.

After a few weeks, though, you realize this game is awful for an entirely different set of reasons than those which made you think it was awful to begin with.

- Some options just don't save themselves. The only way I've found to save my camera settings is to play a season. Passing method (Flick, Stick Passing, or Pointer, which are never explained anywhere, but I like Stick Passing the best) NEVER gets saved.

- The game always asks you if you want to actually use the Wii Motion Plus you paid 20 bucks for. It always defaults to No.

- If your controller falls asleep, when you wake it back up, you've lost your setting for Passing Method (above). So did your friend. You now have to each individually pause the game to set it for your controller.

- The difficulty settings seem to have very little effect at all. Rookie is still quite hard. The hardest setting isn't noticeably different. Extreme custom settings don't even change the game significantly.

- It seems to suffer from Mario Kart logic, where if you get caught up ice, you can magically skate super fast back to defense. This is true even if speed bursts have been shortened or completely disabled.

- Whenever it shows a penalty replay, it shows the first penalty from that period instead of the actual penalty.

- There are a set of moves ('Ove' dekes) initiated by shaking the nunchuk, where the computer takes control of your player and does *something* on your behalf. This something could be shooting and scoring with a cool spin move, doing something dumb and never shooting, initiating some move that takes a few seconds longer than the time you have before you run into the goalie and lose the puck, or simply loses the puck for you. When the move you do sucks, it's frustrating, and when you score, it's not very fulfilling because you feel like the computer scored rather than you.

- You often accidentally trigger 'Ove' dekes when you get overly exuberant, and it ruins your play.

- Almost every time I switch players, the controller motion in my hand from pressing the A button registers as a poke check, which stops my player dead in his tracks and causes me to fall behind the play. I need to be consciously calm when switching players.

- The shots that go in are often a joke, even if you jack the goalie skill all the way up. One-timers from point blank range go in exactly as often as weak backhands from the point, it seems (I'm exaggerating slightly).

- It is impossible to play this game with friends. I play every week with my brother, and to this day he gets a rebound in front of the net and tries in vain to shoot, but for whatever reason he just can't (this player has a seizure but never lets the puck loose). Casual players will just get frustrated and give up.

On a positive note, this game has the best commentary of any game I've played. Weeks into it, I still hear things I've never heard before, and even the things I have heard don't sound annoyingly repetitive.

At the end of the day, I still sit down and play it, and I enjoy it when it's not frustrating me.

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