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NBA Street Vol. 2 for Nintendo GameCube
NBA Street Vol. 2 for Nintendo GameCube centres on three-on-three basketball on street courts. You choose a team of NBA players, greats from earlier generations or basketball players you have created yourself. On offence, you look for space for a dunk, a long-range shot or a pass to an unmarked teammate. Dribbling tricks can knock a defender off balance. Still, it pays to watch the whole court: a free player near the basket can be worth more than another extra move with the ball.
Tricks and successful combinations earn you points towards the Gamebreaker meter. A Gamebreaker can raise your own score and take points away from your opponent. You can use this opportunity straight away or save it to prepare a stronger Level 2 Gamebreaker. That means weighing up when to try to extend a lead and when to keep playing for a bigger turnaround. When you lose possession, you try to intercept a pass, block a shot or grab a rebound.
In Be A Legend, you create your own player and build a team by winning matches and challenges. NBA Challenge pits you against NBA teams, while Street School explains the controls. You can also play a quick match locally with up to four participants. The small teams keep everyone close to the ball.
Region and language
Our Nintendo GameCube games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
NBA Street Vol. 2 for Nintendo GameCube includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of NBA Street Vol. 2
NBA Street Vol. 2 was released in 2003 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Electronic Arts published it under EA Sports BIG; EA Canada and NuFX worked on its development. The sequel built on NBA Street, which brought well-known basketball players to street courts. The premise remained a match with small teams, exaggerated jumps and tricks that had a value of their own alongside the regular score.
For this second instalment, EA expanded the roster with NBA greats from different eras. Names such as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Wilt Chamberlain therefore appeared alongside players from the league of the time. Mixing generations gave team selection a character of its own. Adding four local participants also made more ways of dividing the players into teams possible. The second Gamebreaker stage was another new feature: saving an earned opportunity became part of the decisions you made during a match.
Longer-term progression took shape in Be A Legend, where a created basketball player develops through street matches. NBA Street V3 followed in 2005, with a Trick Stick and, on GameCube, Mario, Luigi and Peach as well. Those Nintendo characters therefore belong to the later instalment. NBA Street Vol. 2 represents the series’ earlier approach, bringing together classic NBA names, a player of your own and careful timing of a Gamebreaker.
Similar games for Nintendo GameCube
NBA Street V3 expands street basketball with a Trick Stick, a dunk contest and more ways to customise players and courts. The GameCube version also features Mario, Luigi and Peach. NBA Street Vol. 2 keeps its own emphasis on combining NBA generations and saving a Gamebreaker for level two.
NBA Live 2004 takes place within regular NBA basketball, with full teams and a Dynasty in which you can stay with a club over a longer period. Team building and ordinary match situations have more room there. NBA Street Vol. 2 reduces the teams to three players and links standout moves to a meter that can change the score.
FIFA Street 2 also uses street pitches, small teams and tricks that prepare a Gamebreaker. You play four-on-four football and use the Trick Stick for ball skills and juggling. NBA Street Vol. 2 applies a related idea to basketball, where rebounds, blocks and passes above the basket give the attack a different rhythm.
Mario Smash Football has you switch quickly between attack and defence on a small football pitch and prepare special attacks. Items and forceful shoves influence teamwork there. NBA Street Vol. 2 shares the short distance between offence and defence, but builds its decisive moments through dribbling tricks, dunks and filling the Gamebreaker meter.
Sega Soccer Slam combines small football teams with distinctive characters, hard tackles and special shots. As in NBA Street Vol. 2, individual duels therefore remain important within team play. The basketball game uses established NBA names and its own trick system, while Sega Soccer Slam shapes its sport around fictional teams and football moves.
