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NFL Street for Xbox Original
NFL Street for Xbox Original turns American football into a match with seven players on each team on a small field. You play in urban locations, without the full equipment and stadium setting of a regular NFL game. Running, passing and tackling remain the basics, but during a play you can also pitch the ball sideways to let a teammate keep running. A well-chosen pitch can open up an attack that has stalled. Every extra transfer, however, brings the risk of losing the ball.
Showy runs, passes and tackles fill your style meter. Once it is full, you activate a GameBreaker that temporarily makes your team much stronger. You therefore need not only to gain yards but also to decide when to take extra risks for style points. Quick Game puts you straight into a match. In Pickup Game you assemble a team from an offered pool of players. NFL Challenge starts with a created team that you develop through tasks, equipment rewards and improved attributes.
Up to four players can take part simultaneously on one Xbox, with a separate Xbox controller for each participant. This first NFL Street from 2004 has no online multiplayer on Xbox. The wall jumps and other additions from NFL Street 2 are not part of this game.
Region and language
Our Xbox Original 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
NFL Street for Xbox Original 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 NFL Street
Electronic Arts released NFL Street in early 2004 under EA Sports BIG, the label behind exaggerated sports games such as NBA Street and SSX. EA Tiburon, also known for Madden NFL, developed it. Official NFL and player licences provided recognisable teams and athletes, but matches moved from stadiums to streets, parks and other small playing spaces. The American release followed in January 2004 on PlayStation 2, GameCube and the original Xbox. This is the first game in the series.
The team translated American football into seven-on-seven without punts, field goals or extra-point kicks. Players take on both offensive and defensive duties, so assembling a team requires looking beyond a single specialism. Different field dimensions and surfaces change how much room you have to execute a play. NFL Street thus retained choosing an attack and reading the defence, but gave more weight to direct collisions, unexpected pitches and a ball carrier's individual movements.
The GameBreaker system followed the style rewards of NBA Street. Spectacular actions therefore became more than decoration: they helped strengthen a later attacking or defensive possession. NFL Challenge gave those short matches a longer progression with a team of your own. NFL Street 2 followed later with additional rules and movements. Those innovations are not part of this first Xbox edition, which supports local play for up to four players.
Similar games for Xbox Original
NFL Street 2 builds directly on NFL Street's seven-on-seven play and style points. The sequel adds moves using walls, among other things, making a playing field's edges a more active part of an attack. In the first game, openings mainly come from running, passing and sideways pitches. Both use recognisable NFL players outside an ordinary stadium, but the second game's additional movement options change the routes you can choose.
Madden NFL 2005 shares the team sport, NFL licence and selection of attacking plays with NFL Street. Madden, however, uses American football's more extensive rules and match structure. NFL Street reduces teams to seven players and removes the kicking game. The moment when you dodge a defender or pass the ball on consequently matters more than carefully managing a full stadium match with all its specialists and interruptions.
NBA Street Vol. 2 takes a similar approach to basketball: familiar professionals play on small courts and showy actions build a GameBreaker. The difference lies in possession and pace. Basketball lets you beat a defender with dribbles and passes before scoring; NFL Street repeatedly starts with a chosen play and another attempt to gain ground. Collisions and pitches make teamwork more physical and unpredictable.
FIFA Street also moves an official sport to small playing areas and directly rewards technical moves. In that football game you find space through dribbles, nutmegs and short passes. NFL Street instead asks you to understand the relationship between the ball carrier, receivers and blockers. A team can play spectacularly, but a missed tackle or risky pitch changes the attack immediately. The similarity is the emphasis on style; how you create an opening differs considerably.
Like NFL Street, SSX 3 comes from EA Sports BIG and combines sport with exaggerated movements and a clear reward for style. You perform individual snowboard tricks on a mountain, however, without organising a team. In NFL Street you must keep relating a personal action to what teammates and opponents are doing. A spectacular move is truly useful only if it gains ground or builds a GameBreaker at a sensible moment.
