''Hoops'' is an

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that was released in 1988 for a Japanese audience and in 1989 for a North American audience. In Japan, the game is known as , which a part of "Moero!!" sports series. The game is set to be re-released for the

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platform in 2021. The game is done in a

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style with the player having a choice to disable or enable winners outs. No fouls are called. There is also an around the world mode that allows players to focus on making baskets without worrying about the charging, pushing, and traveling fouls that are found in the standard mode of play. Similar to

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the game features slow-motion sequences when the player goes for a dunk, though these can be blocked.

Reception

Contemporary reviews were broadly positive. '' Boy's Life'' magazine described it as offering "tough one-on-one or two-on-two action". A 1989 review for the ''Battle Creek Enquirer'' written by Matt Neapolitan praised the game as "one of the best basketball games for Nintendo. Retrospective reviews have been more mixed. Writing in 2002, video games historian Andy Slaven described it as "boring with predictable opponent movements". Brett Weiss, writing in 2012, described it as "old fashioned uta lot of fun".

External links

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References

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