''NBA Courtside 2002'' is a
basketball
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video game developed by
Left Field Productions
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and published by
Nintendo for the
GameCube in 2002. It is the third and final installment in the ''NBA Courtside'' series and the sequel to ''
NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant'' on the
Nintendo 64
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.
Gameplay
The game features every player from the
2001-02 NBA season
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, each with his own unique stats, and has season and arcade modes.
The player can customize their team and players, from their statistical attributes to their names and faces. There is a practice gameplay mode as well as a mode to compete against other teams.
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Development
The game was first released in the United States. The European release followed three weeks later. Left Field, the developer, was not expected to work with Nintendo again after this release.[
The game's Brazilian release shipped with a fatal ]crash
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bug that partly resulted from the Brazilian GameCubes' use of the PAL-M
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system. Consequently, the system software for consoles released in that country was updated to automatically install a software patch
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for the game to fix the bug whenever it was loaded.
Reception
Overall, ''NBA Courtside 2002'' received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation
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website Metacritic
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.Famitsu
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'' gave it a score of 32 out of 40.IGN
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had issues with the game's artificial intelligence
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and GameSpy said the "Skills Mode" was "nothing to spend too much time on".Eurogamer
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'' described the game as having great depth and completely outclassing its competitor, ''NBA Live 2002
''NBA Live 2002'' is the 2002 installment of the ''NBA Live'' video games series. The cover features Steve Francis as a member of the Houston Rockets. The game was developed by EA Sports and released on October 30, 2001, for the PlayStation 2 ...
''.[ He wrote that the game highlighted what Electronic Arts was missing from their own basketball games. In addition to matching their statistical accuracy, Bramwell felt that ''NBA Courtside'' was a better simulation and offered an "arcade mode" that competed with the scope of the also-praised '']NBA Street
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''. Bramwell praised the graphics, gameplay, artificial intelligence, and ball physics. He had particular praise for the sound effects' level of detail.[
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References
External links
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2002 video games
GameCube-only games
Left Field Productions games
National Basketball Association video games
NBA Courtside
Nintendo games
GameCube games
Video games developed in the United States
Video game sequels
Multiplayer and single-player video games