''NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant'' is a

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video game developed by

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and published by Nintendo for the

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. The game was released in North America exclusively in 1999. It is the sequel to ''

Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside ''Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside'', sometimes mislabeled as ''Kobe Bryant's NBA Courtside'', is a basketball simulation video game developed by Left Field Productions and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. At the time of the ga ...

'' and features NBA star Kobe Bryant on its cover. Bryant also performed the motion capture for the game. A Game Boy Color version of the game was released at the same time, entitled ''NBA 3 on 3 Featuring Kobe Bryant''. The third and final edition in the ''Courtside'' series, ''

NBA Courtside 2002 ''NBA Courtside 2002'' is a basketball video game developed by Left Field Productions 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: ...

'' was released for the GameCube in 2002.

Gameplay

This game features rosters from the 1999–2000 NBA season. The ability to play multiple seasons has been added. New features include the ability to play a

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and additional options for creating a player from scratch. The game features improved

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helps to improve the realism of the gameplay. New dunk styles are possible to implement and enhanced motion capturing allows the no-look pass to be used during gameplay. There are more than 300 players and games can either be a realistic simulation of actual NBA action or a full-blown

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experience. Plays such as the isolation play, the

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, and the triangle offense can be called.

Reception

''NBA Courtside 2'' received "favorable" reviews, while ''NBA 3 on 3'' received "average" reviews, according to the

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website GameRankings.

References

External links

* * 1999 video games Game Boy Color games Left Field Productions games NBA video games NBA Courtside Nintendo 64 games Nintendo games North America-exclusive video games Kobe Bryant Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games based on real people Cultural depictions of basketball players Cultural depictions of American people Video games developed in the United States Video game sequels Black people in art {{basketball-videogame-stub