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So that's what Matt Casamassina meant.

 

[SantaC]

meant what

 

[Matlock]

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

 

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He mentioned something in a mailbag about Mario starring in a Basketball game.

Then he said: "It's not what you're thinking either".

Aparently, it was true.

 

[Shoryuken]

WTF :lol

 

[cvxfreak]

______ NPD

NBA Street V.3
GCN: 100,000,000,000,000
PS2: 400,000
Xbox: 250,000

 

[Mrbob]

Will Master Chief be in the Xbox version?

 

[M3wThr33]

Goddamn. I might end up getting this. Why couldn't Nintendo do this with Sega instead? It makes more sense with a Sonic and a Mario team.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

This is the only way to sell games on the GC.

 

[Deg]

Its not clear on the cover.

I guess it will sell well on GC now if true :lol

 

[Azih]

Hey it worked for Soul Calibur.

MARIO IS PLAYING BASKETBALL FO SHIZZLE.

 

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Matt Responds: Nothing official to report, but there's a rumor going around that some of the Mario characters may appear in an upcoming videogame basketball franchise. Not at all what you'd think, either.

Yep. Sales +100,000

 

[B'z-chan]

Damn EA is taking over the world shit. Where Mario and CO. in NFL street? or some other EA game.

 

[Shoryuken]

Now that I think about it would be pretty cool to cross someone up with Princess Peach. I think it would have been a better if they made more realistic "street" versions of the characters, oh well. This is a very odd announcement. I still don't think I'm going to buy any version of NBA street (although I have Vol. 2 for PS2)

 

[Hollywood]

Oh shit ... dream matchup ... Mario vs. Jordan? Who's got more hops?

 

[Deg]

Whats left for Mario to do?

 

[Fatalah]

This is the doing of that guy! ITS GOTTA BE THAT GUY! What's his name? Freddie?.....FREDDIE DID IT!
......Dewey did it! NONO.........WHAT'S HIS NAME?!


Oh god! That damn yelling American is selling Mario's soul! DAMN YOU DEWEYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bitwise]

Whats left for Mario to do?

die.

 

[Deku Tree]

Whats left for Mario to do?

The NFL street all star team?

 

[king zell]

no way :lol

 

[olimario]

If it gets this awesome series into the hands of Nintendo gamers then this is a good move.

 

[Deg]

i agree with Olimario.

 

[fugimax]

GOTY.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

If it gets this awesome series into the hands on Nintendo gamers then this is a good move.

It it takes the inclusion of a bunch of cartoon characters to get Nintendo gamers to buy a game then Nintendo has already lost.

 

[Grubdog]

Interest... rising. I have the original NBA Street on PS2, but skipped the second one because it looked pretty much the same, i'm thinking about getting this one for GC now, but I don't like how the characters look like wax figures.

 

[Donkeypuncher]

If it gets this awesome series into the hands on Nintendo gamers then this is a good move.

It would be sad if people bought this game merely to play as Mario. It might help a bit with sales but I don't expect a crazy increase.

 

[Deg]

It it takes the inclusion of a bunch of cartoon characters to get Nintendo gamers to buy a game then Nintendo has already lost.

You're just jealous. I bet you hate Link too!

 

[Amir0x]

Oh son of a bi--

 

[Deku Tree]

What I want to know is are they in some kind of a mini game?

Or are they a fully playable "Harlem Globe Trotter" type all star team?

 

[MetatronM]

WTF? :lol

What a weird news day.

 

[Soul4ger]

I'll be buying this now.

 

[xsarien]

You have got to be shitting me...

 

[Spiritreaver]

I'd really like to know how business was handled behind the scenes to make this happen. :lol

 

[ManaByte]

I'll still buy the PS2 version. EA Big games (SSX, Trickstyle, NBA/NFL Street) can't be played correctly on a Xbox or GCN pad.

 

[Mr_Furious]

This industry never ceases to amaze me.

 

[mightynine]

I can't wait to create a six foot tall white guy dressed as Mario.

 

[Bishman]

Sad if you ask me, it will only hurt Nintendo's image even more.

 

[Beezy]

Oh my god. This is fake right? It has to be fake.

 

[lexi]

Probably going to be shit, but I'll check it out, it would be fun, if done right. This is EA, though.

 

[shpankey]

i know EA really loves Nintendo. they always show the GCN as their platform for their sports games in their commercials (amazingly, considering)

 

[explodet]

Now all I've got to do is see is the television commercial and the hilarity will be complete.
:lol

 

[lexi]

i know EA really loves Money. they always show the GCN as their platform for their sports games in their commercials (amazingly, considering)

Fixed

 

[G4life98]

I would buy if only for the visual of mario dunking on somebody.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

i know EA really loves Nintendo. they always show the GCN as their platform for their sports games in their commercials (amazingly, considering)

I think that has more to do with a deal EA and Nintendo signed a year or so ago than actual sales or "love".

 

[Drensch]

This the only reason I'd buy this game at anything close to 40$.

 

[Ronin]

i know EA really loves Nintendo. they always show the GCN as their platform for their sports games in their commercials (amazingly, considering)

Sarcasm right?

 

[lexi]

I would buy if only for the visual of mario dunking on somebody.

:lol Touche, Sales + 1

 

[Bishman]

This is gay, someone get an interview asap and see who is the idiot who made this decision.

 

[Memles]

The question is...will there be a Mario Basketball mode, as in 6 Mario characters, that you can play separately, or will they simply be a team you face off with with normal characters.

Either way...oh my.

 

[mj1108]

WTF? :lol

What a weird news day.

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