Madden 2006 and NCAA 2006 info - Page 3

Pumpy Tudors · 06-19-2005, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle

Yeah it was. Ryan Leaf was on the cover of the PC one I believe, so it was 98 or so.

Danny Wuerffel was on the cover of the last one. I believe Desmond Howard was on the penultimate one. I'm not sure about Howard. I know it was a Michigan player, but I can't remember which one.

Edit: Nope, I'm wrong. The Michigan player was NCAA Football 99, which wasn't released on PC. NCAA Football 98 might've been the only one for PC, and Wuerffel was on that cover, I'm pretty sure.

Comey · 06-19-2005, 10:42 PM

Anyone know of any trade-in deals for NCAA this year?

TazFTW · 06-19-2005, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Danny Wuerffel was on the cover of the last one. I believe Desmond Howard was on the penultimate one. I'm not sure about Howard. I know it was a Michigan player, but I can't remember which one.

Edit: Nope, I'm wrong. The Michigan player was NCAA Football 99, which wasn't released on PC. NCAA Football 98 might've been the only one for PC, and Wuerffel was on that cover, I'm pretty sure.

I have both version of NCAA Football for the PC. One has Danny Wueffel, the other was Charles Woodson.

CraigSca · 06-20-2005, 05:51 AM

Can anyone point me specifically to where someone says the dreaded 40% and below completion rate by quarterbacks has been fixed? I did a search last night and found an interview with one of the producers. The majority of the interview spoke of the new feature set while talk about previous bugs was fairly limited (understandably so). Even then, the fact that receivers dropped almost every ball last year was thoroughly glossed over. It gave the impression that the depth of the issue was no big deal to the developers or EA. I'm hoping that's not the case and would love to see an interview or early gameplay review that addresses this.

CraigSca · 06-20-2005, 07:22 AM

Dola - nevermind. I read this on MaddenNation - a report from some hands-on playing at E3:

"I don’t have much new to report on NCAA. Played a few games, and found it to simply be solid all the way around. Again, I had no problem with dropped passes…there were a few but this is college football – I can live with that. But it was not something that would alarm me and think the problem from 2005 wasn’t fixed.

As has been pointed out, the CPU plays very realistically. They aren’t afraid to establish a running game, and they don’t abandon it completely. They also have shown to be a bit more daring in their play calling. They fooled me on a goal line situation, running a fake option reverse, which went for the easy score because I had no idea they would do that. So that’s one more point I found to be very nice about the way it’s played. All they have are 1 player vs. the CPU for NCAA so we didn’t get a chance to play other people and see how things react in that environment."

Balldog · 06-20-2005, 08:11 AM

What bothers me is none of these guys that did previews last year ever mentioned anything about dropped passes in last year's games.

CraigSca · 06-20-2005, 08:58 AM

Yeah, that's true. I think it's the - "I played it for 10 mins syndrome." Certainly, after 10 minutes I had very little inkling my QB was going to complete 28% of his passes. Reviews after only a few days of playing time are filled with "ooohs" and "aaahs" because the focus is on new features. Only after severe gameplay by the purchasers of the game do these things come to the forefront. It's amazing, however, that the developers themselves didn't notice this during their own internal testing.

General Mike · 06-20-2005, 10:30 AM

I don't know if I want to waste $55 on this game.

msf518 · 06-20-2005, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by General Mike

I don't know if I want to waste $55 on this game.

You don't, just preorder it here for $34.97.

http://www.dvdplanet.com/product_lis...rmat=VIDEOGAME

CraigSca · 06-20-2005, 10:46 AM

Have you ordered from here before? It looks kind of suspect - the release date is incorrect.

msf518 · 06-20-2005, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

Have you ordered from here before? It looks kind of suspect - the release date is incorrect.

I've ordered once before from here with no problem. With the release date, I assume the worse that could happen would be that the game comes on the real street date instead of the one posted.

Free shipping too, and no tax for me at least, which is a bonus.

Eaglesfan27 · 06-20-2005, 12:13 PM

The release date is an interesting point of debate on several sites. Apparently that date of 6/28 is reportedly the ship date, but the game has a hard street date of 7/12.

CraigSca · 06-20-2005, 02:59 PM

That seems really odd that it would ship two weeks before release. For what reason would they do that? Does July 12 have some magical quality that ties in with college football that I don't know about? Otherwise, wouldn't it make sense either to ship closer to the release date or releast soon after June 28th?

Kodos · 06-20-2005, 03:13 PM

I've done a good job of ignoring the hype this year. We'll see what people think of the game before I get it this year.

Eaglesfan27 · 06-20-2005, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

That seems really odd that it would ship two weeks before release. For what reason would they do that? Does July 12 have some magical quality that ties in with college football that I don't know about? Otherwise, wouldn't it make sense either to ship closer to the release date or releast soon after June 28th?

I don't know. To me it would make sense that they would release it within a day or two at max after getting it into game stores. The debate on various threads has pointed to the fact that EA wants a universal street date so they can try to set records for the biggest single day launch (ala Halo 2.) The rumors suggest that this is a new test for Madden to do the same thing.

However, I'm starting to question the ship date of 6/28 since it hasn't officially gone gold yet.

CraigSca · 06-20-2005, 05:38 PM

Well..I'm hyped about it - even bought last year's Prima guide for $1.99

. If the game goes back to 2004 with the additional features and updated graphics, I'll be all over it.

NCAA is the only game I've ever had that I enjoy even when just watching the CPU play vs. itself. I'll sometimes just set up odd matchups to see what happens. My wife and parents think I'm nuts, but I just like playing what-ifs by setting up the game, watch real TV for a little bit, but then flip back to the game to get an update. I really, really love college football.

Is there anything better than waking up a bit late on a Saturday and knowing that the first games are just a couple hours away?!

Philliesfan980 · 06-20-2005, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigSca

Well..I'm hyped about it - even bought last year's Prima guide for $1.99

. If the game goes back to 2004 with the additional features and updated graphics, I'll be all over it.

NCAA is the only game I've ever had that I enjoy even when just watching the CPU play vs. itself. I'll sometimes just set up odd matchups to see what happens. My wife and parents think I'm nuts, but I just like playing what-ifs by setting up the game, watch real TV for a little bit, but then flip back to the game to get an update. I really, really love college football.

Is there anything better than waking up a bit late on a Saturday and knowing that the first games are just a couple hours away?!

Agreed. College Football (and Fall in General) is the best time of sports for the year. When you get a weekend that has meaningful college football, world series baseball, and NFL action, I consider myself in heaven.

MizzouRah · 06-24-2005, 09:28 AM

NCAA 2006 EGM's game of the month:

http://img40.echo.cx/my.php?image=651nt.jpg

CraigSca · 06-24-2005, 09:46 AM

According to "Bryan", the problem he had with last year's version was the visuals?! Good Lord, did he even play the game?

In watching a lot of the videos of gameplay, I see very few dropped passes - yay!

For some reason, this is the only game each year that gets a bug up my butt. I've been going to ign, gamespot, etc., for any news, video, screenshots. I couldn't really care less about new releases in general, but this is the one game that makes me feel like a 14 year old again, waiting for Christmas day to arrive.

mrsimperless · 06-24-2005, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

The release date is an interesting point of debate on several sites. Apparently that date of 6/28 is reportedly the ship date, but the game has a hard street date of 7/12.

Yes, if you preordered the game they will ship it out early and you should receive it by 6/28. However, you're not allowed to actually open and play the game until 7/12, just as the stores aren't allowed to officially give the game to customers until then.

Balldog · 06-24-2005, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by mrsimperless

Yes, if you preordered the game they will ship it out early and you should receive it by 6/28. However, you're not allowed to actually open and play the game until 7/12, just as the stores aren't allowed to officially give the game to customers until then.

Eaglesfan27 · 06-24-2005, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigSca

According to "Bryan", the problem he had with last year's version was the visuals?! Good Lord, did he even play the game?

In watching a lot of the videos of gameplay, I see very few dropped passes - yay!

For some reason, this is the only game each year that gets a bug up my butt. I've been going to ign, gamespot, etc., for any news, video, screenshots. I couldn't really care less about new releases in general, but this is the one game that makes me feel like a 14 year old again, waiting for Christmas day to arrive.

Same here. I'm spending plenty of time at Maddenmania and operationsports for new tidbits - much more time than I usually spend at either place.

Pumpy Tudors · 06-24-2005, 11:26 PM

The feature that's missing from NCAA is in-game saves. As bad as the receiving problems were in last year's game, if they just re-released NCAA 2005 with in-game saves, I'd pay for it. Yes, I'm a tool.

Eaglesfan27 · 06-24-2005, 11:46 PM

Yeah, I hate that they don't have in-game saves. It prevents me from playing unless I know I have at least an hour and a half.

Eaglesfan27 · 06-26-2005, 08:44 PM

Well, anyone who has been viewing the various websites such as operationsports, maddenmania, etc know that there has been a great deal of speculation about the release date being moved up for NCAA 2006. Now, Prima Guides has made their guide for NCAA downloadable on the web (for 9.99 which I'm not paying.) I'm actually starting to believe that the game might be released a week or more before July 12th

Pumpy Tudors · 06-26-2005, 10:04 PM

Does anyone remember how soon the strategy guide was out before release last year?

Eaglesfan27 · 06-26-2005, 10:06 PM

I don't remember, but most of the chatter on these sites say that it was only out a few days before the game (at most a week.)

Pumpy Tudors · 06-26-2005, 10:11 PM

Usually, EA will have a ticker up on the game's page saying "X days left!" There's no ticket this year. Maybe they have changed the date. How would we really know, though? I can't call the stores every days asking, "Got it yet? Got it yet? Got it yet?"

Can I?

Eaglesfan27 · 06-26-2005, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Usually, EA will have a ticker up on the game's page saying "X days left!" There's no ticket this year. Maybe they have changed the date. How would we really know, though? I can't call the stores every days asking, "Got it yet? Got it yet? Got it yet?"

Can I?

I'm sure people on operationsports, maddenmania, etc will post when it is finally out. I'll be sure to post on here when I hear that from there. Also, I've pre-ordered so presumably the store will call me.

Also, many people are saying the lack of the a ticker (which has never been there this year and was there last year) is a sure sign that EA is going to move the release date up. Madden does have a ticker saying it is coming out August 9th.

CraigSca · 06-27-2005, 07:13 AM

Wow - lots of conspiracy theories

. Heck, I'd love if it came out early, but I don't see why they'd do that. From what I've seen, the game will have very little competition on it's due date, so I don't see why releasing early would give them an advantage. In the long run, I can wait - in the short run I'll take it a few days early

!

illinifan999 · 06-27-2005, 09:41 AM

Damn this thread made me have a dream about the game being released early, and me playing it.

illinifan999 · 06-27-2005, 09:42 AM

And let me tell you, it was pretty freaking awesome.

ahbrady · 06-27-2005, 11:05 AM

Every year there is talk that this game, or just about any other game, will be released early, and it never is. Every year I get sucked into thinking maybe it will come out early this year. I'm trying to resist this year, but I guess I'm too optimistic.

Balldog · 06-27-2005, 11:14 AM

I don't care about the release date this year, I am going to do my best to avoid getting it until the last weekend in July. For the last few years the release has been the 2nd Tuesday in July, no reason to think it is going to change this year.

rexallllsc · 06-27-2005, 02:52 PM

It isn't listed as "Preorder" for xbox:

http://eastore.ea.com/shopping/brows...yword=ncaa2006

dervack · 06-27-2005, 03:00 PM

http://eastore.ea.com/jump.jsp?itemT...=13&iSubCat=13

NCAA® Football 2006
Get Free Shipping* when you preorder NCAA Football 2006 from the EA STORE. Just use coupon code "NCAA2006FS" during the checkout process.

It says right in the description for the Xbox version.

CraigSca · 06-28-2005, 07:26 AM

Oddly, on easports.com, the status has changed from "pre-order" to "limited" as of this morning. What the heck does that mean?!

CraigSca · 06-28-2005, 07:28 AM

dola - according to the site that means they have "limited supply" and the supply may run out by the time you order. Does that mean this puppy has been released?!

ice4277 · 06-28-2005, 07:42 AM

EBGames.com still lists the game's release for 7/11. I doubt it would come out this early.

CraigSca · 06-28-2005, 07:51 AM

I agree - just odd that the status would change on a day that many others have predicted will be the early release date.

MizzouRah · 06-28-2005, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

Oddly, on easports.com, the status has changed from "pre-order" to "limited" as of this morning. What the heck does that mean?!

It's also listed as a "current" release for the ps2. Probably a typo.

http://eastore.ea.com/shopping/produ...ctID=1119&AS=1

illinifan999 · 06-28-2005, 10:27 AM

This is probably one of the most confusing release dates ever. I'm reading everywhere from today to July 12th. Not gonna get my hopes up, but damn I wish they would release it at the beginning of June so I can stop wishing away half of my summer.

sooner333 · 06-28-2005, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by illinifan999

This is probably one of the most confusing release dates ever. I'm reading everywhere from today to July 12th. Not gonna get my hopes up, but damn I wish they would release it at the beginning of June so I can stop wishing away half of my summer.

Just called the Game Stop I reserved at...they said it's still July 12th, but to come on July 11th at 10 PM to get in line for the midnight release.

moriarty · 06-28-2005, 11:20 AM

I havent' gone through the whole thread (so sorry if this has been posted), but Operations Sports has their hands on a copy and are doing a Q&A (dated 6/28).

http://previews.operationsports.com/...ncaafb2006xbox

MizzouRah · 06-28-2005, 11:35 AM

NCAA 2006 for $34.97 + free shipping! Heck of a deal.. and I just might have to order it now.

http://www.dvdplanet.com/videogames....t=&cAlphaNum=N

illinifan999 · 06-28-2005, 12:43 PM

Everyone at maddenmania is saying they've called their Sam Goody's and the people are telling them it's being released today or tomorrow and that they're getting it in their shipments at 2. Guess we'll know in a couple horus or so if the release is being pushed up.

MizzouRah · 06-28-2005, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by illinifan999

Everyone at maddenmania is saying they've called their Sam Goody's and the people are telling them it's being released today or tomorrow and that they're getting it in their shipments at 2. Guess we'll know in a couple horus or so if the release is being pushed up.

Called mine for shits and giggles and they said it's shipping tomorrow and should be in sometime this week. Wierd..

I still want to hear some impressions first from some of you. I'm not making that 2005 mistake again.

Todd

samifan24 · 06-28-2005, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Called mine for shits and giggles and they said it's shipping tomorrow and should be in sometime this week. Wierd..

I still want to hear some impressions first from some of you. I'm not making that 2005 mistake again.

Todd

I guess I'm in the minority when I say I thought 2005 was ok. Granted I got it in December with my X-box and am not a big football guy to boot, but I found the game enjoyable nonetheless.

MizzouRah · 06-28-2005, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

I guess I'm in the minority when I say I thought 2005 was ok. Granted I got it in December with my X-box and am not a big football guy to boot, but I found the game enjoyable nonetheless.

Too many friggin dropped passes for my taste.. that after a stellar version 2004.

rexallllsc · 06-28-2005, 01:28 PM

This is the only console game that I still get "weird" about near the release.

06-19-2005, 10:42 PM	#102
Comey College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT via PA via CA via PA	Anyone know of any trade-in deals for NCAA this year? __________________

06-20-2005, 05:51 AM	#104
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Can anyone point me specifically to where someone says the dreaded 40% and below completion rate by quarterbacks has been fixed? I did a search last night and found an interview with one of the producers. The majority of the interview spoke of the new feature set while talk about previous bugs was fairly limited (understandably so). Even then, the fact that receivers dropped almost every ball last year was thoroughly glossed over. It gave the impression that the depth of the issue was no big deal to the developers or EA. I'm hoping that's not the case and would love to see an interview or early gameplay review that addresses this. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-20-2005, 07:22 AM	#105
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Dola - nevermind. I read this on MaddenNation - a report from some hands-on playing at E3: "I don’t have much new to report on NCAA. Played a few games, and found it to simply be solid all the way around. Again, I had no problem with dropped passes…there were a few but this is college football – I can live with that. But it was not something that would alarm me and think the problem from 2005 wasn’t fixed. As has been pointed out, the CPU plays very realistically. They aren’t afraid to establish a running game, and they don’t abandon it completely. They also have shown to be a bit more daring in their play calling. They fooled me on a goal line situation, running a fake option reverse, which went for the easy score because I had no idea they would do that. So that’s one more point I found to be very nice about the way it’s played. All they have are 1 player vs. the CPU for NCAA so we didn’t get a chance to play other people and see how things react in that environment." __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-20-2005, 08:58 AM	#107
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Yeah, that's true. I think it's the - "I played it for 10 mins syndrome." Certainly, after 10 minutes I had very little inkling my QB was going to complete 28% of his passes. Reviews after only a few days of playing time are filled with "ooohs" and "aaahs" because the focus is on new features. Only after severe gameplay by the purchasers of the game do these things come to the forefront. It's amazing, however, that the developers themselves didn't notice this during their own internal testing. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-20-2005, 10:30 AM	#108
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	I don't know if I want to waste $55 on this game. __________________ Boise Stampede Continental Football League Jacksonville Jaguars GM North American Football League Nebraska Coach FOFC-BBCF Rutgers & Washington coach Bowl Bound-BBCF

06-20-2005, 08:11 AM	#106
Balldog Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Macomb, MI	What bothers me is none of these guys that did previews last year ever mentioned anything about dropped passes in last year's games.

06-20-2005, 10:46 AM	#110
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Have you ordered from here before? It looks kind of suspect - the release date is incorrect. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-20-2005, 12:13 PM	#112
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	The release date is an interesting point of debate on several sites. Apparently that date of 6/28 is reportedly the ship date, but the game has a hard street date of 7/12. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

06-20-2005, 02:59 PM	#113
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	That seems really odd that it would ship two weeks before release. For what reason would they do that? Does July 12 have some magical quality that ties in with college football that I don't know about? Otherwise, wouldn't it make sense either to ship closer to the release date or releast soon after June 28th? __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-20-2005, 03:13 PM	#114
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I've done a good job of ignoring the hype this year. We'll see what people think of the game before I get it this year.

06-20-2005, 05:38 PM	#116
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Well..I'm hyped about it - even bought last year's Prima guide for $1.99 . If the game goes back to 2004 with the additional features and updated graphics, I'll be all over it. NCAA is the only game I've ever had that I enjoy even when just watching the CPU play vs. itself. I'll sometimes just set up odd matchups to see what happens. My wife and parents think I'm nuts, but I just like playing what-ifs by setting up the game, watch real TV for a little bit, but then flip back to the game to get an update. I really, really love college football. Is there anything better than waking up a bit late on a Saturday and knowing that the first games are just a couple hours away?! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-24-2005, 09:28 AM	#118
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	NCAA 2006 EGM's game of the month: http://img40.echo.cx/my.php?image=651nt.jpg

06-24-2005, 09:46 AM	#119
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	According to "Bryan", the problem he had with last year's version was the visuals?! Good Lord, did he even play the game? In watching a lot of the videos of gameplay, I see very few dropped passes - yay! For some reason, this is the only game each year that gets a bug up my butt. I've been going to ign, gamespot, etc., for any news, video, screenshots. I couldn't really care less about new releases in general, but this is the one game that makes me feel like a 14 year old again, waiting for Christmas day to arrive. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-24-2005, 11:26 PM	#123
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	The feature that's missing from NCAA is in-game saves. As bad as the receiving problems were in last year's game, if they just re-released NCAA 2005 with in-game saves, I'd pay for it. Yes, I'm a tool. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

06-24-2005, 11:46 PM	#124
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Yeah, I hate that they don't have in-game saves. It prevents me from playing unless I know I have at least an hour and a half. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

06-26-2005, 08:44 PM	#125
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Well, anyone who has been viewing the various websites such as operationsports, maddenmania, etc know that there has been a great deal of speculation about the release date being moved up for NCAA 2006. Now, Prima Guides has made their guide for NCAA downloadable on the web (for 9.99 which I'm not paying.) I'm actually starting to believe that the game might be released a week or more before July 12th __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen. Last edited by Eaglesfan27 : 06-26-2005 at 08:44 PM.

06-26-2005, 10:04 PM	#126
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Does anyone remember how soon the strategy guide was out before release last year? __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

06-26-2005, 10:06 PM	#127
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I don't remember, but most of the chatter on these sites say that it was only out a few days before the game (at most a week.) __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

06-26-2005, 10:11 PM	#128
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Usually, EA will have a ticker up on the game's page saying "X days left!" There's no ticket this year. Maybe they have changed the date. How would we really know, though? I can't call the stores every days asking, "Got it yet? Got it yet? Got it yet?" Can I? __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

06-27-2005, 07:13 AM	#130
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Wow - lots of conspiracy theories . Heck, I'd love if it came out early, but I don't see why they'd do that. From what I've seen, the game will have very little competition on it's due date, so I don't see why releasing early would give them an advantage. In the long run, I can wait - in the short run I'll take it a few days early ! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-27-2005, 09:41 AM	#131
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	Damn this thread made me have a dream about the game being released early, and me playing it. __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

06-27-2005, 09:42 AM	#132
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	And let me tell you, it was pretty freaking awesome. __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

06-27-2005, 11:05 AM	#133
ahbrady High School JV Join Date: Apr 2002	Every year there is talk that this game, or just about any other game, will be released early, and it never is. Every year I get sucked into thinking maybe it will come out early this year. I'm trying to resist this year, but I guess I'm too optimistic.

06-27-2005, 11:14 AM	#134
Balldog Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Macomb, MI	I don't care about the release date this year, I am going to do my best to avoid getting it until the last weekend in July. For the last few years the release has been the 2nd Tuesday in July, no reason to think it is going to change this year.

06-27-2005, 02:52 PM	#135
rexallllsc Banned Join Date: May 2003	It isn't listed as "Preorder" for xbox: http://eastore.ea.com/shopping/brows...yword=ncaa2006

06-27-2005, 03:00 PM	#136
dervack College Prospect Join Date: Jun 2005	http://eastore.ea.com/jump.jsp?itemT...=13&iSubCat=13 NCAA® Football 2006 Get Free Shipping* when you preorder NCAA Football 2006 from the EA STORE. Just use coupon code "NCAA2006FS" during the checkout process. It says right in the description for the Xbox version. Last edited by dervack : 06-27-2005 at 03:00 PM.

06-28-2005, 07:26 AM	#137
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Oddly, on easports.com, the status has changed from "pre-order" to "limited" as of this morning. What the heck does that mean?! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-28-2005, 07:28 AM	#138
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	dola - according to the site that means they have "limited supply" and the supply may run out by the time you order. Does that mean this puppy has been released?! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-28-2005, 07:42 AM	#139
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	EBGames.com still lists the game's release for 7/11. I doubt it would come out this early.

06-28-2005, 07:51 AM	#140
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	I agree - just odd that the status would change on a day that many others have predicted will be the early release date. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? Last edited by CraigSca : 06-28-2005 at 07:52 AM.

06-28-2005, 10:27 AM	#142
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	This is probably one of the most confusing release dates ever. I'm reading everywhere from today to July 12th. Not gonna get my hopes up, but damn I wish they would release it at the beginning of June so I can stop wishing away half of my summer. __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

06-28-2005, 11:20 AM	#144
moriarty College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: A negative place	I havent' gone through the whole thread (so sorry if this has been posted), but Operations Sports has their hands on a copy and are doing a Q&A (dated 6/28). http://previews.operationsports.com/...ncaafb2006xbox

06-28-2005, 11:35 AM	#145
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	NCAA 2006 for $34.97 + free shipping! Heck of a deal.. and I just might have to order it now. http://www.dvdplanet.com/videogames....t=&cAlphaNum=N

06-28-2005, 12:43 PM	#146
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	Everyone at maddenmania is saying they've called their Sam Goody's and the people are telling them it's being released today or tomorrow and that they're getting it in their shipments at 2. Guess we'll know in a couple horus or so if the release is being pushed up. __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

06-28-2005, 01:28 PM	#150
rexallllsc Banned Join Date: May 2003	This is the only console game that I still get "weird" about near the release.