NBA 2K11 Developer Insight: "Jordan Challenge" - Some Historic Teams Announced

[Steve_OS]

2K Sports has just posted their NBA 2K11 Developer Insight, written by Gameplay Producer Zach Timmerman, as he talks about the "Jordan Challenge" and a few other tidbits.

Quote:

"One thing that hasn’t really been mentioned in all the great coverage today, we spent a tremendous amount of time getting the Historic Bulls teams and their biggest rivals into NBA 2K11. We went out and got the rights to the actual players from each era and spent a ton of time capturing their signature shots, moves, and tendencies. So not only are we building you the perfect Michael Jordan in-game, we are also giving you some of the games great players from yesteryear such as Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Dominique Wilkins, and many others. With those guys in the game, it didn’t feel right without adding era specific commentary. I am sure the audio team will get into that more in a future Insight. For now, here are the Historic Teams that will be immediately available for you to play this year: 1985-86 Chicago Bulls 1985-86 Boston Celtics 1989-90 Chicago Bulls 1989-90 Atlanta Hawks 1989-90 Cleveland Cavaliers 1989-90 Detroit Pistons 1990-91 Chicago Bulls 1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers 1991-92 Chicago Bulls 1991-92 Portland Trailblazers 1994-95 Chicago Bulls 1994-95 New York Knicks 1995-96 Chicago Bulls 1995-96 Seattle Supersonics 1996-97 Chicago Bulls 1996-97 Utah Jazz 1997-98 Chicago Bulls 1997-98 Utah Jazz"

[supermati]

The Sonics!!

[KyotoCarl]

That's just an amazing Dev Insight article! I'm getting so stoked over this game!
They seem to have fully taken advantage of the Jordan name.

[kpax1º1]

Nice and those are only available immediately.

[ifriedrice]

Heck yeah. The historic teams are going to be awesome to use. We see Jordan's swagger in that short video, let's see how 2K handled capturing the Glove!

[ifriedrice]

Quote: Originally Posted by kpax1º1

Nice and those are only available immediately.

Hopefully not paid DLC for other historic teams, but if that's the case, I'm sure there'll be buyers. As a Laker guy, I'd want to use the 00-02 Lakers with fro Kobe and super Shaq.

[Sinner]

I can not wait..was getting it anyway but with this news and being able to play with the Historic Teams in any mode..im very excited. One thing that will need to be done for this to truely work right and capture those moments....they are going to need to have the crowd sounds on point. Not going to do any good if they have all this and the crowd doesnt respond accordingly.

[kpax1º1]

Quote: Originally Posted by ifriedrice

Hopefully not paid DLC for other historic teams, but if that's the case, I'm sure there'll be buyers. As a Laker guy, I'd want to use the 00-02 Lakers with fro Kobe and super Shaq.

What about codes?