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

[STLRams]

This is great news out the gates, I wonder what the next Developer Insight will be about.

[jd@os]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mecca_G

Wow....no showtime Lakers??? IM HURT

'91 Lakers will have to do, although you're right--by that time the show had slowed a little bit from the mid to late '80s.

[KyotoCarl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mecca_G

Wow....no showtime Lakers??? IM HURT

Jordan never had any real classic games against the Lakers during the 80's. Come 91, everyone were hyping the Jordan-Magic matchup. This is what the NBA got and this is what we get.

[umfrumDC]

Quote: Originally Posted by TalenT

This could quite possibly be the illest thing ever. I may never have to buy another basketball game. I'm amped!

I think so too... with mj on the cover 2k has no choice but to bring their a++ game to the table. I think they should include the original Dream Team and the Redeem Team... That is a matchup we all wish we could watch... I think other teams will be announced after release as dlc content... so 94-95 rockets and 93 suns fans should be easy. Its just 2 early 2 announce all the squads right now, long story short Im pre ordering this one and I never do for any game.

[jd@os]

Quote: Originally Posted by umfrumDC

I think so too... with mj on the cover 2k has no choice but to bring their a++ game to the table. I think they should include the original Dream Team and the Redeem Team... That is a matchup we all wish we could watch... I think other teams will be announced after release as dlc content... so 94-95 rockets and 93 suns fans should be easy. Its just 2 early 2 announce all the squads right now, long story short Im pre ordering this one and I never do for any game.

But these historic teams are in the game for The Jordan Challenge. Man I wish my thread on this had not been locked. What challenge would you RE-CREATE with the '94-'95 Rockets? Jordan didn't have a classic moment against them nor the '93-'94 Rockets. Again, this is not the Classic Team Challenge--it's the Jordan Challenge. I just don't get why people are asking for historic teams that have nothing to do with a Jordan moment. Maybe we'll get them in the future, but for now 2K has them for The Jordan Challenge.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by jd@os

But these historic teams are in the game for The Jordan Challenge. Man I wish my thread on this had not been locked. What challenge would you RE-CREATE with the '94-'95 Rockets? Jordan didn't have a classic moment against them nor the '93-'94 Rockets. Again, this is not the Classic Team Challenge--it's the Jordan Challenge. I just don't get why people are asking for historic teams that have nothing to do with a Jordan moment. Maybe we'll get them in the future, but for now 2K has them for The Jordan Challenge.

I think people are just hoping for additional squads to be available seperate from the Jordan Challenge. For example, NFL 2K5 had all the classic teams for each of the Top 25 Moments games accounted for. But I think they also had additional classic teams available just for the sake of having them available (there were at least two Lions teams, one predated ESPN). I think the only difference is that NFL2K5 paid for no rights to classic players so there was no more money involved in cranking out as many classic teams as they wanted, because each team was just filled with editable "generic players" (Lions HB 20).

The goal of authentication in the classic teams in NBA2K11 is probably what will keep them from going crazy and adding squads all over the place. Though, from that aspect, I wonder if that's where downloadable content could come into play. I do not believe that's in the cards this year, but in the future I feel downloadable teams might be a good way to appease the masses and pay for the rights of retired players, yes?

[youvalss]

It took 2K probably more than a year to produce APF 2K8. Do you really expect them to produce a game with more teams and players - and in which this is only one mode - in a few months?

[drhale13]

I hope they add the 96-98 Lakers when Kobe was a rookie and Shaq was young, then 96-98 76ers when Allen Iverson was a rookie too.