NHL Slapshot News Post

EA Sports NHL Slapshot Coming To the Wii, September 7th, Ships With New Controller

04:14 AM - May 30, 2010 by infinityBCRT

Read the official press release, right here.

According to Slam! Sports, EA Sports NHL Slapshot is coming to the Nintendo Wii with a new packaged controller. NHL Slapshot should hit stores on September 7th, along with NHL 11.

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	"The stick peripheral will detect slap shots, wrist shots, body checks (done with a cross-check motion) and poke checks, with the Wiimote�s trigger used as a modifier to perform passes, dekes and other moves. The game can also be played with the Wiimote and Nunchuk alone, or even just the Wiimote."

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# 21 infinityBCRT @ 06/01/10 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by RealmK


	Pretty much what I was getting at. Though it might help serve as a wake up call that if they (2k) actually put some money, marketing, and had an actual vision for the series, they too could rake in the dough and please the fanbase at the same time. Take a page out of EA Vancouver's playbook so to speak. On topic, altho those might be bullshots looks like it could be a fun experience for those into the Wii.

When cinemotion became a main feature of the 2K series, you know that whoever was in charge had no ****ing clue as to why 2K had sales issues.