NBA 2006 To Dunk On To PS2

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that it will be releasing NBA 2006 in Q4 of this year for the PS2. The game is set to officially take over the NBA Shootout series, and development team Sony San Diego will be in charge of this new hoops title.

The game will be a year-in-the-life game that follows a rookie player all the up from nothing to a championship game. More than just a basketball game, this new title will incorporate story and RPG elements into one man's quest to be in the big leagues.

Players will make the main character from scratch and will be able to make them look exactly like themselves if they want to. Using the same EyeToy technology as both World Tour Soccer 2006 and MLB 2006, NBA 2006 lets players take a picture of themselves, and map it onto the in-game character. After the pretty face has been attached there's a long path ahead to get to the top.

Along the way, the game will play out like a regular basketball game with five-on-five gameplay with several games to play in. NBA 2006 won't be skimping on the regular games, but it will also include some scenarios and mini-games along the way where the character can grow and develop his skills even further. This will give the game some RPG and adventure aspects to it.

Off of the court there will be plenty of drama. There will be over 200 cutscenes with voices that are being done by 25 different actors. Players can also develop relationships with their teammates, coaches, and agents. They can even develop archrivals.

On the technical side, NBA 2006 will be sporting some new animations as well as some more realistic physics. There will be a huge adventure and the story, but the core of the game will still be about the actual playing of the basketball, to keep it competitive with EA's NBA Live 2006.

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