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NBA Courtside 2002 GameCube
  • Publisher: Nintendo
  • Release Date: Jan 13, 2002
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Metascore
71 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Summary: Despite the fact that it's a solid first-year effort, Courtside 2002 isn't without its flaws and is generally a step behind more seasoned competing products.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Nintendojo
    81
    It does suffer from some of the same issues that original game had. Namely, the disjointed steal and alley oops, and the lack of visual or aural character that comprises the NBA.
  2. netjak
    71
    If NBA Courtside 2002 would have included a customizable season/player, added a ZONE defense and bumped up the AI a few notches; this could have easily been my favorite basketball game to date.
  3. XenGamers
    25
    While the graphics are the best ever seen in a basketball title, they’re not enough to keep a title weighed down by horrible gameplay and sound afloat.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. helena23
    10
    i had to do something to make justice for this game as it is the most entertaining nba game ive ever played, its pure arcade with an easy control PURE FUN!!! i cant remember how many full season ive played.............of course is nowhere near perfect but trust me this game is so much fun, play it in your dolphin emu and will see… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MichaelJ.
    5
    The AI leaves such an open lane and has such bad physics that Eric Snow can dribble past everyone and dunk.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ReganW.
    4
    They honest-to-God forgot to allow for defense. This game just sucks compared to NBA 2k1 on the dreamcast.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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