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2005 video game 2005 video game
NBA Street Showdown
North American cover art featuring LeBron James
Developer(s)Team Fusion
Publisher(s)EA Sports BIG
Director(s)Jez Sherlock
Producer(s)Joel Manners
Designer(s)Kevin Chorney
Programmer(s)Craig Hall
Artist(s)Todd Pollich
SeriesNBA Street
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release
  • NA: April 25, 2005
  • EU: September 1, 2005
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

NBA Street Showdown is a basketball video game developed by Canadian studio Team Fusion and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports BIG label. It is the fourth installment in the NBA Street series, and a handheld port of NBA Street V3. The game was released in 2005 for the PlayStation Portable.

LeBron James is featured on the cover, attempting a slam dunk.

Gameplay

NBA Street Showdown incorporates gameplay elements from NBA Street Vol. 2, with the presentation of NBA Street V3. The game primarily features the minigames Shot Blocker and Arcade Shootout, as well as quick game modes. Players can play head-to-head in all of these through ad hoc mode. King of the Courts is a game mode where you can unlock different courts as a reward for defeating neighborhood street teams. Challenges include playing a team in Shot Blocker or in a game without trick points. Players can play current NBA teams and older teams made up of legendary players.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic75/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comB
Electronic Gaming Monthly6.67/10
Famitsu30/40
Game Informer7/10
GameSpot7.7/10
GameSpy
GameZone8/10
IGN8/10
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
X-Play

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the game was ported for release on September 29, 2005, Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens and two eights for a total of 30 out of 40.

References

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  5. ^ "NBA ストリート ショウダウン [PSP]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
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  7. Colayco, Bob (April 26, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  8. Tuttle, Will (April 25, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA Street Showdown". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  9. Wrentmore, John (May 4, 2005). "NBA Street: Showdown - PSP - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  10. Allen, Jason (April 27, 2005). "NBA Street Showdown". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
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  12. Marriott, Scott Alan (August 18, 2005). "NBA Street: Showdown Review". X-Play. G4 Media. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

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