The Sprite Dunk Contest is just like the one you see every year at the All-Star Game. NBA Blacktop is where all of the mini-games are located, and they are split up into five sub-categories, all taking place at the famous Rucker Park.
While this will initially put people off, keep in mind that flicking the right analog stick in just about any menu will bring up the main menu for the game, which ends up being a very convenient way to get anywhere you want instead of just backing in and out of menus and quitting games to do so. Doing so will give you a wealth of menu choices, including several for the various game modes. While veterans will immediately recognize what to do here, newcomers to the series won't realize right away that flicking the right analog stick finally brings up the menu. When you first start NBA 2K9, you'll initially be presented with the chance to quickly enter a game instead of a menu. It is by no means a perfect game, but it is by far the best basketball game on the market today. NBA 2K9 from Visual Concepts and 2K Games shows everyone that the series still has a lot of life left in it. Fans and critics alike started to wonder if the series was beginning to run out of steam. NBA 2K7 was considered by many to be the pinnacle of the series, but with average graphics, average AI and no known improvements to be seen, NBA 2K8 was considered by those same people to be a step backward. The jump to the Xbox 360 and PS3 helped create better graphics while the main game went through more tweaks. With the move to the PS2 and Xbox, the series began refining the controls and looking outside of the main game for improvements, adding in and refining franchise modes as well as trying to create a presentation more akin to a real NBA broadcast.
Everything from graphics to movement to gameplay and sound were responsible for showing off the power of Sega's final console. Starting with the franchise debut on the Sega Dreamcast, the NBA 2K series has shown gamers how video game basketball can be done and be done well. In a genre dominated by Electronic Arts, it is both refreshing and surprising to see another game series take the crown for best basketball simulation game.
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