Electronic Arts' first hockey game for Nintendo's console will include a miniature stick peripheral; gloves drop September 7 along with NHL 11 on 360 and PS3.
Take-Two Interactive 's Hockey NHL 2K series in the restoration of the year, bypassing the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions to focus on the Wii , where it has yet to face any competition. That's going to change this year, as Canoe.careports that Electronic Arts put on the foil for the old-fashioned donnybrook on the Wii.
Shooting, passing, and crosschecking opponents in the teeth are now more intuitive than ever.
According to the site's gaming blog, EA will be making its hockey debut on the Wii with NHL Slapshot. The game will launch September 7, alongside the Xbox 360 and PS3 debuts of NHL 11.
As might be expected, EA's first hockey game on Nintendo's system will use the motion-sensing functions of the Wii Remote controller. More surprising is the miniature hockey stick controller shell that the publisher will be including with each copy of the game. According to the report, the 21-inch stick will snap together from three separate pieces, and let players shoot, pass, stick handle, and poke check much as they would in real life.
The publisher is also bringing out the big guns to promote the game, as it has lined up hockey legend Wayne Gretzky to be the game's cover athlete. "The Great One" will not only appear on the box art, but also in the game as a playable character and as a coach in the game's career mode, which follows a created character from the peewee leagues through the juniors, CHL, AHL, and finally, the NHL itself.
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