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2004 · EA Orlando · American football · Sports

NFL Street

NFL Street is a series of sports video games developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts. It combines the talent and big names of the NFL with the atmosphere of street football

Released
13 January 2004
Platforms
GameCubePlayStation 2Xbox
Genres
American footballSports
Developers
EA Orlando
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB EPEGI 3

About

NFL Street is an American football video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports BIG label. It was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox on January 13, 2004. Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions, Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos, and Ricky Williams of the Miami Dolphins appear on the cover. The game was followed by NFL Street 2 and NFL Street 3.

Keywords

  • soccer
  • football
  • american football
  • minigames
  • customizable characters
  • 60 fps on consoles
  • touchdown
  • trilogy
  • greatest hits
  • street sports

Media

NFL Street screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Similar to the Blitz series, NFL Street is seven-on-seven American football, modeled after street football. NFL players wear street clothing instead of helmets and uniforms, though players can wear football jerseys. Like other American football games, it utilizes basic football rules, but without fouls, penalties, or injuries, leading to more aggressive gameplay than its real-life model.

One major feature in the game is "style points", which the player can earn by successfully completing style moves, such as making a huge play or taunting the other team during the game. Gaining enough style points will earn the player a "Gamebreaker", which lasts for the entire drive. The Gamebreaker concept was adopted from NBA Street.

Reception

By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of NFL Street had sold 950,000 copies and earned $37 million in the United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 58th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined console sales of NFL Street games released in the 2000s reached 2 million units in the United States by July 2006.

NFL Street received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. It received a runner-up position in GameSpot's 2004 "Best Alternative Sports Game" award category across all platforms, losing to Mario Power Tennis.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox13 January 2004Worldwide
PlayStation 213 January 2004Worldwide
GameCube13 January 2004Worldwide

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