Take-Two Interactive should have a Take-Two on this game.
One thing you'll notice about this game is the fact that there aren't very many modes. You've got Quickplay, Franchise, Season, Mini-Rink, Pond-Hockey, Shootout, and Training. In mini rink and pond hockey, you allowed to fill in what players you want. Pond hockey has 3 players , while mini rink has 5.
Both have no music. So all you hear is the puck hitting the post or crossbar. In the PS2 NHL 09 shootout mode, you could have music playing while you play. And i know mini rink and pond hockey aren't just shootouts, but still, can there be music at least?
Do the Wii controls work? Sometimes. You point at other players on your team to pass, and press A to actually pass. When you pass, right when you get the puck, wave the Wii-mote like you are actually preforming a one-timer, and you will preform one. That also scores goals quickly, and also wrap-arounds. You shoot the puck like you are actually shooting a puck. (But for slapshots you hold B, and then shoot.) Some other actions are to check, stuff like that, some other buttons are to poke check, stuff like that. There is fighting. To deke you wave the nunchuck left or right.
Then there are the old teams, like the 91' Minnesota North Stars, the 01' Colorado Avalanche, and a lot of other old teams. It's fun to play as these old teams, but, if you know the year of the team you are putting in the game, and you have offense, defense, and overall ratings for those teams, should'nt you HAVE the names of those players, from, like the 91' teams, or the 80-somethin' teams? They probably have the names of the players from the 2000's old teams (01' Avalanche, and i think some other teams that are like, 03' team, or 00' team), but no names of the players from the older teams! Except for a few players on those teams, the players are refrenced as "Left Wing" and "Goalie". ?? Why can't they have the names like in NHL 09 where for those 100 year canadiens players, where they gave the names for those players (like Dryden). 100 years of some of the best players! Yet 2K can't identify the players from the 91' Northstars.
Also, how about some ONLINE play?!
A Zamboini mini-game is a new feature that they made. The Zamboini controls clumsy.
So, let me get this straight, they opted for a Zamboini mini-game, instead of trying to have online features? What the?
Players look generic, so does the crowd, the jersery's on the team select screen look grainy.
The AI! When you play this game, expect the goalies to let in awful goals. Once, the puck was right in front of the goalie, sliding on the ice. He stares at it, and, right when it is about to pass the goal line, he tries to glove save it. He lets it go to the line before he tries to save it? Aother bad goal happened when the puck when on the goalie's left knee pad, there was the puck. He moves his leg, the puck comes out, he tries to save it, but... goal.
In my opinion, don't buy this game.