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NCAA Football optioned to Wii, PSP

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Feb 14, 2008 3:44 pm PT

EA Sports' amateur pigskin sim set to debut on Nintendo's console, return from hiatus for Sony's handheld; Wii cover to feature mascot, not athlete.

Is Wii ready for some (amateur) football? Electronic Arts will finally find out later this year, as the publisher today announced NCAA Football 09 for a slate of five systems, including Nintendo's latest console. The collegiate gridiron sim will also take the field this fall for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable, but has now been discontinued for the original Xbox.

While the Wii is the only system welcoming NCAA Football for the first time, the PlayStation Portable release is notable as well. The series first appeared on Sony's handheld with the 07 installment, but it was quietly left off the schedule for last July's NCAA Football 08. Collegiate pigskin wasn't the only PSP no-show in EA Sports' 08 lineup; the NHL series of hockey games also took a one-year break, though it isn't clear if that line will return to the portable for NHL 09.

As with the Wii editions of the Madden, NBA Live, and FIFA series, NCAA Football will include EA Sports' increasingly ominpresent "Family Play" mode. Intended to lure novices into the EA Sports fold, the mode strips away complicated Wii controls to allow neophytes to compete with veterans.

The Wii version of NCAA Football 09 will also be distinguished from other ports of the game by its cover athlete. Instead of a college star now out of school, the game will feature one school's mascot on the front of the box. Fans will be able to vote on which school's mascot that will be by logging onto the game's official Web site.

Electronic Arts did not specify a release window for the game, but the series has launched in mid-July for the past seven years.

42 Comments

  • disco_strangler

    Posted Apr 14, 2008 9:06 am PT

    finally, my favorite game is coming to a system that i own.
    exciting times.

  • Thordain0011

    Posted Mar 30, 2008 6:14 pm PT

    Sports_gamer, the cover athlete is traditionally someone leaving school and headed for the draft. So Tebow will be next year at the earliest.

  • Padrepride

    Posted Mar 5, 2008 8:46 pm PT

    I'm hoping for a superstar mode that they actually include for the wii

  • sports_gamer5

    Posted Feb 22, 2008 1:57 pm PT

    tim tebow should get cover for this he was amazing (first underclassmen to win the heisman memorial trophy)

  • sports_gamer5

    Posted Feb 22, 2008 1:54 pm PT

    this game is better than madden so the wii better be good or ill be playin this on my ps3. TEXAS LONGHORNS ALL THE WAY BABY!!!

  • kca89

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 7:38 am PT

    I might pick this up if the Wii version is any good.

  • Falconsfan60

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 5:28 pm PT

    cmon put spartans on the cover! i have ncaa football 2005 for the gc and its the best game ever. i cant wait till 09 comes to wii and psp

  • 15hockey

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 8:02 am PT

    If they do what they did with Madden 07 (Wii) this will be a hit.

  • benjaminjoel

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 2:16 pm PT

    Go 'Noles! FSU all the way!

  • Red-I-Jedi

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 2:13 pm PT

    Just hope they do a good job on the Wii edition. If not guess I'll have to play on my 360. I've been tired of Madden for awhile but the NCAA should be a nice change.

  • mld316

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 1:06 pm PT

    go ky wildcats

  • ZeshiO

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 11:26 am PT

    Go Cougs! Washington State all the way baby!

  • darthlgp

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 10:59 am PT

    This is good news. I prefer NCAA over NFL any day!

  • Crombian

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 9:34 am PT

    IMO, NCAA provided much more immersion than the Madden experience. GO HOKIES!

  • Pastehunter

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 8:20 am PT

    Great news for PSP owning sports fans

  • Paully3433

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 7:48 am PT

    sweet

  • bardkieran

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 7:24 am PT

    blzult - right, I was just giving an example of putting an athlete on the cover of a sports game... there's a lot riding on the hope that they will keep their noses clean. Im sure a MLB game with Roger Clemens on the cover would not look good right now.

    The problem with society is that we tend to idolize and worship these athletes, expecting them to be perfect. They're people too, and moreso, they're athletes. They're not really doing much to better the world, just providing a distraction from the daily grind.

  • duckshoe

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 6:57 am PT

    HEY! on that voting thingy there's no Oregon Ducks!?!?! GRR!

  • bizuit

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 6:22 am PT

    bardkieran, Vick was on the cover of Madden and not NCAA

  • Nomar321

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 6:00 am PT

    Nah..not for me. As nifty as the PSP is, I don't believe you can play great games like NCAA on such a small screen...in essence...it's nerdy!

    AS for the Wii, it will be interesting to see what football is like on that console...

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