NBA In The Zone 2000

NBA In The Zone 2000
NBA In The Zone 2000
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	NBA in the Zone ;
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color
Release	JP: January 27, 2000 (PS); NA: February 18, 2000; EU: May 2000; Game Boy Color; NA: April 27, 2000; EU: September 29, 2000;
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

NBA In The Zone 2000 is a basketball video game released for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color in 2000.

Gameplay[]

Players can play as any of the 29 NBA teams which feature more than 300 actual players in motion-captured animation, featuring play-by-play from NBA announcer Red Clay, and standard gameplay modes like Exhibition, Season, and Playoffs, a Slam Dunk Contest and Three-Point Shootout.

Reception[]

Reception

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
Aggregator	GBC	N64	PS
GameRankings	N/A	47%^[1]	45%^[2]

Review scores
Publication	Score
Publication	GBC	N64	PS
EGM	N/A	5/10^[3]	5.5/10^[4]^[a]
Famitsu	N/A	N/A	27/40^[5]
Game Informer	N/A	5.5/10^[6]	6.5/10^[7]
GameFan	N/A	65%^[8]^[b] (L.B.) 55%^[9]	N/A
IGN	5/10^[10]	5.8/10^[11]	4.5/10^[12]
N64 Magazine	N/A	69%^[13]	N/A
Next Generation	N/A	^[14]	N/A
Nintendo Power	N/A	6.2/10^[15]	N/A
OPM (UK)	N/A	N/A	5/10^[16]
PSM	N/A	N/A	^[17]

The Nintendo 64 and PlayStation versions received unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[1]^[2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, Game Informer, GameFan and Nintendo Power gave the game mixed reviews, months before the game was released Stateside.^[3]^[4]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[15] Rob Smolka of NextGen called the same N64 version "a travesty of a basketball game" that "manages to eke out a score of one star only because our rating system doesn't go any lower."^[14] In Japan, where the PlayStation version was released first under the name of NBA Power Dunkers 5 (NBAパワーダンカーズ5, NBA Pawā Dankāzu 5) on January 27, 2000, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.^[5]

Notes[]

^ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's early review of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 5/10, two others gave it each a score of 5.5/10, and another gave it 6/10.
^ In GameFan's early viewpoint of the Nintendo 64 version, one critic gave it 70, and the other 60.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA In The Zone 2000 for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA In The Zone 2000 for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA: In The Zone 2000 [sic] (N64)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 126. Ziff Davis. January 2000. p. 227. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hager, Dean; Ricciardi, John; Leahy, Dan; Zuniga, Todd (January 2000). "NBA: In The Zone 2000 [sic] (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 126. Ziff Davis. p. 229. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBAパワーダンカーズ5 [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Helgeson, Matt (January 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 - Nintendo 64". Game Informer. No. 81. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on October 27, 2000. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Helgeson, Matt (January 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 (PS)". Game Informer. No. 81. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on May 23, 2000. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Rodriguez, Tyrone "Cerberus" (January 2000). "NBA In the Zone 2000 (N64)". GameFan. Vol. 8 no. 1. Shinno Media. p. 89. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
^ Buchanan, Levi (February 25, 2000). "REVIEW for NBA In the Zone 2000 (N64)". GameFan. Shinno Media. Archived from the original on June 18, 2000. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
^ Harris, Craig (April 28, 2000). "NBA In the Zone 2000 (GBC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Boulding, Aaron (February 29, 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 (N64)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Zdyrko, David (February 18, 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Maddrell, Alan (August 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000". N64 Magazine. No. 44. Future Publishing. pp. 62–65.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Smolka, Rob (February 2000). "[NBA] In the Zone 2000 (N64)". NextGen. No. 62. Imagine Media. p. 94. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA In The Zone 2000". Nintendo Power. Vol. 127. Nintendo of America. December 1999. p. 162. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ Wilton, Pete (May 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. No. 58. Future Publishing. p. 128. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "Review: NBA In The Zone 2000". PSM. No. 30. Imagine Media. February 2000.

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[5] In Electronic Gaming Monthly's early review of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 5/10, two others gave it each a score of 5.5/10, and another gave it 6/10.

[10] In GameFan's early viewpoint of the Nintendo 64 version, one critic gave it 70, and the other 60.

[GRN64-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA In The Zone 2000 for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[GRPS-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA In The Zone 2000 for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[EGMN64-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA: In The Zone 2000 [sic] (N64)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 126. Ziff Davis. January 2000. p. 227. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[EGMPS-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hager, Dean; Ricciardi, John; Leahy, Dan; Zuniga, Todd (January 2000). "NBA: In The Zone 2000 [sic] (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 126. Ziff Davis. p. 229. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[Fam-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBAパワーダンカーズ5 [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[GIN64-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Helgeson, Matt (January 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 - Nintendo 64". Game Informer. No. 81. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on October 27, 2000. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[GIPS-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Helgeson, Matt (January 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 (PS)". Game Informer. No. 81. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on May 23, 2000. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[GameFan-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Rodriguez, Tyrone "Cerberus" (January 2000). "NBA In the Zone 2000 (N64)". GameFan. Vol. 8 no. 1. Shinno Media. p. 89. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

[11] Buchanan, Levi (February 25, 2000). "REVIEW for NBA In the Zone 2000 (N64)". GameFan. Shinno Media. Archived from the original on June 18, 2000. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

[12] Harris, Craig (April 28, 2000). "NBA In the Zone 2000 (GBC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[13] Boulding, Aaron (February 29, 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 (N64)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[14] Zdyrko, David (February 18, 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000 (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[15] Maddrell, Alan (August 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000". N64 Magazine. No. 44. Future Publishing. pp. 62–65.

[NGen-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b Smolka, Rob (February 2000). "[NBA] In the Zone 2000 (N64)". NextGen. No. 62. Imagine Media. p. 94. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[NP-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b "NBA In The Zone 2000". Nintendo Power. Vol. 127. Nintendo of America. December 1999. p. 162. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[18] Wilton, Pete (May 2000). "NBA In The Zone 2000". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. No. 58. Future Publishing. p. 128. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[19] "Review: NBA In The Zone 2000". PSM. No. 30. Imagine Media. February 2000.

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