NBA 2K12 Cover Athletes - Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird

[ifriedrice]

Re: NBA 2K12 Cover Athletes - Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird

No need to keep complaining about it, though.

Complainers can and should be ignored.

Added edit: Complainers with no substance can and should be ignored, unless they're paying your salary.

[sportjames23]

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Complainers can and should be ignored.

Added edit: Complainers with no substance can and should be ignored, unless they're paying your salary.

True dat.

[T3AMGEIST]

Want that Bird cover. Would be better if they were all on one cover.

[mkharsh33]

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I'm more interested in what's inside the box than the wrapping paper and pretty bow. Shoot, I can make a Larry Bird cover for 2K11... Personally, I don't see the big deal. We have nearly every COMPLETE SEASON (360 users) from 1985 to present (with only a small amount missing) so 2k12 offers me nothing that I can't play this year. Sorry, I just don't get the appeal... 20+ pages of blathering about a cover and arguing over historical NBA players is quite comical to me...

[Shinyhubcaps]

Very surprising, unless you consider that NBA.com and NBA-TV are wiped of current player images. Really cool art style, I wonder if we'll see any good custom covers this year (with the drawing instead of photos and whatnot).

[stillfeelme]

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I thought it would be Jordan, Magic, Bird, and Isiah all on one cover with the Larry O'Brien trophy with other legends in the background but I was wrong. Smart business move by VC I must say. This is the way you get multiple people to buy your game just to get the different covers. D Rose, Dirk are great and could have been on the cover but how many people would bought the Dirk cover and the Rose cover if they offered both of those?

[VDusen04]

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I'm more interested in what's inside the box than the wrapping paper and pretty bow. Shoot, I can make a Larry Bird cover for 2K11... Personally, I don't see the big deal. We have nearly every COMPLETE SEASON (360 users) from 1985 to present (with only a small amount missing) so 2k12 offers me nothing that I can't play this year. Sorry, I just don't get the appeal... 20+ pages of blathering about a cover and arguing over historical NBA players is quite comical to me...

In my regard, I'm always a fan of user-created historic rosters, but for console users, it's tough to beat the official inclusion of historic teams. Therefore, I'm a little excited about the prospect of having more historic teams and subsequently more historic arenas (or at least court art and/or jerseys) at our disposal. For instance, it'd be nice if the 1991 Warriors (unlocked with a preorder) came with their actual court design, like all the classic teams did last year.

Further, it's just more agreeable with me to have teams featuring real players. For instance, a lot of the classic teams and seasons created for 2K11 by users wouldn't have been nearly as awesome without the ability to use a real MJ, Scottie, Jud Buechler, Hersey Hawkins, or James Worthy. I thought the 2K11 classic rosters far eclipsed the 2K10 rosters due to that aspect alone. So I view the cover and very early news as an indicator that maybe we'll see even more of that (think a real Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway and Sarunas).

I understand a lot of folks are totally fine with using generic classic players with teams on current courts that look nothing like the actual classic floors, and it works for me in a pinch, but I sure like the idea of things getting a little more official in that regard.

[Moe24-]

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If the Lakers of Kobe & Shaq is in the game..... I'm going to buy 20 copies of the game, just sayin... (exaggeration) but i will be extremely happy if the Kobe and Shaq era is in there, considering the Kings of vlade divac and chris webber is in there...omgomgomg young Kobe with an AFRO!!! AND DOMINATING WITH SHAQ!!!AHHH PLEEAASEEEE!!

[Boogiemanjay]

Should put Blake griffin on It as the next best thing would been mind blowing news
I don't mind Jordan , magic ,or bird still plan to buy it just was a
Dull move by Ronnie to hype it the way they did

[VDusen04]

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If the Lakers of Kobe & Shaq is in the game..... I'm going to buy 20 copies of the game, just sayin... (exaggeration) but i will be extremely happy if the Kobe and Shaq era is in there, considering the Kings of vlade divac and chris webber is in there...omgomgomg young Kobe with an AFRO!!! AND DOMINATING WITH SHAQ!!!AHHH PLEEAASEEEE!!

I'm definitely curious of the angle they're taking there with the '02 Kings. As aloncho pointed out earlier, the '91 Warriors could be included as a playoff matchup with the '91 Magic Johnson Lakers (they had a duel that year) but there's no real connection between Magic, Larry, or Michael and the '02 Kings aside from the fact that Magic's former team beat them in seven that year. It'd be a fun inclusion.

[kwabalicious]

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Am I gonna be playing NBA Jam?

[mikenoob]

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Sooo, I'm assuming each cover will have just 1 minor difference for content on disk which is different title screen.

[Sinner]

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love all the covers but as a Celtics fan going to have to go with my boy Larry, maybe ill get a picture of all three and set them on empty cases just to have. Can't wait for NBA2k12

[Portertrain]

Wow......I'm so grateful they are doing the legends, judging by ronnies feedback on the ps network there is more legend team players/teams on the way......( miller,Barkley,shaquille-magic) fingers crosses And detailed sneakers goodies ... Sold!

[blues rocker]

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anyone wondering how they're going to handle Steve Kerr announcing in the Jordan mode? Will he be announcing the game AND playing in the game for the bulls at the same time? i'm wondering how they will address this.