Reserve Madden NFL 12 and Receive Exclusive Players, All Sophomore and Rookie Teams

[Steve_OS]

What do you make of this stuff?

Reserve your copy of Madden NFL 12 and receive exclusive players from the NFC and AFC.

NFC All Stars - A collection of the best players from the National Football Conference led by Adrian Peterson and a strong running game, this NFC All-Star team has it all. Super Bowl XLV MVP, Aaron Rodgers starts at QB and has seven fellow Green Bay teammates joining him including Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson, and Jermichael Finley. Star kick returner, Devin Hester from the Chicago Bears starts at both kick returner and punt returner, while DeSean Jackson and his 99 speed rating back up Hester on the depth chart. The NFC Stars also house arguably the best crew of linebackers in all of Madden NFL 12 with Jon Beason, Patrick Willis, Brian Urlacher, and DeMarcus Ware in the starting lineup.

AFC All Stars - Featuring the brightest stars from the American Football Conference, the AFC offense is absolutely loaded! Tom Brady and Peyton Manning take the helm at QB, with wide receivers Andre Johnson, Reggie Wayne and tight end Antonio Gates catching everything thrown their way, while the three-headed of Maurice Jones-Drew, Jamaal Charles, and Arian Foster cover the backfield attack. On the defensive side of the ball, it doesn't get any prettier for opposing teams with a lineup of Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis at defensive end and James Harrison, Terrell Suggs and Ray Lewis at the linebacker positions.. Troy Polamalu and Ed Reed as starting safeties and Darell Revis, Nnamdi Asomugha, and Champ Bailey cover the cornerback position. Yikes.

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[CM Hooe]

Any clarification on this? Are these players for MUT, or are these Gamestop-exclusive all-star teams, or what exactly?

Frankly, I'm not sure how appealing a reserve offer of two all-star teams is, and it'd be a bit disappointing to see given that NBA2K and FIFA already allow the player to play as all-star teams out-of-the-box without any sort of exclusive preorder.

Ultimately, if it is indeed the latter it's not something that will factor into my decision as to if and where to purchase Madden. If it's exclusive players for MUT, I'm reserving at Gamestop no-questions-asked, under the condition that MUT teams are much more customizable this year (i.e. TeamBuilder and create-a-stadium implementation; these tools already exist in NCAA 11 and Madden 11, respectively, and I'm hoping to see them make the transition).

And how does the NFC team start five linebackers, including three inside linebackers (I'm assuming Clay Matthews starts at strongside linebacker rather than Willis, Urlacher, or Beason, who all play MLB)? What are they playing out there, a 2-5 front? lol

[JerseySuave4]

this preorder really isn't that enticing

[jagsrock95]

YES!!! this is just what I always wanted....not sigh this is really the best thing they could come up with? lame. The amazon deal isn't bad though.

[CKA15]

This doesn't help out the game sales buy this lackluster pre-order bonus.
At least NCAA is giving us uniforms for a pre-order

[oneamongthefence]

well my first reaction was why isn't Peyton Hillis on the afc team. Also this really isn't a bonus as I can create a team in franchise and put any player on that team. I'm assuming these teams can't be used for online. Pretty sweet preorder tho if you're into MUT tho.

[Nab_Impervious_XII]

I'm not going to pre-order M12, but if I did, this wouldn't entice me. If I pre-order, I want something that is truly exclusive, not a reorganization of players that I could do myself in roster mode.

Although I suppose this pre-order could gain some exclusivity if EA allowed these allstar teams online. But the amount of uproar that would cause would be immense so I doubt it.

[Bellsprout]

If that's Ultimate Team then, whatever. If they give it to me when I buy the game at midnight, cool, if not, whatever. I don't play UT so I'm indifferent.

If they're All-Star teams that you can play with I'm slightly more intrigued, but it's still not much of an incentive.