Software:Disney Sports Basketball

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Disney Sports Basketball
Disney Sports Basketball GC.jpg
North American GameCube cover art
Developer(s)Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka
Polygon Magic
Publisher(s)Konami
Director(s)Kazunori Yanai
Producer(s)Masakatsu Yamaguchi
Designer(s)Kazuko Otani
Takeshi Matsuda
Programmer(s)Nobuhiro Honma
Tetsuro Noda
Daisuke Fukui
Ken'ichi Hoshino
Composer(s)Nobuyuki Akena
Yasumasa Kitagawa
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
GameCube
Release
  • NA: November 23, 2002 (GBA)
  • JP: December 19, 2002
  • NA: January 13, 2003 (GC)
  • PAL: August 8, 2003
Genre(s)Sports (basketball)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Disney Sports Basketball (ディズニースポーツ:バスケットボール, Dizunī Supōtsu: Basukettobōru) is a pair of 2002 sports video games released by Konami, one for the GameCube, and the other for the Game Boy Advance.

Gameplay

DS Basketball lets players control on any teams. In the GameCube version, it has a 3 members on each team. However, for the Gameboy Advance, it only has 2 members for each team. During gameplay, players must use the corresponding accessory to boost up and lets the team to either shoot, dunk, block etc.

Teams

  • The Superstars (Mickey Mouse)
  • The Charmers (Minnie Mouse)
  • The Seaducks (Donald Duck)
  • The Belles (Daisy Duck)
  • The Spacenuts (Goofy)
  • The TinyRockets (Huey, Dewey, and Louie & José Carioca)
  • The Shifters (Max Goof)
  • The Steamrollers (Pete)
  • The Imperials (Mortimer Mouse)
  • Mickey's All-Stars (Mickey, Minnie and Huey)
  • Donald's All-Stars (Donald, Daisy and Dewey)
  • Goofy's All-Stars (Goofy, Max and Louie)
  • Pete's All-Stars (Pete, Mortimer and Big Bad Wolf)

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GBAGC
4PlayersN/A55%[3]
Consoles +N/A83%[4]
Famitsu25/40[5]26/40[6]
GamesMaster45%[7]54%[8]
GameSpot7.5/10[9]2.6/10[10]
GameSpyN/A2/5 stars[11]
IGN8/10[12]4/10[13]
NGC MagazineN/A55%[14]
Nintendo Power3.2/5[15]2/5[16]
X-Play3/5 stars[17]N/A
Aggregate score
Metacritic73/100[1]37/100[2]

The Game Boy Advance version received above-average reviews, while the GameCube version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1][2] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40 for the GameCube version,[6] and 25 out of 40 for the GBA version.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Disney Sports Basketball for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/disney-sports-basketball/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Disney Sports Basketball for GameCube Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/disney-sports-basketball/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  3. Luibl, Jörg (July 23, 2003). "Test: Disney Sports Basketball (GC)" (in de). 4Players GmbH. https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/GameCube/Test/3646/2127/0/Disney_Sports_Basketball.html. Retrieved September 12, 2022. 
  4. "Disney Sports : Basketball (GC)" (in fr). Consoles + (137): 116. June 2003. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Consoles%20Plus/consoleplus_numero137/Consoles%20%2B%20137%20-%20Page%20116%20%28juin%202003%29%20.jpg. Retrieved September 12, 2022. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "ディズニースポーツ:バスケットボール [GBA"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=11860&redirect=no. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "ディズニースポーツ:バスケットボール [ゲームキューブ"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=14254&redirect=no. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  7. "Review: Disney Sports Basketball (GBA)". GamesMaster (Future plc). 2003. 
  8. "Review: Disney Sports Basketball (GC)". GamesMaster (Future plc). 2003. 
  9. Provo, Frank (January 16, 2003). "Disney Sports: Basketball Review (GBA)". Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/disney-sports-basketball-review/1900-2908941/. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  10. Navarro, Alex (April 7, 2003). "Disney Sports Basketball Review (GC)". Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/disney-sports-basketball-review/1900-6024697/. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  11. Meston, Zach (March 30, 2003). "GameSpy: Disney Sports Basketball (GCN)". IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 20, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060220122850/http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/disney-sports-basketball/498327p1.html. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  12. Harris, Craig (January 28, 2003). "Disney Sports Basketball (GBA)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/01/28/disney-sports-basketball-2. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  13. Casamassina, Matt (April 23, 2003). "Disney Sports Basketball (GCN)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/23/disney-sports-basketball. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 
  14. "Disney Sports Basketball (GC)". NGC Magazine (Future plc). 2003. 
  15. "Disney Sports Basketball (GBA)". Nintendo Power (Nintendo of America) 164: 175. January 2003. 
  16. "Disney Sports Basketball (GC)". Nintendo Power (Nintendo of America) 169: 138. June 2003. 
  17. Kane, Brad (February 14, 2003). "'Disney Sports Basketball' (GBA) Review". TechTV. Archived from the original on February 23, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030223010050/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3417234,00.html. Retrieved July 13, 2019. 

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