Thread: EA's Wii hockey game

EA hockey comes to Wii with NHL Slapshot Load This

The stick peripheral will detect slap shots, wrist shots, body checks (done with a cross-check motion) and poke checks, with the Wiimote’s trigger used as a modifier to perform passes, dekes and other moves. The game can also be played with the Wiimote and Nunchuk alone, or even just the Wiimote.

A lot of us Canuck kids, myself included, started playing hockey in elementary school. Fittingly, NHL Slapshot’s “Peewees to Pros” career mode starts you off as a 12-year-old of our own design (or you can step into the skates of a very young Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and the like) and lets you work your way from Peewee to Bantam to Junior to Pro, watching your player grow, age and acquire skills along the way.

“It actually ends up being the most in-depth Be a Pro Mode that any EA Sports game has ever had, because you go from 12 years old to 40 years old,” Littman says.

Will probably suck.

Hey EA! the wii has this thing called a Classic Controller! It looks just like one of them fancy xbox/playstation controllers.......NOW GIVE ME AN ACTUAL NHL GAME FOR THE ****ING WII YOU ASS HATS!!!!!
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Obviously pre-rendered and won't look anything like it.

Err.. why are they midgets?

Dammit Mel, didn't you read...

“It actually ends up being the most in-depth Be a Pro Mode that any EA Sports game has ever had, because you go from 12 years old to 40 years old,” Littman says.

Looks good, Neat idea progressing from a pre-teen to middle aged.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAmnVHy7M6g]YouTube - EA SPORTS Show with Peter Moore- NHL Slapshot for the Wii[/ame]

Looks like Bizarro World where #99 was never traded. Whoever decided to show him getting a Hat Trick against the Kings has an odd sense of humor.