NFL Street
NFL Street is a series of sports video games developed by Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts. Currently there are two games in the series, NFL Street and NFL Street 2, both released in 2004. The NFL Street series is made in the same vein as NBA Street and other franchises such as NFL Blitz. Similar to Blitz, Street is seven-on-seven American football.
NFL Street
| NFL Street | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Tiburon |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PS2, Xbox |
| Release | January 14, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
NFL Street was released for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox on January 14, 2004.
Like every other American football game, NFL Street has the basic rules, but as with NFL Blitz this game has the addition of no fouls and low penalty gameplay. Naturally, this leads to a much more violent game than its real-life model.
Arenas
In NFL Street there are eight arenas to choose from:
- EA Field — San Francisco, CA
- West Coast — San Diego, CA
- City Limits — Detroit, MI
- Legends Park — Cleveland, OH
- Da Roof — Atlanta, GA
- Warehouse — Miami, FL
- The Pit — New York City, NY
- The Courtyard — Houston, TX
NFL Street 2
| NFL Street 2 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Tiburon |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PS2, Xbox |
| Release | December 22, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
NFL Street 2 was released on December 22, 2004 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox video game consoles. It was also ported to the PSP in 2005.
Arenas
- The Back Lot
- Sportsplex
- The Tracks
- The Aqueduct
- The Dig
- 2nd St. Station
- The Cage
- The Alley
- Royal Park
- Imperial Tower
- EA Field (Unlockable)
- Gridiron Park (Unlockable)
Own The City Mode
This game mode is the newest mode of NFL Street 2, the player must create a character and win all of the street games in the city. The player must play pick-up games to recruit talent for a team. The pick-up games are made up of randomly generated players. As the game progresses, the player will need to find better talent. If the player is successful they will face Xzibit and his team of NFL stars. When the player completes Own The City mode, the created player can be imported to Madden NFL 2006, another successful football title, or can be imported to the NFL Challenge.
NFL Challenge
NFL Challenge is the official mode of the NFL Street Series, the player must build up a fledgling team in 150 days to face the NFL Stars by completing challenges, such as scoring 250,000 style points on the Philadelphia Eagles. Winning the challenges gives the player development points to spend on the players but also at the expense of days. When 5 days remain, a tournament opens up and the player's team must win the tournament to complete NFL Challenge. If the player advances into the final round, they face the NFL Legends, a powerful team of NFL Stars from the 1970's.
NFL Teams In NFL Street
The teams feature 17 players on the 32 NFL Teams from the 2004 NFL Season, but the rosters are accurate as of November of 2004, Jerry Rice is with the Seahawks, Tim Brown is with the Buccaneers, Randy Moss is with the Vikings and Eddie George is on the Dallas Cowboys. The game also has eleven unlockable teams they are the NFL Legends, NFC east all-stars, NFC west all-stars, NFC south all-stars, NFC north all-stars, AFC east all-stars, AFC west all-stars, AFC south all-stars, AFC north all-stars, team Reebok, and team Xzibit
Trivia and Interesting Things in NFL Street 2
- Level 1 is the worst level, level 20 is the best level of attributes. Reebok equipment can raise a player's attributes over 20.
- Neither rookie Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals nor LaVar Arrington of the Washington Redskins appears in this game.
- The player can import the player in Own The City to Madden NFL 2006 or NFL Challenge Mode.
- There has been no mention of an NFL Street 3 in the works but NFL Street:Unleashed was released onto the PSP.
- Rapper Xzibit is the guide character in Own The City Mode and appears in the opening scene.
- The Minnesota Vikings home jersey design is incorrect, the correct home jersey in 2004 was purple and had yellow stripes on the shoulders, in the game the home jersey has yellow stripes on the sleeves and a Vikings logo on the sleeve, but the away jersey(white) is correct.
- Michael Vick's name in the game is spelled as simply Mike Vick, the same is for Michael Barrow whose name is spelled Mike Barrow.
- NFL Players Jeremy Shockey, Alge Crumpler, Javon Walker , and rapper Xzibit appear on the front cover, Daunte Culpepper is on the back cover.
- EA Field is a field-representation of EA Sports Studios.
- The businesses on the field Gridiron Park are direct representations of football definitions and jargon--example First Down Bank.
- Jeremy Shockey's Giants jersey on the cover is incorrect, the jersey has the player's number on the front, Shockey in the cover art has the Giants logo on the front, but the numbers on his shoulders.
- The players in Own The City mode pickup games are randomly generated which means that the player will not get the same exact players every time they play it.
- The "rookie" player in the opening scene is Reno Mahe of the Philadelphia Eagles, Mahe daydreams of being a star on and off the field until Jeremy Shockey snaps him out of the daydream and asks him "are ya just gonna stand here, or are we gonna play ball?"
- There are no punts and kickoffs or field goals which means that the player must go for it on fourth down every time and only try a one-point on the 5 yard live or two-point conversion on the ten yard line.
- Reebok is a product placement in the game.
- The name of the city to own in NFL Street 2 is named Bay City which could possibly mean it is in San Diego, California, but some features give it a complexion that it could be in Miami or New York or just a combination of these places.
- In the game, everyone plays defense and offense, even the quarterback.
- Unlike a real football game, the system of play is touchdowns and there is no time limit unless it is in Two Minute Challenge.
- Joey Galloway of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is in concept art on the loading screens.
- Artwork is unlockable if the player wins a game on a desired stage.
- Peyton Manning, Randy Moss, Ray Lewis, Mike Alstott, Brett Favre, rookie Reno Mahe, and Xzibit are chosen for a pickup game in an abandoned parking lot, their names are being called in the opening cutscene.
- If a Need For Speed Underground 2 or Burnout save file is available in the player's memory card, they receive 25,000 credits which can be used to purchase clothing, tattoos, and accesories..
- The player can edit any NFL teams gear but the player cannot edit attributes.
- The NFL Gauntlet is a tournament featuring all of the NFL teams from worst being the San Diego Chargers and the best being New England Patriots.
- EA Field must be unlocked by entering the secret code "EAField".
- Gridiron Park is unlocked after the player beats the NFL Challenge..
- Sterling Sharpe, Eric Dickerson, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Anthony Munoz, Randall Cunningham, Mike Singletary,Cris Carter, Darrell Green, and Joey Browner make up the NFL Legends team.
- All of the players in Own The City are randomly generated, if the player starts a new game, they will not see the same players or teams most likely to have some variety in games.
- Many of the random player's names in Own The City are spoofs of real NFL player names such as Lorenzo Fabre for Brett Farve, Stephen Smith for Steve Smith, Walt Payton for Walter Payton or Steve Davis for Stephen Davis.
- These NFL rookies appear: Lance Briggs, Eli Manning, Reggie Williams, Tommie Harris, Ben Roethlisberger, Kellen Winslow Jr., Julius Jones, Rashaun Woods and Sean Taylor.