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The third installment in the NBA Courtside series, and the last game developed by Left Field as a Nintendo 2nd party. Choose a team and head out onto the court for a game of basketball.

Take control of a variety of NBA all-stars (fronted by Kobe Bryant in promotional artwork), and shoot some hoops for your team. Gain possession of the ball by snatching it from your opponent, pass, dribble and shoot. Defend your hoop if you find yourself on the defensive.

The main mode is NBA Season Play, where you have to take part in games for an entire season, winning matches so as not to be knocked out. Quick Play is the same, but only plays a single game. Arcade Mode has outrageous hoop scoring and dunking. Skills Mode is a management simulator where you juggle the stats of players to win games. Finally the Create a Player mode allows you to inject your own likeness onto a new player, and dole out skill levels.

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Staff Teams

Three of the game's secret teams are made up of Nintendo and Left Field employees who worked on the game:

• Nintendo Plumbers
• Left Field Codies
• Left Field Polymen

NBA Courtside Series

• NBA Courtside
• NBA Courtside 2
• NBA 3-on-3
• NBA Courtside 2002