NBA Jam/YMMV


 * And the Fandom Rejoiced (The recent announcement by EA Sports that they're bringing back the franchise for the Wii. Series co-creator Mark Turmell was hired by EA Sports, too, mainly to work on the Madden NFL franchise, but also to provide advice for the EA Vancouver team making the revival.)
 * On top of that, it has been confirmed that Tim Kitzrow will be back to do the Announcer Chatter that he made memorable.
 * For a strange subversion, an announcement by EA revealed that the NBA Jam game for the Nintendo Wii would also be for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3, but there would be a catch: you had to buy NBA Elite 11, which gives out a code to play NBA Jam. But even with that, it would only have 3 modes: Play Now, Classic Play, and Online. And the fandom raged, especially from the Wii fandom because they not only lost another exclusive game, but the other versions would be confirmed to get online, while the Wii version still wasn't confirmed for online play.
 * Recently confirmed not to have it. See Ruined FOREVER.
 * Oddly enough, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3's versions will end up being released as a stand-alone title instead of as a throw-in for NBA Elite 11.
 * And in yet another subversion, NBA Elite 11 has been shitcanned, leaving this title to be EA's only basketball release of the year and released under its own auspices.
 * Anticlimax Boss: Shaq in the 2010 version. You have to stop him from breaking the backboard within three minutes. And it's pathetically easy: steal the ball, do crossover, repeat crossover ad nauseum for an easy win.
 * Fridge Brilliance: The Phoenix Suns' roster in the recent game is like that because the real life Suns are known for playing "small-ball" and since they're NBA Jam 2010 line-up will have Steve Nash, Grant Hill, Jason Richardson, Kevin Johnson, and Dan Majerle (who are all guards in the NBA)...
 * Memetic Mutation: "BOOM SHAKALAKA!"
 * Music of Awesome: The boss battle music for "The Mailman" Karl Malone, Shaq Diesel, and Dr. J for Electronic Arts' game.
 * Ruined FOREVER: The Wii version was recently confirmed to not have online multiplayer. Cue massive raging.
 * You know, people were already complaining that it's ruined forever when NBA Jam not only lost exclusivity, but also people had to buy a DIFFERENT GAME (NBA Elite 11) in order to play NBA Jam for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3.
 * However, the recent news of NBA Jam being available for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 as a stand-alone title made this return to And the Fandom Rejoiced for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 users all around.
 * It turns out that the reason why the Wii version won't have online is because it can't, "Run at 60 Frames per second, the director doesn't want to make a "half assed Wii game thing" because it's not at full 60 fps when online is going on"
 * Which is funny because there are online games like Super Smash Bros Brawl and Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii and yet they don't even have any known FPS problems.
 * That One Boss: In the 2010 version, "Dr. J" Julius Erving. For the other boss battles, there's clear strategies to beat them. The Dr. J boss battle though, due to the rules of the match and lack of clear strategy, is incredibly difficult. Beating him requires you to pace yourself scoring and, for when he DOES have the ball, to be good at blocking.
 * If you want a major challenge, try playing against Dwayne Wade and Lebron James. THEY WILL KILL YOU.