- Publisher: Midway
- Release Date: May 9, 2006
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A good arcade-style basketball game to pass the time. Just keep in mind that the loading is atrocious.
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Game InformerBallers may not deliever the full five-on-five experience, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a handheld b-ball title that delivers such an exciting challenge. [Apr 2006, p.135]
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NBA Ballers: Rebound is almost as good as its console cousin. I only wish the designers had actually tweaked the controls to the PSP rather than just porting the game over straight. There are so many creative moves it’s a shame you can’t access them all with any reliability.
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PSM2 Magazine UKOne of the most complete basketball games on PSP, but surprisingly let down by the lack of dunk variety. Looks amazing, though, and there are plenty of match-ups to conquer. Nice. [May 2006, p.76]
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NBA Ballers Rebound for the PSP is like that veteran free agent your team just signed--it gets the job done but you've seen all these moves before.
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Unfortunately for the portable version, a lack of additional content, system hampered controls and exorbitant load times really hinder the game for no apparent reason.
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games(TM)NBA Ballers: Rebound is difficult to actually fault – unless you plan to play for more than 30 minutes. [May 2006, p.120]
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Official Playstation 2 Magazine UKYou need to be an NBA aficionado to get the most out of Rebound, but for those who aren't this still delivers slick and feature-packed balling. [May 2006, p.85]
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For the time being, we'd rather play Ballers than EA's "NBA Street," and that's really all you need to know.
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It's a great change of pace form the strict style of traditional NBA games and it's extremely satisfying to take a scrub from the street and posterize Yao Ming. Just don't plan on doing much else.
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A simple port of the popular franchise downsized to fit in the palm of your hand. Granted the core game mechanic is still tons of fun in small doses I believe that was the game’s main goal in the first place and this iteration nails it flawlessly.
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PSM MagazineIt's not that the game is particculary lacking in any area, but Ballers lacks the personality to be considered any more than a week-long fling. [May 2006, p.86]
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Play UKAn annoying little game that plays just well enough for us to nearly forgive the ridiculousness of it. [Issue#139, p.93]
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The first game that made me want to spike my PSP in frustration. In that sense, it manages to truly recapture the home console experience of being angry enough with a game to destroy equipment. Past that, it's a title mired with long load times and not-so-great controls.
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It's rare that a PSP game can truthfully claim to be an enhancement of its PS2 forebear, but NBA Ballers Rebound comes pretty close.
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If you have played the original, then Rebound will likely feel a bit stale, a bit empty, and more than a bit slow.
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Official U.S. Playstation MagazineThe few new modes exclusive to the PSP can't offset the lack of unlockable content when compared to the console. [Aug 2006, p.83]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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LalaL.May 15, 2006This game is awesome. It is complete, has great graphics and is extremely addicting!