Disney Sports Basketball

🏢 Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Polygon Magic 📅 05 Nov 2002

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🌆 Atmosphere & Visual Direction

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Disney Sports Basketball is a 2002 sports video game published by Konami. It was released for the GameCube, and the Game Boy Advance.

Gameplay

DS Basketball lets players control on any team. In the GameCube version, it has 3 members on each team, but for the Game Boy Advance, it only has 2 members for each team. During gameplay, players must use the corresponding accessory to boost up. This allows the team to shoot, dunk, block, and more.

Teams

The Superstars (Mickey Mouse)
The Charmers (Minnie Mouse)
The Seaducks (Donald Duck)
The Belles (Daisy Duck)
The Spacenuts (Goofy)
The TinyRockets (Huey, Dewey, and Louie & José Carioca)
The Shifters (Max Goof)
The Steamrollers (Pete)
The Imperials (Mortimer Mouse)
Mickey’s All-Stars (Mickey, Minnie and Huey)
Donald’s All-Stars (Donald, Daisy and Dewey)
Goofy’s All-Stars (Goofy, Max and Louie)
Pete’s All-Stars (Pete, Mortimer and Big Bad Wolf)

Reception

The Game Boy Advance version received “mixed or average” reviews, while the GameCube version received “generally unfavorable” reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40 for the GameCube version, and 25 out of 40 for the GBA version.

The GameCube release later became an expensive collectible.