- Wii Remote Shooting – Execute wrist shots with the flick of the Wii Remote or put some power into shots by holding the B button while flicking the Wii Remote to blast a slapper
- Wii Remote Fighting – Adding a never-before-seen layer of fun to hockey video games, NHL 2K9 features on-ice showdowns. Balance with the Nunchuk and punch with the Wii Remote to get your opponent off their feet
- Precision Passing / Chain Passing – Exclusive to Wii, take the guesswork out of which player is going to receive a pass by selecting players with the Wii Remote cursor. One-timers, give-and-go and tic-tac-toe passing are executed by selecting multiple players prior to pressing the pass or A button
- Wii Remote Goaltending – Gesture-based goaltending lets you get between the pipes and flash the leather. Even take control when it counts the most — in shootouts
- Full Featured Simulation – complete with franchise mode, practice mode with a tutorial, pond hockey, and much more
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Game comes out today which I have on Pre-order
Game looks amazing and the demo was great
well, only buy this if you have a wii, and are obsessed with the NHL, i love my NHL, and i havent had a new one since EA’s 01 and 05 on the PS2. well, i go this the day it came out, played one period, and shut it off to go play EA NHL 09 on the XBox. Havent played it since, Graphics, lol, cant even read the writing the graphics are so bad. my teams a what? 85 overall? what? everything looks like 8s with shadows. LOL
the graphics for this game are ridiculously horrible…if i were 2K i would just not release the game then send out this embarrassment. all i can say is DONT BUY IT
I think my cellphone has better graphics than this game. It is amazing that anyone rated this game more than two stars. The players all have this greyed out shaded look – and they all look stiff and characterless. Movements are stiff and robotlike. Announcers are lame. Gameplay is routine. Wii controls are a bit of a step back compared to playing with a plain old controller. 2K Sports should give a refund to all who buy this poor excuse for a hockey game. Played NHL 08 on the PC and THAT was 100 times better (and I have liked 2K games in the past). The after play cutaways are so bad it is laughable as the guys look like stiff mannequins with no personality. Makes hockey look boring. Camera angles are too far away and just not satisfying. My son (who plays every hockey game he can get his hands on including all the NHL HITS Series, NHL Hits PRO , NHL 5, 06, 07, 08 PC & Console…etc) – first thing he said when he turned it on was “Dad, what is wrong with the graphics?”. His freinds came over and were all laughing at how stupid the graphics looked (he felt a bit bad for asking for this game after seeing how bad it looks). My son was so excited to get thie first hockey game for WII but was very dissapointed to see how BAD it looks (regardless of the controls). This game has convinced me to sell my Wii (while there are still enough suckers out there to buy it) as the graphics stink and I just can’t get over watching the previews for game in HD and getting the actual game in what looks like 64 colors in terrible resolution with poor animations. WII and 2K – you stink. I feel I have been ripped off with this terrible looking product and most of the Wii games are not getting any better graphics wise. And while I’m on my rant – EA is dumb for neglecting hockey on the WII.
I was looking foreward to this game for so long. After getting it and playing it for one day I have to say I am very disappointed in it.
Graphics are crummy you cant read printed stuff on the scrren, the players all look alike and look as if they all have dark tans. Then there is the choppyness of the action on ice, at points during play the game sputtered and jumped.
The instruction manual, ha what joke 5 pages of nothing , didnt realy explain anything outside of using the controls. Took me and friend an hour to figure out how to change rosters(and we both are fairly decent gamers),and do other tweaks. Also players are missing from teams I noticed Nolan Pratt from the Sabres was missing and few other from other teams as well.
I wish EA Sports would put out a Hockey game for the WII now there’s a hockey game to sink your teeth in!!!
If I had to do it all over again I WOULD NOT BUY IT !!!!
I don’t think the graphics are that bad… *shrugs* Playing with the motion plus makes the game better… i do think there’s a learning curve involved though… i still cant figure out how to use the flick pass with the Motion plus all the passes go backwards… very aggravating to say the least lol but theres an option to keep the A botton passing so thats easily avoided… even so i think the game is great… and i think its a great stepping stone for 2k11 next year… derek clear ya mind put the game in and give it a real chance… ya may change ya mind lol