This week it's back to sports games, though we're going to go in a different direction this time. It's been a while since I've covered an arcade style sports game, but I came across this one and I remember this one getting quite a bit of hype back in the day. In the early aughts, EA sports released a series of "street" sports titles under their EA Sports: BIG brand. The gaming juggernaut used this subdivision to release titles it felt were to EXTREME for its standard brand, like the SSX series and Def Jam Vendetta. In all, 21 games were released under the BIG label, the majority of which ended up being the street sports games. They released various versions of NBA, NFL and FIFA Street games, keeping the professional players while replacing the stadiums and arenas with beaches and alleyways. For this week, we will focus on the first NFL entry. NFL Street is an arcade sports title to its very core. Games are 7 on 7, with players able to organize their teams as
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