NBA Street Showdown explained

NBA Street Showdown is a basketball video game developed by Canadian studio Team Fusion and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports BIG label. It is the fourth installment in the NBA Street series, and a handheld port of NBA Street V3. The game was released on April 25, 2005, in North America, on September 1, 2005, in Europe, and on September 29, 2005, in Japan, for the PlayStation Portable.

LeBron James is featured on the cover, attempting a slam dunk.

Gameplay

NBA Street Showdown incorporates gameplay elements from NBA Street Vol. 2, with the presentation of NBA Street V3. The game primarily features the minigames Shot Blocker and Arcade Shootout, as well as quick game modes. You can play head-to-head in all of these through ad hoc mode. King of the Courts is a game mode where you can unlock different courts as a reward for defeating neighborhood street teams. Challenges include playing a team in Shot Blocker or in a game without trick points. You can play current NBA teams and older teams made up of legendary players.

Reception

NBA Street Showdown received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the game was ported for release on September 29, 2005, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40.