''NBA Elite 11'' is a mobile basketball
video game
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released by
Electronic Arts
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(EA) for
iOS
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. It is the seventeenth installment in EA's ''
NBA Live
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Beginning in the la ...
series'' and the only to bear the ''NBA Elite'' name. It features
Kevin Durant
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of the
Oklahoma City Thunder
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on the cover.
A release of the game for the
PlayStation 3
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and
Xbox 360
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was scheduled for October 5, 2010,
but both versions were cancelled shortly before release, with some copies escaping into consumer hands. Previously, a download code for ''
NBA Jam
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'' was to be included with copies of Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of ''NBA Elite 11'', but ''NBA Jam'' was subsequently released as a standalone game for both systems and the
Wii
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.
Features
Controls were retooled to primarily use the right analog stick for actions such as shooting. These actions added difficulty for simple moves like layups while reducing difficulty for three-point shots. Dribbling and shooting controls were also modified, and new animations were created for certain actions.
''NBA Live 10'' commentators
Marv Albert
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and
Steve Kerr
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were replaced by the
ESPN
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crew of
Mark Jackson
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,
Jeff Van Gundy
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, and
Mike Breen
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.
The game was to feature the debut of "Become Legendary Mode", a single-player career mode similar to "Be a Pro Mode" in ''
NHL
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'' and ''
FIFA
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'' and "Superstar Mode" in the ''
Madden'' games.
The iOS version features a 3-point shootout mode, season mode, playoff mode, and play mode.
The game's soundtrack was produced by
9th Wonder
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better known as 9th Wonder, is an American record producer, record ...
and rapper
J. Cole
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and was going to include the song "The Plan."
Cancelled Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions
Developers of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions aimed to completely change the game's control system but were pressed for time with an 18-month
development cycle
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. A
demo released during development was plagued with
glitches
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that were heavily publicized, including one
YouTube
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video of player
Andrew Bynum
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stuck in the middle of the court in the model's
bind pose.
Another glitch involved
Luol Deng
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, whose character had a "hotspot" from the left baseline from which he almost never missed. Developers were aware of an animation bug but intended to fix it before release. After internal review of the game, EA deemed its quality poor and cancelled it.
Copies of these versions that entered circulation are considered rare collector's items.
See also
* ''
NBA 2K11
''NBA 2K11'' is a 2010 basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K. It was released in October 2010 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. A ...
''
* ''
NBA Jam
''NBA Jam'' is a List of basketball video games, basketball video game series based on the National Basketball Association (NBA). Initially developed as arcade games by Midway Games, Midway, the game found popularity with its photorealistic digi ...
''
References
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