One of my favorite Nintendo moments wasn't actually a Nintendo game (so I don't know if this counts lol). I mean, the game was on the GameCube, but the game itself was NBA Street Vol. 2 from EA. I was playing the game with all my siblings: my older brother, my older sister, and my younger sis. My brother and I played the game way more than my sisters who weren't even that into video games. Truth be told, I forgot why they were playing with us. But at that day all four of us were playing NBA street vol. 2 and in order for four players to works, one team required two or three players. We decided to split it by the battle of the sexes. Again, my sisters weren't the best players, so I don't know what we were thinking!
So how did the matches play out? Well, just like you expect. My brother and I annihilated my sisters. Initially, at least. We would set up pick and rolls, high flying alley oops ,and other crazy tricks that would impress the hardest street players.
But there was this one game where the unthinkable happened. At the middle of the game my youngest sister, who was probably the least skillful of us all, managed to get a Dallas player (I want to say Dirk Nowitzki but this was a looong time ago) to shoot the ball a full court away from their net.
And the ball sunk in.
I didn't believe it at first. My sisters were bad at this game and they frequently took shots like that. But that time, it happened. My brother and sisters went crazy for different reason and I was left asking, "What's going on?" They then convinced me that the full court shot did indeed fall. Unbelievable, I thought. But that wasn't the only part of the shot that I found unbelievable.
The shot was actually worth way more points for being a full court shot. I didn't notice it at first but my brother who played this game almost as religiously as he watches his Lakers noticed. Shortly after my siblings convinced me that unthinkable shot happened, my brother commented that he couldn't believe a full court shot is worth more than a three pointer.
"What? You're crazy!" was probably my response. But it was true, just like how that full court shot went swish. I sat there thinking how ridiculous the game designers were for rewarding players to make improbable shots. But of course, after that game was over, everyone took their turn to make full court shots. The ball didn't seem to fall down anymore, but we still kept trying. My brother and sisters eventually noticed this and started playing better but I was determined to mimick my sister's glory shot. In the end, I made my brother and our team lose several games afterwards. I was now the worst player in the game.
For that day at least.
Edit: Oh the contest was indeed about Nintendo games. Sorry! I had fun reminiscing this moment and writing it all for you guys, though!
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