Played it's music to loud and became deaf.

Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug.....maaaaannnnnn hilarious is what that fight would be lol.

This.

I miss the NBA Street franchise, too.

Man NBA street was my stuff! Mea nd my brother were talking about that last night.

Both original games (the good ones) were also on the Gamecube, that was where I played the hell out of them, I recently picked up the X360 title, was just absolutely nothing of the same game series really.

Gamecube is clearly the reason the games were great and when they left that it went downhill >.> (because the GC disc was too small  to fit all the music to turn this from a fighting game into a singing game)

Which do not use the likeness of real people.  It's two sides to a very expensive coin.  But, on the other hand, EA has lots.... and, I mean lots of money, so it's more-so them thinking the game wont profit.

You know what I forgot it was on Gamecube as well. And I don't care if they just remade the game with up to date grpahics and the EXACT same fighitng engine I would buy it and play the crap out of it.......still can't see how they messed up SOOOOO bad with Icon lol

You are correct they do have to use chracter likenesses and the music.....but you are also right it is expensive but shoot EA has good money rolling in right now they could AT LEAST give me a remaster with better graphics lol....even though a remake is more desireable.

A remake or remaster is still going to need a soundtrack, and that music can't just be the same as the stuff on the old titles without paying those artists again for the use of their songs because it will need to be licensed for the new platform, it's the same reason that the newer Tony Hawks 5 and Tony Hawk HD both had smaller and more indie music than the original series tracks from groups like System of a Down, The Doors and such, even if they are reusing their own assets for a game, they can't just reuse music licensed for an old game again.

I agree with you about those original games though, I absolutely loved Def Jam 1 and 2 on the GC alongside Wrestlemania XVIII and XIX and those were really great wrestling games, if you had a new Def Jam title with the same high impact and over the top fighting in the originals today against the fair to average WWE game offerings it could do very well for EA, if handled correctly (not a karaoke game)

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