NHL Hitz 2003
NHL Hitz 2003
NHL Hitz 2003
NHL Hitz 2003

NHL Hitz 2003

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Item Description

Nobody plays NHL Hitz 20-03 for the faceoff strategy. Midway's arcade hockey shrinks the game to a center, a winger, a defenseman and a goalie on each side, strips away the fussier parts of the rulebook, and lets you check an opponent clean through the glass and into the stands while play keeps rolling. It is hockey the way it exists in the imagination of every kid who ever slammed a buddy into the boards during a street game.

This second Hitz game sharpened the formula. Games run three short periods, a mercy rule can end a blowout early, and fights break out mid-game, with an optional rule that sends the loser out of the game entirely. Goalies can even carry the puck up ice and fire on the other net. The series' trademark On Fire mode turns a hot hand into a menace, and the real NHL rosters are trimmed to starters and fan favorites, enforcers like Tie Domi and Bob Probert included.

Tournament mode is the hidden gem. You design a team, pick its logo and build seven players, then spend earned experience on new sticks and goalie pads as you climb eight rounds of competition in places like Brooklyn, Maui, Monte Carlo, Stockholm and Montego Bay before real NHL clubs show up in the final rounds. Season mode hands out trophies for most fights won and most hits delivered, which tells you everything about this game's priorities, and mini-games plus hidden teams, players and rinks reward anyone who keeps digging.

Critics loved the chaos, with the GameCube version earning an 82 on Metacritic, and it came from Vancouver's Black Box Games, the studio Electronic Arts acquired that same year and later pointed at Need for Speed. With friends on the couch it is still a riot: quick to learn, loud, and gleefully unconcerned with realism.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2002
Publisher
Midway Games
Developer
Black Box Games
Genre
Sports
Players
Single player, Split screen
About the game

The NHL Hitz series has been on all next-generation consoles since the early days of the 32-bit era. With that said, its no surprise that Midway brings NHL Hitz 20-03 to GameCube, with Hitz' trademark 'On-Fire Mode', over-the-top animations, and fully 3D crowds. Like all NHL Hitz games, NHL Hitz 20-03 features gameplay modes for up to 6 players, in-game fights and hidden teams, players and stadiums. The game will also feature Create-A-Player modes and mini-games.

Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.

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