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| Developer(s) | EA Canada |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Series | NHL series |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Sports (ice hockey) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
NHL Slapshot is EA Sports' third ice hockey video game on the Wii, released in 2010. [1] It was the first game in the NHL series since NHL 2005 to receive an E rating, mainly because the game does not include fighting.
Wayne Gretzky is the game's cover athlete. This marked the first time that the EA Sports NHL series featured a retired ice hockey player on the cover as well as Wayne Gretzky's first appearance on a cover of a video game since Gretzky NHL 2006 . [1]
A miniature hockey stick peripheral was released with the game, allowing (but not requiring) the player to insert the Wii Remote and its Nunchuk attachment and simulate playing with a real hockey stick. [1] [2]
| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | 76/100 [3] |
| Publication | Score |
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| 1Up.com | B [4] |
| G4 |   [5] |
| Game Informer | 7/10 [6] |
| GameSpot | 8/10 [7] |
| GamesRadar+ | [8] |
| GameTrailers | 6.9/10 [9] |
| GameZone | 6.5/10 [10] |
| IGN | 8/10 [11] |
| Nintendo Power | 6/10 [12] |
| Nintendo World Report | 8/10 [13] |
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3]
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