ESPN National Hockey Night (2001 video game)

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ESPN National Hockey Night
ESPN National Hockey Night cover.jpg
North American PS2 cover art
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • JP: March 8, 2001
  • NA: March 25, 2001
  • EU: June 29, 2001 [1]
Game Boy Color
  • NA: March 21, 2001
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

ESPN National Hockey Night is a video game developed and published by Konami for PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Color in 2001.

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Reception

The PS2 version received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] Dan Egger of NextGen said that the game "isn't irredeemable; it's certainly better than FaceOff , but it's just nowhere near as good as EA Sports' NHL Hockey either." [10] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 3/10, 4/10, and 1.5/10.

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References

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  5. 1 2 "ESPN National Hockey Night [PS2]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ "ESPN National Hockey Night (PS2)". Game Informer . No. 97. FuncoLand. May 2001.
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  9. ↑ Zdyrko, David (April 4, 2001). "ESPN National Hockey Night (PS2)". IGN . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  10. 1 2 Egger, Dan (July 2001). "ESPN National Hockey Night (PS2)". NextGen . No. 79. Imagine Media. p. 81. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
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  12. ↑ Egger, Dan (June 2001). "ESPN National Hockey Night". PSM . No. 46. Imagine Media. p. 32. Retrieved February 13, 2024.


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