I only buy one sports game a year and this is it. Miami Heat FTW(minus the 15-67 record last year -.-). Im stoked for this game.

daddybojangles

This is The One.

DARTH_TIGRIS

Those animation are absolutely stunning. The masterful replication of weight and heft contribute to an amazingly organic visual display.

But this still feels like a rent first title to me. I think the days of me spending full price on a sports title might have passed.

Intellectualdiot

day 1 (which is tomorrow, finally!!!)

pharcotix

Spurs got no love in that video lol... Davis was owning them

Vallen

@Poo_and_Weeeee: That may be partially because dark brow skin is less translucent so you don't have that corpse look provided the rest is ok.

Crowbot

so... how much does publisher have to pay Kotaku to have their trailers posted in a row.

just kidding~!

XD

Torokun

sorry for the double post but ........was there no lebron and no kobe and a whole lot of baron davis?.....trailer...fail.

chrisnick

@Poo_and_Weeeee: White, not whitey, that is.

Poo_and_Weeeee

bought.

chrisnick

Has anyone else noticed that models of black guys seem to look way more realistic than models of whitey dudes, and asians especially?

Poo_and_Weeeee

my excitement for this game went from amazed to sexually aroused.

RocketSauceJosh

@daddybojangles:

It's Ok, I'm a Knicks fan... yeah, enough said right?

RocketSauceJosh

@chrisnick:

And Kobe also has a deal with Sony.

I would have liked to see a bit of Chris Paul actually, and maybe Chris Bosh because last year he looked as thick and fat as Eddy Curry, which is so so wrong.

RocketSauceJosh

If you're looking to do some trades to get this game, Game Crazy is doing a 20% trade-in boost on trades going towards any version of this game.

MSUHitman

@chrisnick: Lebron isn't shown because he's the cover athlete for Sony's NBA 09: The Inside.

MSUHitman

The demo was fun. I thought I liked Live better until I played 2k9. Much more realistic basketball game. Not that bball video games were very realistic to begin with.

SnakesSolids

Looks like they "kicked up the graphics a little bit".

Seriously though, that looks like a real sports feed.

yashichi8bit

@Intellectualdiot: That's the first thing I couldn't get over, the animations. Usually NBA games look amazing in still frames, but clunky or un-natural in motion. Not the case with 2K9 though, wow.

KrsJin

@RocketSauceJosh: 23-59 isn't much better but hey you never know what could happen in bball. The heat could turn it around this year, maybe potential playoff caliber. The knicks will get better in time and hey you all have patrick ewing jr(not quite the player his father was but we'll see!)

daddybojangles

If this one is $40 like 2K8 was, it's damn near an instant purchase.

TheAngryHeretic

@daddybojangles: I am a proud Hawks fan, and i will be picking this one up. Yeah, even proud of my team when they don't make it to the playoffs. And you know how long that has been for us.

TheAngryHeretic

@daddybojangles: I a proud Hawks fan, and i will be picking this one up. Yeah, even proud of my team when they don't make it to the playoffs. And you know how long that has been for us.

TheAngryHeretic

i'm a huge fan of 2k8 and am a bit worried after playing the 2k9 demo. hopefully, the demo was rushed as it doesn't look any better and actually plays a bit worse than 2k8 imo. of course, it's just a demo and many of the features of the full game aren't available. this trailer certainly looks amazing. it's on the way from gamefly, so i will know soon enough if it's worth a purchase. 2k8 is fantastic in all areas so hopefully they didn't make too many changes. 5 on 5 online sounds great if they keep the lag under control. 1 on 1 over live works great in 2k8.

tdevore

I hate basketball with a passion, but those graphics were so ridiculous that my wallet hurts.

TheMurderer

@Intellectualdiot:
Yes especially the falling. Kind Euphoria engine like. I dont like basketball games but would rent this to just gawk.

DarkHavoc99

Holy fucking shit-balls! I just went in my pants, that looked amazing.

Pancho_Villasan

That B-Roy block of Iverson gave me flashbacks to his real rejection against Carmelo Anthony last year. Go Blazers. Go 2K! I am full of giddy. Tomorrow=awesome.

etchasketchist

@tdevore:

There was stuff missing in the demo for sure. Its still the best for whats its worth.

mcx

2k still #1 in NBA -- The demo was awesome with great game play. Another step up in the graphics department.

mcx

@mcx:

I am not into basketball or the games, and I was impressed with the gameplay/atmosphere.

Too bad their baseball stinks ... though The Show is just so sick and fills the void nicely.

EnigmaNemesis

@TheAngryHeretic:

2k8 was 60 at launch...
also, the 2k series demos always suck :|

pharcotix

Sigh...i only have a beefed-up PC ;_; ...

Soho

Can't get enough of this trailer. The hard fouls on A.I. are fantastic. Love the left-handed floater by Baron Davis. Tomorrow needs to hurry up and get here.

Seahawker

Omg...its being released on PC too :D, this is a buy for me.

Soho

We'll miss you Diddy... That was beautiful trailer.

CaterinaCalvus

THAT'S what I'm talking about.

Makes we wish VC was still making NFL games. Imagine what a NFL2k9 would look like...

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

ahhhhh....come to papa...we've got a lot of catching up to do...Nice trailers by 2k, but Sony's NBA 08 trailers impressed me the most(I almost wanted to buy the game)...too bad the gameplay isn't anywhere near the 2k franchise...2k all day...

sexdrugsandps3

I'm a NBA Live turned 2K Sports guy. Couldn't take Live after 2003. But I digress, did anybody catch the subtleties in the demo? When someone got fouled hard, they get back up and push the person that fouled them and the fouler talks alot of smack. The new animations are amazing. Too bad EA wasn't able to take over Take Two. It would've been amazing to see EA graphics and presentations with 2K Sports gameplay and fluidity, assuming that WOULD'VE happened. =]

coolmkv69

After playing the demo and was absolutely wowed this is a day 1 purchase for me. I've been waiting for NBA2K to blow me away like it used to on the Dreamcast and Xbox. Looks like they've gotten to that point on the 360 now as well. It's about time.

SG_Mahonay

I downloaded this demo. Doesn't look nearly this good. Perhaps there are some last minute enhancements made?

ibelli

This game is gorgeous, I can't wait to get my hands on this bad boy.

Snuffbox

@sexdrugsandps3: correction: "NBA 09"

sexdrugsandps3

According to the demo, which I'm pretty sure will look the same as the retail game, looked meh in my eyes. Same character models from last years game with just a few minor upgrades.

I always hated 2ks player models...but dont take my word for it...just take a look at Manu Ginobli in the game..is that Manu ginobli..or is it Giligan?? lmao

showshaboy

I'm skeptical of this trailer. Every year sports game show great trailers and every year the game looks little different from last year. I will say that the animations in this video look great, but animations in sports games have been great for years. The problem is the flow from one canned animation to the next. That's what gives them the unnatural, stunted look. The animations are flowing in this trailer, but each cut away shows just one canned animation. I'd like to see them string a few together and then see how fluent it looks. My guess? No better than last year.

shufflemoomin

The animation in this trailer is ridiculously amazing...this is the first basketball game in a long time that I will probably buy.

That being said, the opening scene with Kevin Garnett looked off to me...didn't seem like he was actually holding on to the ball.

onigoroshi