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]
Hockey stick peripheral
The hockey stick peripheral for NHL Slapshot
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]
slapshot, sports, first, hockey, video, game, released, 2010, first, game, series, since, 2005, receive, rating, mainly, because, game, does, include, fighting, developer, canadapublisher, sportsseriesnhl, seriesplatform, wiireleasena, september, 2010, septemb. NHL Slapshot is EA Sports first 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 NHL SlapshotDeveloper s EA CanadaPublisher s EA SportsSeriesNHL seriesPlatform s WiiReleaseNA September 7 2010 1 EU September 16 2010AU September 16 2010Genre s Sports ice hockey Mode s Single playerMultiplayer Contents 1 Game cover 2 Hockey stick peripheral 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksGame cover EditWayne 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 Hockey stick peripheral Edit The hockey stick peripheral for NHL Slapshot 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 Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic76 100 3 Review scoresPublicationScore1Up comB 4 G4 5 Game Informer7 10 6 GameSpot8 10 7 GamesRadar 8 GameTrailers6 9 10 9 GameZone6 5 10 10 IGN8 10 11 Nintendo Power6 10 12 Nintendo World Report8 10 13 The game received generally favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 3 See also EditNHL 11 another ice hockey video game by EA Sports released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NHL 2K11 another ice hockey video game by 2K Sports for the Wii and iOSReferences Edit a b c d Tilley Steve May 29 2010 Great One getting back in the game Slam Sports Canoe ca Retrieved July 5 2015 1 dead link a b NHL Slapshot for Wii Reviews Metacritic Retrieved November 7 2010 Bailey Kat September 10 2010 NHL Slapshot Review 1UP com Archived from the original on July 6 2015 Retrieved July 5 2015 Thomsen Michael September 14 2010 NHL Slapshot Review for Wii G4TV Archived from the original on January 2 2015 Retrieved July 5 2015 Bertz Matt September 7 2010 NHL Slapshot Game Informer Retrieved July 5 2015 Todd Brett September 7 2010 NHL Slapshot Review GameSpot Retrieved July 5 2015 Grisham Richard September 8 2010 NHL Slapshot review GamesRadar Retrieved July 5 2015 NHL Slapshot Review GameTrailers September 13 2010 Archived from the original on October 12 2012 Retrieved May 15 2016 Splechta Mike September 27 2010 NHL Slapshot review GameZone Archived from the original on October 1 2010 Retrieved July 5 2015 Harris Craig August 30 2010 NHL Slapshot Review IGN Retrieved July 5 2015 NHL Slapshot Nintendo Power Vol 259 October 2010 p 89 Ronaghan Neal October 10 2010 NHL Slapshot Nintendo World Report Retrieved July 5 2015 External links EditOfficial website dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NHL Slapshot amp oldid 1125418801, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,