StickSkills.com writes, "While the rumors have been circulating for close to a year now, it appears that NFL Blitz will be launching in some form or another. If you don't remember the title, or never had the chance to play it, you missed out on one of the greatest arcade football titles that has ever launched."
It seems now is the time to capitalise on a renewed acceptance of, dare we say it, the video game side of sports video games, and here are five classic arcade titles that really need to come back.
Sick and tired of only being given the choice of playing Madden when it comes to football video games? Westapo of Gaming Rebellion goes over two of his favorite non-Madden games that are still a ton of fun to play: Tecmo Super Bowl or the NES and NFL Blitz for PS3/Xbox 360. Both games hold up remarkably well.
When NFL Blitz rebooted under EA Sports in 2012, with the franchise's creator back on the case, it lacked nearly all of the oomph that made the 1997 original so appealing, even to non-sports fans. No late hits, no over-the-top bodyslams. Quarterbacks weren't really sacked so much as they were shoved to the ground. Receivers were hip-checked and stumbled to the turf.
Hell yeah, I loved this game back in the day! I hope they add some mini-games and don't try to make it too realistic. I'm glad it's EA so we can have officially licensed teams and players. Madden is getting stale, and this should be spice things up a bit.
NBA Jam and now this! Hell yeah EA I love you
Bring back Road Rash please!
And just to think that I was playing NFL Blitz 2000 on my N64 only a few weeks ago.