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What's the modern answer to stuff like NBA Jam (Street Hoop the true king) or Sega Soccer Slam? Indies are most welcome ITT.

Another

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Show me the contemporary arcadey sports games of legend I should be aware. I'm especially curious about the indie side of things. Haven't been paying attention so I'm unaware.

Last gen we had the occasional morsel here and there like Mario Strikers, NBA Jam On Fire or WWE All-Stars (some of the Mario & Sonic Olympics entries were decent products too) but I'm yearning for stuff of the sort and we've pushed most of the past favorites like Windjammers/Street Hoop (Data East had it's share of home runs, they're slept on), Decathlete, Sega Soccer Slam and NBA Street 2 past the point of exhaustion so I'm thirsting.
 

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There's Disc Jam if you want a bit of a different flavour on Windjammers. Golf Story might fit your bill; Sports Story almost certainly will.
 
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Another

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Yikes, the volume of replies makes me fear there just aren't that many of us interested in such stuff. =/

Krejlooc said:
Rocket League
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Checks out, 2v2 RL matches of all kinds are a staple of our splitscreen sessions!

mclem said:
There's Disc Jam if you want a bit of a different flavour on Windjammers. Golf Story might fit your bill; Sports Story almost certainly will.
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Trey said:
Pyre.
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Big fan of both Golf Story and Pyre but I'm looking for more multiplayer oriented stuff as the core experience (will get around to Sports Story eventually, GS left a great impression so it's just a matter of time)... Disc Jam however I was not aware of and is exactly the sort of stuff I'm looking for. Wishlisted, many thanks!
 
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Dukie85 said:
Check NBA Playgrounds.
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Good one. I've tried this once or twice and did enjoy what I played but saw no reason to purchase it considering I didn't really notice any significant upgrades from NBA Jam On Fire which is still something we play often. Were my initial impressions wrong? I should get it eventually anyway even if just to show support for such kind of releases in general.

metsallica said:
Super Blood Hockey
Super Mega Baseball (if you set it up that way)
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SBH looks right up my alley, thanks. Wishlisted.
SMB I'll have to luck into trying, I suppose... Baseball and American Football (won't deny I had some fun with Mutant League Football when I was a tween, though) games have never managed to grab me, but perhaps that's just because I've never played the right ones?
 

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My brother and I had a lot of fun with Mutant Football League and NBA Playgrounds.

Neither are the most polished games around, but they're enjoyable.
 
Yang Xiao Long

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NBA Playgrounds has some solid similarities with NBA Jam.

Mutant Football League is a fun over the top take on American football.

I would also say, and some may dispute this, but... RBI Baseball was enjoyable enough, IMO. RBI '17 was, anyway. It's got such a minimal presentation and is so straightforward. It's no frills baseball and felt arcadey to me.
 

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Honestly, I don't see many on that level of quality, and it seems so weird that nobody is trying to make an arcade footy game
 
SeanShards

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The answer here is definitely Rocket League, but Super Mega Baseball 3 just came out and is getting great reviews.

 
Tiechie

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Laser league. I'm not sure how many players still play but I had fun when it first released.
 
Windu

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I still play NBA Jam on my Xbox One, looks and plays great still. So that lol /shrug.
 
SapientWolf

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Dunk Lords came out recently:



It's a more self aware and over the top take on NBA Jam than Playgrounds.

Ridiculous Rugby is kind of a looser take on NFL Blitz (but rugby). It's out on mobile but the PC port is taking forever.
 
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Another said:
Good one. I've tried this once or twice and did enjoy what I played but saw no reason to purchase it considering I didn't really notice any significant upgrades from NBA Jam On Fire which is still something we play often. Were my initial impressions wrong?
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On Fire Edition is way more fun to play, IMHO. Playgrounds tends to tilt a little too close to sim when it comes to aspects like shooting and defense. Jam is arcade through and through. If EA had ported On Fire to the Switch, I wouldn't have bought Playgrounds 1 or 2.
 
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