A ‘Magic’ season for Switch b-ball.
It’s once again reached that time of year when another entry in the NBA 2K franchise slam-dunks onto our consoles. Yes, it’s sometimes difficult to muster much excitement for these annual instalments, and it’s easy to dismiss them as just another incremental update that looks and plays almost identically to the previous season’s effort. However, NBA 2K23 is worth getting a little more jazzed about than usual, as it combines an excellent new Michael Jordan Challenge mode with, what we reckon, is the best on-court action we’ve seen from the series thus far, even if this Switch port has had to make some cuts here and there.
Let’s kick things off with that new Michael Jordan Challenge mode, which feels like a fully fleshed-out and richly rewarding part of the game. Here you’ll take part in 15 specific challenges based on events from across MJ’s career, with each and every one of them presented in exacting detail, featuring era-specific stadiums, kits, commentary and screen filters that give the whole thing a delightfully aged look. This is no throwaway mode, it’s a full-on history lesson to sink your teeth into that really brings MJ’s early career and biggest NBA moments back to life.
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