But Jam's soul

But Jam's soul - cartoony players, cheat codes, announcer Tim Kitzrow screaming, "He's on fire!" - is as essential to the experience as the game itself, and that soul's complete return to form after 16 years is what makes this comeback so blissfully welcome.

Jam plays now as it did then - entirely too shallow to be confused with NBA 2K11, but too dizzyingly fast for that shallowness to matter. Dunks still reign over jumpers, turbo-fueled breakaways remain unstoppable, and shoving players to steal the ball is allowable under a rule set that cries foul only at brazen goaltending.

Experienced Jam players should feel comfortable fairly quickly with the available control schemes, though because this is the Wii, there naturally are some caveats.


Jam's default control scheme finds most commands mapped to the Wii remote and nunchuck in predictable ways. But shooting, dunking, and blocking all fall to the remote's gesture controls, with players flicking upward to jump and downward to finish the action. Jam recognizes the gestures flawlessly, and "slamming" the remote to dunk is terrific fun, but don't be surprised if your brain tricks you into flicking and blocking when you intend to press B to steal. The discrepancy fades away with practice, but it's jarring initially.

Jam's other schemes are similarly dependable and similarly imperfect. The classic controller support feels more natural at first with the right stick handling shooting and blocking duties, but the clumsiness of having to tether the controller to a Wii remote is, while not the game's fault, awkward nonetheless. Holding the remote sideways like an NES controller allows players to play like it's 1994 again, but the D-pad lacks the mobility afforded by a joystick. Those aching for a caveat-free control scheme - to say nothing of online play, which this version doesn't support - might wish to hold out for Jam's forthcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 incarnations.

But even accounting for the control oddities, this is like going home again. In addition to playing like it always has, Jam also just feels right. The visual presentation certainly benefits from 16 years of advancements, but player faces remain hilariously digitized, creating a look that's a delightfully weird mix of high- and low-budget presentation values. Kitzrow doesn't miss a beat in his resumption of announcing duties, and everything from the menu presentation to the hidden surprises (big head mode, playable politicians) is back like it never left.

The best way to experience Jam remains a two-on-two game with three other friends in the same room, but the most pleasant surprise about this incarnation is how much it offers (online play excepted) to those playing alone.

The traditional campaign, in which players conquer 36 real and fantasy teams in succession, returns. But Jam introduces a terrific new Remix campaign, which has players climbing a more open-ended mountain while playing some very inspired basketball variants that employ power-ups, half-court gameplay and every-player-for-himself mentalities. A game-wide achievements system offers another layer of challenges to complete, and knocking out those achievements unlocks a bounty of classic players and other famous faces. Why wait until 2012 when unlockable Palin and Obama characters can settle their differences right here?


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