Imagine one day after the game designers of NBA Live had been wondering "what makes this game popular? It's the superstars! What can we do to make them special?"
"Let's give them superpowers."
Although NBA Live already had an arcade street basketball game called NBA Street, they thought that even street wasn't arcadey enough so they made this game even arcadier. Here are some superpowers.
Shaq: Steel Power
Shaq's body turns into steel. During this state you can push players and they'll fly into the stands because of Shaq's power.
Seismic Dunk: Shaq Dunks and destroys the backboard and also creates a large hole in the ground. All opponent players lose morale.
Dwayne Wade: Lightning Power
Super Wade Crossover: Wade blazes through his opponent in a few seconds and immediatedly goes for a dunk. This sequence is so fast you can't even see it in instant replay without blurring.
LeBron James: Super Jumping
LeBron James Dunk: LeBron jumps so high he almost touches the stadium ceiling and then throws a thunderous dunk.
Ron Artest: Fists of Fury
When Ron Artest fills up his rage meter, do quarter circle forward, half circle back followed by the b button and he'll beat the hell out of a player in the court with massive combos.
Ben Wallace: Super Blocks
Ben Wallaces swats the ball so hard that the ball goes flying to the stands as well as the player. The fan in the stands dies immediatedly.
Chris Webber: The invisible timeout
Can create an invisible timeout where everyone is immobile for a few seconds. However, a technical foul will always follow this and if the shot isn't made in time it won't count.
Vince Carter: Air Cana...New Jersey..
He can dunk from half court...but you must tap the right sequence of buttons. If you fail three times you get injured for a season.
Earl Boykins: Shrinking power.
Earl Boykins can shrink and run under people's legs! If you get blocked though...you might be screwed.
Yao: Great Wall of China.
Creates a wall of Yao Mings...it flops on contact. If successful, 6 fouls are called, immediatedly fouling out the player. However, you can get 6 offensive fouls as well.
Tayshuan Prince: Teleport Block.
You can block any shot from the court using his teleport block. However, this thing can only be used a few times and it destroys Prince's stamina.
Kobe: Super powers removed from the game to lower ERSB ratings from AO to E.