As long as it gets a decent budget and effort it should be good. Not like the last time they tried a revival...

And better than the last few EA Sports titles. Some of them were good but all still scream low budget to me.

They should totally allow you to use the pointer to position your teammate like in PES. But they probably won't :(

This got me excited. I'm hoping they add some new game play elements, but appearance wise I hope it looks like the old games, playing as today's NBA players with it looking like old NBA Jam would be a trip. 

OMG NO WAI
 
NBA Jam is the first and only basketball-game I have ever had fun with. Let's hope this is a Punch-Out!!-style remake! 
 
*prepares for disappointment the moment this is announced not to support MotionPlus*

Classic controls plox... One button for pass, one shoot, one turbo. Maybe optional waggle for dunks and the pointer I mentioned.

So remaking old school sports games on the Wii is a trend now?

" OMG NO WAI  NBA Jam is the first and only basketball-game I have ever had fun with. Let's hope this is a Punch-Out!!-style remake!   *prepares for disappointment the moment this is announced not to support MotionPlus* "

Aren't pretty much all sports games remakes (at best) of past versions? Why does reviving two old franchises make it a Wii trend?

" Classic controls plox... One button for pass, one shoot, one turbo. Maybe optional waggle for dunks and the pointer I mentioned. "

No, fuck motion plus for JAM. I didn't say classic controller, I said classic controls. Play Wii Sports Resort if you want motion plus basketball. JAM is classic and should remain so. The game's not announced for 360 so the Wii's the only chance we have for classic JAM and I want it classic. Thx. There's absolutely no reason to call it JAM if it's going to be a vastly different experience anyway. PES managed to remain PES and add great Wii specific features, they should try to achieve that with JAM also where applicable, not everywhere just to boast about motion plus support.

I love the shots in Wii Sports Resort but they can't make the whole game work like that. It would have to be first or third person behind view for the shots to be appropriate, just like Wii Sports Resort, which isn't a view suitable for a somewhat proper basketball game. Maybe they could have that just for foul shots though, that'd be a decent way to implement it without changing the whole game or cutting to different camera angles mid-game whenever you prepare to shoot, or worse yet having you shoot like that while actually watching the side view, or whatever dodgy way they think up.

" @Al3xand3r said:

" Classic controls plox... One button for pass, one shoot, one turbo. Maybe optional waggle for dunks and the pointer I mentioned. "

No. Fuck the classic controller. If I want traditional controls, I'll play my 360. "

This brings to light an important question: "NBA Jam: Wii-Bound" greatest name for a Wii game? 
 
On a more serious note, this is either great news that companies are well aware of nostalgia and want to capitalize on it by faithful remakes or terrible news that companies are well aware of nostalgia and will make the cheapest game possible that they know will sell based entirely on the name. 
 Seeing as this generation has proved that you tend to need quality over marketing, I'm hoping for the former.

Dude! I made a thread about this yesterday!
 
But anyway, it's ridiculous to think this game won't use Motion Controls. There is a reason it's Wii exclusive. Anytime that happens it's because the game won't work/won't be as fun with a normal controller because it was designed for the Wii Remote.
 
Heck, Wii Sports Resort has a great example of Basketball, and it doesn't even use the Nunchuck.

" @Meowayne said:

" @Al3xand3r said:

" Classic controls plox... One button for pass, one shoot, one turbo. Maybe optional waggle for dunks and the pointer I mentioned. "

No. Fuck the classic controller. If I want traditional controls, I'll play my 360. "

They aren't releasing this for 360 though.  Apparently according to this rumor at least.  No motion controls!  Wouldn't work for a basketball game. "

" @Stephen_Von_Cloud said:

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They aren't releasing this for 360 though.  Apparently according to this rumor at least.  No motion controls!  Wouldn't work for a basketball game. "

Have you played with MotionPlus? "

Continue this discussion over here - cheers.