Despite their almost missing performance on the Nintendo 64, Electronic Arts has returned to producing games for Nintendo on the GameCube. One of the most exciting things about the return of EA is that now Nintendo consoles are getting games from the EA Sports BIG development studio. EA Sports BIG has already churned out SSX Tricky for the GameCube. Next up for EA BIG is NBA Street. NBA Street is an “extreme” arcade-like basketball game. According to EA it’s not basketball, it’s “streetball.” The game is based upon games of basketball played on street courts. Street is over the top (which the BIG team is quite good at doing). Expect some crazy characters and courts to get your game on. Here are the key features.

• Power up your team by taking opponents to school. Boost your momentum meter by pulling off sweet moves. The more you pour on the highlights the bigger the boost creating even bigger moves and more points for unlocks.

• Would you like a little mustard with that hot dog? Monster dunks, high-flying rejections and rockin' collisions. These are the ill moves you'll only see in NBA STREET. All movements are based on real-life physics, but are pumped up for over the top arcade-action.

• Take on the best the street has to offer in City Circuit Mode.

  NBA STREET challenges you to battle the best of "The Street" on amazingly intricate streetcourts all over the USA in this unique level-based challenge. Add your favorite player from the team you just beat-you'll need him to take on the devastating level bosses: The Street Legends. Better bring your "A" game because the legends are bringing theirs and will run you off the court if you don't.

• Rake in the rewards as you go court to court on a quest for the big boss. Hit the road in Circuit City and unlock NBA players, Streetball Legends, and amazing street courts all over the USA. In Hold the Court mode players can win cool accessories from shoes to tattoos if they've got game.

• Holler "Who's Got Next" in Hold The Court Mode. Play with the Street Legends and take on all comers with the baddest ballers in the land. Pick a court and hold it against mixed squads of NBA players. Play single player or against a friend. Set the court record for consecutive "W's" and become a legend.

• The most unique and mind-blowing animations ever available in a video game.

  Some of the best streetballers in the country showed off the moves that made them legends in the EA SPORTS BIG mo-cap studio.

• Play the country's best and most intricate street courts. From an all-new mural-lined playground in Washington DC, to the snowy streets of Beantown, to inner-city blacktop showdowns and sun-soaked b-ball brawls by the beach, these are the toughest and hippest courts in the country.

• Nod your head to the dopest soundtrack around. Funky beats from the out of this world DJ crew Ninja Tune add further flavor to the ballers moves and groves on the asphalt.

• Supports one or two players.

NBA Street is currently set to release on March 23rd, 2002.