When NBA Live 08 arrived, I was excited because it's the first NBA game on the Wii. I had been waiting for a while to play a nice game of basketball with the Warriors. Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed with this game. It's not terrible, but it has a lot of flaws.

The first thing I did when I got NBA Live was to choose Play Now for a single game. The controls weren't hard to get used to, but they also didn't work every time. I've played other Wii games where the motion control works perfectly. When you want to take a shot and nothing happens, it's disappointing. Overall, though, the gameplay was okay, but there are some issues. I have yet to find the timeout button in the pause menu (or the timeout motion, if there is one. Zorgon, I know you have the game, can you help me out?). I know there's a way to call one because someone I played against online did it. Also, it's way too easy to hit a three. As long as you do the motion correctly, shots almost always go in. I'm going to up the difficulty level, but I would expect the game to be more realistic even on a low difficulty.

I've heard from someone that EA is going to update the rosters over the internet pretty soon. Unfortunately, the default Warriors roster isn't great. The starters are fine: Baron, Monta, Stephen, Al, and Andris. Off the bench, they have Brandan Wright, which is good. Then there's POB, which is okay. But, the only others are Sarunas and Foyle, who aren't even on the team. I was really disappointed in the fact that there's no Marco. Marco was drafted the same day as Wright! He should at least have been in the free agents if he hadn't signed by the time they last updated the rosters. The only way I was able to use Marco was to play a game with the Italian national team. Fortunately, I was able to sign Pietrus, Croshere, and Barnes through the free agents.

Another weird roster glitch I found came when I played the Rookie-Sophmore game in the All-Star Weekend mode. I substituted Brandan Wright for the Rookies and he was wearing a Bobcats jersey! He's on the Warriors default roster in the game and he was only a Bobcat for a few hours on draft day, but EA weirdly put him in a Charlotte jersey. That was strange.

The online play was fine. It's the first Wii game I have so far with online, so I don't really have anything to compare it to. I was easily able to sign up (goGSW24 is my EA Nation name if any of you have the game!) and play a game. I thought it was okay for my first online gaming experience.

The graphics are obviously not HD, it being the Nintendo Wii. I didn't have any big problems with them. I wasn't really looking for anything special.

I haven't used all the modes (Season and Playoffs, for example), but I got a good general idea of the game. I'm glad I can play basketball with the Warriors. I was able to look past the flaws and have some fun with this game. However, it is obvious that EA did not put enough effort into NBA Live 08. I'm hoping next year's offering will be good. I have faith in EA, but I do hope 2K Sports puts NBA 2K9 on the Wii so Nintendo fans will have another option.

Anyone else who has the game, what is your take on it? If you have it for another console, what do you think?

Hey everyone. First, I'd like to say that this was an amazing season. Thanks to the Warriors for making it so much fun (especially during  the playoffs).

I'd also like to say thanks to the GSoM guys because this blog is so amazing. I wish there were more like it for all of my favorite teams.

I have a really quick question: About when to the single game tickets go on sale for next season? I'm already getting excited about it!!

GO WARRIORS!!!