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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Konami
EAN: 0083717400028
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Label: Konami
Manufacturer: Konami
Model: NGKONA 083717400028
Platform: GameCube
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: February 08, 2002
Sales Rank: 9353
Studio: Konami
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
The 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City have inspired a lot of tie-ins and licensed material, but oddly enough one of the best 2002 Olympic-style sports games is based on the ESPN license, and completely lacks Olympic rings, torches, and fanfare. But even without official Olympic magic, ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 wins a gold thanks to smooth and simple play.
The game features just about every Winter Olympic sport worth watching: downhill alpine skiing, slalom skiing, bobsledding, half-pipe snowboarding, ski jumping, freestyle mogul skiing, speed skating, figure skating, and curling. Hockey is notably absent from this list; the game developer rightly assumed that hockey fans will be served by a dedicated hockey game such as NHL 2002.
The included events use clever but simple control schemes, and the basics of each event are explained with a tutorial designed to quickly teach users how to perform the necessary actions and go about the business of breaking records. For example, ski jumping involves quickly pressing two buttons and then a third to jump, pressing the first two again to extend your distance and the third again to land. Bobsledding mainly demands a smooth touch of the digital stick, while figure skating is a choreographed event in which the player performs onscreen prompts. It's amusing that a game for such a fancy new system uses a control scheme based on the old-school Track & Field arcade machine, but in the past 20 years nobody has come up with a better way to simulate Olympic sport.
While the controls may be dated, the graphics are unmistakably on the cutting edge. The game looks brilliant, crisp, and pure as the day after a light snow. The snow fans up when skiers turn, and the polygonal athletes have excellent facial graphics. The presentation is fantastic and so is multiplayer mode with a buddy.
So, when Olympic fever strikes--even if the Olympics are long gone--you'll want to have a copy of Konami's ESPN International Winter Sports 2002. --Bob Andrews
--This text refers to the Xbox version of the game.
Pros: - Excellent controls and a wide range of sports to play
- Looks fantastic
Cons: - The controls aren't really simulations; they can even be physically tiring
- It's missing Olympic accouterments and athletes
Amazon.com Product Description:
Experience the thrills and brutal spills of cold-air competition with ESPN International Winter Sports 2002. The game's 10 fast-paced events include downhill alpine skiing, freestyle mogul skiing, bobsledding, speed skating, and more. Carve gates at death-defying speeds in the slalom or bust big air in the ski jump. There's even a curling competition. Compete in the trial mode and select events with aspirations of winning the gold and smashing records.
While in championship mode--the highest level of difficulty--you pick one country and compete in all events. Choose to represent the U.S., England, Canada, France, Holland, Italy, Japan, or Germany. Each country has its own unique characteristics, abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. A two-player split-screen mode lets you go head-to-head in an in-your-face test of speed and skill. Crisp graphics render the winter conditions realistically, letting you spray snow in the slalom or stare down the glare of ice that faces you in the treacherous bobsled run.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Personally, I liked it. It was challenging...a little too challenging at parts, but not impossible. The event I found the easiest was bobsleigh. After awhile, you get a hang of it, and it's not that challenging...I think I have...20 bronze, 12 silver, and 3 gold...all in bobsleigh. So if you like Winter Sports, and a game that is somewhat challenging, but not that frustrating, I would recommend this game.
Rating:  -
Great Aspects:
If you really, really liked the 2002 Winter Olympics (and more specifically, winter sports), then you might possibly get a little enjoyment out of this game. The curling game is probably the only real entertaining aspect of this game.
Downside:
Almost everything else. The graphics, commentary, and music are truly terrible and the controls in most of the sports events are oddly arranged and trivial and has almost nothing to do with the sport ... Read More
Rating:  -
I think this game is the best i have ever played it's worth the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: -
Winter Sports 2002 isn't a great game. But anyone familiar with these types of Olympics games should know exactly what they're getting.
There is a lot of hitting buttons ala 80's Track and Field style Olympic games. The difficulty of the games is getting the timing down and either you like that kind of game or you don't. If you do, then this game offers a couple of good events -- moguls and halfpipe are probably the most interactive events.
The downhill skiiing is difficult ... Read More
Rating:  -
this game is not fun it was very hard. Cost to much money.DONT BUY IT!!...
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