{"id":17582,"date":"2018-04-17T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/nba_playgrounds_2_will_take_to_the_court_on_switch_in_2018"},"modified":"2018-04-17T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:50:00","slug":"nba-playgrounds-2-will-take-to-the-court-on-switch-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/04\/17\/nba-playgrounds-2-will-take-to-the-court-on-switch-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playgrounds 2 Will Take To The Court On Switch In 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news4.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/nba_playgrounds_will_take_to_the_court_on_switch_in_2018\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/nba_playgrounds_will_take_to_the_court_on_switch_in_2018\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news4.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/nba_playgrounds_2_rated_by_the_australian_classification_board\">Following a listing by the Australian Classification Board<\/a> &#8211; which all but confirmed its existence &#8211; Saber Interactive has finally made it official. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/nba_playgrounds_2\">NBA Playgrounds 2<\/a><\/strong> is coming to Nintendo Switch, although it&#8217;s currently got a vague 2018 release window attached.<\/p>\n<p>The original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/nba_playgrounds\"><strong>NBA Playgrounds<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; which offered a cross between <strong>NBA Street<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/nba_jam\">NBA Jam<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; had a troubled start on Switch, but it&#8217;s silly, over-the-top basketball antics was still a hoot when it came together. The sequel promises to take that same two-on-two setup with a fresh set of NBA legends and current ballers (over 200 in total). There are also plenty of new modes on offer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Playgrounds Championship mode introduces a new worldwide ranked league system, featuring multiple competitive solo and co-op division ladders for players to climb. Season mode is a new single-player experience that recreates the feeling of leading a team through the regular season, playoffs, and, ultimately, the NBA Championship itself. There\u2019s also improved matchmaking with dedicated servers, the arrival of four-player online matches, the return of three-point contests, custom matches, and more \u2013 pick your team and play without limits!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>NBA Playgrounds 2 is slated for a 2018 release on Nintendo Switch. Will you be picking up a copy later this year, or have the various issues with the original made you stick with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nba_2k18\"><strong>NBA 2K18<\/strong><\/a>? Share your thoughts below&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a listing by the Australian Classification Board &#8211; which all but confirmed its existence &#8211; Saber Interactive has finally made it official. NBA Playgrounds 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch, although it&#8217;s currently got a vague 2018 release window attached. The original NBA Playgrounds &#8211; which offered a cross between NBA Street and NBA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}