NBA 2K12; get your hoop on

In iOS world, there’s an App for everything, and everything has an App. Until recently, the only exclusion was that of a true NBA game. Well thanks to NBA 2K12, by 2K Sports, throwback fans of “The Hick from French Lick” and his more modern counterpart of “The Candy Man” now have their favorite teams and players in reach of both thumbs.

This is 2K sports first edition (in iOS format) for this #1 selling basketball game. Did they do right by iOS users ? In short, “Yea baby”, they did.

This was tested on three iOS devices; an iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3.5, an iPod 2^ndGen, jailbroken with iOS 4.2.1 and an iPod Touch 4^thGen with iOS 5. There were no issues or hiccups during the install, nor were there any crashes, or any other issues. Running less than iOS 5 meant that if you got a notification, the game play would stop and you would have to resume manually. With iOS 5, game play continues despite the notification.

Graphics were incredible. The players on screen were great representation of their actual IRL players. It even appeared that when some players were going towards the hoop, their signature scoring moves were dictated on screen as you kept on driving towards it.

There are 3 distinctive ways to play. You can choose a “Quick Game” matchup between any of the 30 teams. I chose the old rivals of the Celts vs. the Lakers.. You can also choose the 82 game season mode. This is possible thanks in part to the up to the minute updates of all players, and rosters. Lastly, you can enjoy the “Jordan Challenge” which will let you relive 10 of the ultimate players’ ultimate moments, including the “Flu Game” and “Double Nickel” performances.

Thanks to Game Center, you can track your progress and move up the leader boards. You will also enjoy full commentary from Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg.

This is a basketball lovers dream. Now, you can all command the best team in the world, yours.