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NHL Hitz Pro

Overview

NHL Hitz Pro is an ice hockey video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Midway Games. It's the third and final game of the NHL Hitz series. It was released on September 25, 2003, for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox. Unlike the previous titles in the series, this game has 5-on-5 gameplay instead of the usual 3-on-3 gameplay with the earlier titles. Despite that fact, however, the game does not include penalty shots, and it is still an arcade-type hockey game like its predecessors. It also has, as the name suggests, a lot of hard hitting, appealing more often to casual hockey fans than hardcore ones. The cover athlete of the game is Nicklas Lidström, and features commentary from Tim Kitzrow[1] and Harry Teinowitz.

Unlike many other hockey video games of the 21st century, NHL Hitz Pro had the IIHF license, enabling it to use the jerseys of the Olympic hockey teams.

The game also has many game modes, one of the most popular being the "Pick-Up Hockey" game mode, where the game would turn into either a roller, street, or pond hockey match-up between two amateur teams.

Publishers
Midway Games
Genre
Sports
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Media

Box - 3D

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North America -  320 x 500

Box - Back

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North America -  800 x 1142

Box - Front

NHL Hitz Pro - Box - Front (North America) - 640x908
North America -  640 x 908

Box - Front - Reconstructed

NHL Hitz Pro - Box - Front - Reconstructed (North America) - 1642x2348
North America -  1642 x 2348

Box - Spine

NHL Hitz Pro - Box - Spine (North America) - 370x4802
North America -  370 x 4802

Clear Logo

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400 x 173

Disc

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North America -  776 x 766