NBA Live 06

European box art depicting Dwyane Wade on the cover.
Developer(s)	EA Canada
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Release Date(s)
Nintendo GameCube	NA: September 26, 2005 EU: October 7, 2005
Nintendo GameCube	NA: September 26, 2005 EU: October 7, 2005
Platform(s)
Sales	0.33 million
Genre(s)	Sports (Basketball)
ROM Size	885.2 MB
Rating(s)
ESRB	04
PEGI	01

NBA Live 06 (also known as NBA Live 2006 or Live 06 and stylised as NBA LIVE 06) is the twelfth installment in the NBA Live series of basketball games released for the Nintendo GameCube console. The last generation versions were released in North America on September 26th, 2005. The game features retired Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade as its cover player. Never released in Japan, retired player Pau Gasol (the cover athlete in the Wii version of NBA Live 09) of the Los Angeles Lakers graced the Spanish cover and retired player Tony Parker (the cover athlete of most versions of NBA Live 09) of the San Antonio Spurs appeared on the French cover on the non-GameCube covers. It is the direct sequel to NBA Live 2005 and was followed by NBA Live 07 in 2006.

This was the fourth and last NBA Live game on the GameCube.

Gameplay

Dynasty Mode

In Dynasty Mode, the game player chooses one team (excluding the All-Star Teams) and runs a dynasty which overlaps many seasons. Decisions are made as to the number of games per season, the difficulty level, trade players, and sign new players along with hiring coaches. Games can be simulated. Dynasty Mode contains an All-Star weekend, except the players or rosters are according to the Dynasty Season. The game player hires the coaching staff and runs a training camp which may be simulated. There is also a trade deadline. This mode is not on the PSP version.

Season Mode

In Season Mode, the gamer plays only a single season of basketball. The gamer can trade, sign, and drop players.

Playoffs Mode

In the Playoffs, the game player participates in the playoffs with teams either from the Eastern or Western Conference. The default teams are those that were in the 2004-05 playoffs.

All-Star Weekend

In the All-Star Weekend mode, the game player can choose to participate in a rookie game, a dunk contest, or a 3-point contest. In the dunk contest, fancy dunks are attempted and the player with the most points wins. In the 3 point contest, as many 3 pointers are attempted as possible. Both the 3 Point Shootout and the Slam Dunk Contest are announced by TNT retired star and Inside the NBA analyst Kenny Smith.

Soundtrack

Artists/Bands	Songs
Afu-Ra	God of Rap
Bishop Lamont ft. Chevy Jones	We Got Next
Black Eyed Peas ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland	My Style
Chali 2na ft. Anthony Hamilton	Don't Stop
Chamillionaire	Grind Time
Fort Minor	Remember the Name
Jae Millz	Streetz Melting
Jurassic 5	In The House
Lupe Fiasco	Tilted
M.I.A.	Bucky Done Gun
N.O.R.E. ft. GemStar and Big Mato	Deportes EA
Q-Tip ft. Busta Rhymes	For The Nasty
Spider Loc	Elementary
Stat Quo	Like Dat
Tego Calderón	Mil Cosas
The Perceptionists	Let's Move

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

External links

• NBA Live 06 at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• NBA Live 06 at GameFAQs
• NBA Live 06 at MobyGames