The head-to-head online play in NHL? Hitz Pro features online player rankings and tournaments. NHL? Hitz Pro also includes 100 percent NHL? legitimate, 23-man player rosters that bring together pro players and authentic team lines with real offensive and defensive team formations in precise correlation with each NHL? team.
NHL? Hitz Pro includes an improved AI that is so authentic gamers will think they are playing with the NHL? pros. Goalie animations, logic and behavior are realistically captured and feature everything from stick saves to stoning a knee-buckling 5-hole shot to slapping the ice with five seconds left in a power play. Gamers also have the ability to score from anywhere on the ice and will feel the tension and strain of NHL? action with a new Player Fatigue System that causes them to tire out after experiencing tough checks.
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MIDWAY ANNOUNCES NHL? HITZ PRO
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Playing on accurately diagrammed rinks, players will get cheers and jeers from the realistic crowd that reacts to the action on the ice. Additionally, an upgraded Franchise Mode allows players to build a Dynasty and manage every aspect of the team; a re-tooled Hockey School Mode teaches and tests gamers’ hockey skills; and a Multi-player Tournament Mode allows gamers to set up tournaments with up to 16 teams.
In addition, Midway has signed an exclusive deal with Nicklas Lidstrom, star defenseman of the Detroit Red Wings?. Lidstrom appears on the packaging and cover art for the game and also brings his big hits to NHL? Hitz Pro’s DVD section. Viewed as one of the top defensemen in the NHL?, Lidstrom is a four-time finalist and recipient of the coveted Norris Trophy and member of the 2003 Western Conference All-Star team