![]() There are video games that have marketed themselves with blasphemy and other controversies, but it would seem extraordinarily out of character for NBA 2K to adopt that approach. They certainly opted for very unusual imagery, but my assumption would be that the trailer is meant to be mysterious in a generic sort of way, tying into the idea that Zion Williamson’s arrival – and the Next Gen version of NBA 2K21 – are a legend that has been prophesised. It’d be an unnecessarily risky move to offend people in the core demographic. Personally, I don’t think a Triple-A publisher would intentionally make that kind of statement in an E-rated, NBA-licensed basketball game. Judging by some of the comments on both the NBA 2K and GameSpot channels, many felt it was Satanic. From symbols akin to hieroglyphs or perhaps a runic alphabet, to flashing photos of the pyramids, moai of Easter Island, and other mysterious imagery, the teaser evokes thoughts of conspiracy theories, ancient secrets, and mysticism. It gets to where it needs to go by featuring glimpses of Zion in-game at the very end, but along the way the NBA 2K21 Next Gen teaser trailer strays into some really, really weird territory. It’s just your standard basketball video game trailer, right? Yeah, this is one esoteric teaser to put it kindly, and borderline crazy to be blunter about it. If you haven’t seen the NBA 2K21 Zion “Next Gen Coming” trailer, or have forgotten about it, here it is in all its glory. Oh, and there’s a ton of weird imagery that has very little to do with basketball and basketball video games. There are quick glimpses of Zion in action from cinematic angles, and a close-up of his face intended to highlight the graphical improvements. Like most early trailers, it didn’t reveal much about the game itself. There are a handful of NBA 2K21 trailers for both Current Gen and Next Gen, but the one I’m referring to here is the “Zion Next Gen Coming” trailer that revealed Zion Williamson as the cover player on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Let’s take a look back…a little way back… Normally I’d wait a bit longer to cover basketball games and basketball gaming subjects in my Wayback Wednesday features, but hey, it was over a year ago, so I’ll bend the rules on this occasion. It was weird, it had questionable imagery, and judging by some YouTube comments, it offended a few people as well. To me, that’s the perfect analogy for the weird Zion teaser trailer for the Next Gen version of NBA 2K21. When Homer begins to lose customers to Barney’s Plow King business, he seeks the help of an ad agency that ends up creating a commercial that is a hilarious send-up of just about every artsy, pseudo intellectual advertisement that has barely anything to do with the product or service in question. At first his business succeeds, thanks in small part to his creation of a surprisingly competent commercial. Way back in the fourth season of The Simpsons, in the classic episode “Mr. This week, I’m taking a look back at that weird Zion trailer for NBA 2K21 Next Gen. You’ll also find old NLSC editorials re-published with added commentary, and other flashback content. Check in every Wednesday for retrospectives and other features on older versions of NBA Live, NBA 2K, and old school basketball video games in general. View the NBA 2K21 player ratings for other teams below.This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! In this feature, we dig into the archives, look back at the history of basketball gaming, and indulge in some nostalgia. We’ve also identified some general NBA 2K21 ratings trends for the league as a whole. ![]() We’ve listed the entire roster with comparisons to last year’s launch rating below. ![]() Seth Curry, too, saw his stock rise as the Mavs arrived on scene as a legitimate playoff contender. It wasn’t long into Luka Doncic’s sophomore campaign that the developers of NBA 2K – and in fact the world – began to realize that the 21-year-old was a full-fledged superstar already.
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