Monday night at midnight, people like me will be forking over money to video game stores to buy Madden '09.On the cover of the game will be Brett Favre wearing his Packers uniform. Or course, that won't happen this season, so it is an awkward design to honor the 20th anniversary of the game. No new cover with Favre in a Jets uniform will be printed, even after this initial launch.
Kinda goes against EA Sports marketing of the game "adapting", eh?
Favre is in the game ... but he's not on the Jets or Packers rosters. No, to get him on the Jets you must cut him from the all-time greats team (which sends him to the free agents) and then add him to the Jets.
EA Sports put Favre on the cover to honor his retirement and that his career and success ran concurrent with the Madden series. Not to mention it is hard to put the Madden Curse on a player that isn't even active.
Well, until now.
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8-07-2008 @ 3:58AM
JG said...
I knew some crap was going to happen when i heard Brett would be featured on the cover. My inital thought was, "oh great, watch Brett get shot while hunting or some weird fishing accident"...lol
Hopefully Brett can Break the curse and go out and win a SB! Remember, who is Madden's main man? Brett.
That or it will be the worst of all the curses... Like Brett getting car jacked or something...
hope not. Go Brett!
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8-07-2008 @ 10:48AM
James Martin said...
Its not about me ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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8-08-2008 @ 3:55PM
A. J. said...
Curently on SI.com -
EA Sports will release a free downloadable update to the game
with the Favre character as a Jet -- and any other player who
signs as a free agent or moves teams -- before the start of the regular season. But "Madden NFL 09" will be released Tuesday with the Favre character as a Packer on all-time greats team.
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8-08-2008 @ 3:58PM
A. J. said...
Also -
"We do not plan to reissue packaging but will offer a free downloadable cover in the coming days on easports.com
featuring Brett Favre in a Jets uniform," EA Sports said in a statement released Thursday. "Fans can print this new cover
out and insert it into the case of 'Madden NFL 09."'
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