| NHL Hitz Pro | |
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PAL region cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Next Level Games |
| Publisher(s) | Midway Games |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox |
| Release date(s) | PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | |
| Media/distribution | DVD, Nintendo GameCube Game Disc |
NHL Hitz Pro is an ice hockey video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Midway Games. 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 game play with the earlier titles. Despite that fact, however, the game does not include penalty shots, meaning that players will never be awarded any penalty shots during gameplay. It is an arcade-type hockey game and 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.
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.