2K Sports released their latest puckhead-inspired video game, NHL 2K11, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii last week. This left gamers asking one question: Why the Wii only?

The answer was simple: one development team, one console, one focus—to create a better hockey simulation game than last year's version.By focusing on just one product, 2K developers created a hockey simulator to rival any competitor's skate game. 'Having only one console to work on, this allowed (the development team) to push the system as far as they can,' says Mike Rhinehart, senior marketing manager for 2K Sports. 'It's really one of those things you have to feel and play it for yourself. It's an experience that can only be delivered on the Wii.'

Some gamers may scoff at a game made just for the Wii, thinking that the console is geared to a younger audience. But that's not the case with NHL 2K11. The gameplay is as real as it gets in terms of stick handling and shooting with the Wii remote. Your hand and wrist movements dictate the on-ice action of your player's stick. 'Anything you can do on the ice as a player, you can do in this game,' says L.A. Kings' defenseman Jack Johnson.From the look of the game, 2K worked hard to develop a realistic-looking gameplay experience.

Tower of time map. NHL 2K11 is an ice hockey game for the Wii and is part of the NHL 2K series. It is licensed by the National Hockey League and its Player's Association. It is the last game in the NHL 2K series to be released on Wii. The gameplay is very similar to it's predecessor NHL 2K10, utilizing the Wii. That being said, NHL 2K11 for the iPod Touch / iPhone comes very close to being an excellent, portable translation of the sport, but it just misses the marka bit high and wide over the crossbar. The positives here are that it looks and sounds great, almost like an early generation PS2 title.

Rhinehart says, 'The graphics have been totally improved this year. Player models, faces, animations, arenas, lighting, on-ice reflections—it's all better than last year's game.' NHL 2K11 is all about giving fans a real hockey game in the palms of their hands., and check out this head-banging game trailer:Photo: 2K GamesPhoto Credit: Getty Images // Thinkstock.

NHL 2K11 is an ice hockey video game, developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. The game was released on August 24, 2010. It is the 11th and final game in the NHL 2K series.

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