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Madden NFL Football

Madden NFL Football for 3DS offers a unique handheld experience with authentic 11-on-11 football, 5-on-5 action and Season Mode. Additional features jump off the screen with 3D graphics, such as "Spotlight…

50 25 March 2011

Madden NFL Football is a simulator developed by EA Sports, released 25 March 2011 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Madden NFL Football is

Madden NFL Football is a simulator game developed by EA Sports and released in 2011. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Madden NFL Football for 3DS offers a unique handheld experience with authentic 11-on-11 football, 5-on-5 action and Season Mode. Additional features jump off the screen with 3D graphics, such as "Spotlight Moments" and "Call Your Shots". Madden NFL Football brings each of the 32 NFL teams and stadiums to life with a presentation optimized for viewing in 3D, including 3D specific cameras that provide new levels of depth, making Madden NFL Football the perfect on-the-go game for every football fan. And with three types of play calling -- GameFlow, Classic, and Arcade, Madden NFL Football provides an enjoyable experience for gamers of all skill levels.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Madden series

Madden NFL Football is the 80th of 122 entries we hold in the Madden series. It arrived 7 months after Madden NFL 11. The next entry was Madden NFL 12 in 2011. Its critic score of 50 is 25 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Madden NFL 11 at 86.

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How it was received

Madden NFL Football holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 8% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 18 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Madden NFL Football launched on 25 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Total War: Shogun 2 and Dragon Age II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Total War: Shogun 2, Dragon Age II.

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When did Madden NFL Football come out?
Madden NFL Football was released on 25 March 2011 for Nintendo 3DS.

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