<s>
NBA	B-Device
Courtside	I-Device
2002	I-Device
is	O
a	O
basketball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Left	O
Field	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
and	O
final	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
NBA	O
Courtside	O
series	O
and	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
NBA	B-Application
Courtside	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Featuring	I-Application
Kobe	I-Application
Bryant	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
Brazilian	O
release	O
shipped	O
with	O
a	O
fatal	O
crash	B-General_Concept
bug	B-Error_Name
that	O
partly	O
resulted	O
from	O
the	O
Brazilian	O
GameCubes	B-Application
 '	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
PAL-M	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
software	O
for	O
consoles	O
released	O
in	O
that	O
country	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
automatically	O
install	O
a	O
software	O
patch	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
bug	B-Error_Name
whenever	O
it	O
was	O
loaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
NBA	B-Device
Courtside	I-Device
2002	I-Device
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
did	O
receive	O
criticism	O
;	O
IGN	O
had	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
GameSpy	O
said	O
the	O
"	O
Skills	O
Mode	O
"	O
was	O
"	O
nothing	O
to	O
spend	O
too	O
much	O
time	O
on	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NBA	B-Device
Courtside	I-Device
2002	I-Device
had	O
sold	O
over	O
120,000	O
copies	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Bramwell	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
having	O
great	O
depth	O
and	O
completely	O
outclassing	O
its	O
competitor	O
,	O
NBA	B-Application
Live	I-Application
2002	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
highlighted	O
what	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
was	O
missing	O
from	O
their	O
own	O
basketball	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
matching	O
their	O
statistical	O
accuracy	O
,	O
Bramwell	O
felt	O
that	O
NBA	O
Courtside	O
was	O
a	O
better	O
simulation	O
and	O
offered	O
an	O
"	O
arcade	O
mode	O
"	O
that	O
competed	O
with	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
also-praised	O
NBA	B-Application
Street	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bramwell	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
and	O
ball	O
physics	O
.	O
</s>
