User Guide

USER PROFILES
Set up a user profile to keep track of your stats, settings, and more.
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Pull E from the Select Teams menu to access the User Profiles
screen.
USER PROFILES SCREEN
User Profiles Select a user profile to play with.
Create New Profile Create and enter a new profile name.
Player Lock Set to a specific position or choose UNLOCKED to rotate
between all positions.
Skill Level Set your skill level to DEFAULT (your skill level is
determined by the skill level set in Game Settings),
ROOKIE, STARTER, ALL-STAR, or SUPERSTAR.
Shot Control Set shot control to DEFAULT (shot control is determined
by the skill level set in Game Settings), CPU, or USER.
Vibration Toggle vibration mode ON/OFF.
Configure Controller Configure your game controller with non-DEFAULT
gameplay commands. For more information,
➤ Configure Controller on p. 31.
To create a user profile:
1. From the User Profiles screen, press / to highlight CREATE NEW PROFILE
and press A.
2. Enter your profile name and then press A again.
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When creating a name, press / to scroll through the alphabet.
Press / to move to/from the next available space.
3. Adjust all your profile options and then press G to accept the settings.
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CPU Assistance When set to YES, the comeback abilities of the team that
is trailing in the game increases. The default is set to NO
Shot Control Set shot control to USER or CPU.
STRATEGY
Set your team, defensive, and offensive strategies and your defensive matchups for
the game.
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You can access the Strategy screens from the Pause menu.
DEFENSIVE MATCHUPS
Set up your defensive assignments when playing man-to-man type defenses.
To set a defensive matchups:
1. From the Defensive Matchups screen, highlight the logo of the team (located
on the left side of the screen) whose player assignments you want to adjust by
pressing / . You can only adjust defensive matchups for user-controlled
teams.
2. Press C to navigate screens. The cursor moves to the opponent’s lineup (located
on the right side of the screen).
3. While the cursor is highlighting the first player in the opposing team’s lineup,
press / and select a player that you wish to edit. Press A and the name
of the player will be highlighted.
4. While highlighted, press / again and move the player to a different row
(matching him up with a player from your team) and press A. The players swap
places in the lineup.
➥➥
To change the double team and press assignments, pull E or F when a player
is highlighted.
DEFENSIVE STRATEGY
Choose and assign different Defensive Strategies or return to the default setup.
OFFENSIVE STRATEGY
Choose and assign different Offensive Strategies or return to the default setup.
TEAM STRATEGY
Set up your team strategies, auto subs, and notifications.
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