In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Disney all-time classic, Adidas and EA Sports have announced that a handful of items themed after The Mighty Ducks are headed to NHL 23. Of course, The Mighty Ducks were a real team in the NHL for years before tragically dropping the 'Mighty' from their name and abandoning their beautiful colour scheme of eggplant and aqua for something more closely resembling vomit. This is a celebration of the original movie, though, so you'll be seeing the charming vibrant green sweaters on the ice.
The collection of items is free, you need simply claim them. If you hop into World of CHEL or HUT you'll be able to redeem a pack that includes:
- World of CHEL Mighty Ducks Jersey
- World of CHEL Hawks Jersey
- World of CHEL Mighty Ducks Ultraboost Skates
- World of CHEL Hawks Ultraboost Skates
- Hockey Ultimate Team Mighty Ducks Jersey
- Hockey Ultimate Team Hawks Jersey
For those who don't remember, the Hawks are the rival team The Mighty Ducks have to defeat in the original movie, so seeing both teams represented for this event is a nice touch. Additionally, you'll receive a HUT puck where you can pick a Ducks legend to add to your roster. Sadly this doesn't include the likes of Charlie Conway or Adam Banks, but you can pick from:
- Andy McDonald
- Teemu Selanne
- Francois Beauchemin
- Saku Koivu
- Scott Niedermeyer
- Jean-Sebastien Giguere
This is a fun little tie-in to celebrate the anniversary of one of the great hockey movies, and we will for sure be repping those jerseys any time we jump in World of CHEL going forward. How about you? Do you want to grab these items? Get quacking in the comments!
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Two articles in a day regarding crossovers in games that have otherwise never needed to to such things. Is this almost an admission that the games can't sell on the strength of their gameplay any longer?
Meanwhile, GTA5 is still out there setting the world alight, and it hasn't had a single crossover, save for possibly some Red Dead inspired content. Some near the knuckle, but nothing licensed.
@JudgeDredd I feel weird about it, because crossovers are inherently cool. For example, who doesn't want to walk around as a Star Wars character fighting a Star Trek character? But it's the easy way of chasing the dollar instead of making the game just that bit better. I'm both cynical and not cynical at the same time. 😐
@BeerIsAwesome This is a fictional hockey team being in a hockey game though, at least this makes sense. The COD one is just bizarre.
@JudgeDredd @nessisonett @BeerIsAwesome Plus, the silver lining in this instance, the stuff's free too! I went in and grabbed mine already and it was relatively painless haha
@nessisonett That's fair. A hockey team playing in a hockey game is context. If I was being that kind of person, I could kick up a stink about how having footballers in a CoD game is encouraging our kids to be exposed to warfare, but it's an argument the press has made for decades now. For me, having out-of-context content in your game is the cynical chasing the dollar ploy. After all, didn't they have a gun-toting panda before it was found to be plagiarised? Very realistic.
@gbanas92 I guess you can't argue with free either way really.
Don’t see an issue. Relevant the sport, free and nice for fans of the movies. I’ll be grabbing them all for sure.
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