Platform: Nintendo DS

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Released: August 2007

Read and React

Feel what it's like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game's biggest moments.

Key Features

• All New Read & React System - New player skill icons identify on-field strengths and weaknesses, providing an immediate read on what your opponent is giving you. Quickly react, create mismatches, and exploit opponent weaknesses before every play.
• Wi-Fi Enabled Multiplayer - Play head-to-head against a friend over Wi-Fi, including single-card mode that allows you to challenge anyone with a Nintendo DS, or play with up to seven other players in Wireless mode.
• An All-New Look and Feel - A redesigned Touch Screen menu system makes it easier to find and play all game modes. Use all-new Touch Screen controls to score touchdowns and kick field goals in Paper Football, an old-time classic made exclusively for the Nintendo DS.

Press

"Madden NFL 08 is a solid, feature-rich football game. Furthermore, all of the various minor improvements make it the best Madden to hit the DS yet." 80% - GameSpot

"Football is finally good on DS. Madden NFL 08 is solid where it counts, and the small problems that do exist aren't bad enough to pull the game down." 78% - Nintendojo

Awards

IGN - Best Handheld Sports Game 2007 (Nomination)