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Very rarely would a NBA video game have Michael Jordan on the game’s roster, let alone a cover. Unless you picked up vintage Sega Genesis copies of Jordan vs. Bird: One on Oneor Lakers Vs. Celtics you couldn’t play as the greatest player to ever lace up a pair. Don’t ask me how he was the only NBA player whose brand was too big to be included in a video game but he was never included. Granted, you could later make your version of him in the create-a-player feature of certain games but he retired by that point or was the out of shape Washington Wizards Jordan that nobody cared about anymore. The super Jordan I made could do no wrong. He would have ’99’ in every attribute and average 52 points a game. I needed an actual Jordan. One that could still fail and could still get crossed over by a young Allen Iverson.

But fret no more, the self-proclaimed greatest basketball video game of all time pulled the unthinkable– they got his airness to cover their upcoming game NBA2K11.

This isn’t a pixelated owner standing on the sideline in a suit while you play his Charlotte Bobcats Jordan. This is vintage Jordan, the stick his tongue out and bang on you then give you the shoulder shrug guy.

NBA 2K11 will feature a Jordan Challenge Mode that will let you relive ten classic Jordan moments such as Mike’s game winning shot against the Jazz to win the Bull’s sixth ring, the Finals game against the Jazz where he scored 38 with the flu and the time he scored 55 wearing the number 45 following his brief first retirement (click here for a full listing The Ten Games of NBA 2K11’s “Jordan Challenge).

There has been little reported on what other features the upcoming game will have as of now but we’ll report more as NBA 2K11’s Oct. 5 release date draws near.

Here’s a NBA 2K11 video of Michael Jordan recreating those moments using the dialog from his famous Gatorade “Failure” commercial:

NBA 2k11 Official Trailer:

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