Arcade-style Wild Card Football, with Colin Kaepernick, launches in fall

Colin Kaepernick More like Colin Kaiju-Nick amirite?

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Well, anyway, the former NFL quarterback who led the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl in 2013 stars in Saber Interactive’s latest arcade-style sports joint, Wild Card Football, coming Oct. 10 to everything — Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

Wild Card Football It’s a throwdown 7-on-7 with crazy power-ups like Kaepernick becoming super-sized and crushing the defense. A news release on Thursday said Kaepernick will be joined by “hundreds of genuine pro players,” meaning Saber got an NFL Players Association group license, but it doesn’t have the National Football League license.

With flying saucers hovering over one field, and Niagara Falls pouring over another, it doesn’t sound like the game will miss much without the staid and stodgy NFL shield. Players will get to assemble a team of favorites from the game’s roster, customize their uniforms, logos, and playbooks, and take them out on the field with a deck built from more than 150 Wild Card power-ups.

“It feels much more like a video game to me than just, ‘Hey, this is football,’” Kaepernick told SB Nation’s Debbie Emery, at a preview event during Summer Game Fest. Kaepernick also consulted Saber about the game’s (virtual cover). Wild Card Football’s gameplay. He was especially interested in power-ups.

“It feels, I think, in relation to what Fortnite is, in that realm, or Mario Kart within racing, this very much feels that way to me,” Kaepernick added. “Those were the games I enjoyed the most, games like that growing up.” He said his youth involved a steady diet of NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, The following are some examples of how to get started: NFL StreetThe Legend of Zelda and the Street Fighter series are also recommended, along with Mortal Kombat.

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Kaepernick, of course, hasn’t played a down of professional football since the end of the 2016 season, when he inaugurated the demonstration of kneeling during the pre-game national anthem to call attention to police brutality and its victims. Kaepernick, and his supporters, claimed that he’d been banned from the league. (He was nearing the end of the 49ers contract at the time). Later, the NFL settled with Kaepernick and his former teammate on terms that were not disclosed. They had sued alleging collusion in order to prevent them from joining the NFL.

Kaepernick still said that he played video game football using the same mentality when he was playing real-life football. “It’s always part of my brain,” he said. “Because it’s 7-on-7, it’s a little bit different, but I still really like the Xs and Os of, like, how can you throw your opponent off? What opportunities do you have to take a shot?”

Kaepernick will be joined by current stars Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Joey Bosa, Aaron Donald, Justin Jefferson, and numerous others, Saber said in Thursday’s statement. Wild Card Football The game will feature local and online multiplayer with cross-platform compatibility, along with a Season Mode for single player.