NBA 2K8
50 Achievements
1,000
Kobe Bryant Dunk-Off
Achieved by defeating Kobe Bryant in a Dunk-Off.
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How to unlock the Kobe Bryant Dunk-Off achievement in NBA 2K8 - Definitive Guide
There's a few things that will help:
- Practice your dunks in dunk school. If you can consistently nail the dunk where you do two full clockwise circles and two full counterclockwise circles, you'll be able to cream Kobe. If you're like me and can't consistently nail those dunks, then you'll have to rely on a bit of luck. Practice the up up, down down, and right right dunks.
- Start a dunk off with the following 4 players: Vince Carter, Jason Richardson, Tracy MacGrady, and Lebron James. The reason for this is that these 4 players (along with Kobe) are the 5 that could possibly show up for the "extra match" after a dunk off, so by choosing these 4 you increase the probability that Kobe will show up.
- Make sure you set all 4 players to human controlled.
- For the first three rounds, just keep doing the up up dunk (which is super easy), and after the 3rd scoreboard comes up DO NOT HIT ANY BUTTONS UNTIL EITHER KOBE SHOWS UP OR THE MENU FOR A REMATCH COMES UP.
- If the menu pops up, you'll just have to try again.
- If Kobe shows up then it's all up to you to beat him. If you can consistently (and I mean CONSISTENTLY, as in you are 100% sure you can always nail them) do the full circle dunks, then do them, and you'll very likely kick his ass. If you can't (like me) then for your first dunk put the bench prop down in the centre, and do a down down dunk over top of it. You'll score in the mid-high 80's. For your second dunk do the sprite sign prop in the centre, and do the right right dunk overtop of it. I scored 91 when I did this.
I've seen Kobe have a combined score anywhere from 130 (he screwed up his 2nd dunk) to 185+, so if you are always scoring in the 170+ range it's just a matter of time before you manage to beat him.
Be patient though, this will take some time unless you're very lucky. I ended up playing roughly 20 dunk offs, with about a third of those against Kobe before I finally pulled it off.
And for the record (since some have suggested this): editing Kobe's stats has absolutely no effect on this. I've seen Kobe score under 150 with unedited stats, and I've seen him score over 180 with edited stats.
Used LeBron, T-Mac, Carter and Richardson using 1 controller, then 4 different controllers then using LeBron (myself) and the rest as CPU's beat them every time and it just went to the rematch screen nothing. Will try one last time before snapping my disc in 1,000,000 pieces.
My two dunks
1. Set up construction barrier-- Right stick right then left (between the top of the key and 3pt line)-------94pts
2. Set up car--come from left corner aiming at hood (lowest point)----Right stick up then up (just after 3pt line)-----91pts
You get so many pts cuz not having done any dunks these are not repeats
Once you figure out where to initiate dunk so you clear obstacles, these are easier dunks than the double clockwise counterclock wise moves because they're simple and the window for pulling the Right trigger is a lot bigger.
For this you need to win a Sprite Slam Dunk Contest and then you need Kobe to step out to challenge you. The problem is that there is 6 possible outcomes to the dunk contest, and they are: Lebron James challenges you, Vince Carter challenges you, Jason Richardson challenges you, Tracy McGrady challenges you, Kobe Bryant challenges you, or nobody shows up at all. The best method to go about this is use the other 4 people(LBJ, VC, Tmac, and Richardson) in the dunk contest to eliminate those 4 outcomes. Keep trying and eventually Kobe will show up. To beat him the best method is: for the first dunk take off by doing a full rotation counter-clockwise and then in the air do another full rotation counter-clockwise. You will score 95-100. Then for the second dunk do the opposite, spin clockwise both times, and you will again score 95-100. The dunk-off is only 1 round, 2 dunks.