This is my review on the Kuroko No Basuke anime (also known as Kuroko's Basketball or The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays) originally based on the manga written by Tadatoshi Fujimaki for Weekly Shōnen Jump, animated by Production I.G. This is a SPOILER-FREE review. The images shown in this review are screenshots of the Kuroko V Slam Dunk mod for NBA 2K14 which can be found here.

Kuroko No Basuke Anime

Kuroko No Basuke is one of the top two basketball-related anime along with Slam Dunk. The manga started in 2008 and ending in 2014, with the anime's run back in 2012 until it ended this year, 2015. Kuroko No Basuke is commonly attributed to being the best successor to Slam Dunk in many ways while many Slam Dunk purists do not believe so. So let's see, how does Kuroko No Basuke actually fare against Slam Dunk?

Kuroko No Basuke's (translated in English as "The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays" or "Kuroko's Basketball") premise centers around the relationship of the main character, Kuroko, who is belongs to a team of greatly talented (dare I say, superpowered) individuals who split up after middle school (Junior High), and his relationship with these characters as he finds a new teammate (Kagami) with the potential to be on the same level as these talented individuals. The talented members of the team were known as the "Generation of Miracles" as they were all fortunately born in the same year. The story deals with Kuroko and Kagami's rivalry with the members of the Generation of Miracles which were all teammates before, that have taken their talents to different teams in the present.

Kuroko believes that teamwork is the key to victory, not individual prowess and talent. The members of the Generation of Miracles focus solely on their individual strengths to win basketball games, not relying on teamwork. It deals about their love for basketball, the importance of their relationships with their teammates, as well as their growing competitive relationships with their opponents.

At first, I personally felt that the abilities were corny and unnecessary for a story about basketball. A guy could copy your move and do it better than you, one guy could shoot from anywhere, another guy is just simply unstoppable, etc. Like, how could you defeat them? But that's exactly the point of the anime. With all of these crazy abilities, you want to know how they can be vulnerable and the answer lies within the anime's premise, which is teamwork. Teamwork is the weakness of great individual talent when this talent does not care for the other members of their team. The basketball game storylines are great and normally last around 3 to 4 episodes per game while the non-basketball game episodes have enough training and backstory to keep it interesting.

The art style is nothing short of amazing. There is a common mix of 2D and 3D during the basketball matches and the studio tries its best to copy the manga per shot. The second season is the best in terms of animation and while all of the seasons have great music, I can personally say that the soundtrack to the third season is actually the best of all of them. The voice acting is incredible with each voice fitting each personality. Numerous popular Japanese voice actors from other anime give life to the characters from Kuroko No Basuke. A lot of the opening songs are great as well, probably all of them except for the second one in the first season are excellent.

The show does have very many similarities with Slam Dunk you can almost say that it pays homage to it. However, the story itself is different with different morals incorporated into each season. The show has a similar (if not identical) flow to it as does Slam Dunk. Both protagonist teams start with a practice match between the first years and the team veterans, proceeded by a practice match against a (what would be) rival team, as well as the presence of the knockout round into the Final Four for the Interhigh Qualifiers. The Interhigh (Slam Dunk's popular tournament) is also present in Kuroko No Basuke, but there is more attention given to the Winter Cup in the second and third seasons.

• [Kuroko No Basuke & Slam Dunk] Run-And-Gun Protagonist Team (Shohoku & Seirin)
• [Kuroko No Basuke & Slam Dunk] Protagonist PF with High Jumping Ability (Kagami & Sakuragi)
• [Kuroko No Basuke] Shooter Captain & Returning Injury-Prone Big Man (Hyuga & Kiyoshi)
• [Slam Dunk] Returning Injury-Prone Shooter & Captain Big Man (Mitsui & Akagi)
• [Kuroko No Basuke] Defensive Team that plays Zone with three players over 200 cm (Yosen)
• [Slam Dunk] Defensive Team that plays Zone with four players over 190 cm (Shoyo)
• [Kuroko No Basuke & Slam Dunk] #1 Player in the Same District (Aomine in Tokyo & Maki in Kanagawa)

Kuroko No Basuke definitely is deserving of its spot as one of the top two basketball-related anime. Obviously, it surpasses Slam Dunk in animation, and equals it in music. Both stories are different in terms of feel and approach as Slam Dunk has a more serious tone with lots more drama compared to Kuroko No Basuke which has a good equal tone for comedy, drama and pure epicness during basketball matches. The humor is great and it'll make you laugh despite the audio being in english and is definitely a recommended anime if you are a fan of basketball, anime, and Slam Dunk.

Rating

9/10

Kuroko No Basuke was great, especially the second season. But the third season did not quite live up to the hype that Season 2 got me engaged in and is the only thing holding it back from receiving a perfect score. Overall, it was a great anime!

Don't forget to download Kuroko V Slam Dunk for NBA 2K14 on PC if you don't already have it! Also, Universal Portrait Project v3.0b has already been released which fixes the portrait for Kenjirō Sakamoto of Seihō High.

Christmas Jersey Updates

Odd enough, we found out that the NBA rosters up to now didn't have the 2013 Christmas Jerseys for the San Antonio Spurs&Golden State Warriors. After finding out that they weren't in the roster, both were reimplemented in the new roster update. The files were already in previous packs so there is no need to re-download the Main Directory Files. The 2015 Christmas Jerseys' accessory colors have also been updated in this roster, as well as fixing some minor mistakes in the color combinations of certain teams such as the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans.

Basic Roster Updates

Tony Wroten has been waived by the Philadelphia 76ers and Russ Smith has been waived by the Memphis Grizzlies. The Philadelphia 76ers have signed Ish Smith, while the Washington Wizards have signed Jarrell Eddie and the Memphis Grizzlies have signed Ryan Hollins. A number of ratings, tendencies, accessories, positions, body types, skin tones and animations have also been updated. The rotations have once again been updated in this roster. Because there were no file additions in this roster update, more attention has been paid to the ratings and other aspects of the roster for a better overall experience.

MyCareer Testing

I've personally tested MyCareer mode after receiving specific reports stating that crashing occurs after the interview of the 2nd game of the season. After finishing the 2nd game, it saved properly and no crashing occured. After this test, I can say that MyCareer does not crash and any crashing that occurs for your MyCareer is no longer considered an issue related to Med's NBA Roster. This means if you are still experiencing crashing issues in MyCareer, I'm sorry but it seems to be working so there is nothing more that I can do.

It is pretty unfortunate for the rest of Phase Three to start in January of 2016, as it was expected for everything to be released in December. However, the modders of both the Pinoy 2K Modders (for PBA 2K14) and FIBA 2K Team (for FIBA 2K14) are quite occupied now. With no release date as of now, hopefully we can release PBA 2K14 v9.1 during the Semifinals of the 2015-2016 PBA All-Filipino Cup. As stated earlier, there is no need to re-download Main Directory Files 17 as there are no file additions. Just re-download the Appdata Files. Please do NOT forget to read the Changelog to learn more about the changes in this update.

Med's NBA 2K14 Gamedata

Updated Referee Uniforms

This gamedata primarily features the new NBA Referee Uniforms that are the officially used uniforms of NBA referees starting with the 2015-2016 NBA season. Originally using the gamedata texture files from NBA 2K16, I realized that NBA 2K16 didn't really have accurate referee uniforms. The colors were off and weren't really accurate. After collaborating with Raden 2K, we were able to make a more accurate referee uniform with the colors corrected and overall design correct. The NBA logo & corrected Adidas logos have been implemented in this file, replacing the original file. The other textures and items in the gamedata file, such as the referee cyberfaces, controller icons, rim net, etc. are all from the default NBA 2K14 global. Basically, this only updates the NBA referee uniforms. If you want to implement this in your own personal NBA 2K14 gamedata file, feel free to export the textures and import them into your own gamedata file.

This as one of those unplanned releases that I don't really talk about, but just so happened that I was interested in making (like the release of the NBA 2K14 Global & Updated NBA Scoreboard Logos). Med's NBA Roster's next release will feature Christmas jerseys for all teams as a result of my collaboration with Double-A (tutsyroll and maximize10 on NLSC). The Double-A brothers will provide the Christmas jerseys files for all of the NBA teams while my roster will provide the necessary jersey slots for all teams. PBA 2K14 v9.1 will be released very soon (within the next few days I hope), we're only waiting on four jerseys, two arena updates, one scoreboard updates and a few cyberface updates here and there. FIBA 2K14 v4.2 is only missing 5 coach cyberfaces before being released. Kuroko V Slam Dunk's next update will be the v0.2 update which will feature three other major teams from the Slam Dunk anime, such as Ryonan, Shoyo and Kainan! KoroX has already started the cyberfaces for Ryonan. There may be another surprise for the year of 2016 for those who like to stay entertained and informed about the updates from the Medevenx series with more detail. We'll release more information about this surprise once Phase Three ends. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Updated Roster & Cyberfaces

Your basic roster updates are present in this semi-major update which features updated ratings, tendencies, rotations of every team based on their last official box score, accessories, positions, and transactions. This adds the transaction where the Barako Bull Energy acquire Rodney Brondial and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel acquire Jervy Cruz. Michael DiGregorio, who just signed a 2-year contract with the Mahindra Enforcer has also been added to the roster. A total of 65 cyberfaces have been added to the update, which features new cyberfaces for players like Gabe Norwood, Asi Taulava, etc.

Gilas Pilipinas 2.0 / 3.0 / 4.0 & Old Rosters

Other than your basic roster update, we have decided to add the Gilas Pilipinas 2.0 lineup (2014 FIBA World Cup), the Gilas Pilipinas 3.0 lineup (2015 FIBA Asia Championship) and the Gilas Pilipinas 4.0 lineup (2016 Basketball Olympics in Rio Qualifying Tournament). We've also decided to add the old 2015-2016 PBA rosters which are compatible with the current rosters in an Ultimate Base Roster-style fashion for those who wish to play the old rosters. The rosters will now be dubbed as:

The Fictional Home Court rosters, however, will only be available for the PBA 2016 Phil Cup rosters as there are multiple re-brands and team name changes in the past that the fictional home courts for the current rosters would not be compatible with the old rosters.

Updated Jerseys & Warmup Jackets

All of the 12 PBA teams now have updated warmup jackets which are based on what the players wore during the PBA Season Opening Ceremony back on October 21, 2015. Jerseys are also updated for the NLEX Road Warriors (corrected back design), TNT Tropang Texters (corrected logo), and the Meralco Bolts (corrected orange jersey color). Jersey Numbers & Name Fonts were also updated for the Alaska Aces, San Miguel Beermen, Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters&Mahindra Enforcer thanks to Jhonel Pangan of Jhonel Designs. All of the 8 UAAP teams now also have updated jerseys thanks to RMR17& his brother of Sandbox Mods.

Updated Stadiums & Al Wasl Sports Club

PBA 2K14 v9.1 fixes the dorna system for PBA 2K14 that makes it fully compatible with your NBA 2K14 rosters. We now encourage you to backup your dorna000, dorna001, and dorna006 if you were ever experiencing crashing with your NBA rosters during home games at the Los Angeles Clippers&Milwaukee Bucks' home courts. The new stadium for the Smart Araneta Coliseum made by Bliss& polished by both Mythbuster&Medevenx fixes this issue, and also fixes any "freezing" during the loading session. The Smart Araneta Coliseum&Mall of Asia Arena's stanchions (backboards) have also received updates from Mythbuster. Medevenx however has added the Al Wasl Sports Club, the venue for the games played on November 6 & 7, 2015 in Dubai.

Updated Scoreboard & Soundtrack

Khimsanity brings the updated "2016 Smart Bro PBA Philippine Cup" scoreboard (now smaller in size) for this new update. The soundtrack has also been updateed with the addition of "Liga Ng Mga Bida" by Abra featuring Aya of Project Pinas. It now replaces "Ito Ang Liga" by Sam Concepcion, Ebe Dancel & Gloc-9 as the startup song with "Ito Ang Liga" being moved to a different spot on the jukebox.

Future Updates

Pinoy 2K Modders, the modding team behind PBA 2K14, expects to take a short break after releasing this huge update. We expect to be back with PBA 2K14 v10, which will hopefully feature the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup update, the UAAP Season 78 roster update, as well as updating the NCAA Season 91 jerseys (NCAA Season 91 rosters expected to drop in PBA 2K14 v11). With PBA 2K14 v9.1 being released today, Phase Three nears its conclusion as FIBA 2K14 v4.2 is set to be released (with only 2 cyberfaces remaining to be done by the FIBA 2K Team). FIBA 2K14 v4.2 is expected to be hopefully released this weekend. New stuff is set to come around three weeks with new surprises for those who want to be more entertained while they learn more about the mod updates. Hopefully, this surprise will be unveiled very soon.

To enjoy these new updates, please make sure you download the NEW PBA 2K14 Appdata Files, PBA 2K14 Logos & Scoreboards, and PBA 2K14 Optional Files in the Downloads Section. The PBA 2K14 v9.1 Follow Up Pack is located at the bottom of this blog post for the new cyberfaces, jerseys, and stadiums. The PBA 2K14 Main Directory Files 10 has been re-uploaded to include the PBA 2K14 v9.1 Follow Up Pack for those who have not downloaded PBA 2K14 v9.0.

Ryonan High YouTube Video Trailer

Kuroko V Slam Dunk's cyberface modders KoroX&Seushir0 have begun on the cyberfaces for the five teams to be added to the next update. The jerseys have already been finished, with the warmup jackets remaining to be done. There is still no progress with stadiums for Kuroko V Slam Dunk, but the next update will feature the five teams from Kanagawa, based on the District Tournament (Interhigh Qualifiers) in the Kanagawa district. The Kanagawa District Interhigh Qualifying Tournament is the primary focus of the plot in the Slam Dunk anime, while the continuation of the manga is based on the Interhigh Tournament itself. The video is made by me, captured with Fraps at 30 FPS (frames per second) and images created using Adobe Photoshop CS4. The video is edited using Sony Vegas Pro 13.0.

Ryonan's Cyberfaces by KoroX

All of the cyberfaces of Ryonan's players are made by KoroX. The update for Kuroko V Slam Dunk is expected to be released as soon as all cyberfaces for the five teams to added are completed. Kuroko V Slam Dunk: Kanagawa Update is not considered to be part of Phase Three (which ends with FIBA 2K14 v4.2, hopefully to be released this week), but is considered part of a new phase of updates dedicated to bringing the best NBA 2K14 experience to you, this year in 2016.

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Shoyo High YouTube Video Trailer

Shoyo, the team with four players over 190 cm in height, specializing in defense will be part of the next update for Kuroko V Slam Dunk. Led by playing coach Kenji Fujima, who will act as coach and as a player in Kuroko V Slam Dunk (you will see two Fujimas because of this, similar to Makoto Hanamiya's situation for Kirisaki Dai Ichi. Kenji Fujima in the first roster comes off the bench, in a similar fashion in the anime where he did not start the game. However, in the second and third rosters he starts with the team since at this point, Shoyo was no longer playing in the anime. The video is once again by me.

Shoyo's Cyberfaces by KoroX

All of the cyberfaces of Shoyo's players are made by KoroX. The update for Kuroko V Slam Dunk is expected to be released as soon as all cyberfaces for the five teams to added are completed. Kuroko V Slam Dunk: Kanagawa Update is not considered to be part of Phase Three (which ends with FIBA 2K14 v4.2, hopefully to be released this week), but is considered part of a new phase of updates dedicated to bringing the best NBA 2K14 experience to you, this year in 2016. Obviously, at this point, the next trailer to be shown this weekend will be for Kainan as KoroX already has enough progress on the cyberfaces.

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2015 Christmas Jerseys for All 30 NBA Teams

Previous updates for Med's NBA Roster included the 2015 Christmas Jerseys for the 10 teams that played on Christmas day. However, since the NBA released the official designs of the Christmas Jerseys supposedly for all 30 teams, both NBA Live 16 and NBA 2K16 incorporated these designs into their game updates, which shouldn't stop NBA 2K14 users to experience the same thing. Normally, we like to avoid fictional additions to the series of mods unless there is something special about it, but the NBA itself has official designs for these jerseys so they aren't entirely fictional. Together with both tutsyroll and maximize10 of Double-A Mods, we bring you the all of the 2015 Christmas Jerseys for the remaining 20 teams that did not play on Christmas day.

Coaching Changes

The Brooklyn Nets have fired Head Coach Lionel Hollins and replaced him with Tony Brown, while the Cleveland Cavaliers surprisingly fired Head Coach David Blatt, who was leading the Cavaliers to the best record in the East this season. allowing former Assistant Coach Tyronn Lue to step up as Head Coach. This new roster update also welcomes back Steve Kerr as Head Coach for the Golden State Warriors, with Luke Walton stepping back down to Assistant Coach.

Player Transactions

In the very first month of the new year, 2016 starts with a lot of player signings and waives. The Philadelphia 76ers waive Christian Wood to make room for veteran Elton Brand, who is expected to return to the NBA for a mentor-like role for the very young team. New players J.J. O'Brien, and Keith Appling were added to the roster with O'Brien added to the Free Agents and Appling signed by the Orlando Magic. Many free agents have returned to the NBA such as Lorenzo Brown and Cory Jefferson to the Phoenix Suns with Bryce Cotton being waived to make room, Bryce Dejean-Jones to the New Orleans Pelicans and Sean Kilpatrick to the Denver Nuggets. The Houston Rockets have "re-acquired"Josh Smith from the Los Angeles Clippers via trade while the Orlando Magic waive Joe Harris after being traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Universal Portrait Project Update

The Universal Portrait Project has also been updated from v3.0b to v3.1 . This update features the new portraits for the new coaches to be added in FIBA 2K14 v4.2, as well as the portraits for the new players added to the NBA roster update, namely J.J. O'Brien, Bryce Dejean-Jones and Keith Appling as well as updating the portrait for Tyronn Lue. A few imports for the next version of PBA 2K14, which will be PBA 2K14 v10 also have portraits added to the update, namely M.J. Rhett of the Blackwater Elite, Augustus Gilchrist of the Mahindra Enforcer and Tyler Wilkerson of the San Miguel Beermen.

Universal Cyberface ID List Update

The Universal Cyberface ID List on the NLSC has been updated to include the missing player CF IDs for Med's NBA Roster. This is thanks to those that spent the time reporting which players were missing. We've fully included the CF IDs for FIBA 2K14 & PBA 2K14 players as well. If there are still any missing CF IDs for players, please report it so we can update the list frequently. Thank you!

Future Updates

Despite my projections for NBA roster updates to become, sort of, monthly updates to be able to invest more time updating the other mods of the series, such as FIBA 2K14, PBA 2K14 and Kuroko V Slam Dunk, and even updating the Universal Portrait Project, we've decided to release a second roster update within this month of January. The next update will hopefully feature the 2016 NBA All-Star game updates, with the All-Star Teams (East & West All-Stars) along with the All-Star court (Toronto's Air Canada Centre) being update. Hopefully, the next roster update which features the All-Star Game Update in February will coincide with the Trade Deadline update.

The FIBA 2K14 v4.2 update which features updates for Iran, Italy and the introduction of the projected 2016 rosters for the Philippines, Spain, and USA is currently two cyberfaces away from being released. PBA 2K14 v10 will feature updated imports for the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup updates. The logos for ALL of the mods from the Medevenx series, Med's NBA Roster, FIBA 2K14, PBA 2K14 & Kuroko V Slam Dunk will receive logos file updates to accommodate the newly added logo for the Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators of the PBA to the logos.

I checked the gooey_nba_dlc.iff file for NBA 2K14 (PC) and this is the first texture I found. You can also check this file by opening it with the NBA 2KX ModTool, NBA 2K 3DM tool or RED MC. Remember, "dlc" means "downloadable content". NBA 2K9 was the first NBA 2K game to be released for the PC. The graphics look like NBA 2K10 with images of players from the bottom to top: Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, and what seems to be a basketball player not belonging to the NBA.

Now, look at the player in the top screenshot, it definitely looks like Rukawa, and it does seem like him because of the accessory (black arm band below the left elbow) and a white jersey (most probably the white Shohoku jersey) and overall likeness. Sometimes, 2K doesn't update some of the files anymore as we can see from multiple textures when we check out the files. Could this file have existed even back in NBA 2K10 or 2K11 when 2K developers realized people had already started developing mods for NBA 2K9 and 2K10? Does this mean that NBA 2K was secretly developing Slam Dunk rosters for NBA 2K10 2K11? Or did it mean that modifiable rosters were supposed to be downloadable content? It looks as if what the Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming screenshots are implying is that user-created rosters would have also been available to download as downloadable content. This may have been discontinued due to licensing issues (similar to how some NBA Legends have appeared and have been removed from the game such as Chris Webber or the 1992 Dream Team with Charles Barkley). It could also be possible that the user-created rosters were made unavailable due to the upcoming rise of the current sensation in NBA 2K's MyTeam mode which heavily features use of retro players and special edition players. Although it wasn't until NBA 2K11 that retro teams officially made it to the NBA 2K games as only NBA Legends where included in former NBA 2K installments. Copyright laws may have also forbidden NBA 2K from allowing downloadable content as anime mods to be officially added to the game as they simply do not have the rights to Shonen Slam Dunk's characters and other assets.

Who knows? It's certainly crazy to think there could have been anime teams and user-created content in official versions of NBA 2K. It could possibly have opened up to developing mods for the console version of NBA 2K at the time (PlayStation 3 and XBox 360). While it is clear that NBA 2K tried to push for allowing user-created content in its franchise, it looks like they were unable to do so. It seems as if 2K could not acknowledge mod development for the game publiclt, however is most certainly aware of it.

Modding has existed for many years in other games with most games nowadays publicly accepting it. While it seems like 2K legally can't allow this or at least state publicly that they fully acknowledge it, it doesn't mean that modding never came to mind in the NBA 2K headquarters.

As for updates, we're currently taking a break. My personal computer is currently in maintenance for the new year to ensure steady performance in 2016. This short break will hopefully end within this month of February where the PC will finally be usable again. The purpose of the break is to ensure that mods will continue to be released in 2016, allowing the PC to rest and perform faster as I have files to be removed to make more space on the hard drive. The first updates to be released when I return is the NBA All-Star and Trade Deadline update for the NBA rosters and the Kanagawa update for Kuroko V Slam Dunk. As for PBA 2K14, as usual we have to wait a couple of weeks for teams to play first to be able to see all of the new jerseys and logo for the Phoenix Fuelmasters. We'll also be including Alaska's black jersey during the finals. FIBA 2K14 v4.2 has taken a stepback due to missing cyberface issues that will hopefully resolved soon. Thank you everyone for being patient with us, we hope you enjoyed the article and thank you! Here's to another great year in 2016!

Miuradai High and Takezono High YouTube Video Trailer

Miuradai, the first team Shohoku faced in the regional tournament, as well as Takezono, the team they faced in practice after the practice game against Ryonan which was seen in the first Slam Dunk OVA (Original Video Animation) will be added to the next update for Kuroko V Slam Dunk. Miuradai was the first team Shohoku played in a real match and had the secret weapon which we all know what happened to with Sakuragi. Takezono was the team Shohoku had a practice match against after the practice match against Ryonan where the star of the team, Oda, was the boyfriend of Sakuragi's last crush before Haruko. Takezono was also the team that was eliminated in the regional tournament by the next team to be previewed, Kainan. As two of the minor teams that Shohoku faced, there are two other teams from Kanagawa that did not make it to the next update, namely Tsukubu and Takezato. All of the remaining teams will be added to the next update which will complete the 15 Slam Dunk teams. The video is once again by me.

New Jukebox by zackiritoryan & Cyberfaces by Seushir0

zackiritoryan of NLSC made a major contribution to Kuroko V Slam Dunk and as such is now considered part of the very small modding team we have. The jukebox features all of the soundtrack from both anime, with two OPs & four EDs from Slam Dunk, seven OPs and seven EDs from Kuroko No Basuke. All of the cyberfaces of Miuradai & Takezono's players are made by Seushir0.

Future of Kuroko V Slam Dunk

The update for Kuroko V Slam Dunk is expected to be released this weekend. It is considered part of a new phase of updates dedicated to bringing the best NBA 2K14 experience to you, this year in 2016. A final short trailer will be released for the last team to be added to this update, Kainan University Affiliated High, from the Kanagawa prefecture. More teams will be added to complete the 15 Slam Dunk teams and for Kuroko V Slam Dunk to no longer be in beta. The teams to be added are Aiwa Academy, Daiei Academy, Jousei High, Meihou High, Ryokufu High, Sannoh Industry Affiliated High, Toyotama High and Tsukubu High. This update also fixes a lot of glitches and includes new cyberface updates for a lot of players.

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Six New Slam Dunk Teams

Like the Winter Cup beta, the rosters are divided into three rosters. For Ryonan, the first roster features the lineup against Shohoku during the practice game, where Kicchou Fukuda is still banned from playing. The second roster features the lineup against Kainan where Akira Sendoh played Point Guard and the third lineup features the lineup against Shohoku in the Final Four of the Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament. For Shoyo, since they had one game in the anime, the first roster features the lineup against Shohoku during the first half of the game, thus Kenji Fujima is still on the bench. The second and third rosters have Fujima starting as they represent the second half of that match. For Kainan, the first and second rosters feature the lineup game against Shohoku, with Shinichi Maki 's brushed up hair and Kiyota Nobunaga's long hair. The third roster features the lineup against Ryonan where Maki's hair is no longer brushed up and Nobunaga's hair is rolled to make it shorter. Miuradai, (the first team Shohoku faced in the Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament), Ryokufu (the team with Michael Okita from the third OVA, not really from Kanagawa), and Takezono (the team with Oda from Wako Junior High from the first OVA that also appears in the anime with a match against Kainan) were all added with no distinctions between the three rosters.

Updated Cyberfaces & Roster

KoroX and Seushir0 both made cyberfaces for the Kanagawa Update with KoroX creating the cyberfaces for Ryonan, Shoyo, Kainan, and Ryokufu while Seushir0 created the cyberfaces for Miuradai and Takezono. Cyberfaces for some Kuroko No Basuke players have also been updated. An error to Mayuzumi's (Rakuzan) was fixed for this version, and Kaijo now has a yellow headband color (for Kise's zone) while Seirin (Season 3) and Team Vorpal Swords have orange headband colors. Ryonan is the only team with an alternate jersey (yellow secondary color instead of light blue) as seen in the OP and a few official images for Slam Dunk. Some animations, ratings, tendencies and signature skills were also updated. A blank basketball file has also been included in the Optional Files, where it is an ordinary leather ball without the Spalding logo and text on it.

New Jukebox by zackiritoryan

zackiritoryan of NLSC made a major contribution to Kuroko V Slam Dunk and as such is now considered part of the very small modding team we have. The settings (Kuroko V Slam Dunk Sliders) files have also been modified to completely remove the Commentator, PA and Player Chatter volumes in place of In-Game Music as we already have the complete soundtrack from both anime in our jukebox. The jukebox features all of the soundtrack from both anime, with two OPs & four EDs from Slam Dunk, seven OPs and seven EDs from Kuroko No Basuke. The list of songs are:

• GRANRODEO - Can Do
• OLDCODEX - CATALRHYTHM
• Maki Ohguro - Anata Dake Mitsumeteru
• Hyadain - Start it right away
• BAAD - Kimi Ga Suki Da To Sakebitai
• GRANRODEO - RIMFIRE
• GRANRODEO - The Other Self
• OLDCODEX - WALK
• ZYYG - Zettai ni Daremo
• MANISH - Kirameku Toki ni Torawarete
• Zard - My Friend
• GRANRODEO - Memories
• SCREEN mode - Ambivalence
• Fo'x Tails - GLITTER DAYS
• GRANRODEO - Punky Funky Love
• OLDCODEX - Lantana
• WANDS - Sekai ga Owaru Made Wa
• GRANRODEO - Hengen Jizai No Magical Star
• Kensho Ono - FANTASTIC TUNE
• Kensho Ono - ZERO

Future Plans

As mentioned in the previous post regarding Kuroko V Slam Dunk, more teams will be added to complete the 15 Slam Dunk teams and for Kuroko V Slam Dunk to no longer be in beta. The teams to be added are Aiwa Academy, Daiei Academy, Jousei High, Meihou High, Sannoh Industry Affiliated High, Toyotama High and Tsukubu High. There will be plans to add retro versions of teams such as Shohoku, Kainan and Shoyo (2 Years Ago) when Akagi, Mitsui, Kogure, Maki and Fujima were rookies. There are also plans to include Tomigaoka Junior High and Takeishi Junior High (Hisashi Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa's middle schools). Special Slam Dunk teams will also be added in the next version such as the Shoyo & Ryonan merged team, possibly a Slam Dunk All-Stars team to match up with Team Vorpal Swords&Team Jabberwock.

It is expected that the next version will officially launch Kuroko V Slam Dunk out of beta as it will then have MyCareer & Association Modes available, which was the goal from the very beginning. We hope to bring you a total conversion mod once Kuroko V Slam Dunk is out of beta. We also hope to find a talented stadium modder to create stadiums for Kuroko V Slam Dunk similar to the anime, different from the realistic NBA 2K stadiums we are all used to. In the future, expect Title Screens, Globals, Gamedata, Storyboards, etc. that will breathe a new life to Kuroko V Slam Dunk for NBA 2K14! Also don't be afraid to bring up suggestions if you feel as if there are more things to improve on for Kuroko V Slam Dunk.

Please be reminded that this is only a BETA which means you should not expect it to work for MyCareer, Association, or any mode and is release purely for the purposes of allowing Quick Game and Blacktop modes. For now, enjoy the release of the Kanagawa Update. All of the files have been re-uploaded and are now in the same method of downloading as the other mods from this series (FIBA 2K14 & PBA 2K14). Although no new logos for Kuroko V Slam Dunk were really added, the new BBVA Rising Stars logo for Med's NBA Roster, Phoenix Fuel Masters and Tropang TNT logos for PBA 2K14 were all updated into the Logos file for compatibility purposes. Make sure you download all of the new files and have fun! A changelog page will be added soon!

Updated Roster & Cyberfaces

This major update features the changes that have the Phoenix Fuel Masters replacing the Barako Bull Energy, as well as the TNT Tropang Texters' silent renaming to Tropang TNT. Updated transactions that sent Jeric Fortuna to the GlobalPort Batang Pier from the San Miguel Beermen, as well as the addition of Ken Bono to the Meralco Bolts have been implemented. The imports have also been added to the roster for the 2016 Oppo Commissioner's Cup, and the 2016 Smart Bro PBA Philippine Cup roster also received minor error fixes. The 2015 PBA rosters received the same detailed fixes regarding the retro teams and special teams. The championship history of the teams have also been updated specific to each conference roster. The major update is also your basic roster update which features updated ratings, tendencies, jersey numbers, rotations of every team based on their last official box score, accessories, positions, and transactions. A total of 21 cyberfaces have been added to the update, which features new cyberfaces for players like Calvin Abueva, Terrence Romeo, etc. The schedule has also been updated to include the 2016 Oppo PBA Commissioner's Cup real schedule.

Updated Courts

The Fictional Home Court for the Phoenix Fuel Masters has been created for the PBA 2016 Comm Cup Home roster which marks the continuation of the Fictional Home Court series for PBA 2K14. Not only that, but the Smart Araneta Coliseum's stanchion also received an update. This stadium update is only available in the 2016 PBA Comm Cup rosters as we are going for an ultimate roster-like experience for PBA 2K14, marking the accuracy for conferences, years and eras for PBA 2K14 regarding not only rosters, cyberfaces and jerseys, but also courts. The stadiums for the other courts such as Cuneta Astrodome, etc. have also received updates regarding the advertisements in the stadium itself. The Fictional Home Court rosters have been placed in a different folder to be able to identify them more clearly during extraction, and have now been renamed to "FHC" (Fictional Home Court) instead of "Home".

Updated Presentation Files

The PBA 2K14's major update features another new set of headlines for the new conference. A new frontend_sync file has also been added which replaces the NBA logos during the team select screen with PBA logos. Terrence Romeo and Calvin Abueva's images in the Global, Title Screens (both the solo and the group title screen for Romeo, only the solo title screen for Abueva), and Icons have been updated from their last season look to their current season look.

Updated Scoreboard, Logos & Overlays

PBA 2K14 v10 features a new logos file that is compatible with other mods from the series (Med's NBA Roster, FIBA 2K14 & Kuroko V Slam Dunk), the logos and scoreboard logos have added the new logos for the Phoenix Fuel Masters, and Tropang TNT. The new 2016 Oppo PBA Commissioner's Cup scoreboard has also been added for 16:9 monitors, along with the TV5 Rio 2016 overlay for both 4:3 and 16:9 monitors. The bootup logos have also been updated where the Blackwater Elite's color was changed for readability, including the addition of the new Phoenix Fuel Masters logo and updated Tropang TNT logo.

Updated Jerseys

The Phoenix Fuel Masters and Tropang TNT have new jerseys and warmup jackets to match their new logos for PBA 2K14 v10. The Star Hotshots' dark jersey (yellow) also received a color update, along with the addition of the black alternate jersey the Alaska Aces wore in Game 6 of the 2016 Smart Bro PBA Philippine Cup Finals against the San Miguel Beermen.

Universal Portrait Project Update

The Universal Portrait Project has also been updated from v3.3 to v3.4. A portrait has been added for Coty Clarke of the Boston Celtics (NBA) and the portraits for Jay Washington of the GlobalPort Batang Pier (PBA), Kevin Alas&Rob Reyes of the NLEX Road Warriors (PBA), Harvey Carey, Rob Labagala, Ryan Reyes, Larry Fonacier, Kelly Williams, Elmer Espiritu, Danny Seigle&Aaron Aban of the Tropang TNT (PBA) have been updated. Portraits for M.J. Rhett of the Blackwater Elite and David Simon of the Tropang TNT (both PBA) have also been added.

Future Updates

The cyberface for Ricardo Ratliffe, the import for the Star Hotshots will be updated in the Follow Up Pack that will be released for PBA 2K14 v10.1, along with the updates for any remaining import changes in the conference. According to the latest news, the Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters will be replacing Antoine Wright soon, and we can no longer afford to not release the update for all of you to enjoy, so we will be including these cyberfaces in the follow up pack for v10.1 instead. Other local players will also be receiving cyberface updates for v10.1.

We are extremely sorry for the unfortunate delays over the past few weeks and we hope that this update makes up for it with the hard work we put into the update. The break that the Pinoy 2K Modders took (as announced in the previous post regarding the PBA 2K14 v9.1 update), took much longer than expected. Not only that, but the manpower for the modding team took a significant hit that not only did multiple delays occur, but we were unable to update the UAAP Season 78 roster, as well as the NCAA Season 91 jerseys.

Update Reminders & Notes

To be able to download these updates, please download the new PBA 2K14 Appdata Files, PBA 2K14 Main Directory Files 11, PBA 2K14 Logos & Scoreboards and PBA 2K14 Optional Files. Please remember to overwrite when applying the new update for it to take effect. This update includes the Follow Up Pack from PBA 2K14 v9.1. If you are still missing any cyberfaces, jerseys or courts after applying this update, we urge you to download the Full Packs (for first time downloaders) as they have all been re-uploaded to include the newest update (PBA 2K14 v10.0). Please remember that the PBA 2K14 Full Packs are ALWAYS up-to-date.

Please be reminded that downloading from websites or pages other than this website may contain files that might harm your computer. PBA 2K14 updates are released exclusively on this website. Any PBA 2K14 "updates" you may find that do not come from this site are not considered as trusted sources. When downloading individual mods for PBA 2K14, please make sure that you download from trusted sources only, such as members of the team behind the development of PBA 2K14 (Credits) or the related modders & modding teams (Related).

NBA 2K14 & NBA 2K16 Icons

Icons were created with the same template for the FIBA 2K14 and PBA 2K14 icons, using the NBA 2K16 Cover Athletes, Anthony Davis, James Harden, and Stephen Curry. Two versions of each athlete's icon are uploaded, an NBA 2K14 version as well as an NBA 2K16 version for those that wish to use this for their NBA 2K14 or NBA 2K16 copy.

Instructions are updated in the website for you to be able to change your NBA 2K14 icons. Right now, the instructions in the NBA roster webpage have screenshots for FIBA 2K14 Icon Changing, which will be updated soon.

Progress on Updates

FIBA 2K14 v4.2 is ONE cyberface away from being released (looks like it will be released this week), which will feature the 2015 Iran and Italy rosters, as well as the 2016 Philippines and USA rosters. Kuroko V Slam Dunk now has complete rosters and jerseys for v1.0 which will feature 8 new Slam Dunk teams not in v0.2, which are Aiwa Academy, Daiei Academy, Jousei High, Meihou Industry Affiliated High, Sannoh Industry Affiliated High, Takezato High, Toyotama High, and Tsukubu High. This version of Kuroko V Slam Dunk will finally be available for MyCareer and Association modes. Cyberfaces are all that is remaining for Kuroko V Slam Dunk v1.0 before we can proceed to adding special teams on the Slam Dunk side, as well as creating presentation files for Kuroko V Slam Dunk. As of now, there is no release date for Kuroko V Slam Dunk yet. PBA 2K14 v10.1 is FOUR cyberfaces away from being released (updated Ricardo Ratliffe, Mo Charlo, Shawn Taggart, and black-haired Terrence Romeo). It is expected to be released next week. Not sure if there is a need for an NBA roster update as there have been three roster updates in the past two weeks already. If ever an NBA roster update will be released, it would probably coincide with the PBA 2K14 v10.1 update. The Universal Portrait Project v3.5 update will be released along with the Kuroko V Slam Dunk update as the next update is primarily used in Kuroko V Slam Dunk v1.0 and Med's NBA Roster v3.9.

Updated 2015 Iran & Italy Rosters

FIBA 2K14 v4.2 updates Iran's roster for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship and Italy's roster for EuroBasket 2015. This adds NBA stars such as Danilo Gallinari and Andre Bargnani to the roster. Missing cyberfaces for numerous coaches have also been completed.

2016 Gilas Pilipinas & Team USA Rosters

A personal selection of 12 players were chosen for the Philippines roster at the 2016 Basketball Olympics in Rio Qualifying Tournament and the USA roster at 2016 Basketball Olympics in Rio. In this roster, we see Ranidel De Ocampo for Gilas Pilipinas despite a very slim chance that he will be participating this year, and Kobe Bryant for Team USA despite him declining to play for USA this year. We will update these in v4.3 where Marc Pingris will replace Ranidel De Ocampo for the Philippines and Carmelo Anthony will replace Kobe Bryant for USA. With Terrence Romeo and Gabe Norwood sporting new hair styles this 2016, we have included Terrence Romeo's black haired cyberface (to be updated), and Gabe Norwood's curly flat top hair for this update. These two teams are available in the FIBA 2016 Rio roster.

To enjoy the new additions to FIBA 2K14 v4.2's cyberface and jersey updates, an 88 MB Follow Up Pack has been uploaded for you to download complementary to the FIBA 2K14 v4.2 Appdata Files that have been uploaded in the Downloads Section. The files in this 88 MB follow up pack have already been included in the reuploaded Main Directory Files 2, and FIBA 2K14 Full Packs for those that have yet to download the FIBA 2K14 v4.0 or FIBA 2K14 v4.0update, or have yet to download for the first time.

Future Updates

As we near the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, we expect to have updated all of the remaining teams that do not have their updated rosters for 2015 (Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Finland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine). The next update, v4.3 is expected have updated 2015 rosters for Japan and Korea. The newly unveiled Nike jerseys for all of the FIBA teams participating in this year's Olympics is also expected to be added to v4.3 by Dunix. We will also be adding Czech Republic, Latvia and Tunisia for v5.0 which will be the start of the Rio 2016 updates, along with a new roster structure, three new court updates for the qualifying team's home courts, before the 2016 Basketball Olympics in Rio roster updates itself.

Please be reminded that downloading from websites or pages other than this website may contain files that might harm your computer. FIBA 2K14 updates are released exclusively on this website. Any FIBA 2K14 "updates" you may find that do not come from this site are not considered as trusted sources. When downloading individual mods for FIBA 2K14, please make sure that you download from trusted sources only, such as members of the team behind the development of FIBA 2K14 (Credits) or the related modders & modding teams (Related).

PBA 2K14 2016 Commissioner's Cup Mix by DC30

DC30 Gaming just posted a PBA 2K14 mix featuring the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup rosters on YouTube! It's a high quality video that definitely deserves appreciation! Check out his channel for other NBA 2K14 mixes! There are also some videos from the channel featuring other mods from the series such as Med's NBA Roster for NBA 2K14, FIBA 2K14, and Kuroko V Slam Dunk.

Updated Rosters & Cyberfaces

This minor update features updated imports as GlobalPort replaced Calvin Warner with Shawn Taggart, and Rain Or Shine replaced Antoine Wright with Mo Charlo. Updated cyberfaces are also available for Ricardo Ratliffe (with mini afro) and Terrence Romeo (returned to his black hair). Terrence Romeo's longer version of his blonde hair has been implemented to the 2016 PBA Phil Cup roster instead, since the short version of his blonde hair is available in the Gilas versions of him. Gary David, Chris Timberlake, Philip Paniamogan, Axel Doruelo, and Eddie Laure have also been removed from the roster to reflect them being waived by their respective teams. We cannot place them in the Free Agents as they may be signed by college teams in Association&MyCareer modes. Josh Vanlandingham, Eric Camson, and Jens Knuttel return to the roster in Alaska, NLEX, and Phoenix respectively. Kyle Pascual of Mahindra and Jason Ballesteros of Blackwater have also been traded for each other. The schedule of the 2016 PBA Comm Cup roster has also been fixed as there were minor errors in previous releases.

Update Reminders & Notes

To enjoy the new additions to PBA 2K14 v10.1's cyberface updates, a 4 MB Follow Up Pack has been uploaded for you to download complementary to the PBA 2K14 v10.1 Appdata Files that have been uploaded in the Downloads Section. The files in this 4 MB follow up pack have already been included in the re-uploaded PBA 2K14 Main Directory Files 11, and PBA 2K14 Full Packs for those that have yet to download the PBA 2K14 v10.0 update, or have yet to download for the first time.

Please be reminded that downloading from websites or pages other than this website may contain files that might harm your computer. PBA 2K14 updates are released exclusively on this website. Any PBA 2K14 "updates" you may find that do not come from this site are not considered as trusted sources. When downloading individual mods for PBA 2K14, please make sure that you download from trusted sources only, such as members of the team behind the development of PBA 2K14 (Credits) or the related modders & modding teams (Related).

Interhigh Teams! Roster Complete!

We've added 8 new teams to complete the 15-team roster for the Slam Dunk side, completing the 30-team working roster for Kuroko V Slam Dunk. The teams added are Aiwa Academy, Daiei Academy, Jousei High, Meihou Industry Affiliated High, Sannoh Industry Affiliated High, Takezato HighToyotama High and Tsukubu High. All of them except for Takezato and Tsukubu participate in the Interhigh, which is shown only in the manga, not in the anime. That may be the reason some of you Slam Dunk anime fans are not familiar with these teams, as they were only shown in the manga except for Aiwa Academy&Meihou Industry Affiliated High. A number of player updates such as ratings, tendencies, etc. from reading the manga have been incorporated into Kuroko V Slam Dunk Roster 3, showing the large improvement by Sakuragi, etc. Only one special team has been added to the roster, which is Tomigaoka Junior High (One Year Ago). Sannoh's starting lineups differ with each roster. The first roster has Ichinokura starting over Minoru as it started off that way in the manga. The second roster has Minoru starting over Ichinokura, which was the lineup for Sannoh at the start of the second half vs Shohoku. The third roster has Mikio Kawata starting at C, with Nobe benched for Masahi Kawata, as seen in the final lineup for Sannoh in the match versus Shohoku. Of course, feel free to change these rotations whenever.

Roster Structure, MyCareer & Association

Kuroko V Slam Dunk has the Kuroko No Basuke side taking over the Western Conference as the Winter Cup, and the Slam Dunk side taking over the Eastern Conference as the Interhigh Championship. The Finals is now labeled as the Japanese High School Basketball Nationals, a series between the victors of the Winter Cup and the Interhigh. With that structure in-tact, The East & West All-Stars are now the Interhigh & Winter Cup All-Stars respectively. The roster makes use of a 29-Game Schedule where teams face all other teams once during the season. The Draft Projection also allows you to be drafted by all of the teams, ranking the teams alternately between Kuroko No Basuke teams and Slam Dunk teams. That means the #1 pick belongs to Seirin, the #2 pick belongs to Shohoku, etc. The MyCareer Mode has you playing in Tomigaoka Junior High alongside Kaede Rukawa and Ichiro Mizusawa, against the legendary Teiko Junior High comprised of the Generation of Miracles and Tetsuya Kuroko in the Japanese Junior High National Championship, replacing the Rookie Showcase. Whoever the victor is in this match is completely up to you, will decide your fate on what team you will land in, and sparks what will be your rivalry with each of the players of the Generation of Miracles.

The following is the order of the Draft Order for Kuroko V Slam Dunk's MyCareer Mode:

Future Updates

What's in store for the future of Kuroko V Slam Dunk? Well, we'll be adding more special teams such as the combination Shoyo/Ryonan team, Takeishi Junior High (Mitsui's Junior High team), more retro teams such as Shohoku (Two Years Ago) with rookie Akagi, Mitsui and Kogure, probably even fictional lineups such as an Uncrowned Kings team, Kanagawa All-Stars, etc. We'll also be doing more presentation files such as Title Screens, Global, etc. There MAY be plans to have team-specific logos for all teams in the future, including fictional Japanese names for the fictional players added, but is currently not the priority for future updates. We will also include Kuroko V Slam Dunk-related stories and headlines in the future.

Universal Portrait Project Update

The Universal Portrait Project has also been updated from v3.5 to v3.6. This update features a few minor tweaks to the portraits, ready for Kuroko V Slam Dunk v1.0.

For this update, you will only need to download the updated Appdata Files and Main Directory Files 3. The Full Packs have also been updated for those who are downloading for the first time. Please enjoy our update! We know there are other mods out there that are not for free, we present to you our high quality, working Kuroko V Slam Dunk mod that is compatible with mods from your favorite series such as Med's NBA Roster, FIBA 2K14 and PBA 2K14FREE of charge!, download now!

Updated Rosters & Cyberfaces

Pierre Henderson-Niles has replaced Mo Charlo of the Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters and the San Miguel Beermen have signed Gary David. A total of 23 cyberfaces have been updated for PBA 2K14. That includes cyberface updates for M.J. Rhett, Tylker Wilkerson, and a whole lot of other local cyberfaces by Burugudoyz 2K Modders.

Future Updates

Future updates for PBA 2K14 (v11) will feature throwback rosters for the 2013-2014 PBA Season, which is also a throwback for the team as it marked the first couple of versions for PBA 2K14. While only the PBA 2014 Philippine Cup & Commissioner's Cup were made available, it would be easy enough to "update" the roster and create a Governors' Cup roster. These rosters use a different roster structure from what we know today, as the PBA only had 10 teams at the time. We will also focus more of our time and efforts on updating the NCAA Season 91 jerseys.

Update Reminders & Notes

To enjoy the new additions to PBA 2K14 v10.2's cyberface updates, a 20 MB Follow Up Pack has been uploaded for you to download complementary to the PBA 2K14 v10.2 Appdata Files that have been uploaded in the Downloads Section. The files in this 20 MB follow up pack have already been included in the re-uploaded PBA 2K14 Main Directory Files 11, and PBA 2K14 Full Packs for those that have yet to download the PBA 2K14 v10.0 or v10.1 update, or have yet to download for the first time.

Please be reminded that downloading from websites or pages other than this website may contain files that might harm your computer. PBA 2K14 updates are released exclusively on this website. Any PBA 2K14 "updates" you may find that do not come from this site are not considered as trusted sources. When downloading individual mods for PBA 2K14, please make sure that you download from trusted sources only, such as members of the team behind the development of PBA 2K14 (Credits) or the related modders & modding teams (Related).