Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden - Kotaku Comments

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

virtualmillionaire — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:27:31 MDT

on the cover and in the game. wow. best EA decision EVER! where can i pre-order 600 copies?? brett is the god of football.

virtualmillionaire

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Americo — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:11:19 MDT

@Altima NEO: You may be on to something. Then again, not a single inch of Madden would go untouched in Photoshop.

Americo

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

w1nters — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:09:49 MDT

He'll probably be made an "unlockable character" for 500 XBL points or so...

w1nters

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Zen Grenadier — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:52:45 MDT

Now replace that football with a block of cheese and it will the the BEST COVER EVAR!

Zen Grenadier

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

bobtheduck — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:25:36 MDT

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I'd have still rather had this be the cover, only with 09 instead of '06...

bobtheduck

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Altima NEO — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:22:22 MDT

Crazy thought... what about Madden on the cover of Madden?

Altima NEO

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

yashichi8bit — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:35:46 MDT

DOOOOOOMED!

yashichi8bit

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

jello44 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:17:17 MDT

Thank god it's not Jay Cutler on there, he is awesome.

jello44

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

VixDiesel — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:12:54 MDT

Are those leather pants? haha.

VixDiesel

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Favre — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:01:53 MDT

Well, Madden was on the cover for the 07 special edition. (His HoF year.) So they probably had to get someone new.

Favre

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justhesh — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:50:59 MDT

Brett Favre is a badass. He would play through the curse.

justhesh

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

iamspoo — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:55:35 MDT

That is cheese to put a retired player on the cover... If EA wanted to go the cheese route they should have put John Madden back on the cover since it is the 20 year anniversary for John Madden football.

iamspoo

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Atsumi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:27:17 MDT

Does the Madden curse mean he's going to die or something?

Because if that was the case. I'd never let them put me on the cover of that beast.

Atsumi

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Puzzle — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:08:27 MDT

And then we have a huge EA logo slapped on in the middle of the cover.

Great.

Puzzle

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

skeevy110 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:42:55 MDT

please EA do not turn this into another quarterback club, we all saw what happened to akklaim

skeevy110

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

SouthernerCalifornian — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:31:11 MDT

Baaaa. Buying a game because of its cover?

SouthernerCalifornian

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

DorkimusPrime — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:28:28 MDT

Wow, Madden must be having a heart attack, his boyfriend on the cover of his game and all.

That said, I bet it still plays like ass. Bring back NFL 2K!

DorkimusPrime

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

KingDavid73 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:20:21 MDT

@Raziel Dune:
I second that

KingDavid73

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

adamfedoruk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:09:00 MDT

this is the best thing ever

adamfedoruk

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Strange Bedfellows — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:49:10 MDT

Please, EA: make it work on PS3 this year.

Strange Bedfellows

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Capp — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:47:49 MDT

^== Long time packer fan and very happy to hear that Favre is the #1 pick for the cover of the 20year anniversary edition of the game.
Best QB of all time, no doubt about it.
Very sad to see him retire, but at least he was able to do it on his own terms and not due to an injury or something.

Capp

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fuchikoma — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:35:52 MDT

OMG BRETT, GET DOWN! THAT FOOTBALL IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!

...look at his face. He knows he's on the Madden cover, haha

fuchikoma

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Sparx — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:59:11 MDT

I didn't know it was the 20th anninversary. In that aspect, putting Madden on there might've ben the best thing to do but this is a close second. Brett has been Madden's favorite player for years.

Sparx

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regnez — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:55:24 MDT

@TRT-X:
Because if you bought the game, who would you rather look at each time you went to play: Madden or Favre?

regnez

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

TRT-X — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:39:41 MDT

*insert interception achievement joke here*

But in all seriousness...this is a "meh" move. If they wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary, why not put Madden himself on there?

TRT-X

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

rainofwalrus — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:32:05 MDT

this made me smile. it didn't take too many interviews to realize Brett Favre was an extraordinary human being with a heart the size of Texas.

rainofwalrus

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

KM91 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:47:05 MDT

Something tells me that he's going to be in some sort of hunting accident...(for those who don't know, Favre loves to hunt)

KM91

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

badasscat — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:34:17 MDT

@PQ Crash: If you can even get halfway through career mode.

In last year's game, there was a show-stopping bug in franchise mode (not career mode, but you never know this year) that basically killed your franchise. There was no way to move forward because your opponent had too few players and there was no way to fix it. I put weeks into my franchise and it all went down the drain...

Did they ever fix that via a patch or something?

I'm not buying another Madden game until I am *assured* by those who have played the game for some time that there are no such bugs. Not one of the reviews I read mentioned that bug last year, and it was a major, major bug. Yet every single person who played franchise mode long enough came up against it.

badasscat

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Kaizin514 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:07:15 MDT

makes sense they put him on the cover, record breaking and...... to break the curse maybe? i mean, after all, he did retire so whats the worst to happen?

Kaizin514

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Treefingers — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:05:51 MDT

i hope you guys realize he quit not because they didnt not ask him to come back, or because hes been in the league longer than the madden franchise but because they asked him to be on the cover... can you imagine the madden curse on an old guy like farve, he probably would have died... too bad he didnt play another season

Treefingers

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Netnavi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:07:48 MDT

whats so special about this madden? A picture? What have they added to make me want to buy expansion pack 19?

Netnavi

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

madman83 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:00:55 MDT

They made a great choice.

madman83

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

bigmil87 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:57:53 MDT

I have been a packers fan for well over 20 years, however I feel that this is just stupid to do. Yes Brett is my favorite player, however he is retired now, why now of all times put him on the cover? Why not after he won the Super Bowl? Well, whatever now I just have to buy it because he is on the cover. First Madden purchase since Madden '05

bigmil87

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

PQ Crash — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:18:56 MDT

So, does this mean that I'll have to give up vicodin half-way through "career-mode" now?

PQ Crash

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

deft0k — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:08:35 MDT

That's my man!
Go Farve go!

deft0k

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

wild homes is non-canonical — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:47:17 MDT

This isn't as shocking to me as when EA put Desmond Howard on the cover of NCAA 06. For some reason, it also doesn't excite me as much-- man oh man, but NCAA 06 was GOOD! I'd really love to find out that EA let Madden have a little say in the cover athlete, since it is the twentieth anniversary issue and all. We all know how Madden feels about Favre.

Good for Brett, at any rate. He had a really terrific career.

wild homes is non-canonical

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

jollydwarf — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:37:29 MDT

Going to be fairly awkward when he announces that he's coming out of retirement with, oh, the Dolphins around the same time this game ships.

Honestly never thought I'd see another white boy after Madden himself on the cover. 'Color' me 'surprised'.

jollydwarf

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:26:29 MDT

He's going to come back from retirement due to Long's future injury making his cover appearance the anti-curse.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

JesseLacey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:21:29 MDT

Almost as good as this cover,[www.xlife.nl] was hoping to see #4 grace the APF 2k9 Art.

JesseLacey

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

dribnifrus — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:19:26 MDT

Maybe the curse will be on Aaron Rodgers and Favre will come out of retirement to play!

dribnifrus

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Zero_Beat — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:19:17 MDT

@Zero_Beat:

See if that works...

Zero_Beat

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

dribnifrus — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:18:34 MDT

Kinda funny since Favre won't be in the game as the packers will have #12 Aaron Rodgers at QB. I guess Favre will be in the Classic team modes or something.. By the way, I'm live in Green Bay and I bet this game will sell off the hook to all the cheeseheads who will just want it to add to their collection of 500 S.I. covers!

dribnifrus

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Zero_Beat — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:18:21 MDT

Not to mention that the "cover curse" resulted in an injury that threatened to take them out of play for a sizeable chunk of the season.

See, you can't miss the season if you're no longer playing football.

Zero_Beat

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cpmui99 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:16:47 MDT

Favre's on the cover but will he be in the game?

cpmui99

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

jello44 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:16:45 MDT

aaand the video does not come on.. just a sec...

there.

jello44

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

jello44 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:16:12 MDT

What the hell is Brett Favre doing [on the cover of Madden 09]?

jello44

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

regnez — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:14:53 MDT

This is a very classy move by EA.

I'd think/hope that many sports fans who normally would not buy a Madden game would pick this edition up -- at least as a time piece and collectible, if for no other reason.

regnez

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Krytha — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:10:14 MDT

Well, if Favre continues with his planned retirement, the curse will be broken. If he decides to come back for "one more season" he will likely be hit by a rogue zamboni that tried to smooth out the football "fields" they play on in frozen Wisconsin.

Krytha

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Snuffbox — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:06:21 MDT

I'll pass on this game unless they make huge strides in gameplay.

Favre on the cover is neat though

Snuffbox

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Gagamus — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:05:56 MDT

This will be a timeless cover, for an athlete who couldn't possibly be cursed in any way, and this is an unbelievable choice. We all hate EA, we all hate how they killed off 2K, and we hate how they've been slacking off on Madden for the past few years. This makes me forget all that. This will be pre-ordered immediately, first thing tomorrow morning at Play N Trade.

Gagamus

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Channing — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:03:42 MDT

@Raziel Dune:
I might do so as well.

Channing

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

Raziel Dune — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:01:40 MDT

i will buy this just for Brett favre cover.

Raziel Dune

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kylo4 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:56:48 MDT

So if it's the twentieth anniversary of the series, are they going to do anything special with gameplay?

kylo4

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

blackadvent — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:56:11 MDT

At least there's no way for the curse to get him now that he's retired.

Unless he comes back.

blackadvent

Hey Look, It's Brett Favre On The Cover Of Madden

zanzibarlegend — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:47:36 MDT

im down with this cover. Favre FTW.

zanzibarlegend

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Shindokie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:46:50 MDT

I love Brett Favre. I still don't like him on this cover. he said that he would come back if they asked him too.

Shindokie

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deathsyth8888 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:43:33 MDT

I may get killed for this (by the packer fans) but is one of the lesser reasons Brett Favre is on the cover is because John Madden constantly praises Favre never-ending extent?

(like I said, dont hurt me for asking this silly question. Please! I know Favre is great.)

Just wondering.

deathsyth8888