Blitz: The League II
Encyclopedia
Blitz: The League II is an American football
video game in Midway's Blitz
series. It was released on the PlayStation 3
and Xbox 360
on October 13, 2008. Five new teams and 4 relocated clubs are included in the new installment. The new teams are the Los Angeles
Riot, the Houston Riders , Vancouver
Beavers, Milwaukee Hounds, and Atlanta 404. The relocated teams are the Miami Hammerheads (former Orlando
Hammerheads), Cleveland Steamers (former San Diego Cyclones), Philadelphia Brawlers (formerly the players custom team from Blitz: The League
), and the Mexico City
Aztecs (former Dallas Aztecs). Lawrence Taylor
(L.T.) will also be involved in this edition of Blitz playing as Quentin Sands with the user-created team (Franchise's Team).
The game also continues to allude to real-life scandals involving NFL players, as former Washington Redhawks quarterback Mike Mexico is now serving time in prison. This situation is similar to the Michael Vick
, who used the pseudonym "Ron Mexico" when seeking treatment for herpes, as well as Vick's conviction for running an illegal dogfighting ring
. There are also allegations of the New England Regulars cheating in a championship game, a reference to the New England Patriots
' "Spygate" scandal. The game also features an incident with the Minnesota Reapers, reminiscent of the Minnesota Vikings
boat scandal.
Division 2:
Division 3:
Prison Ball:
as well. The warden tells Franchise that if he can lead Milltown to a win against rival Super Max Facility then he will be released early (He also can't get injured in the game otherwise it's game over). Mike Mexico makes an appearance here. After defeating Super Max, Franchise returns to play for the player-created team getting ready for its season in Division 2. The player-created team is allowed to draft one team captain from Division 3 to play for them in Division 2. The Riot have made upgrades as well by adding former Cleveland Steamer Wide Receiver Justin Jonas to the team. Justin Jonas was a rookie that could have been picked by the player-created team for the first Blitz
game. During a cut-scene Riot captain Bruno Battaglia informs Franchise that Quentin Sands spiked his drink and sent him to Milltown Correctional. This results in a brawl
between Sands and Franchise and a feud
that lasts throughout Division 2. Once again the player must win 5 out of 7 division games to enter the Division 2 championship. Surprisingly the Riot do not make it, and instead the Miami Hammerheads make it under MVP (unless Franchise or the captain you picked from Division 3 plays well) Julius Williams. After the win it is revealed that the Minnesota Reapers have been in a boat crash and have decided to fold. Therefore, another team besides the player-created team must advance into Division 1. And in a "random" drawing in the commissioners office the L.A. Riot will be the second team to advance into Division 1.
, money laundering
and extortion
. Thus, ending the season for the player created team going from Division 3 to Division 1 and getting the League Championship.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
video game in Midway's Blitz
Blitz
-Armed conflict:*The Blitz, the German aerial attacks on Britain in WWII. The name Blitz was subsequently applied to many individual bombing campaigns or attacks.*Blitzkrieg, the "lightning war", a strategy of World War 2 Germany-People:...
series. It was released on the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
on October 13, 2008. Five new teams and 4 relocated clubs are included in the new installment. The new teams are the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
Riot, the Houston Riders , Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
Beavers, Milwaukee Hounds, and Atlanta 404. The relocated teams are the Miami Hammerheads (former Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
Hammerheads), Cleveland Steamers (former San Diego Cyclones), Philadelphia Brawlers (formerly the players custom team from Blitz: The League
Blitz: The League
Blitz: The League is an American football game by Midway as an unlicensed extension of their NFL Blitz series. Released after the NFL signed an exclusive licensing deal with Electronic Arts, it was released in October 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Lawrence Taylor, who provides voice acting...
), and the Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
Aztecs (former Dallas Aztecs). Lawrence Taylor
Lawrence Taylor
Lawrence Julius Taylor , nicknamed "L.T.", is a Hall of Fame former American football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League...
(L.T.) will also be involved in this edition of Blitz playing as Quentin Sands with the user-created team (Franchise's Team).
The game also continues to allude to real-life scandals involving NFL players, as former Washington Redhawks quarterback Mike Mexico is now serving time in prison. This situation is similar to the Michael Vick
Michael Vick
Michael Dwayne Vick is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League...
, who used the pseudonym "Ron Mexico" when seeking treatment for herpes, as well as Vick's conviction for running an illegal dogfighting ring
Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation
The Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation began in April 2007 with a search of property in Surry County, Virginia, owned by Michael Vick, who was at the time quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons football team, and the subsequent discovery of evidence of a dog fighting ring...
. There are also allegations of the New England Regulars cheating in a championship game, a reference to the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
' "Spygate" scandal. The game also features an incident with the Minnesota Reapers, reminiscent of the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
boat scandal.
Teams
Division 1:- Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
Aztecs (formerly Dallas Aztecs; the team relocated between the two games) - ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
Outlaws - Denver Grizzlies
- New YorkNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Nightmare - New EnglandNew EnglandNew England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
Regulars - VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
Beavers - Seattle Reign
- MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
Reapers
Division 2:
- Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
Riot - Kansas CityKansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
Crossfire - Atlanta 404
- WashingtonWashington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Redhawks - ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
Mauraders - Miami Hammerheads (formerly OrlandoOrlando, FloridaOrlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
Hammerheads; the team relocated between the two games) - Las VegasLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
Aces - CarolinaThe CarolinasThe Carolinas is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the states of North and South Carolina. Together, the two states + have a population of 13,942,126. "Carolina" would be the fifth most populous state behind California, Texas, New York, and Florida...
Copperheads
Division 3:
- Philadelphia Brawlers (former player-created team moved to Philadelphia by the Commissioner)
- BaltimoreBaltimoreBaltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
Bearcats - Houston Riders
- Milwaukee Hounds
- Detroit Devils
- Cincinnati Crusaders
- Cleveland Steamers (formerly San Diego Cyclones; the team relocated and renamed between the two games)
- Player Created Team: The player then creates their own team by choosing from a variety of cities or states, and creates its own nickname for the team. The player chooses from a variety of logos, and customizes its team's colors. The player-created team starts out as the eighth team in Division 3, the next season moves up through Division 2, and eventually in the third season moves into Division 1 to challenge for the League Championship.
Prison Ball:
- Milltown Correctional Facility
- Supermax Prison Facility
Story
The game starts off during the league expansion. Two teams are joining the league. The first team is the player-created team in which the player may choose the place team name and team colors. The second team is the L.A. Riot. This team is the antagonist in the game and is led by Bruno Battaglia, the former player from the player-created team in Blitz: The League. The Riot are the commissioner's baby team and he has decided that they will win the championship this year. He has fortified this by starting the Riot in Division 2 and by stocking up the team with star players. The only player left to add to the Riot is the projected #1 draft pick Kid Franchise. But The Kid surprises the entire league when he announces that he will be playing for his home team and his home team only (the player-created team). This puts Franchise on the commissioner's bad side and immediately creates a rivalry between the player-created team and the LA Riot. Franchise is the only player in the league to play both on offense and defense. During a pre-season interview Franchise is asked many questions that will determine his position on both sides of the ball and his player attributes.Division 3
Because there are a lot of teams the game will take place over 3 seasons (a season per division). The commissioner notices that he will need help to put away the player-created team so the Riot have an easy Championship victory, so he tells former New York Nightmare LB star, Quentin Sands to destroy any hope for the player-created team of advancing. After game 2 you will get Quentin Sands as a player on your team.The team must win at least 5 out of 7 division games to reach the division championship. The player-created team plays the Milwaukee Hounds and Conrad Damon. After the win in a cut-scene the game will show Quentin Sands spiking Franchises drink.Division 2
Before the start of Division 2, Franchise is put in Milltown Correctional Facility because he "violated" the league's drug policy. Luckily Milltown Correctional Facility plays footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
as well. The warden tells Franchise that if he can lead Milltown to a win against rival Super Max Facility then he will be released early (He also can't get injured in the game otherwise it's game over). Mike Mexico makes an appearance here. After defeating Super Max, Franchise returns to play for the player-created team getting ready for its season in Division 2. The player-created team is allowed to draft one team captain from Division 3 to play for them in Division 2. The Riot have made upgrades as well by adding former Cleveland Steamer Wide Receiver Justin Jonas to the team. Justin Jonas was a rookie that could have been picked by the player-created team for the first Blitz
Blitz: The League
Blitz: The League is an American football game by Midway as an unlicensed extension of their NFL Blitz series. Released after the NFL signed an exclusive licensing deal with Electronic Arts, it was released in October 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Lawrence Taylor, who provides voice acting...
game. During a cut-scene Riot captain Bruno Battaglia informs Franchise that Quentin Sands spiked his drink and sent him to Milltown Correctional. This results in a brawl
BRAWL
Brawl is a real-time card game designed by James Ernest and released in 1999 by Cheapass Games.-Gameplay:Like Spit or Icehouse, players in Brawl do not take turns, instead either making a move or staying inactive as best suits their strategy at that moment...
between Sands and Franchise and a feud
Feud
A feud , referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, or private war, is a long-running argument or fight between parties—often groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds begin because one party perceives itself to have been attacked, insulted or wronged by another...
that lasts throughout Division 2. Once again the player must win 5 out of 7 division games to enter the Division 2 championship. Surprisingly the Riot do not make it, and instead the Miami Hammerheads make it under MVP (unless Franchise or the captain you picked from Division 3 plays well) Julius Williams. After the win it is revealed that the Minnesota Reapers have been in a boat crash and have decided to fold. Therefore, another team besides the player-created team must advance into Division 1. And in a "random" drawing in the commissioners office the L.A. Riot will be the second team to advance into Division 1.
Division 1
During the [off-season] Karl Tiriptz, a Super Max Facility former captain joins the players-created team. The L.A. Riot, despite the controversial advance into Division 1, are favored to win the championship. They have added Washington Redhawks captain, and rookie QB from the former Blitz game, Clayton Wescott, Kelvin Diggs from the Kansas City Crossfire,and Kimo Talofa of the Atlanta 404. Once again the player needs to win 5 out of 7 games to reach the league championship. The Riot, however, go undefeated unless they are defeated by the player-created team. During division play the player-created team will face off with the New York Nightmare, Quentin Sands' former team. Before the game is played, Sands tells Franchise to forget what happened between them and work together to defeat his former team and win the league championship against the Riot. Franchise and Sands decide that they will also get back at the corrupt Commissioner. Sands offers the Commissioner to give him the captain spot on the L.A. Riot if he tells him important information (which is fake). The information is that Franchise has an injured [Achilles tendon] and will not be the same player on game day. The commissioner agrees and tells the other men in the room to buy stock on the Riot. Sands, however, records the entire conversation outside of the office. After defeating the L.A. Riot in the Division 1 championship the commissioner is arrested for insider tradingInsider trading
Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other securities by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company...
, money laundering
Money laundering
Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...
and extortion
Extortion
Extortion is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime...
. Thus, ending the season for the player created team going from Division 3 to Division 1 and getting the League Championship.
Features
- Realistic Injuries/Down-To-Detail Injuries.
- Minigames to heal or juice.
- Create Touchdown Celebrations.
- Create your own player as well as new team. (dubbed "Kid Franchise", team dubbed "Franchise's team")
- Darker, Deeper Campaign.
- Precision Aim Tackling System.
- Improved Graphics.
- New Late Hit Beatdown system (you dirty hit someone, you can go back and attack them, by, for example, taking their helmet off and hitting them in the face with it.)
- Ability to receive any player he or she wants (only after winning Division 3 Championship and then, depending who you get, you get Karl Tarpitz as a LB, DL, or DB)
Voice talents
- "Franchise" - GLCGLC (rapper)Leonard D. Harris is an American rapper from Chicago.-Early life:Leonard D. Harris found poetry and hip-hop at an early age and used both to cope with the passing of his parents. “As long as you’re talking about the negativity, you’re only attracting more negativity into your life. Stay positive. I...
- Agent - Jay MohrJay MohrJay Mohr is an American actor and stand up comedian. He is known for his role as Professor Rick Payne in the TV series Ghost Whisperer, the title role in the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried, which ran from 2008 to 2010, and the back-stabbing sports agent Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire.-Early life:Mohr was...
- Quentin Sands - Lawrence TaylorLawrence TaylorLawrence Julius Taylor , nicknamed "L.T.", is a Hall of Fame former American football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League...
- Color Commentator, Warden, Offensive Coordinator - Frank CaliendoFrank CaliendoFrank Caliendo is an American comedian and impressionist, best known for his work on the Fox Network television series MADtv, and as the in-house prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday. In 2007 and 2008, he performed his impersonations on his own show, Frank TV, which aired on TBS...