ESPN International Winter Sports 2002,[a] known in Japan as Hyper Sports 2002 Winter (ハイパースポーツ2002 WINTER, Haipā Supōtsu 2002 Wintā), is the name of two sports video games released in 2002 by Konami, one for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube, and the other for the Game Boy Advance. In Japan the game is part of the Hyper Sports series, known internationally as the Track & Field series.
| ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 | |
|---|---|
 PAL version cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Xbox |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Reception
| Aggregator | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBA | GC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| Metacritic | 74/100[2] | 62/100[3] | 62/100[4] | 62/100[5] |
| Publication | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBA | GC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| AllGame | N/A | N/A |   [6] | N/A |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | N/A | 5/10[7] | N/A |
| Famitsu | 26/40[8] | 29/40[9] | 29/40[10] | 26/40[11] |
| Game Informer | N/A | N/A | 7/10[12] | 3/10[13] |
| GameSpot | N/A | N/A | 5.2/10[14] | 4.6/10[15] |
| GameSpy | N/A | N/A | N/A | 87%[16] |
| GameZone | 8.2/10[17] | 7.8/10[18] | 5.5/10[19] | N/A |
| IGN | N/A | 5.5/10[20] | 5.5/10[21] | 5.5/10[22] |
| Nintendo Power | N/A | 2.8/5[23] | N/A | N/A |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | N/A | [24] | N/A |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.9/10[25] |
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3][4][5] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40 for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions,[9][10] and 26 out of 40 for the Game Boy Advance and Xbox versions.[8][11]
Star Dingo of GamePro called the PlayStation 2 version one of the "healthier" clones of Decathlon.[26][b] Major Mike called the Xbox version "universally fun" and recommended it for fans of the winter sports genre.[27][c]