FIFA World Cup

April 19, 2006

By Jeff Keneddy

Releasing in the latter part of this month will be EA’s second soccer title for the DS this year. Unlike the more ghetto side of things with the recently released FIFA Street 2, this one goes back to the realistic roots found around the proceedings of the World Cup. This title is to be found not just here but on the other popular hardware on the market today to be released all around the same relative time period. This licensed product will feature the home of the World Cup this year which is Germany. The game should be able to capture the emotion and feeling that comes from all the worlds’ greatest rivals in this soccer (football to the rest of the world) series of events.

2006 FIFA World Cup takes the traditional game of World Cup Soccer and recreates it in a nice 3D world to take on the go with you for your Nintendo DS. All nations that participate within the World Cup event are open to you to play in your run for the championship this year. Be your own home team or perhaps choose another nation that you may support. Electronic Arts has gone to the effort of recreating around 100 of the real life stars of the event for you to use and compete against within 2006 FIFA World Cup. Each of these recreated athletes will have their own signature moves, tactics, style and more have been put into place for you to use and abuse out on the grass, and they have been all authentically captured.

Within 2006 FIFA World Cup there are various modes of plays open to the player among other nice surprises as well. There are exactly 127 teams you can choose to play as while working your way up from the lowliest of qualifying matches up to the final game for the cup. On your way through the ranks you will have the ability to play within 12 recreated stadiums from real life locations adding a bit of a greater level of authenticity to the game. For this years release EA went back to the drawing board a bit and added in a new mode for people to enjoy as well called the Global Challenge. This mode recreates 125 classic moments within the World Cup run throughout its history with modern teams. As a reward for doing this mode you can unlock legendary players and even classic team clothing too. Again like with the other soccer title from EA this year the Nintendo DS version has unique controls open to it due to the double screen setup with touch capability. Gamers can now use the touch screen to control during gameplay various people to add more precision to your plays that would go beyond the standard reliance fully on AI because now you can change formations and tactics on the fly. Furthermore this version will have five new skill challenges, trivia challenges, and even 3D user controlled replays common to home console versions of such games.

It appears this title has shaped up to have the makings of a good soccer (football) package for the fans of the sport, and in particular the World Cup event. This game should be shipping shortly and given it was handled well should be a good buy for sports fans.

Source: NintendoDS Advanced

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