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Soccer in My RPG? It's Called Inazuma Eleven

Akira_EX | August 21, 2008 | Screenshots | DS 
From top-tier developer Level-5 comes new screenshots for a game on the Nintendo DS that is an interesting blend of two very distinct games. The name of the game is Inazuma Eleven, a soccer RPG brought to you by the people who developed Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest VIII, and Professor Layton.

In Inazuma you get to create your own soccer team, with almost 1000 playable characters to choose from to outfit your team for success. In your soccer battles, you will use the stylus to move your players, dodge attacks, and use special abilities. You can even go head-to-head locally with a friend.

Inazuma Eleven released in Japan today. The official site can be found here. There is also an anime and manga in production related to the game.

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  • 5 thumbs!
    Donnelly | August 21, 2008
    Note: Call it soccer and you're opinion is considered invalid until you start calling it it's proper name; football.
    • 5 thumbs!
      Shieldsy | August 21, 2008
      If i could give you 10 thumbs up, I would. About time they learned the actual name of the sport.
    • 6 thumbs!
      Akira_EX | August 21, 2008
      I refuse to give in to your hackneyed-European ways.
      • 5 thumbs!
        Slumpy monkey | August 22, 2008
        What you on? We invented the sport, we invented the English language, we can call it what we want!

        GARRR Now call it "football" which is its logical and real name.
      • 4 thumbs!
        Donnelly | August 22, 2008
        American football took it's name from from rugby which took it's name from football.


        gg on looking an idiot.

        edit: Oh and Akira, it's pretty much everywhere other than America that calls it football. Not just Europe.

        Again, well done on looking like an idiot. (Y)
        • 2 thumbs!
          Play ISDF | August 22, 2008
          How bout you all stop arguing over the name of a bloody sport. It's insanely trival.

          Anyway this soccer-(I'm an Aussie and this is what we call it, deal with it)-RPG game looks like it could be good, at least from looking at the screenshots, might have to rent it out and take a look at some point.
        • 2 thumbs!
          tekmosis | August 22, 2008
          British call car hoods "bonnets", which, is actually a type of head wear developed by the French. This does not make every British person who uses the terminology an idiot.

          Enough with the trolling, Donnelly, please.
        • 2 thumbs!
          Donnelly | August 23, 2008
          bonnets and hoods =/= soccer and football.

          idiot.
        • 3 thumbs!
          tekmosis | August 24, 2008
          If you were smart enough you would see the generalization and the point I was making. It's a shame you're not.
  • 1 thumbs!
    chautemoc | August 21, 2008
    Looks pretty fun .
  • 1 thumbs!
    KernelKush | August 21, 2008
    Interesting take on an RPG, I'm not expecting anything spectacular from the sound of it. Soccer and role playing seems like two things that wouldn't mix cleanly. Though I am curious to see how it plays, especially with it being developed by Level-5, they produce most, if not all, of my favorite role playing titles.
  • 1 thumbs!
    tidus04 | August 21, 2008
    When reading this I was so hoping something like this was coming to the Playstation 3 but unfortunately not.. Lucky DS owners
    • 2 thumbs!
      Donnelly | August 22, 2008
      If the football element's anything like Pro Ev on the DS it's something to bypass.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Goldva_X | August 22, 2008
    We call it football where I live.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | August 22, 2008
    FOOTBALL. If anything, it rules my life-even my screen name involes my fave team. I am so totaly pre-ordering this as soon as I can. I need to find a phone to call all my mates and tell them about this ... (I hope it's as good as it sounds)
  • 2 thumbs!
    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | August 22, 2008
    P.S. It's called Football not Soccer (And I Rated All Those Comments Who Also Said So.)
  • 1 thumbs!
    kik36 | August 22, 2008
    LMFAO man thumbs would be flying on this article if the neg thumbs were still available. I think it's silly how everyone gets all worked up over what to call the sport. It's soccer here, football there. It's dollars here, pounds there. It don't really matter.....same shit different name.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Slumpy monkey | August 22, 2008
      Pounds and dollars aren't the same at all, There totally different currencies.
      • 1 thumbs!
        kik36 | August 23, 2008
        Yeah the fact is they are still currency. Soccer and football are still the same sport. I may be reaching with that analogy, but I think most people get the gist.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | August 26, 2008
          Actually, when you say football to Americans they imagine that sport where everyone kills each other. But when you say football to an English man you get asked if you saw the match last night. they are different sports!
  • 2 thumbs!
    Sonic Flash | August 22, 2008
    If you call it "Soccer" then EVERYONE knows what sport you're talking about. If you say Football then North Americans and British folk are at odds until their presense is realized.

    Don't be annoyed when we call it "Soccer"; we're helping everyone understand. By annoyed that you have one less sport than us.
    • 2 thumbs!
      Donnelly | August 23, 2008
      Thing is soccer's a fecking stupid name for the game.
  • 2 thumbs!
    BANDITO ATTACK | August 22, 2008
    soccer. soccer. soccer. soccer. soccer.
    by the way, you guys spell 'colour' wrong, too.

    anywho.. its an interesting concept, even if it looks a little bit too japanese. i plan on getting a ds some time.. probably when the new pokemon comes out. this just might be one of the many games i buy on impulse, then never play. @___@
    • 1 thumbs!
      kik36 | August 22, 2008
      I seem to have quite a few of those damn impulse games myself!! I bought Final Fantasy Tactis war of the lions for PSP for $40 and still haven't touched it......now it's a greatest hit for $20....shoulda waited.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Starsky134 | August 24, 2008
    The first time I've seen soccer(football) combined with an RPG. Interesting!

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