2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup Description

2006 FIFA World Cup lets gamers and soccer fans experience every footballer's dream of bringing home the biggest prize in world football. This EA Sports game challenges you to lead a nation's team through the highs and lows of qualification, as you play teams from your chosen continent in order to amass enough points to take you to the World Cup Finals. Alternatively, you can skip the qualifying and get straight to the tournament in all its Teutonic finery. As you compete in the 2006 FIFA World Cup mode, you get a passport which gets stamped every time you beat another team. Every country you defeat earns you a stamp, with bonuses for completing a FIFA WC Zone. Points can be earned as you conquer teams from around the world, and these can be spent in the virtual store, to buy kits and players, etc. There's a virtual magazine available in-game too, with all the news and statistics to keep you abreast of all the tournament's happenings. There's an interesting Objectives mode included in 2006 FIFA World Cup which comes with a range of demands, such as providing a feast of goals to keeping your team's hopes alive against the odds. You can practise your spot kicks in the Penalty Shootout so you're ready for those tense moments after extra time has elapsed with neither team able to get ahead. But 2006 FIFA World Cup is really all about the tournament itself, and it's comprehensive alright. We like to think we're well-travelled men of the world, but Cape Verde from the African qualifying group caught us out and had us reaching for the world atlas - at least until we noticed that the game menu was showing us in pinpoint detail where this island is. And did you know that Paraguayans have two native languages? No, us neither, until we started to pay attention to the menu screens. Very educational. 2006 FIFA World Cup is sufficiently different from EA's aesthetically similar FIFA 06 - no faffing about too much with the management side of things for a start - and the strict tournament qualifying structure is a boon somehow. At the time of the game's original release, we're just a few weeks away from the tournament for real, and 2006 FIFA World Cup is the ideal warm up.

PLAY WITH YOUR HEROES - The world's superstars look and play like their real life counterparts. Player attributes like ball skills and playing style have been uniquely re-created for each player to mirror real life.

WIN THE 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP - Compete as one of 127 teams from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of the FIFA World CupTM Final in Germany. Play in any of the 12 official stadiums that come to life with the pageantry and festivity of the 2006 FIFA World CupTM.

GLOBAL CHALLENGE - Introducing a new mode called Global Challenge that recreates 125 classic moments in FIFA World CupTM history. Earn rewards to unlock legendary players and classic apparel.

EXCLUSIVE TO PSP - Test your skills against gamers from around the world. Play against friends with multiplayer capability that enables two players to compete online or four players to play via a wireless connection.

EXCLUSIVE TO NDS - Experience greater control during gameplay with Touch Screen Controls that let you take control during set pieces for added speed and precision, and Touch Screen Tactics, that let you alter formations and tactics during a game. There are five new Skill Challenges to perfect your ball skills or test your Trivia knowledge about the FIFA World Cup. Also included are 3D, user controlled replays.

EVOLUTIONARY GBA GAMEPLAY - New independent ball physics and improved Artificial Intelligence have created the most authentic and playable EA SPORTS FIFA soccer game yet for Game Boy Advance. Additional features include a Penalty Shootout Skills Challenge to perfect your penalty kicks and three dimensional, user controlled replays.