Nintendo World Cup
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Nintendo World Cup (known in Japan as 熱血高校ドッジボール部サッカー編 Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu: Soccer-hen, literally "Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer Edition") is a football (soccer) Computer and video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, developed by Technos and released in 1990. It is one of the games of the Kunio-kun franchise.
This soccer game was made at the time when Nintendo introduced their four player adapter, and was probably made for the four playing purpose. This is shown clearly when you choose to play 2 or more players. Then you can choose between many different ground layers, like ice, grass and stone, which adds to the replayability.Nintendo World Cup
When you play a one player game you play the world cup as one of the top soccer countries of that time, and you meet countries in a fixed order. Cameroon in the first match and the final is against West Germany. In an old-school fashion you lose when you play a draw, there’s no extra time whatsoever.
In the game you always steer only one character, which you choose before the match starts. You can then give simple orders to you team-mates, like pass, tackle and shoot. Your moves are also limited to these moves. The game is totally lawless, so feel free to make elbow tackles without a wink from the referee. Probably it was made this way to be funnier to play against friends.
At its core, the game follows the rules of soccer, but with noticeable differences. Each team has only six players (a goalkeeper, two defenders, a midfielder and two forwards). Offsides are non-existent, and fouls are not punished, which makes them the most effective way to take the ball away from the opponent; furthermore, if a player is fouled a lot of times, he will pass out and stay down until the next throw-in or corner kick close to where the player was fouled, goal, or the end of the half. However, this cannot happen to a human-controlled player. To add to the surreal gameplay, players can also use up to five "super shots" per half; these powerful, odd-looking shots are used whenever a player does an overhead kick or a headbutt, or when he shoots after walking a certain number of steps.
- Tournament mode, in which one or two players take control of one of the 13 available teams, in order to defeat their CPU-controlled opponents.
- VS Match mode, which enables players to confront each other in sand, ice or dirt playing fields. Up to 4 players can compete, using the NES Four Score or the NES Satellite.
Graphically, the game looks similar to others in the Kunio-Kun series, particularly River City Ransom, with its short-legged, big-headed characters with varied faces; indeed, some sprites, such as Kunio in the Japanese team, were reused from River City Ransom.
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Tips & tricks
Nintendo World Cup Passwords
To choose your starting game, combine any match code (first three numbers) with any team code (last two numbers) on the password screen.
Match Codes Team Codes
Match 2 224-- U.S.A. ---31
Match 3 033-- Holland ---41
Match 4 530-- Japan ---59
Match 5 363-- France ---26
Match 6 172-- Cameroon ---54
Match 7 429-- U.S.S.R. ---17
Match 8 561-- Mexico ---72
Match 9 513-- England ---45
Match 10 971-- Spain ---38
Match 11 086-- Brazil ---51
Match 12 016-- Germany ---13
Argentina ---62
Italy ---33
Nintendo World Cup Lots of goals in game
Start out as Argentina. Now get the ball and dribble back to your 18 yard line. Pass the ball and hit pass so they pass it back. When the ball is coming to you hit A+B and you will do a bicycle kick and the ball will zoom passed everybody and the goalie can't stop it. Repeat as desired. But it won't work as your player gets tired.
Play Game Online
Nintendo World Cup playable at 1980-games.com
Download
- Nintendo World Cup - NES version
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