Now let a British Gamer Take the Floor on the subject of Football/soccer and hear why this game is a stepping stone.....
The game opens up with a long intro movie which get's you interested, the characters look great which helps in the Nintendo following of the game. I found that this game would introduce more people to the beautiful game of soccer with it's relaxed fun type of gameplay. Having a lack of soccer knowledge would give you more of an advantage if anything since the game use's very few official rule's.
The tactics are great either pratice you passing and shooting or home your skill's on puching and kicking with a taste for throwing item's such as Shell's, Bomb's and chain chomp's.
My wife actually asked if she could try and play ?????? how often does that happen! she grasped the game with absolutely no gaming experience in about 20 mins, after those 20 minutes she held me in a game that ended 5-5.
To a die-hard soccer fan buy FIFA 2006 but if your looking for a change of scene and a bit of fun the take on the experience of mario football, even if you have never played soccer or just want something to bring you into the world of soccer this is for you.
Single Player-I Feel single player can get very tiring repeating games over and over to win cups, with only 1 unlockable character this become's a bit too much effort after they are unlocked. Got bored of single player after around 12-hours the shot cut-scenes were becomoing very annoying and cannot be turned off and the novice difficulty was a bit too easy.
Multiplayer-The Reason to buy this is the multiplayer may it be 2 or 4 player, versus or co-operative they are great.real competitive no matter who plays. I say to those who rated the game badly due to the poor single player, GET SOME FRIEND'S. If they had some they would have relised the mario kart like potential in the battling multi-player.
I say If you love Mario Play it you will love it, If you love football and you have a sense of humour play it.
I say a good choice if it's the right price i would say about £20