You can also use your Master League team for StreetPass matches if you happen to encounter someone else with this game. It’s all very intuitive and failure to manage your team well will lead to a game over in this mode. They also command a popularity rating which dictates how difficult they are to negotiate new deals with. Your players’ loyalty to the team is measured by “affection” which either increases or decreases depending on how much they appear in a game. You can sign new players or negotiate deals with the current ones all while trying to keep the entire crew happy. The other major mode is the Master League, which is basically like a franchise mode where you have more control over who is apart of your team of choice. Trust me when I say this all sounds way less confusing in practice. From there, the top two teams in each group compete in a knockout round where the team with the greater aggregate score is the victor. Beginning a new Competition allows you to select a team of your choice and are then dumped into a pool with thirty-one others, which are divided into eight groups of four to play against one another in double round robin. When you select this from the main menu, it branches off into Competition or Exhibition. One of the primary modes of play in this game is the UEFA Champions League. Now that I got that out of the way, let’s get this party started. So if you’re looking for an in-depth comparison between this and its console counterparts, aside from a little research I’ve done, I can’t help you too much there. No, it’s time for Sean to play a sports game.Īs a bit of a disclaimer, I have never played a PES game before, much less a soccer game in general (unless you count the Mario ones), so I’m going to be doing this review from the perspective of a newbie who just wants a fun 3DS game to play. I don’t mean the kinky kind of experiment either. I can continue to play my regular DS games until Zelda or Kid Icarus comes along, or I can step out of my comfort zone and experiment. So with an expensive new piece of hardware in my hands, I can think of two actions to take.
At least, not one that will surface for another few months. What was Nintendo’s big AAA title for their 3DS? I can’t think of one. Hell, even the Virtual Boy had Mario Tennis.
The original Nintendo DS had an update of Super Mario 64. The Wii had The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It’s not often that a new Nintendo platform launches that isn’t accompanied by some form of major first party release.