Soccer Mania
Soccer Mania (known in Japan as Soccer Boy (サッカーボーイ)) is a soccer-themed sports simulation video game for the original Nintendo Game Boy. It was released in 1990 in Japan and two years later in North America.
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| Developer(s) | Kitty Group |
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| Platform(s) | Game Boy |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, mutliplayer |
Summary
The game's graphics have an anime art style. There are six rival available (Japan, USA, Brazil, Great Britain, Federal Republic of Germany and France), and the player must win the championship by defeating five of them. In the Soccer Boy version players play on the Japanese team, and in the Soccer Mania edition they play with the American team. The game ends when the player has won the final match of the championship. Only a minor fraction of the playing field is shown at a time, with the game having both vertical and horizontal scroll, and the goals being positioned on the top and bottom of the playing field.
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