Need a break from the tightly condensed and unpredictable football season that’s unfolding in real-life? Then why not give anime soccer a try with the free Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions demo available on the PS Store now. This is playable on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 courtesy of backwards compatibility, and includes the tutorial and offline versus modes.
You’ll be able to try out four teams: Nankatsu Middle School, Toho Academy, Furano Middle School, and Musashi Middle School. We actually had mixed feelings about this one, awarding it a 5/10 in our review: “Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is a bit like when you fancy watching a game of footy but there's only the Scottish league on the telly. Sure, it looks like football to the untrained eye, and yes, occasionally it's entertaining just like real football, but you're mainly there hoping that someone is going to get chinned.”
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Underrated gem in my opinion, definitely for those who love crazy and lovely looking anime games.
Best football game I have played!
The review kinda put me off, I’d rather just read the manga of this.
@shonenjump86 Definitely try the demo, I think you will be pleasantly surprised! It follows some arcs of the manga pretty well also.
Also a huge single player campaign with your OG character!
Bullet-sponge goalkeepers? You'd have to be a sadist to play this nonsense.
That dig at the Scottish league. Lol
@stocko yeah, I might as well try out the demo since it’s there.
Captain Tsubasa was a big deal in my childhood. I dont think it will be up to par with the NES and SNES versions but im willing to give it a try
I'll be all over this. I love ice hockey!
@stocko I agree! Bought this in the sale, and it's such fun.. it almost feels like a fighting game, where you have to keep punching the goalie until you KO him.. if you go in knowing it's full on arcade with goalies as bosses, then you'll absolutely love it.. and it plays great on the pitch!
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