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Nintendo World Cup

Nintendo World Cup, released in Japan as Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer Story, is a 1990 soccer video game developed by Technōs Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was localized and released outside Japan by Nintendo, with a Game Boy port also being released. It is the fourth installment of the Kunio-kun series. Ports for the PC Engine and Mega Drive were also released in Japan.

Eight students known as Atsushi, Genei, Hiroshi, Kunio, Masa, Masahiro, Susumu and Takashi compete in a soccer tournament against 13 other high schools.

Thirteen national teams compete in a world cup to become number one. At the time of release, the German team represented West Germany. The East German team reunified with West Germany later on in 1990.

At its core, the game follows the rules of soccer, but with some noticeable differences. Each team has only six players (a goalkeeper, two defenders, a midfielder and two forwards). The players control only one of them, but can give orders (Pass/Shoot) to the others. Offsides is not present and fouls are not punished. Players can be knocked out by repeatedly tackling them. They will then stay down for the rest of the half. Players can also use up to five "super shots" per half. These powerful shots are used whenever a player does a bicycle kick or most of the time when doing a diving header, or when shooting after walking a certain number of steps. The "super shots" differ from team to team. The playing fields also differ in respect to material, e.g. ice, which heavily impacts movement of players and the ball.

There are two game modes:

Graphically, the NES version game looks similar to the Famicom version and other games in the Kunio-kun series, particularly Downtown Nekketsu Story/River City Ransom, with its short-legged, big-headed characters having varied faces. In fact, some sprites, such as Kunio and the other members of the Japanese team, were reused from that game.

The NES version of Nekketsu High School Dodge Ball Club: Soccer Edition, Nintendo World Cup, differs from its counterpart, in that the game centers around a World Cup taking place in Japan between thirteen high schools, instead of a soccer tournament. In the main Tournament Mode, the player takes control of the main team of Nekketsu High School team and competes against the other twelve teams. The Tournament Mode's opening intro and story sequences are removed in the NES version. In the Famicom version's "Vs. Match Mode", the player can only choose between the Nekketsu team and four other teams. Since the main Tournament Mode in the Famicom version only featured a single team, the NES localization makes it possible to choose between the thirteen nationalities represented in the game by changing the palette of the player's team and their super shots. Unlike the Famicom version, the NES version supports up to four players instead of two.

A port to the Game Boy was released as Nekketsu High School Soccer Club: World Cup in Japan and was based on Nintendo World Cup. It was released in North America and Europe under the same name.

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