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- Platform: Nintendo Wii
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Description
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Manufacturer's Description
FIFA 10 is already the greatest football sim ever made but EA has upgraded and repurposed it to create the definitive World Cup tie-in and the official video game of the 2010 South African event.
EA's largest development studio is responsible for some of the biggest brands for EA Sports, including the FIFA series, NBA Live, NHL and SSX. They have also just taken over the Fight Night franchise. Their offices employ over a thousand staff, with three separate production studios.
 For once you can ensure England win the World Cup |
 Play as any nation from the qualification rounds and up |
 The game features an all-new penalty shootout system |
 Play with and against friends in Captain Your Country |
You don't just get to play in the tournament itself though, but as many of the qualification rounds as you're interested in. Whether you choose to play as one of the early favourites or try and take a minnow like Luxembourg to global glory every option is available.
The basic gameplay works similarly to FIFA 10, but with a new penalty shootout system and new adapted features for the high altitude South African stadia, that accurately simulate the effects of fatigue. With crowds and fans replicated as realistically as the players themselves this has all the features of the regular FIFA games with all the atmosphere of the greatest show on Earth.
Key Features- African Cup: Play in the greatest sporting spectacle in history and ensure the end result goes your way in this officially licensed tie-in.
- World Players: Play as any of 199 national teams that took part in the 2010 qualification rounds, from England and Brazil to Iceland and Madagascar.
- Home Advantage: All 10 official World Cup stadia are simulated in exacting detail, with visiting players suffering from early fatigue at higher altitudes
- Custom Team: Play Captain Your Country mode with up to three friends and create your own player to take to glory - or import your existing one from FIFA 10.
- World Class: Play online as your chosen country and rack up your own individual and team points to push your nation to the top of the global leaderboard.
EA's largest development studio is responsible for some of the biggest brands for EA Sports, including the FIFA series, NBA Live, NHL and SSX. They have also just taken over the Fight Night franchise. Their offices employ over a thousand staff, with three separate production studios.
Product Description
- Win the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Compete as one of 199 teams in a virtual reproduction of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Represent your favourite country and play in any of the 10 official stadiums that come to life with the pageantry and festivity of the official tournament.
- Play the Official Tournament with Friends: You and up to 31 friends can re-create the official tournament. Choose a country and advance through the tournament by taking on and defeating your friends one at a time to write your own history.
- Spectacular Presentation: 2010 FIFA World Cup comes to life in spectacular fashion with a South African art style designed for Wii that captures the emotion and pageantry of the official tournament, including all 10 official licensed stadia. Experience confetti cannons, streamers, flags and fireworks as if you were in South Africa.
- Global Elimination Tournament: Compete in Global Elimination, a multiplayer, knockout-style tournament against up to three friends. Draft and strategically select countries to play as, create alliances and gang-up on rivals until only one player is declared the winner.
- Build Zakumi's Dream Team: Take on all 32 countries who have qualified for the World Cup in head-to-head matches with challenges. Begin with random players and then steal your opponents' players after each victory. Win a challenge and pick a player until you have conquered the world. Take your Dream Team to a friend's house on your Wii Remote.
- Strike It System: Non-stop football action pits you against friends in head-to-head challenges utilising the Strike It System. Shake the Wii Remote perfectly in order to either score or defend free-kicks, penalties, and corners, creating frantic action on the pitch.
- User-Controlled Celebrations: Score a goal and then use the +Control Pad to pull off celebrations and admire your performanc
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:Nintendo Wii
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you're after a arcade style football game for the Wii - then this is it!!
Great fun to play with good graphics and sound!
Suitable for young kids and the older kid (30+ yrs :))
Great fun to play with good graphics and sound!
Suitable for young kids and the older kid (30+ yrs :))
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By R. Wells
Platform for Display:Nintendo Wii
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
For a long time, I've been in the PES camp when it comes to football sims but when my wife bought me FIFA World Cup, I thought it would be much the same as more people seem to be moving into the FIFA camp. Wrong.
Passes can only go in 8 directions, because there are no pointer-style runs and passes like PES. This would be OK if it didn't lead to hospital passes in the defence that end up being easily intercepted because your player is between angles.
I have to say the heading and free kicks system is good (timing is essential to winning the ball in the air and beating the keeper).
It's probably only me, but I found that playing on easy I would win 13-2 or something rediculous, but on medium I couldn't make the passes I wanted to make in order to get close to goal.
There are a few nods to the wii control systems (shake to header, shake to shoot, shake to sliding tackle) but they're not exactly imaginative and lead to one-dimensional gaming.
I found that the only way to get near goal with any degree of success was to pass it around on the ground and blast it at a diagonal to the goal. On PES, due to the level of control, there isn't one right way to score a goal and there is a subtlety of touch and movement that FIFA World Cup sadly lacks.
To sum up:
GOOD BITS
Heading and free-kick system
Properly licensed teams
Full world cup lineup, groups and teams
BAD BITS
Poor controls
Not enough difficulty levels
Limited interest (the World Cup will be over in July, and will you want to play it then?)
No offside control
Dumb players who don't come back from offside positions
Monotonous shooting (corner - header, corner - spectacular volley, repeat until ball goes in net)
OVERALL
As an arcade-style game with the right names and teams for the next two months, it's not too bad, but if you want subtlety of control and to stay interested, get Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Wii) (or even FIFA 2010, I'm sure it's a much bigger game).
Passes can only go in 8 directions, because there are no pointer-style runs and passes like PES. This would be OK if it didn't lead to hospital passes in the defence that end up being easily intercepted because your player is between angles.
I have to say the heading and free kicks system is good (timing is essential to winning the ball in the air and beating the keeper).
It's probably only me, but I found that playing on easy I would win 13-2 or something rediculous, but on medium I couldn't make the passes I wanted to make in order to get close to goal.
There are a few nods to the wii control systems (shake to header, shake to shoot, shake to sliding tackle) but they're not exactly imaginative and lead to one-dimensional gaming.
I found that the only way to get near goal with any degree of success was to pass it around on the ground and blast it at a diagonal to the goal. On PES, due to the level of control, there isn't one right way to score a goal and there is a subtlety of touch and movement that FIFA World Cup sadly lacks.
To sum up:
GOOD BITS
Heading and free-kick system
Properly licensed teams
Full world cup lineup, groups and teams
BAD BITS
Poor controls
Not enough difficulty levels
Limited interest (the World Cup will be over in July, and will you want to play it then?)
No offside control
Dumb players who don't come back from offside positions
Monotonous shooting (corner - header, corner - spectacular volley, repeat until ball goes in net)
OVERALL
As an arcade-style game with the right names and teams for the next two months, it's not too bad, but if you want subtlety of control and to stay interested, get Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Wii) (or even FIFA 2010, I'm sure it's a much bigger game).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By S. DOLAN
Platform for Display:Nintendo Wii
Fun:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bought this game for my son. He is obsessed with the World Cup so this game can do no wrong. For him the control system is easy and can score loads on Easy so he's happy. However, for a proper gamer, this game lacks depth and won't keep interest very long. The graphics and gameplay pale in comparison to what I've seen on the PS3 and XBox and while the Wii as a machine isn't in the league of those two the depth of the game is what is most disappointing. On other consoles you can start the World Cup from the qualifying stage and I guess feel a real sense of achievement when you qualify and ultimately win the World Cup. On the Wii version you can only start from the World Cup group stage and win an unlockable to start later in the tournament at the group stage. Why would you want to start later? Free kicks are too easy to score from if the other person gets their timing wrong. Scoring some from the half way line isn't realistic and the slow motion every time you take a shot can be annoying particularly when you need several shots on goal. Might just be me but I've also found once the opponent takes a shot at your goal you can do nothing to save it.
As I say, if you're buying for a child then it's a fun game in the short term. For a serious gamer it won't hold your interest for much longer than the World Cup.
As I say, if you're buying for a child then it's a fun game in the short term. For a serious gamer it won't hold your interest for much longer than the World Cup.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK
This game was ok for about 5 minutes whilst the world cup was on. I enjoyed the first couple of tournaments, then got bored quickly.
Published 12 months ago by Big Al
5.0 out of 5 stars
2010 Fifa Wii Game
The game is fantastic and I don't even watch football! The accompanying music is great so it is NOT repetitive and irritating like many other games, the commentary is so... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2011 by Emmie
5.0 out of 5 stars
fifa world cup 2010
I bught this for my 13-year old son whilst the world cup was ongoing, and he was thrilled with it, and plays it frequently. Read more
Published on 21 July 2010 by Devlin Mrs NH
1.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible game
I bought this game during the world cup when I had world cup fever! It was the biggest let down ever, gameplay is terrible, graphics are terrible and the whole game is just really... Read more
Published on 17 July 2010 by Mr. G. Gault
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not an improvement
We lliked the world cup feel and atmosphere to the game but now its over this will become boring quite quickly. Read more
Published on 14 July 2010 by Louise C
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good but not long-lasting
I was really exited when i ordered this and when i played it i found it really good.
Now the bad bit, I played for 2 days and on the third i couldnt be bothered to play... Read more
Now the bad bit, I played for 2 days and on the third i couldnt be bothered to play... Read more
Published on 3 July 2010 by Laury
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wii game
Good communication and delivery would use again.Easy to use and set up controls take some getting use to and remembering how to use them.
Published on 2 July 2010 by Mr. Glyn Athersych
2.0 out of 5 stars
Rubbish
Although the graphics are poor I don't mind that as it is on the WII.
However, the system for shooting, headers, freekicks etc. is really bad. Read more
However, the system for shooting, headers, freekicks etc. is really bad. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2010 by M. Evans
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fifa World Cup 2010 Wii
Fifa World Cup 2010 is a brilliant game but I wouldn't recommendit at all for the Wii.
I played it on PS3 and I thought this game was the best Fifa I have ever played. Read more
I played it on PS3 and I thought this game was the best Fifa I have ever played. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2010 by gr8sander
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it!
I bought this game after having played it a couple of times. It is great fun, especially if you are hyped up about the world cup this year! Read more
Published on 27 May 2010 by rem
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