Soccer Brawl

Aggregate score
GameRankings	(Switch) 60%
Review scores
AllGame	(Neo Geo)
CVG	(Neo Geo) 91 / 100
Famitsu	(Neo Geo) 24 / 40
GamePro	(Neo Geo) 20 / 20
Jeuxvideo.com	(Neo Geo) 13 / 20
Nintendo Life	(Switch) 6 / 10
Consolemania	(Neo Geo) 86 / 100
Consoles +	(Neo Geo) 85%
Génération 4	(Neo Geo) 90%
Hobby Consolas	(Neo Geo) 96 / 100
Joypad	(Neo Geo) 94%
Joystick	(Neo Geo) 93%
Mega Fun	(Neo Geo) 79%
Micom BASIC Magazine	(Neo Geo)
Player One	(Neo Geo) 71%
Sinclair User	(Neo Geo) 84%
Superjuegos	(Neo Geo) 87,0 / 100

Soccer Brawl
Soccer Brawl
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	SNK
Producer(s)	Eikichi Kawasaki
Designer(s)	S.Chinatsu; T. Yokoyama
Composer(s)	Yasumasa Yamada
Platform(s)	Arcade Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD;
Release	1992 Arcade WW: 14 February 1992; Neo Geo AES JP: 13 March 1992; NA: 13 March 1992; Neo Geo CD JP: 31 March 1995; NA: October 1996; ;
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player; Multiplayer;
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS

Lua error in Module:Lang/utilities at line 332: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). is a futuristic soccer game first released in arcades on February 14, 1992. It was available on the Neo Geo on March 13 the same year and later for the Neo Geo CD on March 31, 1995.^[1]

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

It is a futuristic soccer game that uses either bionic people or cyborgs for the players. It is a two-player game where you pick a home land from one of eight countries. After selecting one of two stadiums, either a dome or an open field, the 5-on-5 soccer match begins with a goalie for each team. You can hold either A for a power shot while on offense, or A for a super shot to disable opponents while on defense. You can perform tackle and slide. Captain wears a kerchief, can't shoot and can make super shot. Power shots rebound from walls except walls behind the goalie.

Rules

There are no fouls. Throw-in is made in case of the ball landing outside of field line. Match time is 2 min 30 sec.

Teams

There are 8 teams, which differ by color, super shots and, possibly, some parameters.

United States (purple and white)
Germany (yellow and black)
England (yellow and purple)
Spain (pink and yellow-green)
Brazil (yellow-green and yellow)
Italy (pink and blue)
South Korea (blue and yellow-green)
Japan (red and white)

Super shots

USA and England: super shot flies on a "figure eight" trajectory.

Italy and Germany: super shot flies on zig-zag.

Spain and Brazil: super shot is energy sphere surrounded by eight small balls.

Korea and Japan: super shot flies in a circle behind captain and flies straight.

Neo Geo CD version

It is possible to choose the difficulty level: Beginner, Normal, Hard, MVS. A match consists of 2 periods. It is possible to set period time (15, 30, 45 or 90 min), but it is not actual minutes. The half time shows are humorous monochrome skits showing unlucky attempts of engineers to build robots. Also, there are no women on the score screen.^[2]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Soccer Brawl on their April 1, 1992 issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Hat Trick Hero.^[21] In North America, Play Meter listed the game in their April 1994 issue to be the sixty most-popular arcade game at the time.^[22] The title received mostly positive reception from both critics and reviewers alike since its initial release in arcades and Neo Geo AES.^[23]^[24]

In 2014, HobbyConsolas identified Soccer Brawl as one of the twenty best games for the Neo Geo CD.^[25]

Notes

References

↑ "Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 16 - サッカー•ブロール". Beep! MegaDrive (SoftBank Creative) (51): 126. December 1993. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:BeepMD_JP_1993-12.pdf&page=128.
↑ The Cutting Room Floor
↑ "ACA NeoGeo: Soccer Brawl for Nintendo Switch". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. https://www.gamerankings.com/switch/227657-aca-neogeo-soccer-brawl/index.html.
↑ Knight, Kyle (1998). "Soccer Brawl (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17070&tab=review.
↑ Rand, Paul; Boone, Tim (April 1992). "Reviews - Neo Geo -- Soccer Brawl". Computer and Video Games (Future Publishing) (125): 40–41. https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-125/CVG125_Apr_1992#page/n39/mode/2up.
↑ "NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: サッカーブロール". Famicom Tsūshin (ASCII) (332): 26. 28 April 1995.
↑ Fan, Fanatic (June 1992). "Neo•Geo ProReview: Soccer Brawl". GamePro (IDG) (35): 74. https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_035_June_1992#page/n75/mode/1up.
↑ Rockstar78 (November 2, 2013). "Test de Soccer Brawl sur NEO par jeuxvideo.com" (in fr). Jeuxvideo.com. Webedia. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00019048-soccer-brawl-test.htm.
↑ Frear, Dave (December 4, 2017). "Soccer Brawl Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/soccer_brawl_neogeo.
↑ Corrado, Davide (July–August 1993). "Soccer Brawl (Neo Geo)". Consolemania (Xenia Edizioni) (21): 40–41. https://archive.org/stream/Consolemania-021#page/n39/mode/2up.
↑ El Nio Nio; Rocket (March 1992). "Neo Geo Review - Soccer Brawl". Consoles + (M.E.R.7) (7): 54–55. https://archive.org/stream/Console_Plus_Numero_007#page/54/mode/2up.
↑ Roux, Christian (March 1992). "Console Test – Soccer Brawl – Neo-Geo". Génération 4 (Computec Media France) (42): 128. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation 4/generation4_numero042/Génération 4 Nº42 Mars 92 0128.jpg.
↑ Sanz, José Luis (September 1992). "Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl - Desafío Total". Hobby Consolas (Axel Springer SE) (12): 64–67. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:HobbyConsolas_ES_012.pdf&page=64.
↑ Demoly, Jean-Marc; Nini, Nourdine (April 1992). "Test - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Joypad (Yellow Media) (7): 118–119. https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=1776&album=oui.
↑ Demoly, Jean-Marc (March 1992). "Tests - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Joystick (Anuman Interactive) (25): 130. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero025/Joystick 025 - Page 130 (1992-03).jpg.
↑ Noak, Philipp; Hellert, Stefan (August 1993). "Special - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Mega Fun (CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG) (11): 28–30. http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=8807&s=3. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
↑ Yanma; Itabashi (July 1992). "Super Soft 大特集 - 今、『NEO・GEO』がおもしろい！: サッカーブロール". Micom BASIC Magazine (The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation) (121): 209. https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1992-07#page/n232/mode/1up.
↑ Pottier, Christophe (April 1992). "Tests De Jeux - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Player One (Média Système Édition) (19): 84. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Player One/playerone_numero019/Player One 019 - Page 084 (1992-04).jpg.
↑ Cook, John (February 1992). "Coin Ops: Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Sinclair User (EMAP) (120): 47. https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-120#page/n46/mode/1up.
↑ J. Martinez, Antonio (August 1992). "Consola - En pantalla: Soccer Brawl - El futbol del próximo milenio (Neo-Geo: arcade)". Superjuegos (Grupo Zeta) (4): 48–49. https://archive.org/stream/Superjuegos_004#page/n47/mode/2up.
↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (423): 25. 1 April 1992.
↑ "Equipment Poll - Video & Pinball Combined". Play Meter (Skybird Publishing) 20 (5): 6. April 1994. https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-5-april-1994/Play Meter - Volume 20, Number 5 - April 1994 (Compressed)#page/6/mode/1up.
↑ Knauf, Andreas (February 1992). "News - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Video Games (Future-Verlag) (6): 12–13. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=10984&s=2. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
↑ Iturrioz, Javier (August 1995). "A Pie de Pista: Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Superjuegos (Grupo Zeta) (40): 78–79. https://archive.org/stream/Superjuegos_040#page/n77/mode/2up.
↑ Alonso, Álvaro (February 19, 2014). "Reportaje: Los 20 mejores juegos de Neo Geo CD" (in es). HobbyConsolas. Axel Springer SE. https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/20-mejores-juegos-neo-geo-cd-63564.

External links

Soccer Brawl at GameFAQs
Soccer Brawl at Giant Bomb
Soccer Brawl at Killer List of Videogames
Soccer Brawl at MobyGames

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[B!MDOh!NGsb-1] "Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 16 - サッカー•ブロール". Beep! MegaDrive (SoftBank Creative) (51): 126. December 1993. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:BeepMD_JP_1993-12.pdf&page=128.

[2] The Cutting Room Floor

[3] "ACA NeoGeo: Soccer Brawl for Nintendo Switch". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. https://www.gamerankings.com/switch/227657-aca-neogeo-soccer-brawl/index.html.

[AGNGsb-4] Knight, Kyle (1998). "Soccer Brawl (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17070&tab=review.

[CVGNGsb-5] Rand, Paul; Boone, Tim (April 1992). "Reviews - Neo Geo -- Soccer Brawl". Computer and Video Games (Future Publishing) (125): 40–41. https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-125/CVG125_Apr_1992#page/n39/mode/2up.

[WFTNGsb-6] "NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: サッカーブロール". Famicom Tsūshin (ASCII) (332): 26. 28 April 1995.

[GProNGsb-7] Fan, Fanatic (June 1992). "Neo•Geo ProReview: Soccer Brawl". GamePro (IDG) (35): 74. https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_035_June_1992#page/n75/mode/1up.

[Jv.comNGsb-8] Rockstar78 (November 2, 2013). "Test de Soccer Brawl sur NEO par jeuxvideo.com" (in fr). Jeuxvideo.com. Webedia. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00019048-soccer-brawl-test.htm.

[NLifeNSsb-9] Frear, Dave (December 4, 2017). "Soccer Brawl Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/soccer_brawl_neogeo.

[CManiaNGsb-10] Corrado, Davide (July–August 1993). "Soccer Brawl (Neo Geo)". Consolemania (Xenia Edizioni) (21): 40–41. https://archive.org/stream/Consolemania-021#page/n39/mode/2up.

[C+NGsb-11] El Nio Nio; Rocket (March 1992). "Neo Geo Review - Soccer Brawl". Consoles + (M.E.R.7) (7): 54–55. https://archive.org/stream/Console_Plus_Numero_007#page/54/mode/2up.

[G4NGsb-12] Roux, Christian (March 1992). "Console Test – Soccer Brawl – Neo-Geo". Génération 4 (Computec Media France) (42): 128. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation 4/generation4_numero042/Génération 4 Nº42 Mars 92 0128.jpg.

[HCNGsb-13] Sanz, José Luis (September 1992). "Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl - Desafío Total". Hobby Consolas (Axel Springer SE) (12): 64–67. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:HobbyConsolas_ES_012.pdf&page=64.

[JpadNGsb-14] Demoly, Jean-Marc; Nini, Nourdine (April 1992). "Test - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Joypad (Yellow Media) (7): 118–119. https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=1776&album=oui.

[JstickNGsb-15] Demoly, Jean-Marc (March 1992). "Tests - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Joystick (Anuman Interactive) (25): 130. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero025/Joystick 025 - Page 130 (1992-03).jpg.

[MFNGsb-16] Noak, Philipp; Hellert, Stefan (August 1993). "Special - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Mega Fun (CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG) (11): 28–30. http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=8807&s=3. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

[MBASICMNGsb-17] Yanma; Itabashi (July 1992). "Super Soft 大特集 - 今、『NEO・GEO』がおもしろい！: サッカーブロール". Micom BASIC Magazine (The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation) (121): 209. https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1992-07#page/n232/mode/1up.

[PONGsb-18] Pottier, Christophe (April 1992). "Tests De Jeux - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Player One (Média Système Édition) (19): 84. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Player One/playerone_numero019/Player One 019 - Page 084 (1992-04).jpg.

[SUNGsb-19] Cook, John (February 1992). "Coin Ops: Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Sinclair User (EMAP) (120): 47. https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-120#page/n46/mode/1up.

[SJNGsb1-20] J. Martinez, Antonio (August 1992). "Consola - En pantalla: Soccer Brawl - El futbol del próximo milenio (Neo-Geo: arcade)". Superjuegos (Grupo Zeta) (4): 48–49. https://archive.org/stream/Superjuegos_004#page/n47/mode/2up.

[21] "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (423): 25. 1 April 1992.

[22] "Equipment Poll - Video & Pinball Combined". Play Meter (Skybird Publishing) 20 (5): 6. April 1994. https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-5-april-1994/Play Meter - Volume 20, Number 5 - April 1994 (Compressed)#page/6/mode/1up.

[VGNGsb-23] Knauf, Andreas (February 1992). "News - Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Video Games (Future-Verlag) (6): 12–13. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=10984&s=2. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

[SJNGsb2-24] Iturrioz, Javier (August 1995). "A Pie de Pista: Neo Geo - Soccer Brawl". Superjuegos (Grupo Zeta) (40): 78–79. https://archive.org/stream/Superjuegos_040#page/n77/mode/2up.

[HC-25] Alonso, Álvaro (February 19, 2014). "Reportaje: Los 20 mejores juegos de Neo Geo CD" (in es). HobbyConsolas. Axel Springer SE. https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/20-mejores-juegos-neo-geo-cd-63564.