Nintendo World Cup: История и Разные Версии Игры

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Nintendo World Cup is a soccer video game for the Family Computer/NES and Game Boy, developed by Technōs Japan and released in 1990. It is a localization of Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer''''', (熱血高校ドッジボール部サッカー編, Nekketsu Kōkō Dojjibōru Bu: Sakkā Hen) the fourth Kunio kun game released for the Family Computer. Ports for the PC Engine and Mega Drive were also released in Japan. A Game Boy version was released in Japan, North America, and Europe.

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

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 set 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 allows the player 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 (熱血高校サッカー部 ワールドカップ編, Nekketsu Kōkō Sakkā Bu: Wārudo Kappu Hen) in Japan and was based on Nintendo World Cup. It was released in North America and Europe under the same name.

The game was ported to PC Engine's Super CD ROM² and retitled Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: CD Soccer (熱血高校ドッジボール部 ＣＤサッカー編, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: Shī Dī Sakkā Hen) and was released on December 20, 1991, published by Naxat Soft. This version includes five national teams (France, Brazil, Argentina, Italy and Germany) in Tournament mode which is after beating the final match.

A similar version for the PC Engine HuCard was released on April 13, 1992, under the title Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: PC Soccer'''''. (熱血高校ドッジボール部 ＰＣサッカー編, Nekketsu Kōkō Dojjibōru Bu: Pī Shī Sakkā hen) Only differences between the two versions, the CD version has an arranged soundtrack and add voice acting for opening intro and cut scene, while the HuCard version has no voice acting, etc.

A Mega Drive version of the game, titled Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: MD Soccer (熱血高校ドッジボール部 ＭＤサッカー編, Nekketsu Kōkō Dojjibōru Bu: Mega Doraibu Sakkā hen) was released by Palsoft in Japan on August 7, 1992. Unlike the Famicom/NES version and other platforms, this version has all the teams playable in VS. Mode.

The Famicom version of the game was ported to Game Boy Advance as the part of Kunio kun Nekketsu Collection 2 (along with Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundōkai), was released on October 27, 2005, in Japan.

The original Famicom version of Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer Edition was re released for Virtual Console in Japan on October 7, 2008, for the Wii and on March 19, 2014, for the Wii U. As for Nintendo World Cup, however, there are no plans for the game to be released in North America or PAL regions. The PC Engine Super CD ROM² version of the game was also re released in Japan for the Wii on November 4, 2008.

Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club Soccer Story was released as part of the compilation title DOUBLE DRAGON & Kunio kun Retro Brawler Bundle for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on February 20, 2020.