While attacking, you can either pass the ball, shoot towards the goal, or dribble (which either means going back to moving your player, or attempting to evade capture if you’re in front of an opposing player challenging you for the ball). Contrary to most soccer games, this isn’t an simulation-style gameplay, but one that is controlled through menus: the action pauses when you hit a button or when you encounter a player of the opposing team, giving you time to plan your next move in a menu. The gameplay employs a system dubbed “Cinematic Soccer” by Tecmo, which was then used in the following three Tsubasa-licensed games they made. Captain Tsubasa was, in a way, a Japan exclusive: it was reworked, with new sprites and without the Tsubasa license, and translated to be released as Tecmo Cup Soccer Game ( Tecmo Cup Football Game in Europe) in 1992. Tecmo, at the time, was mainly a developer of arcade games, but was starting to make games for the Famicom the studio went on to make great Famicom/NES games such as Ninja Gaiden and quite a bit of Tecmo-branded sports games, culminating in the excellent Tecmo Bowl. But in my home country of France, ask literally anyone born in the 80s about it, and they’ll fondly remember the over-the-top style (that famously inspired the movie Shaolin Soccer), with its special shots deforming the soccer ball which then takes improbable trajectories, the values of sportsmanship and teamwork at the heart of Tsubasa’s team, and the length of the narration, where one match stretches over half a dozen episodes.Ĭaptain Tsubasa is a Famicom game released in 1988 in Japan, and created by Tecmo. It was, however, never broadcasted in North America, who seemingly has never been interested in soccer. It was broadcasted at the end of the 80s / beginning of the 90s in most countries, and was a huge success in Europe (where the rights were bought by Silvio Berlusconi’s Fininvest media company, then broadcast in Italy, France, Spain, but also Germany and Poland), as well as South America, the Arabic world (including Middle Eastern countries and Iran, where it was very popular) and Turkey. The adaptation in anime form, which ran in Japan between 19, is arguably what made the series famous around the world. The manga was published in Weekly Shonen Jump between 19, and is one of the best-selling series ever. At the end of the first series, Tsubasa wins the U-17 soccer World Cup for Japan, then leaves to play in Brazil. Under the mentorship of Roberto Hongo, a Brazilian soccer legend and a friend of his father, Tsubasa and his Nankatsu soccer team will face many opposing teams, such as arch-rivals Toho and their captain Hyuga Kojiro, and win championships. The original manga follows the adventures of Tsubasa Oozora, a young Japanese teenager with a gift for soccer. Captain Tsubasa is one of the most famous Japanese manga and anime series worldwide, and as such, has spawned numerous video games.
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