This not only adds a collecting element but also gives the player a plethora of options for play style. It works very well and to top it off there is over 1000 different players to collect to craft the perfect team. The RPG side of things is not unlike other RPGs fro Level-5, you build up a team (or ‘party’ in other RPGs) and level them, grow their talents and skills, teach them new special moves, etc. Both of which in theory wouldn’t work well but in practice it is somehow a kind of magic really. The game is equally split between two different gameplay elements: The RPG side of things and the Soccer Battles. There is simply nothing like Level-5’s soccer RPG. Where Inazuma Eleven truly shines is its innovative gameplay. This is something unlike anything before and thank god for that. It is about as insane as a soccer game has ever been but it makes Inazuma Eleven all the more special for it. On top of all that there is conspiracies, brainwashing, the occult and the powers of god. Underneath its simple plot is a wonderful world of super-powered moves and high stakes soccer battles (sometimes with deathly consequences). While that all seems quite simple for a soccer game’s story, it couldn’t be anything more from the truth. It is an unbelievable thought that Raimon could even stand a chance against these goliaths, but with the always optimistic Mark Evans, Raimon must muster up the courage and will to turn their team’s fortunes around and revive the legendary Inazuma Eleven team and restore the reputation of this down on their luck school. One day an open-challenge is laid down to Raimon by the best team in Japan, Royal Academy. The only problem for this band of goofballs and misfits is that they don’t even have enough players to form a team. The higher ups at Raimon plan to disband the club unless they can prove themselves as a real soccer team. In dire straits the Raimon Junior High Soccer Club is already one foot in the grave. What more can say? In the famous words of Mark Evans: “Let’s Play Soccer!” This soccer RPG does nothing but impress with its brilliant gameplay and unforgettable story. It is been quite the wait for this game and at long last its time to hit the field. Touched up and given a new coat of paint for the 3DS, Inazuma Eleven is ready to roll on the eShop and it packs quite a kick.

Larger than life and out of this world, Inazuma Eleven has at long last gotten into position and is ready to kickoff with a bang in the West.

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