Sega Soccer Slam

ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?

Go toe-to-toe with the wildest players ever in Soccer Slam, the high-flying, hard-hitting, 3-on-3 soccer game where winners go on to drink from the Continental Cup!

BEAT the tar out of your opponents in 5 fast-paced game modes including the deep Quest Mode.

CRUSH the competition to unlock secret codes and power-ups.

STOMP all comers with easy to learn, challenging to master game controls.

PUMMEL your foes using richly detailed characters with unique attributes, abilities and fully animated attitudes.

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Back of Box - PlayStation 2

DESCRIPTION:

Have you ever taken on a deranged kilt-wearing Scotsman in a wild, no-holds-barred soccer match? In Sega Soccer Slam for Nintendo GameCube’ you'll unleash merciless kicks, tackles, and steals against excitable, colorful characters from all over the world. Each character in this anything-but-ordinary soccer game wields special powers and moves that if executed properly earn the big score. Get to the random spotlight that appears on the field and your character will shoot skyward with the ball and slam it toward the unsuspecting goalie. In Quest Mode, you can unlock secret stadiums and uncover hidden items to improve your already stellar performance. Watch the intensity rise as you utilize your new power moves in other game modes. If you're a little rusty on the field, the Practice Mode will get you going again. When you're confident in your smash mouth hits and soccer tackles, throw in some bad weather and gather up a bunch of friends for a rowdy round-robin tournament.

GAME FEATURES: - Six teams of three odd characters (plus goalies) from around the world face off. - Stadiums are filled with lively, chanting, banner-waving fans. - Challenge your friends in Exhibition and Tournament Mode. - It's you against the computer in Quick Start, Practice, and Continental Cup Quest Mode. - Power-ups and Bonus moves reveal dazzling special effects. - 18 unique 3D characters with their own personalities, moves, and signature goal celebrations. - Over 1,000 motion-captured moves bring the characters to life. - Colorful announcer gives real-time commentary on specific plays. - User-friendly controls make it easy to jump in and master tricky moves.

Source:

Atari Australia website (for GameCube & Xbox)

“The core of the gameplay of course revolves around the controls. Visual Concepts has released itself from the shackles of regulation licenses and rules, and has injected Soccer Slam with a good dose of unadulterated arcade madness. Due to the smaller fields, the fact that goalies rarely catch the ball, and the perfectly legal unnecessary roughness there is a great deal more foot-play and attempts to score goals. The end result is a more feverish pace. This is highlighted by the ability to charge kicks, power-up, perform spotlight kicks and use a turbo meter for faster running. “ - IGN.com

" Call it NBA Jam on grass with violence, Soccer Slam is great addition to most any GameCube library. 83%" - GameSpy

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Atari Australia Press Quotes - Xbox

“The core of the gameplay of course revolves around the controls. Visual Concepts has released itself from the shackles of regulation licenses and rules, and has injected Soccer Slam with a good dose of unadulterated arcade madness. Due to the smaller fields, the fact that goalies rarely catch the ball, and the perfectly legal unnecessary roughness there is a great deal more foot-play and attempts to score goals. The end result is a more feverish pace. This is highlighted by the ability to charge kicks, power-up, perform spotlight kicks and use a turbo meter for faster running. “ - IGN.com

" Call it NBA Jam on grass with violence, Soccer Slam is great addition to most any GameCube library. 83%" - GameSpy

" And that, ultimately, is what Sega Soccer Slam boils down to -- a great multiplayer experience, different from the norm and overloaded with personality and life. In terms of pure fun, it doesn’t get much better than this." - Nintendojo

" In the end, Soccer Slam is still a tremendous effort on the part of Visual Concepts, who should be commended for their creativity and willingness to create something bizarre. I look forward to any further games of this style, especially if some of the same characters were to make a triumphant return. 8.4/10" Nintendojo

"Soccer Slam features enough goodies to keep any gamer busy. In addition to the four-player multiplayer support, there is a wonderful one- or two-player Quest Mode. Consisting of a season of 10 games, plus playoffs, an All-Star Game, and skill challenges, this mode will take around three or four hours to complete" - Zengamers

" Attention to detail is the name of the game. Despite the over-the-top premise, this is one of the richest titles released in sometime. While purists of the sport may frown on the six to eight goals scored a game, there is little that can be added to this unique and engaging title. A" - Zengamers

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Atari Australia Press Quotes - GameCube

"Crikey! What kind o' bloomin' soccer game is this?"

The increasingly unbelieveable antics of arcade sports games reaches a zany zenith with this three-on-three kickfest. Fútbol fanatics may cringe, but anyone else capable of cracking a smile will revel in Sega's hilarious hash of the world's most popular team sport.

Sega was making games when today's soccer stars were in diapers. With franchises like Sonic and Ecco the Dolphin, the company has shown again and again that it clearly knows what works in a video game.

To ensure there's never a dull moment, Sega halved the size of the field and reduced the squads to three players, plus a CPU-controlled goalie. One glance at a player's cartoony physique tells you what their strengths and weaknesses are -- for example, each team's finessing female is invariably a deft passer but a feeble striker. Other developers blab about pick-up-and-play, but here Sega delivers the goods, big-time.

Team Tricksters

The teams hail from different parts of the world, but all are united in their love of swagger and high-falutin' trash talk. The best-balanced side is Latin America's El Fuego. Europe's Volta, North America's Toxic and others teams have distinctive strengths and weaknesses.

Kudos to the artists for the clever character designs and very expressive facial animations. Talented actors give voice to the kookiest taunts this side of a "Simpsons" marathon. Overseeing the madness is the play-by-play announcer, a barmy Aussie whose signature shriek is "He was on the ball like a fly on a kipper!"

Modes

The central mode is Quest, a 10-match journey to something called the Continental Cup. Earn cash by winning and doing well in the mini-challenges along the way, then visit the Soccer Shop for merchandise like "Duke's Supestar Shin Pads: Enhances Stealing." Betcha can't get those on eBay.

Soccer Slam also offers an enjoyable Practice Mode and a round-robin Tourney. Exhibition Mode gives you a choice of opponents, stadiums and weather conditions. There are also nine stadiums -- six must be unlocked -- and three difficulty levels.

Controls

Beneath the comic hijinks lies a compact game engine that includes one-timers, lob passes, sliding tackles and dekes. However, you can't choose specialty moves like headers.

Adding a tactical twist are roaming hot spots. Shoot from one of these to marginally increase your chance of scoring. However, the game is brutally unforgiving of players who hold the ball too long before striking. What's more, nearby defenders can kibosh your high-kicking plans with a swift punch, and there's not a referee in sight who can do anything about it.

Generally, you're better off advacing right up to the net with a series of quick passes. On the other hand, if you're lucky enough to come across a short-lived power-up, you can often bulldoze the ball home. Power-up players are virtually unstoppable as well as visually dazzling (e.g., an athlete on team Tsunami liquifies into a lightning-fast tidal wave).

Nifty passing and other cool moves eventually gives you an opportunity for a Killer Kick, a devastating pass-and-shoot combo. Time stands still -- at least, for defenders -- as your striker moves into a giant spotlight and launches a dazzling Matrix-style kick.

While hardly the deepest player on the block, Sega Soccer Slam is a blast in both single-player and multiplayer mode. Or as the hyperventilating announcer would holler, "Crikey! What a goal!"

Progress is saved to a Memory Card (not included). Sega Soccer Slam is in stores now.

Source:

www.nintendo.com – Nintendo GameCube

descriptif

Un jeu de foot plein d'adrénaline !

Avez-vous déjà tacklé un Ecossais fou portant le kilt dans un match de foot sans limites ? Dans Soccer Slam sur le GameCube de Nintendo, à vous les tirs ultra-puissants, les tackles sans concession et les vols de balle hautement préjudiciables !!!

Pas d'arbitre, pas de règle, si ce n'est que LE PLUS FORT GAGNE ! Rencontrez des équipes très originales venues des quatre coins du monde, avec des joueurs qui n'ont vraiment rien à voir avec des footballeurs traditionnels ! Au menu : coups spéciaux de folie, des joueurs hauts en couleurs et à TRES forte personnalité, de l'action omniprésente et du fun, énormément de fun !

Essayez Soccer Slam, et découvrez le jeu de foot survitaminé, hautement spectaculaire et diaboliquement accrocheur !!!

charactéristiques

• 6 équipes de 3 joueurs (plus un goal) charismatiques et déjantés des 4 coins du monde
• Des stades fourmillant de vie, et de détails!
• Modes multijoueurs Exhibition et Tournoi.
• Nombreux PowerUps et Coups Spéciaux aux effets graphiques sans précédent !
• 18 personnages avec leurs caractéristiques, coups spéciaux, personnalité et attitude propres
• Une animation incroyable, rendue par plus de 1.000 mouvements motion-capturés
• Une prise en main exemplaire et immediate: plaisir instantané garanti!!!

Source:

www.atari.fr - GC/PS2/Xbox (French)