FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006

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Description

Released one month before the actual World Cup 2006, this game lets players play all the matches before they even started. Featuring 12 official German stadiums and all the teams that qualified for the World Cup 2006 in Germany, plus additional teams and unlockable classic players. The playable modes let you try any of the qualifying stages or skip right to the world cup mode assuming as one of the qualified teams. Additional modes include Global Challenge where you can replay 40 historical moments in football history to change the outcome, and various multiplayer matches.

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Alternate Titles

• "Mistrzostwa Świata FIFA 2006" -- Polish title
• "FIFA WM 2006" -- Common German abbreviation
• "FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2006" -- German title
• "Coupe Du Monde De La FIFA 2006" -- French title
• "Copa do Mundo FIFA 2006" -- Brazilian title
• "2006 FIFA 世界杯" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany" -- Alternate title

Part of the Following Groups

• EA FIFA series
• EA Sports games
• FIFA World Cup licensees
• Technology: amBX

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Critic Reviews

Gamesmania.de	Windows	May 07, 2006	83 out of 100	83
PC Gamer UK	Windows	Dec 13, 2006	7.9 out of 10	79
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	May 04, 2006	7.7 out of 10	77
4Players.de	GameCube	May 05, 2006	71 out of 100	71
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Jun 13, 2006		70
Club Skill	Xbox 360	May 02, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Apr 27, 2006	13 out of 20	65
1UP	Xbox	May 02, 2006	C	50
1UP	PSP	Jul 01, 2006	C	50
RewiredMind	Xbox 360	May 06, 2006		40

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Trivia

Cover

The cover design has been localized with different athletes portrayed for specific release countries:

• England: Frank Lampard (England)
• China: Zhi Zhen (China)
• Germany: Lukas Podolski (Germany)
• Italy: Alessandro Del Piero (Italy)
• USA, Canada and Mexico: Jamie Lozano (Mexico) and Claudio Reyna (USA)
• Portugal: Simao (Portugal)
• The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg: Arjen Robben (The Netherlands)
• Switzerland: Ricardo Cabanas (Switzerland)
• Spain: Xavi (Spain)
• All other countries: the FIFA World Cup trophy and the official emblem

Flag inaccuracy

The country Serbia and Montenegro ceased to exist on 3 June 2006, when Montenegro voted for independence in a referendum. However, since the 2006 FIFA World Cup was scheduled to start just six days later, it was decided that the national selection of Serbia and Montenegro remained as it was for the duration of the competition. However, on the cover art variants of this licensed game which show multiple flags, the flag of separate Serbia is used instead of the accurate Serbia and Montenegro flag.

Online servers

On 1st September 2007, EA closed their servers for multiplayer games, for the Xbox, Windows, PS2 and PSP versions.

Related Web Sites

• 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game) - Wikipedia (article on Wikipedia about the game)
• FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006 (Official game website)