Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer

Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer Ramos Rui no World Wide Soccer
North American cover art (top) and Japanese cover art (bottom)
Developer(s)	Sculptured Software
Publisher(s)	JP Pack-In-Video NA Electro Brain
Designer(s)	Mike Spendlove Alex Dommasch
Composer(s)	Bob Dayley Eric Nunamaker H. Kingsley Thurber
Platform(s)	Super Famicom
Release date(s)	JP February 25, 1993 NA November 1993
Genre(s)	Traditional soccer simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer
Rating(s)	CERO: n/a (not rated)
Media/distribution	16-megabit cartridge

Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer is a traditional soccer (football) simulation video game released for Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993.

Summary

This video game is named after US goalkeeper Tony Meola (who was the American goalkeeper during the 1994 FIFA World Cup).

It went under several names in different markets, such as in Latin America under the name Super Copa and in Japan under the name Ramos Rui no World Wide Soccer (ラモス瑠偉のワールドワイドサッカー) (endorsed by Ruy Ramos). The quantity of teams in this game is big but also very standard, there are various national teams and some unlicensed club teams from Europe, Japan and America. The interesting thing here is that the players can have the possibility to play with teams from different parts of the United States, so they can play a match between Mexico City and Miami or Los Angeles versus Sacramento (California) for example.

Mode 7 techniques are used in this game that are similar to the Super NES NCAA Basketball video game. Playing defense in the game is more tricky than playing offense due to its tricky angle. There are lots of realistic options and features; including a variety of soccer formations, corner kicks, and the ability to alter each team's roster. While this game is not as impressive as Super Soccer, this soccer simulation has the gameplay to match its realistic graphics.

References

• Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer at GameFAQs
• Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer at MobyGames
• Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer at allgame

External links

• Ramos Rui no World Wide Soccer at superfamicom.org
• ラモス瑠偉のワールドワイドサッカー / Ramos Rui no World Wide Soccer at super-famicom.jp (Japanese)