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Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
North American Nintendo Switch cover art
Developer(s)Tamsoft
Publisher(s)Bandai Namco Entertainment
Producer(s)Tsuzuki Katsuaki
SeriesCaptain Tsubasa
Platform(s)
Release
  • JP: August 27, 2020
  • WW: August 28, 2020
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions[a] is an association football sports video game developed by Tamsoft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in August 2020. It is based on the 2018 anime series Captain Tsubasa.

Gameplay

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions includes offline and online multiplayer modes, and a single-player story mode split into two sub-modes: Episode Tsubasa,[1] allowing players to experience the original storyline, and Episode New Hero,[2] allowing players to create their oharacter and level up in a fashion similar to the FIFA series' Player Career mode or Pro Evolution Soccer's Become A Legend mode. In New Hero, players can choose to represent Nankatsu Middle School, Furano Middle School, Toho Academy, Musashi Middle School, Otomo Middle School or Hanawa Middle School before playing in the Junior Youth World Challenge, an international U-16 tournament.

Development

Rise of New Champions was developed by Tamsoft,[3] based on the 2018 anime series Captain Tsubasa,[4] and produced by Tsuzuki Katsuaki, who described the game design as similar to arcade soccer games.[5]

The game was announced in January 2020,[6] and was released by Bandai Namco Entertainment in Japan for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on August 27,[7][8] and internationally for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on August 28.[3]

Marketing

In April 2021, Bandai Namco Europe and the Ligue de Football Professionnel began a partnership through which 17 of the 20 2020-21 Ligue 1 clubs (not including Paris Saint-Germain FC, Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique de Marseille) had their kits unlockable through a two-week event in April and May the same year.[9]

Reception

The Microsoft Windows version of the game received generally positive reviews,[10] while the console versions were met by "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregator Metacritic.[11][12]

The Nintendo Switch version of 'Rise of New Champions was the sixth highest-selling retail game during its first week of sale in Japan, with 16,678 copies being sold. During the same week, the PlayStation 4 version sold 13,828 copies in Japan, making it the eighth bestselling retail game of the week in the country.[18] By September 2020, over 500,000 physical and digital copies had been sold worldwide.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: Kyaputen Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions (キャプテン翼 RISE OF NEW CHAMPIONS)

References

  1. ^ Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions story mode reveal Bandai Namco Entertainment (Europe)
  2. ^ Become the new legend of football in CAPTAIN TSUBASA: RISE OF NEW CHAMPIONS! Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Bandai Namco Entertainment (Europe)
  3. ^ a b c Romano, Sal (2020-09-18). "Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions shipments and digital sales top 500,000". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  4. ^ "Outrageous Anime Game Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions Drops This August". GameSpot. 2020-05-26. Archived from the original on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. ^ "Interview with Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions Producer, Tsuzuki Katsuaki! Herald the return to the classic series!". GamerBraves. 2020-03-06. Archived from the original on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  6. ^ "New Anime Soccer Game, Captain Tsubasa: Rise Of New Champions, Announced With Trailer". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  7. ^ "キャプテン翼 RISE OF NEW CHAMPIONS". Famitsu (in Japanese). Kadokawa Game Linkage. Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  8. ^ "キャプテン翼 RISE OF NEW CHAMPIONS". Famitsu (in Japanese). Kadokawa Game Linkage. Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  9. ^ Ligue 1 Uber Eats' jerseys coming to Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
  10. ^ a b "Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  11. ^ a b "Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  12. ^ a b "Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  13. ^ "Captain Tsubasa: Rise Of New Champions Review (Switch) | Aces high". Nintendo Life. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Captain Tsubasa: Rise Of New Champions Review (PS4) | Aces high". Push Square. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  15. ^ Culafi, Alex (19 September 2021). "Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  16. ^ Erskine, Donovan (19 September 2021). "Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions review: Going for the cup". Shacknews. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  17. ^ Joseph, Remington (19 September 2021). "Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions (PlayStation 4) Review". Computer Games Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  18. ^ Romano, Sal (September 3, 2020). "Famitsu Sales: 8/23/20 – 8/30/20". Gematsu. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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