International Superstar Soccer 2000
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Developer(s) | KCEO |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Series | International Superstar Soccer |
Platform(s) | Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color |
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Genre(s) | Sports (Soccer) |
International Superstar Soccer 2000 (officially abbreviated as ISS 2000 and released in Japan as Jikkyo J-League 1999: Perfect Striker 2 for the Nintendo 64 and as World Soccer GB 2000 for the Game Boy Color in Japan) is the second game in the Nintendo 64 Perfect Striker series and the last in Konami's Jikkyo Soccer series of N64 games developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka. For the North American and European release in 2000 the rosters were updated. Introduced in the North American and European versions, it was the first and only game in the series to support the high resolution mode through an expansion pack; however, it suffered from some performance issues, affecting the frame rate of the game.
ISS 2000 is also notable for being the only game in the series which included players with real names (such as Rafael Márquez), though these players only appeared in the North American release, and no team had a 100% real roster.
Featured Teams
International Superstar Soccer 2000 features one of the most comprehensive national team rosters in football video games, with exactly 100 teams in total. Particularly, every nation affiliated to UEFA at the time is present, since one of the game modes consists of a European Championship on the same format as the UEFA Euro (which had an edition that year), including the qualifying round.
The Japanese version features J.League teams instead of international teams. It also includes different crowd chants for each team, a feature that was removed from the western releases.
Success Mode
The Japanese version also features a career mode called "Success". This mode exists in the European release (only on the Nintendo 64 version) but was not included in the North American release.
Reception
On release, Famitsu magazine scored the Nintendo 64 version of the game a 34 out of 40.[1] Review aggregator GameRankings gave the game 70%.[2]
Teams
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Iceland
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Austria
Denmark
Belgium
Portugal
Luxembourg
San Marino
Andorra
Liechtenstein
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Poland
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albania
Macedonia
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Faroe Islands
Russia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
Ukraine
Moldova
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Malta
Cyprus
Turkey
Israel
Cameroon
Nigeria
South Africa
Tunisia
Morocco
Egypt
Liberia
Algeria
Mali
Ghana
United States
Canada
Mexico
Jamaica
Cuba
Honduras
Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago
Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Venezuela
Japan
South Korea
North Korea
China
Hong Kong
Thailand
Malaysia
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Iran
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Nepal
India
Iraq
Kuwait
Qatar
Australia
New Zealand
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
References
- ^ ニンテンドウ64 - 実況Jリーグ1999 パーフェクトストライカー2. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.28. 2006-06-30.
- ^ "International Superstar Soccer 2000". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-01-14.