Winning Eleven

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Winning Eleven is a football video game made by Konami Tokyo. It is the original Japanese version of Pro Evolution Soccer. Every year, the new version of the game is released first as Winning Eleven in Japan, and after a few months a slightly modified version is released worldwide, in two different packages: Pro Evolution Soccer for Europe, and Winning Eleven International for the rest of the world. Additionally, in some countries a localized version is released, featuring local leagues and teams, instead of European ones.

Winning Eleven's popularity has grown over the years, and is currently one of the most popular football games world-wide, fiercely rivaling EA's FIFA Series. Winning Eleven 10 is the latest version of the game and was released in Japan on 27th April 2006.

The Winning Eleven series has been produced under the guidance of Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka at KCEJ.

The main single-player mode is the Master League mode, where the player is given control of a team of his selection. However, the players are all generic, fictional players with relatively poor statistics. These players have become cult figures to many people playing the Master League. The aim is to use these players and gain points by winning matches, using acquired points to purchase real players to join the team. Ultimately, one should end up with a team of skilled players. In Winning Eleven 8, players' growth and decline curves have been added, where a player's statistics may improve or decline, depending on training and age. This added a new depth to purchasing players, as one is less likely to purchase an aging star whose statistics are declining over an up-and-coming youngster whose statistics rise dramatically.

Since Winning Eleven 4, the game has been co-narrated by Japanese announcer Jon Kabira.

Starting with the new, Japanese release of Winning Eleven 8: LE, Online multiplayer mode has been introduced to the game. This allowed mainly for players to compete with each other online. The game is primarily made to be played in Japan and therefore has most changes done in Japanese. Winning Eleven series does not precede International Superstar Soccer (ISS), which debuted on Super Nintendo, contrary to popular beliefs. The ISS series on Super Nintendo was created by a different division of Konami, not by KCET. A version for ISS was made for PS2, "ISS3"

Versions

• Winning Eleven
• Winning Eleven J-League
• Winning Eleven J-League 97 (or Goal Storm 97)
• Winning Eleven 3
• Winning Eleven 3 - World Cup '98 Edition (or ISS 98)
• Winning Eleven J-League 98/99
• Winning Eleven 3 Final
• Winning Eleven 4
• Winning Eleven J-League 2000
• Winning Eleven 2000 U-23
• Winning Eleven J-League 2000 2nd
• Winning Eleven J-League 2001
• Winning Eleven 2002

Zico, the former coach of the Japan national football team in the Japanese cover of Winning Eleven 8 for thePS2

• Winning Eleven 5
• Winning Eleven 5 J-League
• Winning Eleven 5 Final Evolution
• Winning Eleven 6
• Winning Eleven 6 J-League
• Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution
• Winning Eleven 6 International
• Winning Eleven 7
• Winning Eleven 7 International
• Winning Eleven 8
• Winning Eleven 8 J-League
• Winning Eleven 8 K-League
• Winning Eleven 8 International
• Winning Eleven 8 Tactics European Club
• Winning Eleven 8 Tactics J-League
• Winning Eleven 8 LiveWare Evolution
• Winning Eleven 9
• Winning Eleven 9 LiveWare Evolution (only for Korea)
• Winning Eleven 9 International
• Winning Eleven 10

• Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution

• Winning Eleven 8 International
• Winning Eleven 9 International

• Winning Eleven 7 International
• Winning Eleven 8 International
• Winning Eleven 9 International
• Winning Eleven 9 LiveWare Evolution (only for Korea)

• Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style
• Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style 2003
• Winning Eleven 2006 Arcade Championship

• Winning Eleven J-League 2002
• Winning Eleven Advance

• Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

• Winning Eleven
• Winning Eleven 9: Ubiquitous Evolution

Licenses

Over the years, Winning Eleven has tried to get licenses from international teams and clubs. This helps create realism by allowing the game to include real clubs, their players and kits. The following licenses were obtained for Winning Eleven 10. ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

Leagues

• Serie A

La Liga

Eredivisie

J. League

Clubs

• Futebol Clube do Porto

Rangers F.C.

Celtic F.C.

Arsenal F.C.

Chelsea F.C.

Bayern Munich

Galatasaray SK

F.C. Copenhagen

Djurgårdens IF Fotboll

Rosenborg B.K.

Dynamo Kyiv

National Teams

England

Argentina

Australia

Netherlands

Japan

Korea Republic

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Patches

Fans of these series constantly make "option files" which modify all player names and stats into their real life counterparts, as well as modifying some stats to accommodate most recent changes in the footballing world. Most "option files" contain licenses from those clubs without licenses in the original game, transfers from the latest transfer window and new stadiums and footballs from Nike, Inc., Puma AG, Umbro, Mitre and some more added from Adidas. Most "option files" also contain licensed referee kits and licenses from FIFA.

• [Modify Winning Eleven]

External links

• [Winning Eleven Official Website]
• [Winning Eleven Nation]

 

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