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Pro Evolution Soccer 2010

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(This review is long-winded, but I guarantee it will serve you.)
Can't decide whether to buy Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 or Fifa 2010 on Wii? Comparing the 2010 PES and Fifa versions for Wii leaves little to argument: if you're looking for an authentic soccer experience, PES is far superior.

Read other Amazon reviews and you readily discern that Fifa has tried something new by opting for a kiddy, arcade feel. It's as if an ignoramus in Nintendo's or EA Sports' boardroom ordered the programmers to alter a tried and true formula. The result? Like altering a long-standing Thanksgiving tradition, EA has, by analogy, brought a tofu "turkey" to dinner, and long time Fifa fans will be drastically disappointed with EA's miserable product (though young gamers may like the simple play).

Aiming to please the casual Wii sports fan, EA revamped Fifa graphics, options, and gameplay--but all for the worse. Some may think the graphics an improvement as character faces are more life-like than ever, but objectively the players look much like an out of proportioned Quasimodo. As regarding the game's options, Fifa fans will be irate that, when playing a season, there is no option to change from 2 minutes halves. Fifa's game play also suffers from such unbearable new "features" as the shooting slow-mo (The game goes into slow-mo nearly every time a shot is made.) and the corner/free-kick green ball. (You might be letting in 3 free kicks per game on the higher levels.). Fifa did significantly correct one astonishing oversight from Fifa 2009: they assigned different buttons for ground and air passes, whereas last year's version only had one button for both passes, leaving the 2009 game unplayable except with the Gamecube controller. (Fifa 2009 with the GameCube controller is a far superior game than the newer version.)

How does PES compare? My ideal Wii football game is one that takes advantage of the Wii's point to the screen abilities, allows you to play accurate/realistic passes, challenges you with life-like computer AI, and allows you to develop a team/players over a season. PES 2010 on Wii excels in all these areas, and once you read the below tips to correct some of the ostensible errors, the true fan of the beautiful game will be loving PES 2010.

As with Fifa 2010, PES 2010 allows you to point to the screen to make a pass to any specific location. While both games still need to improve the accuracy of through balls and balls over the top (In both games you will occasionally find yourself passing to the feet/chest of a teammates instead of in front of the teammate.), it is much easier to intentionally play a pass in front of the receptor in PES than in Fifa. (If you cannot figure out how to make a long, air pass in PES 2010, know the instructions in the booklet are wrong: to play a long, air pass, double tap B in rapid succession.) The brilliantly refined invention in PES 2010 is the point and drag a teammate option which allows you to make off-the-balls runs in any direction. In other words, with the control stick you can run the ball handler in one direction, while pointing and dragging a teammate to make a run in completely the opposite direction. As a result, I can finally make "el Chino" David Silva cut outside with the ball and play the perfect through pass to inside cutting "el Guage" Villa who is perfectly on-side.) At first the controls, dribbling and zone marking on defense, will seem overly complicated--and perhaps not suitable to the casual gamer or gamers under age 10--but be patient, play a season, and the wonderful instructional videos will have you executing the inspired moves within a week. (For instance, for eternity, football games have only allowed you to play give-and-go passes where the "goer" runs straight down the field. Utilizing the Wii's capacities, PES 2010 allows give-and-go passes in any direction.) As for the AI, PES 2010 is really the first football game I have ever played where the computer, on the advanced settings, does not try to dribble down the center of the field, but rather plays the ball around the field: tic-y, tac-y. Regarding options, though PES lacks the licenses on some Premiership teams and does not carry second division teams in any of the European leagues, you can play a full season with Champions League, compete in just the Champions League, dispute a country cup with any major European/South American club or national team, or create your own team--even with Mii characters. PES also features a menu in multiple-languages, as well as commentary in multiple-languages: English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese. (Me gusta más el comentario en español que en inglés, con la excepción de que los comentaristas confuden los nombres de algunos jugadores. A Silva le llaman Xabi Alonso.)

The comparison is easy. Once you master PES's complex controls (Don't forget that an air-pass is double B on manual control settings. Also, if you find your players asininely standing still and waiting for the ball to come to them, press C, the cancel button to make receiving players run to the ball.), you will use the Wii's point and play capabilities to make more authentic runs and passes than with any other football game on any other system. PES' only drawback is a significant one: using the Wii controller and Nunchuck, you cannot play on the same team as a friend. Nevertheless, PES far outshines the pitiful Fifa 2010, and this written by someone who has purchased 7 Fifa games on different systems in his many years. Unless you are the parent of a young child looking for an easily playable game, don't waste your money on Fifa 2010 when such a better option as PES 2010 exists.

I just got this game a few days ago and already love it. There are a tons of different teams from several different soccer leagues that you can choose to play as. Teams from different countries can be played as as well(My favorite team to play as is Sweden). This game is exciting to play, especially for the Wii, because you can point to exactly where you want the pass to be made. The controls are fairly simple, without being too simple. Another great feature of this game is that using nintendo wi fi you can compete against people from around the world (very similar to Xbox Live, except for the Wii it is free). The graphics are surprisingly good for a game on the wii console. Unlike some other sports titles for the Wii, it can be a challenge even for hardcore gamers. I would recommend this game to anyone, especially a soccer fan. This is by far the best soccer game out for any console.

I actually bought this game for my fiancée's brother as a Christmas present and ended up playing it more than he did over our vacation... The controls are so cool, and playing helped me learn the rules of soccer and I started watching real soccer matches on TV now. When I got back from vacation, I ordered another one for myself!

Still trying to figure out if there's anyway to play 2 player co-op mode, but even if there isn't, it doesn't change my rating.

Great game :)

this game is the best sports game i have played for the WII is a long time.the game makers took advantage of the WII motion sensing technology.THIS GAME IS A WINNER

I'll be biased, since this is just the 2nd time I get to play with my country's national team (Honduras), so it gets a 5 for that.

Gameplay is simply superb, Fifa is light years behind in this category, and it has for years, Since Winning Eleven Konami has always been better in gameplay.
Fifa has more licensed teams and leagues, but PES 2010 makes up for it with the UEFA Champions League Tournamente, official teams and stadiums. Unlike Fifa you don't have to wait for the world cup game to come out to win it all, with your home team. Continental and International cups are available. another GREAT asset for PES.
For spanish listeners is very simple, especially for our mexican friends. Fifa is Televisa and PES TV Azteca. Audio is good not great, but Fifa's is worse.

Graphics are good, but Fifa wins this one.

Controls, if you can play it with the classic controller, it's easier.

Overall I believe its the best soccer game in the market. Viva Honduras.

(This review is on behalf of my sons, who enjoy playing on PES.)

We owned FIFA '08 before and decided to try this instead of FIFA '10 because some reviews suggested PES '10 was more realistic than FIFA '10.
The kids indicate that the moves you can make are different on the two games, so there are pros and cons. I am sure there are subtle differences at the game player level. But from the perspective of a buyer, it is a well made product - works reliably and the kids are happy with it.

Great sports game for Wii. Very realistic soccer game. Lots of fun options as to how to play the game. Will take a long time before getting bored with it, if ever. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for the top soccer video game.

This game is just very well designed.

The way the gameplay is set, by pointing and controlling basically all the players at once during a match, gives you total control over your team. You have a lot o interesting tactical decisions to make and you can arrange your team to do very complex plays and tricks.

Pros:
This game has A LOT of new national teams.

Asia: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Uzbekistan
Africa: Angola, Morocco, Togo
Americas: Bolivia, Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela

There are also 18 "extra" fake teams that you can edit to create other teams that aren't already in the game. Not sure why only 18, I would have liked to have more, but it's better than nothing.

It's also really fun to play!

Cons:
This game is not much different than PES 2009 was, except they obviously have updated the rosters of all the teams (and have swapped a few club teams out from leagues they were relegated in, replacing them with the newly promoted teams). For the actual game modes, I haven't noticed anything different from PES09. Champions Road is the same. Master League is the same. Champions League is the same. Tournaments/Leagues are the same.

Also, while the wii remote is fun to use, it makes the game way too easy. Even on the highest difficulty I can generally use any team to destroy any other team (even say, Kuwait to beat Brazil) by ridiculous scores like 7-2 or so. This is because you have so much control over your team that you can just completely "out coach" the computer and easily slice through their defense with pin point passing, having your players make runs exactly where you want them to and passing the ball exactly where you want, etc. The CPU just cannot defend this and, once you get the hang of the controls, you become pretty much unstoppable.

However, if you play with the classic remote, the game is much more balanced and much harder, which is more enjoyable IMO.

Overall this is a fun game, probably the best soccer game on the Wii. It would be even better if the CPU could actually defend against the wii remote, if Master League went back to having promotion/relegation like it did in Winning Eleven 8, AND if it was more customizable (more team slots to edit, and easier time editing existing teams since some teams, like Manchester United or Barcelona, you can't edit at all!)

Very fun game for Wii, I have played it on PS2 and enjoy it more on Wii. Good graphics and game play with (Super nintendo like)controller is fun and easy.