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FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $46.52
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New (26) from $46.52
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 365
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15535
Model: 014633155358
UPC: 014633155358
EAN: 0014633155358
ASIN: B001AZ7RJG
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Refined gestures, point-and-play controls with on-screen pass indicators and one-button actions | | • | 8 vs 8 Footii Match Mini-Game ?an arcade version of football. Populate your team with your Mii characters captained by one of the FIFA 09 cover athletes created as customized characters | | • | Boot It? Play with your Mii, Ronaldinho, Rooney or other stars in a simultaneous shooting frenzy. Eliminator mode enables up to four friends to play all at once | | • | Table Football?multiple balls at the same time, including a power ball that moves like a rocket or a stealth ball that turns invisible at any time | | • | All-Play ?A simplified control system using just the Wii Remote lets new players focus on having fun while the console does the rest |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Play professional soccer your way in EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 09. Play one of two ways?a Wii-specific take on the classic ?11 vs. 11' simulation or over-the-top arcade action with Wii versions of your favorite football superstars. Choose to play the style that best suits your skills from advanced controls for experienced players to new EA SPORTS All-Play that lets new players focus on fun using simplified controls with AI assistance. Experienced players can access in-depth controls, with refined gestures and a precision passing system and point-and-play control. You can even use a Classic controller or Nintendo GameCube controller.
Advanced Controls ? a precision passing system with point-and-play control for more experienced gamers. You can even use a Classic controller or Nintendo GameCube controller Online Play?Pick your favorite team and go online to challenge a rival squad one-on-one EA SPORTS Interactive Leagues - Represent your club online against your rivals throughout the season Manager Mode - Club finances and sponsors, visual sims and dynamic board expectations that change depending on your successes ? or failures Over 500 licensed teams all accurately represented with correct kits and crests
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fifa's grand oversight: forgetting to make a long-ball/short-ball distinction December 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fifa almost got everything right, but the one mistake that they made (not differentiating between short and long passes) is enough to take this game from nearly perfect to merely mediocre.
Besides the addition of the comprehensive and stellar manager mode, the primary difference between this game and the former version on the Wii console is the introduction of point and play controls. Such controls revolutionize video-game football. For example, no longer must you be frustrated by continually selecting the wrong (computer assigned) man on defense; merely point to any defender on the screen, and you become that person. No longer must you become irate that your pass went inexplicably to wrong place; point to a place on the screen, and you pass to that point, whipping in the perfect cross. (Crossing the ball into the box is much more realistic and user-friendly compared to the soft, floating, pointless crosses of the 08 version.) With this point and play control, Fifa 09 for the Wii takes advantage of the Wii's possibilities in all new ways.
However, it's unfathomable that Fifa didn't test the game on any potential consumers. My little nephew would immediately realize that there's no way to differentiate a ground pass from an air pass. There's only one button with which to pass the ball, the A button, and that button is the same for every kind of pass. Want to knock it over the forward's head for him to run onto the ball? Too bad, you'll pass it on the ground. Want to slot an incisive through ball between two defenders to your midfielder? Too bad, you'll pop it up in the air. Thank you Fifa: thanks to your myopia, I've had to revert to using the Gamecube controller (Use the Gamecube controller, and the controls are perfect.), stripping the Wii of all its Wii-ness.
To think, had Fifa just had my toddler nephew test the game, the company could have assigned A button as ground pass and B button as air pass; the result would have been one of the best football games ever. A shame indeed.
 the most horrid FIFA soccer game I ever played - EVER! November 29, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have been playing FIFA games for many years dating back to '98 on a variety of consoles. I can say that without a doubt this is the most horrible expereince I've ever had by far. The team at EA Sports should be ashamed at presenting this as a legit Wii game. Where to begin...
GLITCHES! In the game and the commentary! I have had free kicks from the center circle go in, and sometimes my screen will phase out to black all of a sudden and it will be a goal kick for no apparent reason. And now the most annoying thing ever - after a long shot, many times the announcer will say that the player has injured himself and should come off! What!?!? Come on EA, how much did you play test this game, huh? A half hour at midnight after a drink or two? Or did you have 5 yr. olds play test it?
The controls are designed to give the user two options - all-play or advanced play. Advanced play is the most annoying feature as the line to the ball is shown where you are passing and quickly becomes very much a nuisance. All-play seems a bit easier and is designed for more "rookie" type of players. However, the computer plays as if it has additional moves and can make incredible curling shots and precise runs that you cannot.
Speaking of which, the difficulty settings are a joke - WAY too hard! Let me give you an example - I played a match set on "semi-pro" which is about a "medium" setting after I had patiently played for hours on the lower settings to get the hang of things. I played as Liverpool (one of the top dominant English teams) vs Cobh Ramblers (a crappy team from the Irish league). I used typical tactics and tried my hardest to score goals while also playing a all-around solid game including sound defense. I was defeated 4-2 with all 4 goals for the Ramblers being sensational, unrealistic long-distance strikes that obviously are impossible or curling twisting masterpieces that even the best real life players only rarely score, nevermind some no-name players for a poor one star team. This result is like your little brother's little league team beating the Yankees - it would just never happen - even in a video game.
The worst aspect of the all-play style is when you are defending. You can make a challenge for the ball which usually will not result in a foul but may leave the ball wide open for another opposing player to simply walk up to, take control, and move past your player - or you can slide tackle and be assured of a yellow or red - and still have the same result. This defending problem is shameful and simply highlights another fault in the playtesting area. Many times I have stopped an oncoming defender only to have one of his teammates simply walk up to the ball and score.
Set pieces are very difficult as are crosses and corners. The instruction manual gives you minimal information in these areas. Your only choice is to play through a "soccer academy" option which did nothing to help me. Very frustrating.
Stay away from this one, I wish I can get my money back but I've lost the receipt. Not fun and full of poor game play and design. It doesn't even feel like soccer when you are playing. Buy something else. I cannot believe I wasted fifty bucks on this piece of junk....
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