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Summary

Nintendo World Cup is the Western face of Technōs Japan’s high‑school soccer saga, originally released in Japan as Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer Story. As the fourth entry in the Kunio‑kun lineup, it swaps the series’ usual brawling for a fast‑paced, six‑a‑side football match where offsides don’t exist and fouls are merely a nuisance. Each squad—13 in total—fields a goalkeeper, two defenders, a midfielder and two forwards, and you can cue teammates to pass or shoot while pulling off team‑specific "super shots" like bicycle kicks or diving headers. The pitch itself changes the game; icy surfaces make the ball slide, while sand and dirt add their own quirks.

The Game Boy port lets you dive into a Tournament mode, battling CPU teams solo or with a friend, and a VS Match mode where you can square off on any of the varied fields. Multiplayer works through the classic link cable or the Four Player Adapter, letting up to four players chase that coveted World Cup trophy together.

Storyline

Nintendo World Cup – known in Japan as Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer Story – follows a quirky soccer showdown that starts on a high‑school level. Eight students named Atsushi, Genei, Hiroshi, Kunio, Masa, Masahiro, Susumu and Takashi form a team and battle thirteen rival high schools in a tournament to claim the top spot.

The game then expands to an international stage, pitting thirteen national squads – Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, England, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Soviet Union, Spain and the United States – against each other in a World Cup‑style competition. The goal is simple: out‑score every opponent and become the world’s number one soccer team.

Edited by Maya Carter