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International Superstar Soccer (video game)

International Superstar Soccer is a 1994 football video game developed and published Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the first title in the International Superstar Soccer (ISS) series of sports video games. It was initially released in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1994, and also in North America and Europe for the SNES in 1995. The game sold over 500,000 copies since its first week of release.

Content
Game modesOpen Game: A simple friendly match, that can be played against the CPU, another player, or just watched as the CPU controls both teams. • International Cup: A mode that emulates the FIFA World Cup, (which had qualifying round. where teams are distributed in six groups of four that year), teams each. The best 16 in this stage qualify to the knockout stage until the champion is known. • World Series: A league competition where all teams play against each other in a round-robin system. • Training: A series of challenges in different respects (dribbling, passing, shooting to the goal, defending and corner kick taking, in order), where the player must complete these challenges successfully under the established time, with the goal to sharpening the player's abilities. • Scenario: Enables the player to select one among nine matches running their courses, in order to achieve victory before time runs out (all matches start during the second half, and the player's team may be losing or tied). A draw results in failure. • Penalty Kick: A simple penalty kick match. Each team takes five shots alternately and, if there is no winner after these shots, they go into a sudden death round. The game uses a password system in order to save and load International Cup and World Series Euro Cup matches. == Teams ==
Teams
There are 26 national teams and a secret team. These are the teams that appear in both versions, in the order they appear in the team selection screen. • ItalyGermanySouth KoreaCameroonNigeriaUnited StatesMexicoColombiaBrazilArgentinaBulgariaRomaniaBelgiumIrelandSwedenFranceEnglandSpainNetherlands • Super Star Team These are the teams that appear only in the USA/EUR version: • RussiaSwitzerlandAustriaNorwayDenmarkWalesScotland These are the teams that appear only in the JAP version (based in the AFC Final Round for the 1994 FIFA World Cup) • IraqIranNorth KoreaSaudi ArabiaJapan == Reception ==
Reception
According to Famitsu, International Superstar Soccer sold 96,608 copies in its first week on the market and 207,467 copies during its lifetime in Japan. The game received generally favorable reception from critics. The two sports reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly both gave it a 7 out of 10 rating. Similar to GamePro, they remarked that the controls are imperfect but praised the graphics and play options. One of the reviewers complained that the enjoyable play-by-play feature of the Japanese version was taken out of the North American release. Allejo Due to lack of licenses of FIFA, Konami created fictional names to represent real players. One of them was Allejo, modeled after Bebeto and considered by some gamers and meme-makers, especially those from Brazil, as the "greatest footballer never to exist". ==Notes==
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