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| FIFA 08 Soccer | 
 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $18.45
You Save: $1.54 (8%)
Buy New/Used from $17.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3460
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.7
MPN: 15329
UPC: 014633153293
EAN: 0014633153293
ASIN: B000RHZJI4
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Manual Goalkeeper Control ?Control the goalkeeper in one-on-one situations to deny the striker yourself. | | • | Enhanced AI ? New defensive and positioning logic requires greater tactical expertise to break down the opposition. | | • | Custom Formations ? Design your own unique strategy to create the perfect formation and tactics. | | • | Scenario Sharing?Challenge friends with custom scenarios via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or generating unique codes to input into your DS. | | • | New Touch Screen Controls?Use the stylus and touch pad for ultimate control on free kicks, penalty kicks, and saves. |
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Product Description
Get closer to the action than ever before by mastering the skills required to play like a real professional soccer player in FIFA Soccer 08. From the moment you step on the pitch, FIFA Soccer 08 challenges you to think and react like a real soccer player by giving you complete control over all of the action. Use the stylus and touch pad for ultimate control on free kicks and penalty kicks, and on defense, take control of your goalie and command the wall at the most crucial times. Master your nerves and perfect your shot on penalty kicks to win glory for your club in a new Penalty Shoot-Out mode. Intelligently manage your club by preparing for each specific opponent using new custom formations. Design your own unique strategy to create the perfect formation and tactics. Assign roles and move players to the exact position in relation to teammates to undermine the opposition. In addition, FIFA Soccer 08 is dramatically more real and exhilarating with the inclusion of 30 official leagues and more than 14,000 players all accurately re-created. New Penalty Shoot-Out Mode? Use new moves to strike the ball past the goalie. Master your nerves to score the goal that wins your team glory. New Online Play ? Challenge your biggest rivals across the world via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Single Card Play - Go head-to-head against a friend who has another Nintendo DS (if not the game) in a Single-Card Play wireless match Complete Authenticity - Featuring 30 leagues and 14,000 players all accurately re-created. ESRB Rated E for Everyone
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| Customer Reviews:
 good game October 6, 2008
there is no reason to buy 09. 08 is perfectly fine. i just moved ronaldino from FCB to AC milan
Best Sports Game for the DS April 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Darn it this is a fun game! This is not only the best soccer game on the ds, but the best sports game on the ds period. The graphics (if you care about that sort of thing) are about the best the ds has to offer, and the physics are very realistic. Everything- from your team to the chant your crowd cheers- is completely customizable. You get to draw your own team logo, create their uniforms, their motto, and of course team name. The most hilarious being recording your team chant into the microphone. There are an insane amount of licensed teams, and the players all look pretty similar to the ones in real life. The game supports online play and the touch screen controls (used only for free kicks, goal kicks and defending a goal kick) give the game a little extra something special. This is a must have for any footie fan.
Son says: "It's the greatest DS game I own" March 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 11 year old son loves this game for the multiple playing modes, good graphics and details. Another feature he enjoys is the instant replay function. My son is an active soccer player himself and very versed with international teams. He enjoys that he can call up any international major or minor soccer league. My 11-year old says: "I recommend you buy it".
 As good as soccer on the DS is as likely to get... January 14, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Fifa 08 is by my reckoning the 3rd instalment on the DS and without doubt the best version so far. The question is with Pro Evolution 2008 on the horizon for DS, how long will it keep its crown?
The commentary is fun and usually relevant to the action on the pitch although understandably it starts to repeat after a while. The player models look ok; their faces look pretty accurate in the team selection screen although they look much less good in the matches. The replays on the top screen are fun as are the highlights packages at the end of each half.
The gameplay is fun for short bursts, everything works as it should and it won't be long before you're smashing in 30-yard screamers into the top corner. The problems come when defending where you are restricted to either pressing the "pressure" button which is almost useless, or going for a sliding tackle which often results in a foul and card. I have had a few bizarre and comedy goals which isn't quite realistic to real life, and the ball seems to hit the crossbar or post at least twice a game which is more than it should be.
The main attraction to most people is the real players and teams, which Pro Evo usually lacks. The problem with even licensed games comes when players transfer and this game doesn't have any player edit or transfer modes (that I can find, anyway!) so for example Tevez is not on Manchester United. This is I guess due to lack of memory on the cartridge, but it is an area where the DS can't hope to compete against it's PS2 & 3 big brothers.
The season mode is quite a good long term challenge which will take a long time to complete but other than that the number of modes is a little light, although obviously you can play online if you have the equipment (I sadly don't).
The touch screen is used to display formations and tactics, but trying to change them on the fly while playing can be a bit awkward! The stylus is also used more originally on set pieces, such as free kicks and penalties and although it is more of a gimmick than anything else, it helps make the game seem more fun.
Overall this is a good little game for DS and if you want football on the go, it's probably your best option for now, but don't expect it to compare to any of the console editions, especially the next-gen!
 Very good game November 26, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
In spite of the somewhat disappointment this game has been for the three major consoles, I believe they did very well in the DS version.
It's really fun to play, the graphics are surprisingly good (considering the processing power of the DS). Very easy and fast to get up and running. The teams and their players are pretty accurate. The physics are actually amazingly good and accurate (again, as said above, considering the processing power of a DS). Game play is very fluid and dynamic. The AI "hardness" levels have some gaps (i.e. in Amateur level it's ridiculously easy, but one notch up and it's almost impossible to beat), but less so than in past versions. Players' skill and endurance are also very well done. The only drawbacks: no ability to set a game's duration to more than 8-real-minutes per half and the WFC multi-player feature needs some work to make sure neither player leaves a match w/o giving up (forfeit) first. Other than that, I think it's a brilliant game; definitely worth the shillings.
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