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Lace up your cleats and get ready to hit the field — Inazuma Eleven is finally coming to North America. The popular soccer series has been released on the Nintendo DS in Japan and Europe, but never in Canada or the United States. An interview last year with the president of developer Level-5, Akihiro Hino, hinted at the possibility of a North American launch.
The game itself is a mix of role-playing and sports: the player is given the opportunity to interact and explore the available areas in town and recruit new members to the team. Building up the team allows the player to participate in soccer matches. Special abilities used during the match can help turn the tide — either for better or worse! It’s an exciting way to play soccer!
Inazuma Eleven is mentioned on Nintendo’s release calendar with a date of Q1 2014 – so sometime in the next few months. This past September, Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt and Inazuma Eleven 3: Bomb Blast were released in Europe on the Nintendo 3DS.
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