Inazuma Eleven Strikers

 Wii
  • Publisher: Nintendo
  • Release Date: 07/16/2011 (Japan)
User Score
8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 30
  3. Negative: 1 out of 30
view
per page
  1. Crazy-guy
    Nov 12, 2012
    9
    I love this game it got a very great multiplayer but i must say it lacks on singeplayer because,
    Not very much teams and with a normal shot of something you just cant score but i think it can give you 20-30 ours fun..
  2. Kiber
    Mar 29, 2013
    8
    This is an interesting case, where I know the game is somewhat weak, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Lets start. The game is about the Inazuma Eleven anime series, where junior high school students use various "hissatsu techniques" Killer techniques to win their games. The game itself is immensely fun there is hundreds of characters, each with their own hissatsu techniques. The gameplay isThis is an interesting case, where I know the game is somewhat weak, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Lets start. The game is about the Inazuma Eleven anime series, where junior high school students use various "hissatsu techniques" Killer techniques to win their games. The game itself is immensely fun there is hundreds of characters, each with their own hissatsu techniques. The gameplay is fun, easy to pick up, but deep to master. Most of the poor reviews here are thanks to the fact that people try too much to play it like a regular soccer game, like FIFA series. Inazuma Eleven is actually best played as a fast paced arcade RPG and while played like that, many of it's flows seem to have little reason. First of all, the graphics. They are absolutely amazing. Knowing the original Wii's capabilities, they are insanely polished and visually pleasing. A huge difference from the super edgy DS graphics, to which most of us got used to. The hissatsu's are super flashy and with loads of nice effects. The graphics get a huge plus for me, as rarely any Wii game has so much visual prowess as this one. The main game mode is the "Club Room". Here you create your own team, manage it, have them train, play friendly matches and participate in tournaments. At first, you will have the traditional Raimon team from the end of the first season. Following the show, you will battle teams like Royal Academy (Teikoku Academy), Zeus, Chaos, Dark Emperors and more. Most of these teams are straight from the show, with the exception of Alius Academy, Int'l Allstars and the Girls Team, which are composed of the strongest and most notable players of the Alius arc and the Nationals arc respectively. Each team has from eleven to seventeen players, and since there is twelve teams plus a load of secret unlockable characters, the total number of players exceed two hundreds. After defeating teams in tournaments, the players from other teams you beat may be scouted and added to your own team. This gives a great sense of progression. You can also train your teammates to improve their maximum TP (the game's Mana equivalent, needed to launch hissatsu's) and bonds. Bonds are useful, because they give great variety of stats as well as unlock potential combination shots, who far exceed normal hissatsu shots.
    The flow of the game is one part, where the game starts to struggle. Trying to score a goal without using a super flashy hissatsu is incredibly difficult. I have to confess, after playing this game for sixty hours, I only scored once in a non-penalty-shot without a help of a hissatsu. To perform a hissatsu shot, you need to charge a single player's power by holding a button. Charge it up and release it the animation will play and hope for the best. To counter this, all defenders and some other players have hissatsu blocks to instantly take the ball away from the opponent. Just shake the remote, animation will play and the ball is yours. Then there is dribble hissatsu's, the game's way to counter blocks and get the ball through. Just shake the remote with the ball in possession animation will play and you get past the defenders. If an opponent performs a hissatsu shot, your goalkeeper will automatically be selected. Then, you can choose the type of hissatsu block you want, mash buttons, see the flashy animation and hope for the best. Notice the trend? Animations. Everywhere there is animations. They are unskippable and might irritate or get annoying, but they are pretty short and the graphics just pay it off. The controls are good. Very easy to learn, ability to play without the nunchuck perfect. The only downside is that the dribble button on the "remote only" controls is on the minus button, so you can't charge up a shot, run and dribble at a same time, so you are left with a huge disadvantage in later stages of the game. Other than that, it is perfect and responsive.
    The AI. It is mediocre. Like probably any soccer game ever, you will eventually start beating the strongest difficulty in huge score differences, but that is okay, I guess. However, since it is a stat based game, the stronger difficulties repay by incredibly high player stats. The AI however, can't dribble or use Inazuma Time a great feature to make you blast off anyone in contact so it kinda handicaps itself.
    Multiplayer. It has the classic multiple controllers to the Wii mode, however, no WiFi play. That is a pretty big minus, as everyone wants to show off their team and skills to strangers. there is also a feature to "support" the main player by waving the second controller at the certain time. That feature just makes the teams so incredibly overpowered, that they are able to destroy anyone in their path. That's another small minus.
    The sound. Well, it is bad. The players have two or three phrases and the commentator is just ridiculously annoying. It's bad, but understandable the Wii discs didn't have enough space for all the phrases.
    Bottom line BUY IT.    … Expand
  3. fedginator
    Jul 20, 2013
    9
    not as good as either of the DS games (ie1 93/100, ie2 100/100), especially as there are so fewer characters. but still fun overall especially as a multiplayer. there are issues though like it can take ages for the partner for the moves to turn up.
  4. D484
    May 20, 2017
    8
    Este es tu juego cuando quieres jugar a un juego de fútbol que no sea el FIFA o el PES. Está muy divertido sobre todo para jugar con amigos haciéndonos nuestros propios equipos. Le pongo un 81/100.
  5. rcc10galaxy
    Jun 14, 2020
    9
    Extremely (and surprising) fun. It gets to encapsule almost everything that made the saga great.
  6. Al5wy
    Nov 13, 2021
    10
    Really good game. You should play it if you love games like mario strikers!!
  7. Milozaki_
    Feb 25, 2022
    10
    Great JRPG combined with soccer!
    This game has a very interesting story, good multiplayer and great postgame.
  8. Gabriel10v
    Mar 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk minha pk no cu de quem tá lendo, e no de quem não tá tb… Expand

Awards & Rankings

38
#38 Best Wii Game of 2011
11
#11 Most Discussed Wii Game of 2011
2
#2 Most Shared Wii Game of 2011

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. GamingXP
    Nov 27, 2012
    74
    Inazuma Eleven Strikers is a game with a lot of potential, with a funny multiplayer and the well made art works. Unfortunately, there is no flow and often the gameplay is messy.
    Read full review
  2. XGN
    Nov 9, 2012
    65
    Inazuma Eleven Strikers will deliver you a soccer experience you have never had before. The great cinematic powers that the game give to you, are amazing. Especially fans of the tv-series will enjoy this adventure with ll of their favourite teams. The game is not perfect, but with some friends you can have a lot of fun.
    Read full review
  3. Eurogamer Portugal
    Nov 6, 2012
    40
    Inazuma Eleven Strikers is an incomplete game and a departure from what made the series popular on Nintendo DS.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »