Will we finally see the end of the tunnel in 2024 regarding Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road ? This long-term project for Level-5 began many years ago since it was introduced in 2016 as a simple in-game adaptation of the new series which was then in production, Inazuma Eleven Aresand which then had as a result Orion. Okay, a big one reboot has been carried out in the meantime, but still. Since the start of 2023, it seems closer to completion than ever, with international communication. And this game is promising, sinceit will offer us nearly 4,500 playable characters from all periods of the license, with an orientation live service turned towards online gaming to make it exist over time. After all, it will be necessary that Level-5 makes these long years of development profitable. He was obviously present during the Level-5 Vision 2023 II this week, with several interesting news.
To start, we will finally be able to play it very soon, at least Switch owners. Indeed, a beta will thus be organized worldwide in March 2024 and will offer its content in English, Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, which is as follows:
- Alone : Team selection and difficulty.
- Online PvP : Random matches / Private matches / Team selection / Character progression / Save (no transfer to the main game upon release).
- Story Mode : Chapter 1.
The final release is also planned for next year internationally, without further details, on Switch, but also PS5, PS4, iOS and Android as already mentioned previously. The trailer released for the occasion showed us different aspects, with as many crazy techniques on the field as ever, but also phases of play taking place in the city. The so-called fights of Focus are intriguing, because we see Joji Sakurazaki rushing into a group of thugs to demonstrate the feature. Will fighting not featuring football be on the program?
The song Leave Your Inazuma Mark on the World! of T-Pistonz which is heard in the video will serve as a theme for the beta. By the way, of cross play And cross-save will be supported in the commercial version, but not on mobile.
- New features : Redesigned match system / Team building / Player rarity / Spirits / Focus / Rush / Zone / Special tactics / Fighting spirit / Barrier system / Chain shot / Shot block / Long shot / Victory treasures / Briefing pre-match / Equipment / Skill change / Hero tokens / Ability learning table / Special move manuals / Passive skill manuals / Live commentary / Character voices.
- Story Mode : The most animated content in the history of the series (animation: MAPPA) / Talent search / History matches / Football fights / Focus fights / Regional qualifiers / National tournament / Practice matches / Training special.
- Chronicle Mode : Chronicle competition course / Player universe / Time travel with the Inazuma V Caravan / More than 4,500 characters including players from the past / More than 4,500 recoverable players.
- Online PvP : Victory Road Online Tournament / Free Matches / Player Ranks / Leaderboards / Seasonal Management / Seasonal Player Collection / Additional players and teams added online.
- Others : Catalog / Scene archive / Cast exchange functionality during event scenes / Player encyclopedia / Team encyclopedia / Integration of toy-related features / Additional stories and systems via Season Pass / Additional stories and systems via Expansion pass.
A second video has also been released to give us a better idea of how the events of the game will unfold, with here the briefing before facing Eastwind Peregrine. Unmei explains to Haru his strategy to try to win this match which seems lost on paper as the opponent is stronger, considered to be the best team in Kyushu. All this serves to introduce the tactics system and also allows us to discover the opposing players, in addition to giving a justification for the fact that values are assigned to the attack and defense of each character. However, even if the strategy proposed by Unmei is interesting, we might as well do as we please. Some visuals are also available on the following page.
Waiting to finally be able to lay our hands on Inazuma Eleven: Victory Roadthe manga volumes Inazuma Eleven which is no longer very young are still on sale at the price of €7.20 per unit on Amazon Or to the Fnac if you want to delve into the license.
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