Nintendo World Cup

At its core, the game follows the rules of soccer, but with some noticeable differences. Each team has only six players (a goalkeeper , two defenders , a midfielder and two forwards ). The players control only one of them, but can give orders (Pass/Shoot) to the others. Offsides is not present and fouls are not punished.

Players can be knocked out by repeatedly tackling them. They will then stay down for the rest of the half. Players can also use up to five " super shots " per half. These powerful shots are used whenever a player does a bicycle kick or most of the time when doing a diving header, or when shooting after walking a certain number of steps.

The " super shots " differ from team to team. g. ice, which heavily impacts movement of players and the ball. There are two game modes: Tournament mode : one or two players select from the 13 available teams, in order to defeat their CPU-controlled opponents.

VS Match mode : enables players to confront each other on sand, ice or dirt playing fields . On the NES version, up to four players can compete using the NES Four Score or the NES Satellite . For the Game Boy, a link cable or Four Player Adapter would be used. Graphically, the NES version game looks similar to the Famicom version and other games in the Kunio-kun series, particularly Downtown Nekketsu Story/River City Ransom , with its short-legged, big-headed characters having varied faces.

In fact, some sprites , such as Kunio and the other members of the Japanese team, were reused from that game.