Fortunately, the tournament mode does include a league mode where players can go through one season in a league. A hypothetical franchise mode wouldn’t even need much depth, and would have given this experience much more value. Omitting this is a huge oversight, especially for players who like to manage teams.
Even other simple pixel sports titles like Super Blood Hockey comes with a franchise mode. The lack of a real franchise mode is the game’s biggest disappointment, and the reason why Super Aracde Football won’t have the staying power of other sports games. Fortunately its easy to just ignore the actual and go straight to the soccer. It’s an offensive script that almost sullies the entire game’s experience. I simply can’t figure out how this script was approved and seen as a good idea.
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The dialogue is poorly written and full of fat-shaming. The actual story in story mode is borderline awful. There a small missions and objectives throughout the games to challenge players, but otherwise its a straightforward story mode. The story mode is fine, with players tasked with rebuilding a dying club. Super Arcade Football only comes with three modes: Story, tournament, and the option to play a single match. One area that this game falls short in is the variety in modes. The formations are easy to choose even for someone with little knowledge of soccer, especially because they all begin with the words “offensive” or “defensive.” This includes substitutions, injuries, and formations. While Super Arcade Football is aggressively simple, it does have a few surprising mechanics that add a little depth. At the end of the short game, there can be an overtime if that was chosen in the settings, but usually a match will end with a winner or a tie. Players can also tackle at the risk of a penalty or even being carded. Stealing is easy too, with the opposing player needing to only make contact with the ball to take it. Players don’t need to worry about dribbling controls, and only need to get the player to make contact with the ball to move it up and down the field. Matches are quick, with a default time of 3 minutes per half. The gameplay feels balanced, especially when playing with a friend, and a few gameplay settings can be tweaked to make it more enjoyable based on the players’ tastes. It’s no FIFA, but the simplicity of Super Arcade Football is what makes it so enjoyable.
The controls are simple, with players really only being able to pass, shoot and make tackles.
Goals are at the top and bottom, and players can freely control a team against the AI or other players. Super Arcade Football is a sports game with a top-down perspective. While I wish there was just a bit more content, I am happy to say that I am at least somewhat satisfied by Super Arcade Football. Super Arcade Football caught my eye as a game that can maybe fill that void. Now a decade later, the game isn’t supported on any modern devices, and I’ve been left with a hole in my heart that can only be filled by another arcade soccer game with pixel art.
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Super Arcade Football Developer and Publisher: OutOfTheBit Genre: Sports Nintendo Switchĭuring my teenage years and the early days of Android gaming, I spent a lot of time playing Soccer Superstars, an arcade soccer game with pixel style graphics and a lot of personality.
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