Pro Evolution Soccer 6

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Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Release date(s)	27th October 2006
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	PEGI: 3+
Platform(s)	PC, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Wii
Media	DVD, UMD, DS Card, Wii 12cm Optical Disc

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is the latest release in Konami's hugely successful Pro Evolution Soccer franchise. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 was released on 27 October 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and PC platforms. ^[1] The Nintendo DS and PSP versions will follow on the 1 December. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is the 6th edition of the Series for the PlayStation 2, 2nd for the PSP and 4th for PC. This year features Pro Evolution Soccer 6 making its debut on the Nintendo DS and next-gen console, Xbox 360. A Bundesliga license was supposed to featured on the game but Konami were forced to remove the Bundesliga license, which means the Bundesliga will not be present in PES6, not even as a series of unlicensed teams.

The Xbox 360 version contains next-gen, Hi-Definition graphics and more animations, but gameplay similar to the console versions. The edit mode has been stripped down for the Xbox 360 release, due to technical restrictions. The graphics engine on the PC does not utilise the next-gen 360 engine but will again be a direct conversion of the PlayStation 2 engine.

In the UK Pro Evolution Soccer 6 managed to outsell FIFA 07's debut week by over 20 per cent – and while PES6 sold slightly fewer units on PS2 than its predecessor did last year, it succeeded in breaking Dead Rising’s week one Xbox 360 record. ^[2]

Contents 1 Covers 2 Teams 2.1 Clubs 2.1.1 Licensed Leagues 2.1.2 Licensed Clubs in Unlicensed Leagues 2.1.3 Unlicensed Clubs 2.1.4 Other Clubs 2.2 National 2.2.1 Licensed 2.2.2 Unlicensed 2.2.2.1 Europe 2.2.2.2 Africa 2.2.2.3 The Americas 2.2.2.4 Asia/Oceania 2.2.3 Non Playable Nations 2.2.3.1 Europe 2.2.3.2 North, Central American & Caribbean 2.2.3.3 South America 2.2.3.4 Asia 2.3 Classic Teams 3 New Features 3.1 International Challenge Mode 3.2 Random Selection Match 3.3 Gameplay 3.4 PES Shop 3.5 The Reebok Cup 3.6 Network 4 Stadiums 5 Features Missing in the Xbox 360 version 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Covers

• UK - John Terry and Adriano
• France - Thierry Henry and Didier Drogba
• Spain - Adriano and Cesc Fàbregas
• Germany - Adriano and Roque Santa Cruz
• Australia - John Aloisi
• Poland - Maciej Żurawski and Adriano
• Sweden - Kim Källström and Adriano

[edit] Teams

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Licensed Leagues

• Eredivisie
• La Liga
• Ligue 1 NEW
• Serie A

[edit] Licensed Clubs in Unlicensed Leagues

Arsenal FC FC Bayern Munich NEW Benfica NEW Celtic FC FC Copenhagen Djurgardens IF Dynamo Kiev Galatasaray SK

Juventus (Serie B) Sporting Lisbon NEW Manchester United FC NEW Olympiacos CFP NEW FC Porto Rangers FC Rosenborg BK

[edit] Unlicensed Clubs

Bruxelles (RSC Anderlecht) West Midlands Village (Aston Villa) FC Bosphorus (Besiktas JK) Lancashire (Blackburn Rovers) Patagonia (Boca Juniors) NEW Middlebrook (Bolton Wanderers) FC Belgium (Club Brugge KV) South East London Reds (Charlton Athletic) London FC (Chelsea FC)(New, was Licenced in Pro Evolution Soccer 5) Merseyside Blue (Everton FC) Constanti (Fenerbahçe SK) West London White (Fulham FC) Merseyside Red (Liverpool FC) Man Blue (Manchester City FC)

Teeside (Middlesbrough FC) Tyneside (Newcastle United) Athenakos FC (Panathinaikos FC) Pompy (Portsmouth FC) Berkshire Blues (Reading FC) NEW Pampas (CA River Plate) NEW Caopolo (São Paulo FC) NEW South Yorkshire (Sheffield United) NEW AC Czech (AC Sparta Praha) North East London (Tottenham Hotspur) Hertfordshire (Watford FC) NEW East London (West Ham United) Lancashire Athletic (Wigan Athletic)

[edit] Other Clubs

• PES United
• WE United
• There are 18 teams (Team A, Team B etc. all the way to Team R) that have identical players. This is mainly for the player to make 18 teams of his choice, editing the kits, flags and players.

[edit] National

[edit] Licensed

Argentina NEW Australia NEW Czech Republic NEW England NEW France NEW Italy NEW

Japan Netherlands NEW South Korea Spain NEW Sweden NEW

[edit] Unlicensed

[edit] Europe

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Denmark Finland Germany Greece Hungary Republic of Ireland Latvia Northern Ireland Norway

Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia & Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

[edit] Africa

Angola NEW Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Ghana NEW Nigeria

South Africa Tunisia Togo NEW

[edit] The Americas

Costa Rica Mexico Trinidad & Tobago NEW USA Brazil Chile

Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay

[edit] Asia/Oceania

• Iran
• Saudi Arabia

[edit] Non Playable Nations

The following teams can not be controlled by a user. The only time you will be able to play against these Nations are in "International Challenge" mode. There is no possible method of unlocking them or being able to play as them.

[edit] Europe

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Estonia
• Israel

[edit] North, Central American & Caribbean

• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Panama

[edit] South America

• Bolivia
• Venezuela

[edit] Asia

• Bahrain
• China
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• North Korea
• UAE
• Uzbekistan

[edit] Classic Teams

The following teams can be unlocked in the PES Shop for 1000 points each:

• Classic England
  
• Classic France
  
• Classic Germany
  
• Classic Argentina
  
• Classic Brazil
  
• Classic Italy
  
• Classic Netherlands
  

[edit] New Features

[edit] International Challenge Mode

This is the first time the International Challenge Mode has been included on the PES Series. Usually this is seen on the Japanese version Winning Eleven where you play as Japan, qualify them through to the International Cup and then attempt to win it. On PES however you have the ability to choose any playable Nation you want. The user can only play the qualifiers from Europe, South America and North/Central America. Although the tournament is not licensed, the qualifiers have a lot of similarities:

• A cross-playoff is used between a South American team and an Oceanian team, and a North American team plays an Asian team.
• There is the same number of qualifiers on the game from each region as there is in the real World Cup. e.g, 14 qualify from Europe.
• The qualifiers from South America are the same - 10 teams play each other twice with the top 4 qualifying and 5th place entering the cross-playoff.
• The qualifiers from North America are the same - 6 teams play each other twice with the top 3 qualifying and 4th place entering the cross-playoff.

Team selection can be changed before each game and the player can choose from any player with the elligable nationality.

[edit] Random Selection Match

Also new to PES6 is the Random Selection Match. In this mode the user has the ability to pick either 4 clubs/nations or 1 region to play as. Once selected the computer will pick a random selection of players from the selected teams or region for your playable team.

[edit] Gameplay

• Many complained that the referees were too fussy on previous games. Therefore, the ability of the referees has improved, as has the slide tackling of the players. Players now attempt to hook round the ball to get control.
• The signs that appear in the top left corner during an event in the game (i.e an injury is shown by an exclamation mark and advantage by a referee holding out his arms) have gone, but the two incidents still occur.
• A quick restart option is playable when a player has just been fouled but the guilty player will not be booked. However, this does not happen for all circumstances. If the user chooses to quick restart, the player will automatically put the ball down and pass it to a team mate, so its quite frustrating when the player gives it straight to an opponent.
• Handball incidents seem to occur more frequently when the player slides for the ball and it hits his arm. However, the handball rule is not featured in the game.
• Goalkeepers improve in some ways, but not in others. Goalkeepers can sometimes have the ball hit straight at them, only to parry it into their own net. They are better at saving long-range shots however.
• Free kicks are considered harder to score. More accuracy and power is needed and the goalkeeper is more than likely to save a shot without a lot of power.

[edit] PES Shop

• Players are available as always, but there have been many more added (all unlicensed, but real). It's not only retired legends that can be bought either - Freddy Adu, who is 17 is available.
• Costumes can be bought. The Ostrich and Raptor costumes have the players riding them. The Penguin costume has the player in a penguin suit.

[edit] The Reebok Cup

The game is sponsored by Reebok, and the Reebok cup is an uneditable knockout tournament with 16 teams. The user does choose the teams involved (all teams are elligable) and one team can enter more than once. There is an impressive trophy awaiting the victor.

[edit] Network

Groups have been introduced on the PES Network. A player can join/create a group that can gain points by playing together. Groups can play each other in rival matches. If a players create a group, they manage who's in and who's out, the team name, who else can allow others to join and matches. A player can join a group by asking to join. If the leader accepts, they are in the group. Only ten are allowed in one group at first, but there can potentially be 30 in a group at one time.

[edit] Stadiums

• Highbury, London
• Old Trafford, Manchester
• Magpie Park - St James' Park, Newcastle
• Red Cauldron - Anfield, Liverpool
• Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo
• Parc des Princes, Paris
• Stade Velodrome, Marseille
• Borussia Stadion - Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
• Hauptstadtstadion - Olympiastadion, Berlin
• Blautraum Stadion - Schuco Arena, Bielefeld
• Orange Arena - Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
• Rotterdam Stadion - De Kuip, Rotterdam
• San Siro, Milan
• Stadio Olimpico, Rome
• Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin
• Catalonia Stadium - Camp Nou, Barcelona
• Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
• Estadio Palo - Mestalla, Valencia
• Riazor, La Coruna
• Stockholm Arena - Rasunda, Stockholm
• Estadio Gran Chaco - Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires
• Amerigo Atlantis - Estadio Nacional, Chile

[edit] Features Missing in the Xbox 360 version

• Ability to Edit Team Names
• Ability to Edit Kits
• Ability to Edit Player Appearances
• Ability to Edit Boots
• Ability to Create Players
• Ability to Rename Leagues
• No PES Shop
• No Replay Save feature, despite being listed in the Game's manual as being assigned to X button
• Ability to swap kit combinations
• Online servers having problems from the start
• No online co-operative play

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Game Screenshots