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| Developer(s) | EA Canada, Exient Entertainment (DS/GBA) |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Designer(s) | Joe Booth, Hugues Ricour, Kaz Makita |
| Series | FIFA series |
| Platform(s) | PC, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PSP, Xbox 360 |
| Release date(s) |
September 25, 2006
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| Genre(s) | Sports game (football) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer |
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| Media/distribution | DVD, UMD, Cartridge, Nintendo optical disc |
FIFA 07 (also known as FIFA Football 07 and FIFA Soccer 07) is the 2007 edition of EA Sports' series of football simulator video games. Developed by EA Canada, it is published by Electronic Arts.
It was the last game in the FIFA series to be released for the GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance, and the second to be released for the Xbox 360. The next-generation graphics and physics engine used in the Xbox 360 version will be exclusive to the console for a period of 12 months.[1] It was also released for PC, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2.
There are seven different covers of FIFA 07, each with a different player, depending on which region the game is sold in. Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona) graced the cover of all the games and was joined by Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy) and Francisco Fonseca (UANL Tigres) in North America; Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Benelux; Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich) in Germany; David Villa (Valencia) in Spain; Kaká (Milan) in Italy; Juninho (Lyon) in France; Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen) in Switzerland; and Kim Nam-Il (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) in South Korea.
FIFA 07 sponsored Accrington Stanley for the 2007–08 season, with the FIFA 07 logo displayed on the back of the team's shirts.[2]
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The following features are in the game:
There are a total of 27 leagues available in FIFA 07. There is also an International league that features national football teams, and a Rest of World league that includes other notable clubs from around the world.
360 - not available on the Xbox 360 Version.
DS - not available in the DS version.
GBA - not available in the Game Boy Advance version.
OL - Interactive online league.
1 - The Danish Ligaen will be a generic league on the Nintendo DS version.
2 - Juventus was included in the Italian Serie B on the Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, Gamecube, PSP and PC versions, and in Serie A on other consoles.
3 - New Inclusion
4 Even though Toronto FC joined MLS for the 2007 MLS season, it was not included in this game.
Electronic Arts developed a new sports engine for the Xbox 360-version of FIFA 07. This meant not only improved graphics and better controls, but the physics and control were also improved. The game collects more data from the matches than previous version, and thus is able to give a "man of the match" award. The commentary in English is provided by Martin Tyler and Andy Gray and the commentary in Mexican Spanish is provided by Enrique Bermúdez and Ricardo Peláez.
Extra features include up-to-the-minute real-world game results via real-time, weekly podcasts and news ticker, detailed football stats, information and real-world news available in five languages. Via Xbox Liharacters. Finally, the Xbox 360 version will offer a mini-game while the game loads, dropping the player in a one on one face off against the goalkeeper on a practice pitch. There is also very limited leagues on the Xbox 360 compared to the other consoles.[3]
EA cut all but seven leagues from the Xbox 360 version of the game - one of which contained only one team (Juventus). According to producer Jean-Charles Gaudechon, this is because the new game engine took so long to develop that EA was not able to implement everything.[4]
A FIFA 07 demo was made available on Xbox Live Marketplace on 6 October 2006.
FIFA 07 features a wide variety of world music on its soundtrack. The songs featured are as follow:
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FIFA 07 was also included in the Championship Gaming Series and the World Cyber Games.
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