Inazuma Eleven GO Shadow

Inazuma Eleven GO Shadow is a role-playing video game and sports video game for the Nintendo 3DS developed and published by Level-5. It was released on December 15, 2011 in Japan and Europe on June 13, 2014 and released on July 18, 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. There are two versions of the game, Shine and Dark, which was released in Europe as Light and Shadow. An Inazuma Eleven GO manga based on the game began serialization in CoroCoro Comic, while an anime TV season based on the game produced by OLM started airing on May 4, 2011.

10 years after the FFI, an unnoticed darkness lurks behind the country; Japan and what used to be soccer has changed over the decade. Because of the victory of Inazuma National, soccer has become greatly popular and influential in the country, to the point that a school’s worth is directly proportional to the skill of their soccer team. The weak schools are forgotten and forced to close down due to lack of public interest and applicants.

Soccer in Japan is now controlled by an organization called Fifth Sector and is led by the one known as the “Holy Emperor” Alex Zabel. Soccer in its current state is controlled and relies on the commands of the Holy Emperor on whether a team wins or loses based on set scores. This saved schools all over the nation from closing down by balancing tournaments—but a price had to be paid: “real soccer” didn’t exist. The gameplay is the same previous entries.

The core gameplay involves a role-playing adventure in which the player controls Arion Sherwind to explore the map, recruit new players, advance the story, and engage in soccer battles. Likewise, soccer Matches and soccer battles are controlled using the touch screen, and play in the same way as all prior games. New to GO are “Fighting Spirits”. Fighting Spirits are mythical beings which players can summon during soccer matches/battles. A player’s Fighting Spirit gives them an offensive and defensive advantage, and often allow the summoner to perform unique hissatsu techniques which involve their Fighting Spirit.