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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.48
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1813
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15526
UPC: 014633155266
EAN: 0014633155266
ASIN: B000RHXPGM
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Best Football Game Ever. November 13, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The biggest complaint about EA's FIFA franchise has been the absymal controls. Well, thanks to the Wii, those days are long over. Tricks and skills involve simple flicks of the controls instead of complicated late 80s Street Fighter type moves, and furthermore, things are no longer based on the perspective of the player in-game. Swinging the remote to the right ALWAYS means right, regardless of player facing or camera angle. Though Wii controls can be intimidating to those of us raised on control pads, everything is intuitive. Plus, FIFA 08 includes a nice tutorial / training feature that explains things so simply and easily that even an Xbox 360 fan could understand.
It is true that FIFA 08 on the Wii does not include a manager mode. The reason is quite simply that this game is meant to be PLAYED. The Wii has established itself as the ultimate party console, and now FIFA 08 is the ultimate footy arcade game. There are a number of highly sophisticated manager sims out there. This game is for those of us who want to dive on to the pitch and hear the roar of the crowd instead of sit in a boardroom and count our pounds or euros.
Structurally and gameplay-wise, this game is as close to perfection as EA Sports has produced for any sport. Since sports video games (on any console) tend to range from reasonable to enraging and seldom fantastic, FIFA 08's stratospheric quality and playability thanks to near perfect Wii controls could possibly make this the greatest sports video game ever. All it takes is a few minutes of immersion (and of course, a rudimentary knowledge of proper football tactics- which, by the way, you can customise!).
So what is missing? Other than manager mode, which is largely a non-factor, FIFA remains heavily Eurocentric. The only full CONMEBOL league is Brazil's Campeonato Série A (along with a handful of Série B clubs and one Série C club), with the much-demanded Argentine 1st division represented only by Boca Juniors and River Plate, with not even a whisper of high profile Copa Libertadores contenders such as Colo Colo of Chile, Millonarios of Colombia, Nacional of Uruguay, and so on.
Furthermore, there is still no J-League, nor are the Russian and Ukrainian leagues, which seems silly since bottom feeding Polish Ekstraklasa, the League of Ireland, and the Czech 1st division ARE included.
FIFA 08 contains a large battery of national sides, including Russia and Ukraine, but bizarrely Japan has been removed entirely, replaced by South Africa and near-dead last FIFA-ranked New Zealand. The only South American sides are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, the only African sides are Cameroon, Nigeria, and the aforementioned South Africa, and absolutely no Central Americans are represented, as the USA and Mexico are the only CONCACAF inclusions.
To conclude, despite the above mentioned head-scratching exclusions, FIFA 08 on the Wii features 621 clubs in 30 leagues. With online squad updates and absolutely sublime controls, this is a game that offers almost unlimited fun. An absolute must for the true football fan!
 Great game November 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think that the new controls added to the game, specificly the wii remote and nunchuck make the game a totally new way of playing video games, and fifa 08 its not the exception, i been playing fifa since 1997 and believe me that 10 years have past very fast!!!!!
i highly recomend the people to at least rent this game and try the new controls, like any other game you need to get use to the controls, once you are ready you would not stop playing.
The special addition or the special feauture for the wii, gives you the oportunity to play other games, or mini games, with your favorite mii its really cool.
give it a try!!
 Good, could be better November 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had played several computer versions of the FIFA games and the Wii version is very different in many ways. It is fun to control many things with the Wii control that gives you a sense of being in the game, however, I think that the graphics could be better. Still, it is a fun game, difficult to master, but I will keep on working on it.
Great concept, with a few drawbacks October 13, 2007
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
I've been looking forward to this release, since Fifa '06 is the last game I need to whip out my GameCube controllers for.
Pros:
1) Innovative use of Wii gestures. I'm really pleased with the control made possible through gestures. Passing accurately to players across the field, dribbling and tricks are very flexible, much more so than just flicking the C-stick to activate random tricks.
2) AI is great. I like the fact that, rather than just tackling or slide tackling, you can shove players, lunge, etc.
3) With the beginner mode and the Footii games, my wife will actually play this with me (a first).
4) I like the fact that the computer will actually commit fouls, and now will even substitute players.
5) The Soccer Academy is a great idea, really making it possible to gain fluency with the new controls. In general there is much more description of features than in past versions of the game.
Cons:
1) Despite the greater flexibility with Wii gestures, I really wish the Shoot gesture was accompanied by a button. Often times the player doesn't shoot until the 2nd or 3rd swing of the remote, and often that's too late. There are also two types of shots available by swinging the remote up or down, but no matter which direction I swing the remote, all my shots are "finesse shots".
2) No manager mode. Ouch.
3) The goal keepers are absolutely atrocious. If you do actually get the remote to recognize a shot, the goal keeper almost never stops it. The computer goalie has actually thrown the ball to my striker several times. When I control my own goalie, I can't seem to get him to go the direction I want (I'll swing the remote right and he'll go left). Perhaps I just need to practice more.
4) No manager mode. I know.
5) No standard practice mode. I really liked throwing the training jerseys on in scrimmage mode. Especially with the new controls it would be great to have this environment to practice.
All in all, I'm really enjoying the game. I really hope there will be improvements with the next version, such as, I don't know, adding a manager mode? Just a thought...
 Not horrible, just very disappointing October 12, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This isn't a horrible game, I just find it not to be very fun.
The mere fact there is no manager mode makes me wish I had just bought the game for my PS2 (which I will). I loved having to go through a league campaign, multiple cups and even the European Championship. It added games and made me have to try to go out and buy reinforcement players, as well as shift around my roster spots to keep my players legs fresh for big matches. All of that is wasted with FIFA 08 on the Wii because it is not available.
The graphics were fine for my taste.
The gameplay had it's moments but is a big reason why the game is not fun. I don't mind that they tried to add in the gesture controls for tricks and even passing, but when there is no button to shoot the ball, it just is not very fun. The gesture control doesn't seem very responsive. I am in open space, flip the wii remote up and nothing seems to happen. I try to one-time the ball and the guy slide tackles. I flip the wiimote down to head the ball and the player doesn't even leave his feet. It was a good try by EA but they just missed the mark.
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