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Pro Evolution Soccer (Wii) | 
 enlarge | From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 574
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: soccer-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: PESWII
EAN: 4012927090701
ASIN: B0014BJ1GI
Release Date: March 28, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: unwanted gift still has wrapper on
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Product Description
Created specifically to make full use of the Wii?s unique control system, PES 2008 brings all the realism of Pro Evolution Soccer to the Nintendo machine, but with a more ?team-orientated? control system. The Wii game mirrors the real sport?s use of open space and the exploitation of defensive lapses and accurate passes essential in creating scoring opportunities. The Wii version of PES 2008 expands on these elements, with the use of the Nunchuck and Wii Remote controllers giving the player control over both the player on the ball, and those around him. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Features: Using a point and drag system, the player uses the Wii Remote to guide the player with the ball, and perform all the skill moves and close control with subtle movements of their hand. Instantly, the Wii Remote is used to point at nearby players to select them to receive a pass or to latch on to a through-ball. The Remote can also be used to steer the run of the receiving player, giving extra control as they thread through masses of defenders or run into open space. The new system gives the player full control over their team, and allows the man marking of specific threats, while shakes of the Wii Nunchuk can be used to perform sliding tackles, and send the goal keeper out to clear a loose ball. The strategic elements are also easily accessed, with the directional controls of the Wii Remote used to activate tactical plays and spring counter attacks or send players tracking back. PES 2008 for Wii features six game modes, spanning Match, League and Cup elements, and Training and Trade section. The new version also features an exclusive ?Champions Road? competition, wherein players take their chosen team to compete in league competitions all over the world. The idea of the Champions Road tournament is to come top in every league, and build a team by receiving players from recently defeated sides. Experience points are added to all used players after a match, and
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| Customer Reviews: Read 38 more reviews...
 Pretty good September 6, 2008
M. J. Barr (Cornwall, UK)
I won't rattle on about the controls because if you're reading this you've probably read another more in-depth review of Pro Wii-vo, but this is a real step forward for footballing sims. This is a really refreshing take on the beautiful game but Holy Macaroni - it requires SERIOUS concentration! Credit to the designers but this all-new realisation of off-the-ball movement and controlling more than one player at a time is enough to turn your brain into pate. It's so well implemented though that I can't help but forgive them.
Now, if only Konami would do something about the dismal sub-PS2 visuals, and animation that's so robotic it makes C3P0 look like a cheetah by comparison. Then we'd have a true champion and a real Wii killer-app.
 Massive missed opportunity June 27, 2008
S. Perry
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love pro evo, it's the greatest game ever, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on this.
Yes, the passing and being able to position players is fabulous and revolutionary. However;
- it's practically impossible to defend; players just dont do what you want. Sliding tackles, barges, fouls... you wont find any of this.
- the worst crime though is the shooting. One little flick of the nunchuck and it decides exactly where it's going to shoot, how powerfully, everything. There's absolutely zero skill involved. A useless, useless gimmick that ruins the game.
So basically there's no skill in shooting and you cant properly nail people. So what's the point in playing. I'm gutted, it could have been so good, but it's overlooked the most fundamental part of the game.
Oh, and the graphics, music, commentary are beyond awful, but then you forgive that on every previous version because they've been so good. This time it just annoyed me more.
No wonder they put Michael Owen on the front cover. Had the potential to be the best game in the world, but it's no good if it dont work.
Great game great controls June 24, 2008
Alexander Wheeler (London, uk)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As everyone has already said, great fun game, really cool different controls, just so you know the menus aren't as detailed as other PES games i.e. players dont change their conditioning on this version at least. Yet to see what it's like on the PS3.
Overall great game and a def recommended buy
WARNING - pro evo fans avoid! June 24, 2008
D. Bixter (UK)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
While the new passing system is undeniably revolutionary, this game has a long, LONG way to go before it is as intuitive as previous pro evo incarnations. People used to pro evo will find the defense control (or rather lack of it) beyond belief - you literally just point to an opposing player and hope that your man decides to tackle him (he usually doesn't). The inability to actually control individual players when you are defending extends to loose balls - I have tried to direct a player onto a loose ball in loads of space - he makes the run to the ball, but then just stands there next to it and lets the opposition regain possession!
Another serious flaw is the shooting - you will spend ages frantically flinging the nun-chuck around, screaming at your player to shoot, then when he eventually does, it is nothing like you wanted - although it usually goes in, the fact that it is so easy to score removes any satisfaction you would have gained from doing so (I won my first game 5-0 and went on to win 12-0 and 14-0).
When in possession it is less frustrating - the passing is great and you can pull off some great combinations that would have been impossible in previous versions. However, this does not make up for the fact that for most of the game you feel like a spectator.
The lack of a proper master league is also a serious disappointment - "Champions Road" does not even remotely come close to the depth that previous games achieved. For example, to get new players, you select AT RANDOM, players from the team you just beat - it is very, very bad indeed!
Pro Evo for Wii has massive potential and I will certainly be looking out for Pro Evo 2009 - but I will be renting it first to save wasting my money as I did on this one.
This game is great for kids and people who have not played pro evo or any other football game before. However, if you are a veteran pro evo player then you're better off sticking to your old version - I'm going back to my PS2!
 Another Wii miss June 3, 2008
A. Leedham
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I dont usually write online reviews but I just had to for this game. It's got so many good reviews I was fooled into buying it. I felt compelled to add to the odd warnings smattered throughout the reviews.
The annoying thing is that it is close to justifying all the glowing reports but falls down on some fundamentals that basically make it pretty unplayable as a PES game.
I admit the point and click controls to drag players around and play balls into space work pretty well and after a few games it becomes pretty natural. Also the defending, albeit tricky, is workable after you work out how to control individual players and make slide tackles. The real problem comes with set pieces and shooting. Shooting is just rubbish with the nunchuck flick being used largely as a gimmick. It just doesn't work as you can't control how hard you want to kick the ball. Secondally and far worse is the dreadfall set piece functionality. Free kicks are again either a pass (you don't get to choose if it's a lofted pass or a driven pass just point where it's supposed to go and the game decides whether it dribbles along the floor (as it seems to do most the time) or is lobbed forward. Shooting from free kicks is pointless again just flick the nunchuck and it's just luck and the characteristics of the player that decide what happens (which is usually nothing much). Corners are probably the most frustrating because they are so close to being good. you can drag players around so they make runs in at the far or near post but then when you press the button (and there's only one useed for all types of passing) the ball just comes in weak and low irrespective of where you point for it to go.
All in all this was so close to being good but the developers obsession to use the wii's flicky controls rather than using a couple of buttons where it's needed has ruined it.
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