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video game released in 2004. It was developed by EA Canada and published by

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. It was released for the

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(as simply ''FIFA Soccer''),

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, N-Gage and the Game Boy Advance. The tagline for the game was: "A great player needs a great first touch". ''FIFA 2005'' is the twelfth game in the

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, the ninth in 3D and the final game in the series for the PlayStation. ''FIFA Football 2005'' marks the first time to include the seventh-generation

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. The Japanese version of the game went by the name of ''FIFA Total Football 2'' and was released on 9 December 2004. FIFA Football 2005 is the last licensed game to be released for the

in North America.

Gameplay

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. The soundtrack was headlined by British DJ Paul Oakenfold, who composed the "FIFA Theme" especially for the game. The soundtrack was

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, Ivete Sangalo,

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, Marcelo D2, Oomph!, Scissor Sisters and Seeed. The main cover for the game featured

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, Fernando Morientes and

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. On the North American cover Oswaldo Sánchez replaced Vieira.

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provides commentary with Ally McCoist on special comments in the English version of the game. In most territories, ''FIFA 2005'' was the last game to release on the PlayStation console. The game's online servers were closed in 2008.

Reception

According to Electronic Arts, ''FIFA Football 2005'' sold above 4.5 million units worldwide by the end of 2004. While it had inferior gameplay to Konami's series, it was acknowledged to have improved significantly since the 2003 edition. The PlayStation 2 version of ''FIFA Football 2005'' received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The game was met with positive to average reception.

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and

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gave it a score of 85.33% for the Mobile version; 82.07% and 81 out of 100 for the Xbox version; 82% and 75 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version; 81.46% and 81 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; 80.99% and 78 out of 100 for the GameCube version; 78.25% and 77 out of 100 for the PC version; 77.90% and 79 out of 100 for the N-Gage version; and 74.36% and 73 out of 100 for the PSP version.

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gave the Mobile version a score of 8.4 out of 10 and said, "It doesn't supersede the console versions in any way, but the fact that it comes reasonably close says a lot about the quality of this game as well as about how far mobile gaming has come along."

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gave the same version 7.5 out of 10 and called it "unnecessarily hard". It received a runner-up placement in ''GameSpot''s 2004 "Best N-Gage Game" award category, losing to '' Colin McRae Rally 2005''.

References

External links

Official site
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