Super Famicom
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published in Japan by
Taito
is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...
in 1994. A North American release, ''Super Soccer Champ 2'', was planned but not released.''Super Soccer Champ 2'' at Snes Central
Summary
The game permits players to play
soccer
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on an international level with all the national teams that took part in the
1994 FIFA World Cup
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, except the inclusion of
Japan
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instead of
South Korea
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.
Most of the text is in
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
; including the players'
surname
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Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
s. Eight different players can become the captain of the player's team and the team can use one of five different
formation
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Linguistics
* Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes
* Word formation, the creation of a new word by adding affixes
Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
s (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-5-2, WM and libero). All of the formations are used in modern-day soccer except for the WM formation (which saw common use in
England
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during the 1930s). The star player (captain) chosen kicks a shot (super shot or hyper shot) that pushes the goalkeeper into the stands, just like in Hat Trick Hero. Exhibition, world league (similar to a
World Cup
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tournament) and Taito Cup (24 teams to beat) are the three possible variations in the game. After beating all the 23 national teams in the Taito cup mode, there is a final game against a team with the abbreviation "NLC".
Mode 7
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graphics give the game a sense of perspective.
''Hat Trick Hero 2'' is the sequel to ''
Football Champ
''Football Champ'' is an arcade-style football (soccer) video game produced by Team Dogyan developers in Japan, and originally released in the arcades by Taito in 1990.
''European Football Champ'' and ''Hat Trick Hero'', released in 1992, are v ...
'' in Japan (where it was known as ''Hat Trick Hero''), and is loosely based on the coin-operated video game ''Hat Trick Hero '93''.
It was released in Japan on July 29, 1994.