Inazuma Eleven is a video game series developed by Level-5 for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS portable consoles. It is a role-playing soccer video game. So far, 8 games have been released, along with 2 spin-off games and 1 game in development. There are also an anime adaption and a manga adaption.
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Inazuma Eleven
Inazuma Eleven is the first video game in the series. The game was released in August 2008 for the Nintendo DS.
The main character Endou Mamoru has a problem. The soccer club he leads as a goalkeeper has seven members, and with a practice game with the nation's best team, Teikoku Academy scheduled in a few weeks, the existence of his team is on the line. Endou frantically builds up a team that later participates in the Football Frontier, a national soccer tournament for middle schools. With Endou's enthusiasm and the will to never give up, the Raimon Jr. High School soccer team works their way up to being the top middle school soccer team of Japan.
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Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire and Blizzard
Inazuma Eleven 2: The Threat of the Invader is the second video game in the series. The game was released in October 2009 for the Nintendo DS. There were two versions released: Fire and Blizzard.
The Raimon Jr. High School team is considered the best team in the nation after winning the Football Frontier tournament. However, a new threat has risen. One day, soccer players claiming to the Aliens come to the school and destroy it using strange black soccer balls. The entire building was demolished, and the Raimon soccer team led by goalkeeper Endou Mamoru were devestated. However, they decide to try to stop the Aliens, who claim to be Aliea Academy. They begin a journey around the nation, gathering comrades and having matches against various teams of the Aliea Academy.
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Inazuma Eleven 3: Spark, Bomber, and The Ogre
Inazuma Eleven 3: Challenge to the World is the third video game in the series. The game was released in July 2010 for the Nintendo DS. There were initially two versions of the game released, Spark and Bomber, with a third game, The Ogre, released in December 2010.
Raimon is not only the top middle school soccer team of Japan, but is also credited to chasing off the threat from Aliea Academy. The next challenge can only be the world! The Football Frontier International was to be held. Various teams from all over the world will be competing in the tournament. The best of the world will clash to claim the crown. Members of the Raimon Jr. High School team, along with various helpers from their travels in effort to defeat Aliea Academy and other characters, new and old, meet to decide who will be representing Japan in the Asia qualification tournament. With the team decided, they will meet rivals, both new and old, in a series of games to the top of the world.
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Inazuma Eleven GO!: Shine and Dark
Inazuma Eleven GO! is the fourth video game in the series. The game was released in December 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS. There were two versions released, Shine and Dark.
Set ten years after Inazuma Eleven 3, the world revolves around soccer. Soccer decided your future. If you went to a school with a good soccer team and was able to play on its team, you would be basically guarenteed a good future. On top of that, soccer was being regulated by the organization, Fifth Sector. Led by the Holy Emperor, Ishido Shuji, Fifth Sector determined the outcomes of each game in the national tournament, the Holy Road. Soccer was not free anymore and was rigid and regulated. Soccer, itself, was the enemy.
However, the winds of revolution kicked up with the main character, Matsukaze Tenma. The enthusiastic 7th grader is a complete beginner in soccer. With no experience to speak of, he aims to be on the Raimon soccer team. The Raimon soccer team, being known as the heros of Japan, is on the verge of collapse as Fifth Sector sends a team to destroy the normally prestigous team. Matzukaze was able to join the team after the near-collapse of the Raimon team and bring his teammates together to save soccer. Returning to Raimon as coach, Endou leads the team through the Holy Road tournament to bring back the soccer they loved and enjoyed.
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There are two spin-off games for the Nintendo Wii: Inazuma Eleven: Strikers and Inazuma Eleven: Strikers 2012 Xtreme. Along with that, the second game in the Inazuma Eleven GO!, Inazuma Eleven GO! 2: Chrono Stone, is in development.
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