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FIFA Football 2002

January 01, 1970

This article is about the annual FIFA video game. For the tournament, see 2002 FIFA World Cup. For the official video game of that tournament, see 2002 FIFA World Cup (video game).

FIFA Football 2002,[a] commonly known as FIFA 2002 and known in North America as FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer, is a football simulation video game released in 2001, produced by Electronic Arts and released by EA Sports. FIFA 2002 is the ninth game in the FIFA series.

FIFA Football 2002
Arsenal forward Thierry Henry is the cover athlete worldwide.
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesFIFA
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube
Release
  • NA: 30 October 2001[1]
  • EU: 2 November 2001
GameCube
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer

Power bars for passes were introduced, and dribbling reduced in order to attain a higher challenge level. The power bar can also be customised to suit the gamer's preference. The game also includes club emblems for many more European clubs as well as for major Dutch clubs such as PSV, AFC Ajax and Feyenoord, although there was no Dutch league of any kind (they were under the "Rest of World" header). This game also features, for the first time, the Swiss Super League, at the cost of excluding the Greek League. A card reward system licensed from Panini was also introduced where, after winning a particular competition, a star player card is unlocked.

Similar to FIFA 98, this game features a Road to the World Cup game mode featuring the real-life format of each qualification zone as well as every team that had participated in it (except Oceania), however the World Cup itself is not featured, either as part of the mode or as its own mode. If the player chooses any nations that had automatically qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup (i.e. France, Japan, and South Korea), the player is instead tasked with improving their FIFA ranking through international friendlies. As a bonus for qualifying from each region, the game will unlock continental cups from said region (marking the only time they appear in a FIFA game, except for the UEFA Euro), winning each regional cup would give the player a Panini card featuring star players from each continent. Once the player unlocks and wins all of the regional cups, the game will unlock the FIFA Confederations Cup as a bonus (also the only time it appears in a FIFA game).

However, most of the international teams featured in the game are not licensed (some of them down to the players' names like the Netherlands), while smaller countries such as Barbados, were only given numbers as player names. To date, this was the last FIFA edition (not counting the World Cup versions) to feature the Japan national team, since Japan Football Association would go on to concede exclusive rights to Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series. Also, this was the final FIFA edition to feature the Israel Premier League and its teams.

France and Arsenal star Thierry Henry is featured as the cover star. FIFA Football 2002 is the last FIFA for 10 years to only have one person as the cover star, before Lionel Messi appeared alone on FIFA 13.

Reception edit

Gary Whitta reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "With improved tactics and graphics, FIFA 2002 once again cements itself at the top of the virtual soccer universe."[24]

The game was met with positive reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 82% and 77 out of 100 for the PC version;[30][34] 81% and 81 out of 100 for the GameCube version;[29][33] 79% and 81 out of 100 for the PlayStation version;[31][35] and 79% and 82 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version.[32][36] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 34 out of 40 for the GameCube version,[7] and 32 out of 40 for the PS2 version.[8]

GameSpot named FIFA Football 2002 a runner-up in its annual award category for the best traditional sports console game, which went to NBA 2K2.[38] During the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences honored the game with the "PC Sports" award.[39]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Known as FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer in North America and FIFA 2002: Road to FIFA World Cup in Japan.

References edit

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  2. ^ I. G. N. Staff (22 November 2001). "FIFA 2002 is Here!". IGN. from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. ^ "2002年以前発売 ライセンシーソフト".
  4. ^ Holoka, Chris. . AllGame. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ^ Mike. "FIFA Football 2002". Computer and Video Games. No. 240. pp. 110–111. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ^ EGM staff (February 2002). "FIFA Soccer 2002 (GC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 151. p. 164.
  7. ^ a b "ニンテンドーゲームキューブ - FIFA 2002 Road to FIFA WORLD CUP". Famitsu. Vol. 915. 30 June 2006. p. 96.
  8. ^ a b "プレイステーション2 - FIFA 2002 Road to FIFA WORLD CUP". Famitsu. Vol. 915. 30 June 2006. p. 68.
  9. ^ Kato, Matthew (February 2002). "FIFA Soccer 2002 (GC)". Game Informer. No. 106. p. 87. Retrieved 30 March 2015.[dead link]
  10. ^ Kato, Matthew (December 2001). . Game Informer. No. 104. p. 93. Archived from the original on 24 February 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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  12. ^ Air Hendrix (9 November 2001). . GamePro. Archived from the original on 7 February 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  13. ^ Satterfield, Shane (10 January 2002). "FIFA 2002 Review (GC)". GameSpot. from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  14. ^ Goble, Gord (19 November 2001). "FIFA 2002 Review (PC)". GameSpot. from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  15. ^ Villoria, Gerald (28 November 2001). "FIFA 2002 Review (PS)". GameSpot. from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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  20. ^ Krause, Kevin (26 November 2001). . GameZone. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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  26. ^ "FIFA Soccer 2002 (PS2)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. December 2001. p. 164.
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  30. ^ a b "FIFA Soccer 2002 for PC". GameRankings. from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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This article is about the annual FIFA video game For the tournament see 2002 FIFA World Cup For the official video game of that tournament see 2002 FIFA World Cup video game FIFA Football 2002 a commonly known as FIFA 2002 and known in North America as FIFA Soccer 2002 Major League Soccer is a football simulation video game released in 2001 produced by Electronic Arts and released by EA Sports FIFA 2002 is the ninth game in the FIFA series FIFA Football 2002Arsenal forward Thierry Henry is the cover athlete worldwide Developer s EA CanadaPublisher s EA SportsSeriesFIFAPlatform s Windows PlayStation PlayStation 2 GameCubeReleaseNA 30 October 2001 1 EU 2 November 2001GameCubeJP 15 November 2001 3 NA 21 November 2001 2 Genre s SportsMode s Single player multiplayer online multiplayer Power bars for passes were introduced and dribbling reduced in order to attain a higher challenge level The power bar can also be customised to suit the gamer s preference The game also includes club emblems for many more European clubs as well as for major Dutch clubs such as PSV AFC Ajax and Feyenoord although there was no Dutch league of any kind they were under the Rest of World header This game also features for the first time the Swiss Super League at the cost of excluding the Greek League A card reward system licensed from Panini was also introduced where after winning a particular competition a star player card is unlocked Similar to FIFA 98 this game features a Road to the World Cup game mode featuring the real life format of each qualification zone as well as every team that had participated in it except Oceania however the World Cup itself is not featured either as part of the mode or as its own mode If the player chooses any nations that had automatically qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup i e France Japan and South Korea the player is instead tasked with improving their FIFA ranking through international friendlies As a bonus for qualifying from each region the game will unlock continental cups from said region marking the only time they appear in a FIFA game except for the UEFA Euro winning each regional cup would give the player a Panini card featuring star players from each continent Once the player unlocks and wins all of the regional cups the game will unlock the FIFA Confederations Cup as a bonus also the only time it appears in a FIFA game However most of the international teams featured in the game are not licensed some of them down to the players names like the Netherlands while smaller countries such as Barbados were only given numbers as player names To date this was the last FIFA edition not counting the World Cup versions to feature the Japan national team since Japan Football Association would go on to concede exclusive rights to Konami s Pro Evolution Soccer series Also this was the final FIFA edition to feature the Israel Premier League and its teams France and Arsenal star Thierry Henry is featured as the cover star FIFA Football 2002 is the last FIFA for 10 years to only have one person as the cover star before Lionel Messi appeared alone on FIFA 13 Contents 1 Reception 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksReception editReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScoreGCPCPSPS2GameRankings80 61 29 82 15 30 79 33 31 79 25 32 Metacritic81 100 33 77 100 34 81 100 35 82 100 36 Review scoresPublicationScoreGCPCPSPS2AllGame nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 N AN AN AComputer and Video GamesN AN AN A7 10 5 Electronic Gaming Monthly7 10 6 N AN AN AFamitsu34 40 7 N AN A32 40 8 Game Informer8 10 9 N AN A8 10 10 GamePro nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 N AN A nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 GameSpot8 9 10 13 9 3 10 14 8 7 10 15 8 7 10 16 GameSpy82 17 N AN AN AGameZoneN A8 8 10 18 9 10 19 8 6 10 20 IGN8 6 10 21 6 3 10 22 N A8 5 10 23 Next GenerationN AN AN A nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 24 Nintendo Power4 3 5 25 N AN AN AOfficial U S PlayStation MagazineN AN AN A nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 26 PC Gamer US N A89 27 N AN ABBC SportN AN AN A88 28 Gary Whitta reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation rating it four stars out of five and stated that With improved tactics and graphics FIFA 2002 once again cements itself at the top of the virtual soccer universe 24 The game was met with positive reception GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 82 and 77 out of 100 for the PC version 30 34 81 and 81 out of 100 for the GameCube version 29 33 79 and 81 out of 100 for the PlayStation version 31 35 and 79 and 82 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version 32 36 In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of 34 out of 40 for the GameCube version 7 and 32 out of 40 for the PS2 version 8 GameSpot named FIFA Football 2002 a runner up in its annual award category for the best traditional sports console game which went to NBA 2K2 38 During the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards the Academy of Interactive Arts amp Sciences honored the game with the PC Sports award 39 Notes edit Known as FIFA Soccer 2002 Major League Soccer in North America and FIFA 2002 Road to FIFA World Cup in Japan References edit I G N Staff 31 October 2001 Now Shipping For PS2 IGN Archived from the original on 9 April 2023 Retrieved 9 April 2023 I G N Staff 22 November 2001 FIFA 2002 is Here IGN Archived from the original on 9 April 2023 Retrieved 9 April 2023 2002年以前発売 ライセンシーソフト Holoka Chris FIFA Soccer 2002 Major League Soccer GC Review AllGame Archived from the original on 16 November 2014 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Mike FIFA Football 2002 Computer and Video Games No 240 pp 110 111 Retrieved 30 June 2021 EGM staff February 2002 FIFA Soccer 2002 GC Electronic Gaming Monthly No 151 p 164 a b ニンテンドーゲームキューブ FIFA 2002 Road to FIFA WORLD CUP Famitsu Vol 915 30 June 2006 p 96 a b プレイステーション2 FIFA 2002 Road to FIFA WORLD CUP Famitsu Vol 915 30 June 2006 p 68 Kato Matthew February 2002 FIFA Soccer 2002 GC Game Informer No 106 p 87 Retrieved 30 March 2015 dead link Kato Matthew December 2001 FIFA Soccer 2002 PS2 Game Informer No 104 p 93 Archived from the original on 24 February 2005 Retrieved 30 March 2015 The D Pad Destroyer 21 November 2001 FIFA Soccer 2002 Review for GameCube on GamePro com GamePro Archived from the original on 14 February 2005 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Air Hendrix 9 November 2001 FIFA 2002 Review for PS2 on GamePro com GamePro Archived from the original on 7 February 2005 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Satterfield Shane 10 January 2002 FIFA 2002 Review GC GameSpot Archived from the original on 16 September 2018 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Goble Gord 19 November 2001 FIFA 2002 Review PC GameSpot Archived from the original on 15 March 2015 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Villoria Gerald 28 November 2001 FIFA 2002 Review PS GameSpot Archived from the original on 22 September 2020 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Villoria Gerald 28 November 2001 FIFA 2002 Review PS2 GameSpot Archived from the original on 16 September 2018 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Wessel Craig 31 January 2002 FIFA Soccer 2002 GCN GameSpy Archived from the original on 14 December 2004 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Lafferty Michael 26 November 2001 FIFA Soccer 2002 Review PC GameZone Archived from the original on 22 September 2008 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Lafferty Michael 15 November 2001 FIFA Soccer 2002 Review PlayStation GameZone Archived from the original on 6 October 2008 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Krause Kevin 26 November 2001 FIFA Soccer 2002 Review PlayStation 2 GameZone Archived from the original on 17 April 2008 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Schneider Peer 28 November 2001 FIFA Soccer 2002 Major League Soccer GCN IGN Archived from the original on 3 April 2015 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Jones Mark 20 November 2001 FIFA 2002 PC IGN Archived from the original on 3 April 2015 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Zdyrko David 2 November 2001 FIFA Soccer 2002 Major League Soccer PS2 IGN Archived from the original on 3 April 2015 Retrieved 30 March 2015 a b Whitta Gary January 2002 Finals Next Generation Vol 5 no 1 Imagine Media p 78 FIFA Soccer 2002 Nintendo Power Vol 152 January 2002 p 127 FIFA Soccer 2002 PS2 Official U S PlayStation Magazine December 2001 p 164 Smith Rob February 2002 FIFA 2002 PC Gamer p 73 Archived from the original on 15 March 2006 Retrieved 30 March 2015 Gibbon David 13 November 2001 Let s play FIFA 2002 PS2 BBC Sport Archived from the original on 15 November 2001 Retrieved 30 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for GameCube GameRankings Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for PC GameRankings Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for PlayStation GameRankings Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for PlayStation 2 GameRankings Archived from the original on 9 September 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for GameCube Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on 4 March 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for PC Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on 9 March 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for PlayStation Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on 30 September 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2015 a b FIFA Soccer 2002 for PlayStation 2 Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on 15 March 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2015 FIFA Soccer 2002 FAQ PlayStation 2 by JCassey GameFAQs Archived from the original on 28 August 2019 Retrieved 28 August 2019 GameSpot VG Staff 23 February 2002 GameSpot s Best and Worst Video Games of 2001 GameSpot Archived from the original on 3 August 2002 D I C E Awards By Video Game Details FIFA 2002 interactive org Academy of Interactive Arts amp Sciences Retrieved 2 August 2023 External links editFIFA Soccer 2002 at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FIFA Football 2002 amp oldid 1224796764, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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