Sports-themed video games and anime-themed video games are usually two separate entities, particularly for those living outside of Japan. While there are still less realistic sports games that receive international releases, such as the Mario Sports series and a handful of others.
Most sports the𝔍me video games based on anime have never seen a global release, even though there have been more Japan-developed games and anime-based games receiving international releases over the past few years. While not all of these games are good, there are still many notable ones that Western fans have never had the chance to play.
10 Captain Tsubasa ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚV: Campione Champion Title
Tecmo Cup Soccer Game, the classic soccer game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, was originally the first video game based on Yoichi Takahashi's Captain Tsubasa manga series and was heavily changed for Western audiences. While there was never another entry in the Tecmo Cup Soccer series, it was a possibility since Tecmo's Captain Tsubasa series had four more entries before it ended.
The final game in the series, Captain Tsubasa V: Campione Champion Title, was released for the Super Famicom in 1994 and featured revamped gameplay and improved graphics compared to its predecessors, characters based on real-life soccer play𒊎ers at the time, and s🐓everal Tecmo original characters.
9 Prince Of Tennis Smash Hit 2🌠 🥂
The Prince Of Tennis manga series by Takeshi Konomi and the anime adaptation have a handful of games based on them across a variety of platforms - most of which happened to be published by Konami. Still, despi﷽te the Western release of the series, no games based on it have ever seen a release outside of Japan.
In 2005, Prince Of Tennis Smash Hit 2, the sequel to Prince Of Tennis Smash Hit From 2003, was released for the Pla꧃yStation 2. Like its predecessor, Smash Hit 2 isౠ a 3D action sports game but has an expanded roster of characters to play as.
8 Big Windup!: 🌼I Really🥃 Can Become A Real Ace
The Nintendo DS game Big Windup!: I Really Can Become A Real Ace, released in 2005 and is based on Asa Higuchi's Big Windup! 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:baseball-themed manga and anime series and the only game to be based on the series. There is very little inꦰformatio♊n about the game available in English, but it did feature a Story Mode, Practice Mode, Sequence Mode, and a Practice Match mode.
Given how popular Big Windup! and the sport of baseball are in Japan, it's surprising that there aren't more video games based on baseball-themed anime series, but it's possible other developers didn't want to compete with the ongoing Professional Baseball Spirits or Power Pros video game series.
7 Eyeshield 21: The Field's Greatest Warriors
Eyeshield 21: The Field's Greatest Warriors is a football game for the Nintendo Wii released in 2007 and is based on Richiiro Inagaki's Eyeshield 21 anime and manga series. The Field's Greatest Warriors also happens to be the third game based on Eyeshield 21 to be released on a Nintendo platform, and the fifth and final Eyeshield 21 video game overall.
The Field's Greatest Warriors features both, a story mode where the players recruit more characters to their team as they progress through the story, as well as a Quick Play mode where players can immediately participate in a game against another team.
6 ෴ Kinnikuman Grand Prix Max 2 Tokumori 💟
Kinnikuman Grand Prix Max 2 Tokumori is a 2008 PlayStation 2 port of the arcade game, as well as the last game based on Yudetamago's Kinnikuman manga and anime series. It was also known as M.U.S.C.L.E. or Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy to Western fans depending on if they were first exposed to either the original Kinnikuman series or the sequel series, Kinnikuman Nisei (Second Generation).
Kinnikuman Grand Prix 2 Tokumori is a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:wrestling game where two players select characters from the series to fight each other, all with their own un🐬ique and often r🔯idiculous wrestling techniques.
5 Inazuma Eleven Go Striker𓃲s 2013
Inazuma Eleven is a cross-media franchise that includes several anime series and movies, a series of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:soccer strategy RPGs on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS, and more. The Inazuma Eleven Strikers spin-off series for the Nintendo Wii differs from the first few titl✅es in the main series inꦺ that it has 3D graphics, full voice acting, and character designs from the anime series instead of the games.
While the first Inazuma Eleven Strikers game ജwas released in Europe, the two later entries were not, the last being Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013, which was also the first game in the series to feature online play.
4 ꦓ Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting
Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! is a 2014 PlayStation 3 game based on George Morikawa's boxing manga series. Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting covers the story through volume 55 of the manga but has a unique Best Match Mode where players can play through alternate timelines depending on the choices that they have made.
Since it was made for the 25th anniversary of the manga, instead of copying scenes from the anime, Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! has cutscenes that loo💖k like colored pages o🅰f the manga and are fully voiced despite being still images.
3 Kuroko's Basketball: Toward The Future
Kuroko's Basketball: Toward The Future is the second Nintendo 3DS game based on Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kuroko's Basketball manga and anime series. It launched in 2015 and also happens to be the last game based on the series to be released in general.
Towards The Future is also the first game in the serie🐲s to have free movement and feature🙈s larger character models, increased special technique power, and events original to the game. It includes over 30 characters from the series from six different teams.
2 🎃 🐼 Yowamushi Pedal: High Cadence To Tomorrow
Yowamushi Pedal: High Cadence to Tomorrow is a Nintendo 3DS game that was released in 2015 and is based on Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal manga and anime series. In High Cadence to Tomorrow, the player participates in cycling races while the characters from the series attend a training camp.
One interesting gameplay aspect is that players use the Nintendo 3DS stylus and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:touchscreen to move the bicycle🥀 pedals in a circular motion, rather than just holding down or repeatedly pressing a button lik꧃e in other racing games.
1 ꦐ Haikyu!! Cross Team Match 🌠
Despite the international popularity of Haikyu!!, no video games based on it were ever released outside of Japan. Haikyu!! Cross Team Match is the second Nintendo 3DS game based on the manga and anime series and was released in 2016. In Cross Team Match, players take control of an original character, a student from Momojihara High School who has many similarities to Shoyo Hinata, the series' main protagonist.
The player character can recruit characters from the series to create their own volleyball team. Bringing certain characters to specific eve💯nts also helps tyou recruit additional characters or receive unique items.