History VideoGame / CaptainTsubasa

The first video game adaption of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' was made by Creator/{{Tecmo}} for [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo Famicom]] in 1988. The game adapts the second part of the original Manga, as the titular Tsubasa Ozora leads his Nankatsu Middle School's soccer club through a National Tournament against Hyuga Kojiro's Toho FC, toward the finale of U-16 World Cup division in France against West Germany Youth Jr. The American adaptation of the game is made in 1992 under the name ''Tecmo Cup: Soccer Game'', which was heavily altered and censored because of an [[CulturalTranslation Americanization policy]].

* ''Captain Tsubasa'' (1994 - [[Platform/SegaCD Mega CD]])

In 1995, ''[[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'' was given the rights to make two games based on Captain Tsubasa J, but ended up with horrible quality. On the other hand, ''{{Creator/Konami}}'' established several of its own games based on the manga with better quality, albeit with mixed opinions among each game. Throughout the 2000s, several games were created to cover the original manga, ''Road to 2002'', and the ''Golden 23'' arc. The next ''Captain Tsubsasa'' game was a Japanese web social game called ''Captain Tsubasa - Tsukurou Dream Team'' in 2011, using the basic concept of Tecmo's system with the ability to customize your team to compete with other users online, or participate in a single player campaign mode.

The first video game adaptaion of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' was made by Creator/{{Tecmo}} for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo Famicom]] in 1988. The game adapts the second part of the original Manga, as the titular Tsubasa Ozora leads his Nankatsu Middle School's soccer club through a National Tournament against Hyuga Kojiro's Toho FC, toward the finale of U-16 World Cup division in France against West Germany Youth Jr. The American adaptation of the game is made in 1992 under the name ''Tecmo Cup: Soccer Game'', which was heavily altered and censored because of an [[CulturalTranslation Americanization policy]].

* ''Tecmo Cup: Football Game'' (1993 - UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis)
* ''Captain Tsubasa'' (1994 - [[UsefulNotes/SegaCD Mega CD]])

* ''Captain Tsubasa'' (2006 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation2)
* ''[[VideoGame/CaptainTsubasaRiseOfNewChampions Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions]]'' (2020 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and PC)

* ''Captain Tsubasa J: Get In The Tomorrow'' (1995 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
* ''Captain Tsubasa: Ōgon Sedai no Chōsen'' (2002 - UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube)
* ''Captain Tsubasa: Aratanaru Densetsu Josho'' (2002 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
* ''Captain Tsubasa: Eikō no Kiseki'' (2002 - UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance)
* ''Captain Tsubasa: New Kick Off'' (2010 - UsefulNotes/NintendoDS)

The list of other Captain Tsuabasa video games including:

** And Captain Tsubasa V took this to a literal extreme with [[spoiler: Canarias Stars, the BonusBoss from this game]]. They seems to be normal players... but just check their stats... there are 3 players who can defeat ''ANY'' GK (including Muller and [[spoiler: Savicevic]]) without any effort: [[spoiler: No.2 Leonidas]] with his Overhead Kick, [[spoiler: No.15 Garrincha]] with just ''dribbling'' your GK and the most dangerous, [[spoiler: No.10 ''Arantes'']] with just doing a ''normal shot'' inside the PK area... outside the area, only Wakabayashi can resist this, but as for the rest... good luck. Oh and I forgot someone extremely important: their GK [[spoiler: Gilmar]] can ''catch most of the shots even specials ones!!!''

* CantCatchUp: While regular players do have chances against the opponents, those chances wear thinner and thinner as DifficultySpike starts telling you only a few key players can score effectively.

''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fandom also made an AffectionateParody video game based on ''Captain Tsubasa 2'', entitled: ''[[VideoGame/TouhouSoccer Touhou Soccer Moushuuden]]'' on PC.

* ''[[VideoGame/CaptainTsubasaPS4 Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions]]'' (2020 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and PC)

* ''[[VideoGame/CaptainTsubasaPS4/Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions]]'' (2020 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and PC)

* ''Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions'' (2020 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and PC)

The list of Creator/BandaiNamco's Captain Tsuabasa video games including:
* ''Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions'' (2020 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and PC)

In 1995, ''[[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'' was given the rights to make two games based on Captain Tsubasa J, but ended up with horrible quality. On the other hand, ''{{Creator/Konami}}'' established several of its own games based on the manga with better quality, albeit with mixed opinions among each game. Throughout the 2000s, several games were created to cover the original manga, ''Road to 2002'', and the ''Golden 23'' arc. The most recent ''Captain Tsubsasa'' game was a Japanese web social game called ''Captain Tsubasa - Tsukurou Dream Team'' in 2011, using the basic concept of Tecmo's system with the ability to customize your team to compete with other users online, or participate in a single player campaign mode.

* AchillesHeel: Meon is weak against air balls, leading Tsubasa into developing Drive Overhead Shoot.
* ArtificialStupidity: Easier opponent teams will refuse to shoot even when it's the best chance to score; instead, they will play around by passing and throughing. Allowing your players to try to intercept the ball.

** Subverted initially, but later played straight with Wakashimazu's Abiseregui. In the 3rd and 4th game is a very powerful technique that can save a lot of ocassions, however on the 5th game this technique es dangerous.

* CombatCommentator: Or in this case, a Soccer Commentator, Who is totally biased ''against'' your team.

*** This is averted on the scenario 3 since you have Strattos too and since his shot is strong enough to defeat the GK, this is easier to win. Still, both are considered the hardest matches from Captain Tsubasa history.

* HopelessBossFight: Dream FC vs Hamburg in Tecmo Cup: Football Game. You can't really do much because you're underleveled.

** By the time he is the preferred keeper in the last portion of the game, Wakabayashi tends to get overwheimed by powerful shots to the point a player have to rely more on punching, and even then an unlucky shoot made by a {{Mook}} may get pass him. So much for the SGGK.

* RecurringCharacter: Gill and Renato stay with Sao Paolo in every game the team present.
** Even more, Gill is the best attacker on their team (and one of the best overall) in Captain Tsubasa V if we don't consider the special techniques, beating ''even Nitta!!!''. However Renato... is more like Morisaki by that moment.

** And Captain Tsubasa V took this to a literal extreme with [[spoiler: Canarias Stars, the BonusBoss from this game]]. They seems to be normal players... but just check their stats... there are 3 players who can defeat ''ANY'' GK (including Muller and [[spoiler: Savievic]]) without any effort: [[spoiler: No.2 Leonidas]] with his Overhead Kick, [[spoiler: No.15 Garrincha]] with just ''dribbling'' your GK and the most dangerous, [[spoiler: No.10 ''Arantes'']] with just doing a ''normal shot'' inside the PK area... outside the area, only Wakabayashi can resist this, but as for the rest... good luck. Oh and I forgot someone extremely important: their GK [[spoiler: Gylmar]] can ''catch most of the shots even specials ones!!!''

* ''Captain Tsubasa J: Zenkoku Seiha Heno Chōsen'' (1995 - GameBoy)

* [[CombatCommentator Soccer Commentator]]: Who is totally biased ''against'' your team.

* CurbStompBattle/ControllableHelplessness: Dream FC vs Hamburg in Tecmo Cup: Football Game. You can't really do much because you're underleveled.

** In Captain Tsubasa Dream Team there is the Extreme difficulty that makes the rest like a child play. The Hidden Abilities and the EX stages are even ''harder'' .

* Some Punches techniques in Captain Tsubasa Dream Team. Despite they are cheaper and more effective, the chance to end to the opponent is very high.

** Averted sighly on Captain Tsubasa from Sega CD where he actually can stop regular shots and some weak special shots, however he can't stop any special shots from the main characters.

** Taken to a literal extreme in the match between Sao Paulo vs Milan in Captain Tsubasa IV. Only 2 players can beat the GK (Tsubasa and Ishizaki), while the rest of the team, ''including the defense'' can beat your GK!

** In Captain Tsubasa Dream Team there is the Extreme difficulty that makes the rest like a child play.

** However in the Sega version AND the Konami version, this goes according to the manga.

** Suvberted, but later played straight with Wakashimazu's Abiseregui. In the 3rd and 4th game is a very powerful technique that can save a lot of ocassions, however on the 5th game this technique es dangerous.

* ChillyReception: Pro leagues don't accept Japanese players so easily.

** Actually before Captain Tsubasa V there is a chance (which seems 5%) where any player can do an critical move like: dribble, pass, shot, head shot, volley shot, tackle or block and is being notified. In Captain Tsubasa V it got ''lowered'' to 3%, but shows impressive animations and even better stats boost (while previously a critical shot can be as strong as a Banana Shot, in Captain Tsubasa V is as strong as a Drive Shot).

** However this is inverted in Captain Tsubasa V: the CPU team does consume guts, but at 50% of the real cost. Also the player can now use the offside trap against the CPU team. However that doesn't work well with some character like Scheneider, Alexion or Arantes.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Musashi FC's Misugi plays only in the second half, though he's powerful enough to makes things even worse for ''you''. Same goes with Brazil Youth's Coimbra.

* ''Captain Tsubasa III: Koutei no Chousen (1992 - Super Famicom)
* ''Captain Tsubasa VS (1992- Game Boy)
* ''Captain Tsubasa IV: Pro no Rival Tachi (1993 - Super Famicom)

* ''Captain Tsubasa (1994 - [[UsefulNotes/SegaCD Mega CD]])
* ''Captain Tsubasa V: Hasha no Shōgō Campione (1994 - Super Famicom)

* ''Captain Tsubasa (2006 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation2)

''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fandom also made an AffectionateParody video game based on Captain Tsubasa 2, entitled: [[VideoGame/TouhouSoccer Touhou Soccer Moushuuden]] on PC.

In 1995, ''[[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'' was given the rights to make two Captain Tsubasa J, which ends up with horrible quality. On the other hand, ''{{Creator/Konami}}'' establish several of its own games based on the manga with better quality, albeit with mixed opinions among each game. Throughout 2000s, several games were created to cover both original manga, ''Road to 2002'', and ''Golden 23'' arc. The most recent ''Captain Tsubsasa'' game was a Japanese web social game called ''Captain Tsubasa - Tsukurou Dream Team'' in 2011, using the basic concept of Tecmo's system with an ability to customize your team to compete with other users online, or participate in a single player campaign mode.

!! Tecmo's ''Captain Tsubasa'' series contains examples of the following tropes:

The first video game adaptaion of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' was made by ''Creator/{{Tecmo}}''' for [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo Famicom]] in 1988. The game adapts the second part of the original Manga, as the titular Tsubasa Ozora leads his Nankatsu Middle School's soccer club through a National Tournament against Hyuga Kojiro's Toho FC, toward the finale of U-16 World Cup division in France against West Germany Youth Jr. The American adaptation of the game is made in 1992 under the name ''Tecmo Cup: Soccer Game'', which was heavily altered and censored because of an [[CulturalTranslation Americanization policy]].

The game is known for its innovation of "Soccer RPG" or "Soccer Simulation" genre where a match is played in cinematic nature, as you input commands via menus for the players to do serveral actions then watch the outcomes. Winning a match levels up your team and lets you proceed to another match. Losing results in either rewinding into playing with the previous team or replay the same match with your team slightly leveled up. The game was postiively revieved, though in 1990, the sequel ''Captain Tsubasa Vol.II: Super Striker'' was released only in Japan, and was considered a huge improvement in the previous game, with heavily improved gameplay and pace as well as its own AlternateUniverse stoly line that depicts its own version of the ''World Youth'' arc of the manga back when the manga only existed in loose concepts of characters and plot. ''Captain Tsubasa 2'' was a huge CultClassic among fans, and Tecmo spanned six more games toward the end of 1994.

In 1995, ''[[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'' was given the rights to make two Captain Tsubasa J, which ends up with horrible quality. On the other hand, ''{{Creator/Konami}}'' establish several of its own games based on the manga with better quality, albeit with mixed opinions among each game. Throughout 2000s, several games were created to cover both original manga, ''Road to 2002'', and ''Golden 23'' arc. The most recent ''Captain Tsubsasa'' game was a Japanese web social game called ''Captain Tsubasa - Tsukurou Dream Team'' in 2011, using the basic concept of Tecmo's system with an ability to customize your team to compate with other users online, or participate in a single player campaign mode.

* AchillesHeel: Meon is weak against air balls, leading Tsubasa into developping Drive Overhead Shoot.

The first video game adaptaion of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' was made by ''{{Tecmo}}''' for [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo Famicom]] in 1988. The game adapts the second part of the original Manga, as the titular Tsubasa Ozora leads his Nankatsu Middle School's soccer club through a National Tournament against Hyuga Kojiro's Toho FC, toward the finale of U-16 World Cup division in France against West Germany Youth Jr. The American adaptation of the game is made in 1992 under the name ''Tecmo Cup: Soccer Game'', which was heavily altered and censored because of an [[CulturalTranslation Americanization policy]].