History VideoGame / FIFASoccer

-->''Game after game after game, I realize now what's most important in my life: football. Show me something more thrilling than a perfect volley. Tell me you've never dreamt the immaculate strike, taking part in a moment when an entire nation holds its breath. Tell me that football is not our one common language, when the whole planet stops for 90 minutes to be witness to that one thing we all understand. Yeah, you can tell me I'm wrong. Some may say it's just a game. But this is about heroes and tribes, loyalty and devotion. It's our commitment and our passion, our battle and our belief; this is our faith. Now, feel the fever of the crowd, hear the roar of the faithful. You are Ronaldinho, you are Wayne Rooney. This is {{the beautiful game}}. This is your moment.''

--> ''"Love Football, Play Football"''

* LongRunner: At least one game per year since 1994 and still going strong. The most recent entry, ''FIFA 13'', is the '''twentieth''' entry in the main series. Not too many games can get to that figure, and that's not counting spinoffs like ''FIFA Manager'' and the World Cup games.

* DynamicLoading: Since the transition to seventh generation, the game lets you do kickabouts with a random player of your team of choice while the next match is loading. You'll know it's finished loading when the training arena is replaced with the stadium - however, you can keep going for as long as you like until you press Start.

* MultiPlatform: Every yearly installment (barring ''95'', which was exclusive to the SegaGenesis) is released in every commercial console that year. Notably, there are some consoles that still get them at the very end of their market life, like ''98'' for the Genesis, ''2005'' for the original PlayStation, and ''13'' that still got a PlayStation2 release. Think about this latter one.

* MultiPlatform: Every yearly installment is released in every commercial console that year. Notably, there are some consoles that still get them at the very end of their market life, like ''98'' for the SegaGenesis, ''2005'' for the original PlayStation, and ''13'' that still got a PlayStation2 release. Think about this latter one.

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* EuroFooty: Most of what you see in the game comes from here. In ''FIFA 13'' for example, about 80% of the club teams present (over 500!) are European, with only 6 out of the 30 leagues outside of Europe ([[MajorLeagueSoccer USA]], Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Australia), plus 6 European teams in the "Rest of World" bracket and 26 of the 46 national teams present (just oveer half of these).

* AnnouncerChatter: This ''is'' a sports game, after all. And it comes in

*** This is actually up to debate, as 0-0 scores can perfectly happen, be it through keeper competence or the strikers' poor aiming. The compressed in-game timer, which always runs in proportion to the real-life 90-minute mark (independent on the settings) is what makes a 4-goal win (which is when a typical soccer match enters the CurbStompBattle realms) feel like Australia playing American Samoa.

* MultiPlatform: Every yearly installment is released in every commercial console that year.

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* LongRunner: At least one game per year since 1994 and still going strong.
* MissionPackSequel: Same deal as ''Madden'', except every once in a while they add newer leagues into the mix. For Fifa '12 they added the entire [[EuropeanChampionship Euro 2012]] championship as an expansion.

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Over the course of it's history FIFA has had missteps. This was due in small part to stagnation having been around so long and the series early foray into next generation physics. However recent entries have proven very successful among fans and critics alike. A clear indication of the time developers have spent refining and tweaking each installment.

* EuroFooty: The main focal point of the games. Not only the gameplay is generally modeled after a mixture of the main playing styles of Europe, also a massive majority of the teams are from there. To give an idea, the only five countries to have their second leagues represented are England (which is represented up to their ''fourth'' level, League 2), France, Germany, Italy and Spain; also, only five countries who have leagues (as of the latest game) are non-European: Brazil, USA, Mexico, South Korea and Australia (with the Saudi Arabia league joining the ranks in ''13'').
** They even had license from UEFA to produce their UEFAChampionsLeague spinoff before Konami bought it from them!

The ''FIFA Soccer'', or simply ''FIFA'', series is the first soccer game series to get a FIFA license. Being one of the few games (if not the only game) with licenses from various soccer leagues in the world, the game enjoys a wide selection of teams from the most prestigious to the downright obscure.

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* AnnouncerChatter: This ''is'' a sports game, after all.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: More and more every year with a different game mechanic. From simple things like the ref allowing the advantage rather than blow for a free, to the rare scenario of a defender running into a goal post. Notably it's the only game to have an option to toggle handballs on or off (if on, obviously, a foul is counted when it happens).

* EuroFooty: The main focal point of the games. Not only the gameplay is generally modeled after a mixture of the main playing styles of Europe, also a massive majority of the teams are from there. To give an idea, the only five countries to have their second leagues represented are England (which is represented up to their ''fourth'' level, League 2), France, Germany, Italy and Spain; also, only five countries who have leagues (as of the latest game) are non-European: Brazil, USA, Mexico, South Korea and Australia.

Another franchise of {{Sports Game}}s from [[ElectronicArts EA Sports]] and one of the most popular worldwide, alongside ''JohnMaddenFootball''.

* CashCowFranchise: Outside of America it's essentially ''the'' biggest selling sports title EA Sports develops. To put it into perspective [[JohnMaddenFootball Madden '12]] sold nearly 5 million copies worldwide. Fifa '12 sold over ''10 million''.

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The series has come along way from it's initial outing ''FIFA International Soccer'' (FIFA '94) which boasted a unique isometric view compared to the standard top down or side views of it's competition. In a few years FIFA soon established itself as a major force in sports videogames and amassed dedicated following that continues to grow to this day.

The series has come along way from it's initial outing ''FIFA International Soccer'' (FIFA '94) which boasted a unique isometric view compared to the standard top down or side views of it's competition. FIFA soon established itself as a major force in sports videogames and amassed dedicated following over the years.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: More and more every year with a different game mechanic. Notably it's the only game to have an option to toggle handballs on or off (if on, obviously, a foul is counted when it happens).

The series has come along way from it's initial outing ''FIFA International Soccer'' (FIFA '94) which boasted a unique isometric view compared to the standard top down or side views of it's competition. FIFA soon established itself a dedicated following over the years.

Another franchise of {{Sports Game}}s from ElectronicArts and one of the most popular, alongside ''JohnMaddenFootball''. The ''FIFA Soccer'', or simply ''FIFA'', series is the first soccer game series to get a FIFA license. Being one of the few games (if not the only game) with licenses from various soccer leagues in the world, the game enjoys a various selection of teams not only from the big leagues, but also from the much more obscure leagues.

* CashCowFranchise: The non-American (in terms of where it's popular) equivalent of ''JohnMaddenFootball''.

* MissionPackSequel: Same deal as ''Madden'', except every once in a while they add newer leagues into the mix.

* PurposefullyOverpowered: The Classic XI team is filled with legendary players and have maximum attributes on everything. Oddly, they lack people like Pelé and Maradona, but considering how powerful the team is ''without'' them...