International Superstar Soccer (GBA)

Based on the 16-Bit incarnations of the long running series, International Superstar Soccer for the Gameboy Advance was released just in time for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea, and would be the first, and to date only, outing for one of Konami's flagship footballing titles on the handheld. The series main detractor for many is the lack of real player names and authentic kits, and while the latter doesn't matter on the GBA where the kits can't be seen in detail, ISS, in this incarnation, actually has the majority of player's names 100% correct and official, which is a nice touch. The game is, as you may have gathered, a football/soccer game, which ...  Read the complete review

MATCH TIME: Your choice. 14 minutes, 10 minutes, 6 minutes or a rather quick 2 minutes. Matches can be played in rain or shine, but only in the daytime. WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE? : Not many unfortunately, INTERNATIONAL CUP (tournament): Sort of a world cup. If you're looking for a challenge then this will challenge you for a while. A tournament can be saved so you can turn your Gameboy off and go back to it another day, still where you were. FRIENDLY MATCH: You can play for fun against another team (computer or human) PENALTY SHOOT-OUT: I spend almost more time on penalties than actual games. Penalties are very addictive. There are 44 ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I would just like to what a brilliant game this is. I have four games for my Game Boy Advance and this is probably my favourite. The others I have are Harry Potter (The GBA's worst offering with the execption of kurin kurin), Mario Kart Super Circuit ( The super addictive, ever famous, SNES converted game), Mario Advance (a game which, again has been converted from the NES/SNES) and ISS. Secondly I would just like to say how happy I was when I received this for christmas. Al the other kids at school were getting Playstation 2's. Me being headstrong as I am, wanted to be different, wanted to stand out from the crowd, to defy convention. If all the ...  Read the complete review

I personally have to have many of the consoles now on the market, or have been so for Christmas I added a Gameboy Advance to my collection of a Atari St, SNES, Jaguar, N64, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, PS1 and a PS2. The gameboy advance I bought with the best game currently available, which was Mario Kart, but for my second game I had to get ISS. So in my opinion ISS on the Gamboy Advance is the second best games currently on the console, and takes top spot in the sporting category. This games is near enough and identical copy to the original series that appeared on the SNES. Which is its day, was the reigning champion when it comes to console football ...  Read the complete review