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Pro Evolution Soccer is a soccer sim developed and published by Konami.
History
Pro Evolution Soccer (also known as the Winning Eleven series) is a football simulation created by Konami. The first Pro Evolution game, released in 2001 for PSOne and PS2, game grew out of Konami's previous soccer series International Superstar Soccer. Created as a rival to EAs Fifa Soccer series, Pro Evo defined itself as a realistic simulation, paying more attention to the technicalities of the sport than aquiring likeness rights for the players. Pro Evolution has stayed true to the series' name and recieved annual updates, each version refining the game's many mechanics including tacking, shooting, passing and the game's greatest challenge, the Master League mode. The primary focus of the single player game, the Master League challenges players to take control of a team of unknown and unskilled players, slowly earning points to enter the transfer market and improve the squad. The players age as time goes on, necessitating development and tactical considerations at all levels of play. The series is currently on its eight iteration, Pro Evolution 2008, due in the fall.
Pro Evolution Soccer VS. FIFA
Graphics
Graphics wise FIFA had always been visually superior to PES and seemed to be doing well with each release until they released FIFA World Cup 06, the graphics took a backwards step, players looked plastic. Pro Evolution Soccer on the other hand offers many realistic modelled characters, which are as equivalent to their real life counter parts.
Licences
FIFA wins by a large margin when it comes to licensed teams and tournaments. EA has acquired license for almost all the teams in the World and you can even play in all the major leagues in the World.
League systems
The League system of FIFA is also lot better than that of PES . You got a career mode which is just great and you have little bit of management involved in it too , you can even buy and sell players just like real life managers do , you have to meet the expectations of the board otherwise you can be sacked . PES occurs a Master League Mode where some amount of trading and training is involved but i don’t think that it can match FIFA.
Commentary
Commentary has always been historically poor with PES as the major English sporting commentators have ties to FIFA.
Commentators
Pro evolution soccer 2 – Peter Brackley and Trevor Brooking (English)
Pro evolution soccer 2 – Peter Brackley and Trevor Brooking (English)
Pro evolution soccer 3 – Peter Brackley and Trevor Brooking (English)
Pro evolution soccer 4 – Peter Brackley and Trevor Brooking (English)
Pro evolution soccer 5 – Peter Brackley and Trevor Brooking (English)
Pro evolution soccer 6 – Peter Brackley and Trevor Brooking (English)
Pro evolution soccer 2008 –
The United Kingdom - Jon Champion and Mark Lawrenson
Spain - Julio Maldonado 'Maldini' & Juan Carlos Rivero
France - Christian Jeanpierre and Laurent Paganelli
Italy - Mauro Sandreani & Marco Meccia
Germany - Hansi Küpper & Wolff Fuss
Cover Athletes
Pro evolution soccer 3 - Pierluigi Collina
Pro evolution soccer 4 - Thierry Henry, Pierluigi Collina and Francesco Totti
Pro evolution soccer 5 - John Terry and Thierry Henry
Pierluigi Collina
Thierry Henry, Pierluigi Collina and Francesco Totti
John Terry and Thierry Henry
Pro evolution soccer 6 –
Australia - John Aloisi
France - Thierry Henry and Didier Drogba
Germany - Adriano and Roque Santa Cruz
Italy - Adriano and Luca Toni
Poland - Adriano and Maciej Żurawski
Portugal - Adriano and Deco
Spain - Adriano and Cesc Fàbregas
Sweden - Adriano and Kim Källström
Finland - Adriano and Kim Källström
The United Kingdom UK - Adriano and John Terry
Ireland - Adriano and John Terry
The United States USA - Adriano
Japan - Shunsuke Nakamura and Zico
South Korea Republic - Korea Republic National Football Team
Pro evolution soccer 2008 –
Cristiano Ronaldo is included on all PES 2008 covers, below are a list of players that are also included on the cover beside Ronaldo for their respective countries.
The United Kingdom - Michael Owen
France - Didier Drogba
Germany - Jan Schlaudraff
Italy - Gianluigi Buffon
Australia - Lucas Neill
Pro evolution soccer 2009 – Lionel Messi has been confirmed as the cover star for PES 2009
Lionel Messi
Unofficial Patches
Fans of the series often make "option files" which modify all player names into those of their real life counterparts, as well as including transfers from the latest transfer window and, occasionally, altered stats of more obscure players whose in-game attributes do not precisely replicate their real life skills. These are distributed via the internet in digital format, then transferred to the Playstation 2 memory card using hardware such as the Max Drive. More experienced gamers often use "patches", editing the actual game code and modifying the graphical content to include accurate kits for unlicensed teams, new stadiums, and footballs from Nike, Inc., Puma, Umbro and Mitre, as well as more Adidas balls. Most patches also contain licensed referee kits from FIFA and the official logos of the various European leagues. Since these patches are technically a breach of copyright, and are often sold illegally in territories in the Middle East and Asia, Konami have become less tolerant of this kind of fan editing in recent years, and now encrypt the data pertaining to kits and player statistics in each new release. However, fan communities invariably find ways to crack this encryption, and patches still appear once this has been achieved.
Legal Threats
Konami have not taken steps to prevent translation patches, which convert the game text from Japanese to English (or any other language). Thus, it is still easy for gamers outside Japan to purchase the game and patch it into their own language, provided they have a modified PS2 capable of playing backup copies.
Pro Evolution Soccer games
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Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 |
PSP, PS2, PC, DS, X360 | Konami Corporation |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 released on Oct. 29, 2009 |
PSP, PS2, PC, PS3, WII, X360 | Konami, Inc. |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 released on Jan. 24, 2008 |
PSP, PS2, PC, PS3, DS, WII, X360 | Konami Corporation |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 5 |
PSP, PS2, PC, XBOX | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 4 |
PS2, PC, XBOX | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 3 released on Feb. 17, 2004 |
PS2, PC | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2 |
PS1, PS2 | Konami Corporation |
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Pro Evolution Soccer released on Nov. 23, 2001 |
PS1, PS2 | Konami Corporation |
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ISS Pro Evolution 2 |
PS1 | KCE Tokyo |
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ISS Pro Evolution |
PS1 | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
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International Superstar Soccer 64 |
N64 | Konami OSA Ltd. |
