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Inazuma Eleven (イナズマイレブン, Inazuma Irebun, lit. Lightning Eleven) is a role-playing and sports video game for the Nintendo DS developed and published by Level-5 (published by Nintendo in Europe). It is the first installment of the Inazuma Eleven games.

The game was later released in North America on February 13, 2014 as a downloadable game via the Nintendo eShop. This release includes updated graphics and visuals and is priced at $20.

The game was released as Inazuma Eleven for Nintendo 3DS (イナズマイレブン for ニンテンドー3DS) as a free downloadable game in Japan on July 20, 2018.

Plot

The main character, Endou Mamoru, is a very talented goalkeeper of Raimon Junior High and is the grandson of one of the strongest goalkeepers in Japan, who died before he was born. Even though his skills are incredible, his school lacks a real soccer club as the 6 other members don't even appear to be very interested in training. However, as soon as a mysterious forward called Gouenji Shuuya moves to Endou's town, the young goalkeeper sets out to find and recruit members for his soccer team.

Gameplay

Inazuma Eleven concept title

Inazuma Eleven's initial logo.

Inazuma Eleven concept cover

Inazuma Eleven's initial game cover.

Match Mode

The game is split into two parts. One resembles an RPG, featuring various locations that Endou and his team have to explore in order to get new items, face other players in short casual battles or to advance further in the story. Most of the goals of this part are indicated by a giant purple arrow. The second part is the actual match. By using the stylus, the player moves the team around against another team. The player can dodge an opponent's attacks, slide tackle to take the ball away, or use a hissatsu technique. The result of any players actions is determined by seven skills, the player's element, and the total number of players participating in an action. Hissatsu techniques can only be stopped with other moves, meaning that they will always win against basic tactics. However, hissatsu techniques play simultaneously, which means that they always consume the TP bar and are determined by the player's element only at the beginning.

GP

Genki Points, abbreviated as GP (dub: Fitness Points, abbreviated as FP) allows you to run for a limited amount of time until that specific player gets tired. When a players GP runs out, the player won't run as fast and will show sweat coming from it, showing it is tired. When you have low GP, there is less chance of keeping possession of the ball and evading players. Your GP lowers whilst the player is running, so it is wise to pass a lot so the GP of that player doesn't decrease.

TP

Technical Points, abbreviated as TP, are the basics of hissatsu's in the games. TP allows you to use hissatsu until it runs out. Every character has a different amount of TP, but increase when they level up. As characters have TP, so do hissatsu. For example, Fire Tornado has a TP value of 33 in the first game, so if a character was to have a TP value of 90 in total, when they would use Fire Tornado, the hissatsu TP would take away its own value to the characters TP, therefore resulting in a TP of 57.

Cutscenes

  1. Opening titles
  2. Underachievers
  3. You like soccer, right?
  4. Endou Mamoru meets Gouenji Shuuya
  5. Sunset over Inazuma
  6. Gouenji's kick
  7. Teikoku Gakuen arrive
  8. An insurmountable lead
  9. Sakiyama's shot
  10. Death Zone unveiled
  11. Endou defeated
  12. Endou rebounds!
  13. Gouenji joins in!
  14. Passes to Gouenji
  15. An emotional victory
  16. To Teikoku Academy
  17. Zeus' threat
  18. Kageyama Reiji
  19. This is Zeus Stadium
  20. The final battle
  21. National Champions
  22. Closing titles

Media

Trailers

Openings

Endings

Lists

For the players, see Player Binder (Inazuma Eleven).
For the items, see List of items in Inazuma Eleven.
For the taisen routes in the EU version, see List of taisen routes in Inazuma Eleven.

3DS eShop Description

The original world-renowned soccer RPG INAZUMA ELEVEN is now available for digital download!

Nobody loves soccer like Mark Evans. As captain of the Raimon Junior High soccer club, he dreams of taking his team to the top and winning the legendary Soccer Frontier championship. Unfortunately for him, nobody else in the club shares his passion... until they're thrown into a match against the elite Royal Academy for the club's survival. It seems the only way Raimon will stand a chance is if Mark can convince new transfer student and ace striker Axel Blaze to come out of his mysterious early retirement...

Train your team, find items, and level up; then take to the field for some tactical soccer action. The more soccer battles you win, the more special moves you'll learn, and the stronger your team will be!

Take on fierce opponents in eleven-on-eleven soccer matches!

Field over 1000 potential recruits to craft your custom team and challenge your friends via local wireless play!

Trivia

  • There are a total of 112 hissatsu techniques usable in the game, split between:
    • 43 Shoot techniques.
    • 24 Dribble techniques.
    • 22 Block techniques.
    • 23 Catch techniques.
  • Layton Team, consisting of 6 characters from Layton Kyouju (Professor Layton), another franchise from Level-5, can be found randomly in the Inabikari Shuurenjou.
  • The European version uses Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha's engine, and includes the following changes from the Japanese version:
    • Updated character portraits and hissatsu TP costs from Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha.
      • Interestingly, some hissatsu techniques, such as Tsunami Wall, are given completely new stats compared to the Japanese version of the first and second game, likely for balancing purposes.
    • An automatic running option in the settings menu.
    • Kino's rematch function is changed to a taisen route, with an additional taisen route hosted by Souichirou unlocking in the post-game, featuring alternate versions of taisen route teams from the second and third games.
    • Multiplayer compatibility with the European version of Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha.
      • Interestingly, despite the lack of hissatsu evolution in the first game, its hissatsu will show their evolution level for players of the second game during a match.
    • The data for Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha characters, hissatsu techniques, uniforms, and teams, which can be accessed through using cheat codes.
  • The game was released late in the UK because Level-5 wanted to air the anime series before they released the game.
  • The North American 3DS release is the first entry in the series, ripped and translated from the 3DS remastered port collection Inazuma Eleven 1・2・3!! Endou Mamoru Densetsu. As a result, its engine is based on the original Japanese Inazuma Eleven rather than Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha.
    • As such, it includes original portraits, does not allow for automatic running, and lacks the taisen route, among other things.
  • Although the 3DS version of Inazuma Eleven maintains most of the player portraits from the original DS version, Endou uses his portrait from Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha.
    • Interestingly, a screenshot on the game's official site shows dialogue where Endou's headshot artwork is edited over his portrait sprite.

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