EA SPORTS' best-selling soccer series continues with 2002 FIFA World Cup, featuring all 20 official stadiums in Japan and Korea complete with team mascots. Animation has been improved in the area of ball jostling between players, "Moment Zooms" intensify the action by providing athlete close-ups, and "World Cup Moments" offer multiple angles of key plays during the match set to music by the Vancouver Symphony.
Tournament mode offers a seven-game series punctuated by a story line, while a new feature entitled "Air Play" is designed to simplify more complicated maneuvers such as headers, scissor kicks, and so forth by binding them to a single button. The atmosphere surrounding the sport has been enhanced as well, with home crowds showing team colors, waving flags, throwing confetti, and cheering for their country. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide
BASIC CONTROLS
ATTACKING
Control Stick = move player
Y Button = sprint
Start/Pause Button = pause
A Button = pass
X Button = shoot
B Button = lob
DEFENDING
Control Stick = move player
Y Button = sprint
Start/Pause Button = pause
A Button = switch player
X Button = tackle
B Button = aggressive tackle
ADVANCED CONTROLS
PASSING AND LOBBING
A Button = pass along the ground
B Button = play an aerial ball
BALLSPIN
L or R Button = curl pass, shot or lob left or right
THROUGH RUNS AND THROUGH BALLS
Z Button = send player on run
ONE-TWOS
C Stick (towards teammate) = perform a one-two
SHOOTING
X Button = shoot in general direction of goal
Control Stick = aim shot
TACKLING
X Button = conservative tackle
B Button = aggressive tackle
HEADING OR VOLLEYING
X Button = head or volley in direction of opposition goal
B Button = head or volley lob
A Button = head or volley pass
ONE-TOUCH MOVES
Control Stick + X, B or A Button = one-touch move
SPECIAL MOVES
FAKE SHOT
L + R Button = fake shot
STEP-OVER
L Button (twice) = step-over
R Button (twice) = double step-over
Y Button + L Button (twice) = reverse step-over
Y Button + R Button (twice) = step-over and drag
JUGGLING
Y Button = left foot juggle
L Button = left thigh juggle
Z Button = right foot juggle
R Button = right thigh juggle
Y Button (twice) = left foot reverse juggle
L Button (twice) = left shoulder juggle
Z Button (twice) = right foot reverse juggle
R Button (twice) = right shoulder juggle
DEAD BALL SITUATIONS
FREE KICK, CORNER KICK OR GOAL KICK
Control Stick = aim
X Button = shoot
A Button = pass
B Button = lob
L or R Button = add ballspin left or right
TAKING A THROW-IN
Control Stick = aim
A, B or X Button = throw
DEFENDING A DEAD BALL
Control Stick = move player, move wall
A Button = switch player
Y Button = make wall jump
PENALTY KICKS
KICK TAKER
Control Stick = aim shot
B Button = switch kicking side
A Button = switch player
X Button = shoot
GOALKEEPER
Control Stick = lean or choose diving direction
A, B or X Button = attempt save
GOALKEEPING
Z Button = keeper charge, drop the ball
B Button = throw
A or X Button = kick ~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
Nintendo GameCube
