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| Developer(s) | EA Canada [ citation needed ] |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Sports trivia and card game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Football Academy is a football game released in 2009 for the Nintendo DS.
The game begins with the player creating a new football team under the supervision of former Chelsea Football Club manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who in the game serves as the "Academy Master". After demonstrating knowledge of the sport and building a team, players can enter their team in matches against real European teams, the results of which are statistically determined.
The game includes 14 minigames, "Football IQ" assessments, player collection, team building, and interactive matches. Players can also play matches and trade players with one another over Wi-Fi. [1]
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Football Academy received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Metacritic [2] , the game holds a score of 66/100, based on 12 critic review.
Wesley Yin-Poole of VideoGamer.com [3] praised the game’s card-collecting system as “surprisingly addictive” and awarded it 8/10, though he noted the lack of online multiplayer and the somewhat fiddly management features. Everyeye.it [4] gave the game a score of 6.5/10, highlighting the originality and variety of its minigames but criticizing the repetitive match sequences, minimal presentation, and sparse soundtrack. GamesRadar+ described Football Academy as a “curious experiment,” finding the quizzes and licensed teams engaging but pointing out that the entirely text-based matches and repetitive challenges limited its appeal. [5]