Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
Developer(s) Level-5
Publisher(s) Level-5
Series Inazuma Eleven
Platform(s)
ReleaseJune 5, 2025
Genre(s) Role-playing, sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road [a] is an upcoming sports role-playing video game by Level-5, planned for release for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS in June 5, 2025.

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Development

A part of the Inazuma Eleven series, it was announced as Inazuma Eleven Ares in 2016 and was set to be released in 2018 for PlayStation 4, Switch, iOS, and Android before being delayed to sometime after May 2019 in December 2018. [1] [2] [3] The game was renamed to Inazuma Eleven: Great Road of Heroes and delayed to 2020 in September 2019. [4] In April 2020, the game was delayed to 2021. [5] It was delayed again to 2023 in April 2021. [6] In July 2022, the title was changed to Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road. [7] In November 2023, the game was announced to have been delayed again to 2024, while a PlayStation 5 version and a March 2024 worldwide beta were announced. [8] In December 2023 a PC version was announced. [9] In September 2024, a release date of June 2025 was announced. [10]

The game originally meant to tie into the anime series, Inazuma Eleven: Ares , that aired in Japan in 2018. [11] [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: イナズマイレブン 英雄たちのヴィクトリーロード, Hepburn: Inazuma Irebun Eiyū-tachi no Vikutorī Rōdo

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  5. ↑ "「イナズマイレブン 英雄たちのグレートロード」，日野晃博氏が開発手記で新たな指針を明らかに。発売時期は「恐らく2021年」". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-27.
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