FIFA Soccer 06 (2005) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

FIFA Soccer 06

For 06, the players are more responsive and crucial features like first touch control have been re-mapped in a way that makes more sense. When you want to throw freestyle moves or play the ball into a space of…

70 30 September 2005

What FIFA Soccer 06 is

FIFA Soccer 06 is a sport game developed by EA Canada and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

FIFA 06, known as FIFA Soccer 06 in North America, is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. It was released in the United States on 4 October 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo DS. It was later released for PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance and mobile phones.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the FIFA series

FIFA Soccer 06 is the 71st of 225 entries we hold in the FIFA series. The next entry was FIFA Manager 06 in 2005. Its critic score of 70 is 3 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at 88.

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How it was received

FIFA Soccer 06 holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 81 votes.

What it launched against

FIFA Soccer 06 launched on 30 September 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy and F.E.A.R.. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, F.E.A.R..

Cheats and codes

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