Mega Man Soccer

When Dr. Wily's evil Robot Masters start conquering soccer stadiums around the world, it's up to everybody's favorite blue fighting robot to defeat them in the most appropriate way: soccer matches.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Overview

Mega Man Soccer (known in Japan as Rockman's Soccer, also known as Mega Man's Soccer) is a sidescrolling soccer game developed and published by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in April 1994. There was no European release.

A spin-off of the original Mega Man series, players control a variety of robots (including hero Mega Man, ally Proto Man, and 19 of Mega Man's previously-defeated Robot Masters and other adversaries), each with their own special ability, as they face off in games of soccer.

Up to two players can play simultaneously (either competitively or co-operatively) in one of four modes (including the game's main campaign, Capcom Championship Mode, where players start with a team of only Mega Man and must gain new teammates by defeating their teams).

Characters

Mega Man
Proto Man
Cut Man (Mega Man)
Elec Man (Mega Man)
Bomb Man (Mega Man)
Ice Man (Mega Man)
Fire Man (Mega Man)
Bubble Man (Mega Man 2)
Flash Man (Mega Man 2)
Air Man (Mega Man 2)
Wood Man (Mega Man 2)
Needle Man (Mega Man 3)
Top Man (Mega Man 3)
Snake Man (Mega Man 3)
Gemini Man (Mega Man 3)
Skull Man (Mega Man 4)
Toad Man (Mega Man 4)
Dust Man (Mega Man 4)
Pharaoh Man (Mega Man 4)
Enker (Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge)
Dr. Wily (only playable via certain League Mode teams)

Teams

Capcom Championship Mode

The playable team in this mode consists of only eight multiples of Mega Man. As players defeat teams (which consists of multiples of a certain character), they gain teammates that can be used to replace teammates.

Both the mode's progression and the way players "earn" something from enemies is similar to the traditional Mega Man platformers. First, the player team defeats each Robot Master team in any order they choose:

Cut Man
Dust Man
Elec Man
Fire Man
Needle Man
Pharaoh Man
Skull Man
Wood Man

Then, they enter Dr. Wily's castle and face off against:

Enker
Proto Man
Dr. Wily

Tournament Mode

Players can pick one of the following teams:

Mega Man (8x Mega Man)
Cut Man (3x Cut Man, Bubble Man, Flash Man, Ice Man, Snake Man, Toad Man)
Dust Man (3x Dust Man, Air Man, Bomb Man, Gemini Man, Toad Man, Top Man)
Elec Man (3x Elec Man, Air Man, Bomb Man, Bubble Man, Flash Man, Ice Man)
Fire Man (3x Fire Man, Air Man, Bomb Man, Gemini Man, Ice Man, Top Man)
Needle Man (3x Needle Man, Air Man, Gemini Man, Snake Man, Toad Man, Top Man)
Pharaoh Man (3x Pharaoh Man, Bomb Man, Bubble Man, Flash Man, Ice Man, Snake Man)
Skull Man (3x Skull Man, Air Man, Bomb Man, Bubble Man, Gemini Man, Ice Man)
Wood Man (3x Wood Man, Flash Man, Gemini Man, Snake Man, Toad Man, Top Man)

After they progress through the eight-team single-elimination tournament, they must face off against the Enker team (consisting of 3x Enker, Bubble Man, Flash Man, Gemini Man, Snake Man, and Top Man) and then either the Proto Man team (consisting of 3x Proto Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Ice Man, Snake Man, and Top Man) or the Dr. Wily team (consisting of 3x Dr. Wily, Bomb Man, Flash Man, Gemini Man, Ice Man, and Toad Man).