{"id":28800,"date":"2024-03-22T18:47:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=28800"},"modified":"2024-03-22T18:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:47:38","slug":"inazuma-eleven-victory-road-devs-confident-in-games-worldwide-hit-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/inazuma-eleven-victory-road-devs-confident-in-games-worldwide-hit-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road devs confident in game&#8217;s \u201cworldwide hit\u201d potential\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The beta test demo for Level 5\u2019s soccer RPG <strong>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road<\/strong> releases<strong> <\/strong>worldwide on<strong> <\/strong>March 28 for the Nintendo Switch. Although the game has gone through many delays, the developers seem confident in where they\u2019re at now \u2013 as was recently conveyed by Level 5\u2019s CEO Akihiro Hino.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30a4\u30ca\u30ba\u30de\u30a4\u30ec\u30d6\u30f3\u82f1\u96c4\u305f\u3061\u306e\u30f4\u30a3\u30af\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9\uff01\u793e\u5185\u30df\u30cb\u5927\u4f1a\uff01\u5834\u6240\u306f\u672c\u793e\u30b7\u30a2\u30bf\u30fc\u30eb\u30fc\u30e0\u3002\u304b\u306a\u308a\u76db\u308a\u4e0a\u304c\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01\u4e00\u4eba\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3082\u304b\u306a\u308a\u697d\u3057\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u5bfe\u6226\u304c\u7570\u69d8\u306b\u9762\u767d\u304f\u306a\u3063\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u30d2\u30c3\u30c8\u3092\u72d9\u3048\u308b\uff01\u3068\u30b9\u30bf\u30c3\u30d5\u4e00\u540c\u78ba\u4fe1\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u7686\u3055\u3093\u306b\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u308b\u30d9\u30fc\u30bf\u30c6\u30b9\u30c8\u7248\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0OXzaqva4c\">pic.twitter.com\/0OXzaqva4c<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u65e5\u91ce\u6643\u535a (@AkihiroHino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkihiroHino\/status\/1770261490282742060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>Mini &#8220;Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road&#8221; tournament at the company! We held it in the theater room of our main office, and it was so fun! Solo play is great on its own, but the online competitive mode is exceptionally entertaining! We\u2019re confident that we can aim for a worldwide hit with this game! We can\u2019t wait for you all to try it out when the beta version is released! Coming soon!<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 20, Hino shared images of Level 5 staff playing Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account. The latest installment of the Inazuma Eleven series will include two singleplayer modes (Story Mode and Chronicle Mode) and a PvP Online Tournament mode. Hino offers particular praise for the latter, hyping users up for a \u201cworldwide hit.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road has been in the works for a long time, and was originally planned for release back in 2018. After several delays, it seems Level 5 are happy with the progress they\u2019ve made. Victory Road is an ambitious project that will include over 4500 characters from the series past, new game mechanics and animation by studio MAPPA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road \u2013 Newly Evolved Game Systems\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HSi3tHxDLng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inazuma.jp\/victory-road\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road<\/a> launches in 2024 for the PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PS4\/PS5, iOS and Android. 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