{"id":55739,"date":"2026-01-14T13:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55739"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:01:51","slug":"inazuma-eleven-victory-road-sequel-is-in-the-works-level-5-president-akihiro-hino-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/inazuma-eleven-victory-road-sequel-is-in-the-works-level-5-president-akihiro-hino-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road sequel is in the works, Level-5 President Akihiro Hino confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fresh off of <strong>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road<\/strong> selling <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/inazuma_project\/status\/2010941820789015045?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">800,000 copies worldwide<\/a>, Level-5 president Akihiro Hino revealed via a January 13 livestream that a direct sequel is currently in the works. Hino, who serves as one of the franchise\u2019s key figures and a writer on Victory Road, has begun drafting the script himself.<\/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=\"\u30a4\u30ca\u30ba\u30de\u30a4\u30ec\u30d6\u30f3\u7279\u5225\u516c\u5f0f\u914d\u4fe1\u756a\u7d44\u300c\u30a4\u30ca\u30c0\u30a4\u300d2026.1.13\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E0kBnA62Q3I?start=425&#038;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>The announcement may not come as a surprise to some, given <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/inazuma-eleven-victory-road-devs-confident-in-games-worldwide-hit-potential\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hino\u2019s confidence that Victory Road would become a hit<\/a> before its release. Victory Road\u2019s Player Bank feature, which makes the game\u2019s massive 5,400 roster more manageable by letting players store recruited characters along with their current gear and stats (as well as switch them into their active team), also allows them to be <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/inazuma-eleven-victory-roads-5400-characters-will-carry-over-to-series-potential-next-title-ceo-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ported over to the then-unannounced sequel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the sequel has been confirmed, Victory Road players no longer need to worry about having to leave behind the teams that they\u2019ve painstakingly built once it comes out (the possibility of even more characters being added is another concern, however). This does not mean Level-5 is abandoning Victory Road. During the same livestream, Hino announced several upcoming free updates which will add new content and quality-of-life features to the 2025 soccer RPG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Hino, he will \u201cdo his best to deliver surprises and excitement to fans\u201d with the next entry. Since the sequel was announced without much delay after the launch of Victory Road, fans seem pretty hopeful about (probably) not&nbsp; having to wait more than a decade for another Inazuma Eleven game despite the previous lull between mainline entries (Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road released 15 years after Inazuma Eleven 3). More details will be revealed in future announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/inazuma-eleven-victory-roads-anti-cheat-measures-are-a-malicious-curse-that-subtly-penalizes-offenders-says-level-5-ceo-akihiro-hino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road\u2019s anti-cheat measures are \u201ca malicious curse\u201d that subtly penalizes offenders, says Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/level-5-quickly-revises-inazuma-eleven-victory-roads-platform-exclusive-bonuses-in-response-to-player-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Level-5 quickly revises Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road\u2019s platform-exclusive bonuses in response to player feedback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent livestream, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino revealed that he&#8217;s been working on the script for the Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road sequel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":55741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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