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Football Academy

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 20 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada
Genre(s): Sports
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)
Release Date: March 20, 2009
Summary
EA SPORTS Football Academy is a collection of mini-games and challenges that improves football knowledge in a fun and entertaining way. EA SPORTS Football Academy offers an entertaining way to learn football strategy, positioning and technique. Players build their knowledge by completing tasks and take their improved skills onto the pitch to compete against their friends. Additionally EA SPORTS Football Academy offers a variety of mini-games that provide fun for fans of all ages. [Electronic Arts]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GamingXP
This game combines soccer and brain training in a very pleasant way. The only critic, I have to mention is that the Austrian soccer league is not included in the game!
Read Full Review >VideoGamer
It's just hugely satisfying to win a match. I found myself geeing on my strikers whenever they took a shot. I found myself cheering out loud after a last-minute Bobby Zamora winner broke Hull hearts. This, fused with the "collect-em-all" nature of virtual sticker collecting, makes Football Academy almost impossible to put down.
Read Full Review >Level7.nu
An odd combination of soccer quizzes, management strategies and rock-paper-scissor gameplay - Football Academy must be as hard to promote as it is to describe. The quizzes are somewhat uneven and the strategies could do with a bit more depth. Nevertheless, this is a unique and fun title that soccer fans at least should take a closer look at. Kudos to EA for giving such a unique concept the green light.
Read Full Review >NGamer UK
Low on thrills but good for your football brain skills, with a curious blend of gameplay styles that just about works. [May 2009, p.64]
MEGamers
A decent effort that deserves some attention from football loving DS owners.
Read Full Review >Cynamite
Hardcore soccer fans should give it a try, but everyone else should stay away from it.
Read Full Review >SpazioGames
Football Academy is half managerial, half party game. The idea is sound, but the result could disappoint fans of both the genres. Could be a wise choice for managerial newbies, but everyone else should try before buying.
Read Full Review >Multiplayer.it
Albeit quirky, Football Academy’s concept is an interesting and intriguing one; as it is, football fans will probably love this strange rendition of the sport, but a good idea deserves much more polish and production values.
Read Full Review >Games Master UK
A great idea nonetheless, despite its flaws. [June 2009, p.78]
AceGamez
Football Academy is undoubtedly an addictive game but it requires several more training sessions before it can be considered world class.
Read Full Review >Official Nintendo Magazine UK
Random questions are actually some of the highlights of the game. That says it all. [May 2009, p.89]
Total Video Games
This really is a game purely for footie mad kids in the playground, and certainly not the typical hardcore footie fanatic that you'd expect to find sitting in the Kop.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 20 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
luke b gave it an8:
it is a good game but is a little boring waiting for the player challenges in matches but the card shuffling for people is exciting,,, i recommend this game is very good.
Jeff K. gave it a3:
this game is not for me. i played the comic book match and its so not like a comic book i tried to fight the players against each other and it just played the game it wasn't right if you ask me. i think EA really needs to look beyond what they're making and think of new idea that don't involve soccer on the DS. Hats off to you EA, you've done it.
Phillip Ontakos B gave it a1:
this game has no respect for footie. footie is my favourite sport of all and this game does not respect it. i have been a footie fan since i was a child and footie is the greatest sport in the world and this game does not respect footie. i don't like this non-respected footie game for ds.
Todd D. gave it a2:
I think this game reminds me of the old times in England when I lept from seat when my favorite team won a real comic book match! my favorite part was when my card player whent down to the e-mail hub and didn't pay attention to the e-mails, but scored the winning goal anyways so thank you EA for making this game and reminding me of that time that I loved. Good game all! I thuroughly had funs
Billy B gave it a10:
A work of genius. This game should have been massive. Buy it for the footy mad son in your life, and then again for his dad.
Henry M gave it a5:
Some of the minigames are alright but it seems to get boring quickly as there are so few of them. The card collecting thing is kind of neat, but several of the players don't really resemble their real life counterparts. Maybe if they do another iteration, it'll be more fun - why not take this and FIFA for DS and make just one game?
Spiros H gave it an8:
This game is pretty awesome, I like getting cards and trading them with my brother Sparticus. I never really liked playing a full game of soccer, and this is simple enough for me to get the hang of - I almost have a 5 star team! The scouting mission mini game is kind of bogus, but higher or lower and the wicked comic book match more than makes up for it
