{"id":21186,"date":"2018-05-21T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/legendary_eleven_brings_the_golden_age_of_the_world_cup_to_switch_this_june"},"modified":"2018-05-21T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T18:45:00","slug":"legendary-eleven-brings-the-golden-age-of-the-world-cup-to-switch-this-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/21\/legendary-eleven-brings-the-golden-age-of-the-world-cup-to-switch-this-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Eleven Brings The Golden Age Of The World Cup To Switch This June"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/legendary_eleven_brings_the_golden_age_of_the_world_cup_to_switch_this_june\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/legendary_eleven_brings_the_golden_age_of_the_world_cup_to_switch_this_june\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/legendary_eleven_brings_the_golden_age_of_the_world_cup_to_switch_this_june\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resize\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BrpMzGo76-k?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fifa_18\">FIFA 18<\/a><\/strong> isn&#8217;t enough football action for you this World Cup year, then you might want to check out Eclipse Games&#8217; upcoming\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/legendary_eleven_epic_football\">Legendary Eleven: Epic Football<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Described as an &#8220;epic&#8221; arcade football title &#8220;inspired by the golden age of football spanning the &#8217;70s to the &#8217;90s&#8221;, Legendary Eleven features fluid gameplay, special &#8220;Super Shots&#8221; and 32 retro-style tradable stickers which can be used to boost the stats of your team. The developer cites <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/neogeo\/super_sidekicks\">Super Sidekicks<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/nintendo_world_cup\"><strong>Nintendo World Cup<\/strong><\/a> and early <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/international_superstar_soccer\"><strong>ISS<\/strong><\/a> titles as sources of inspiration, which bodes well.<\/p>\n<p>There are 36 national sides to select from and 5 cup competitions to challenge for. A morale system is also in place which varies from team to team, and special techniques such as wall passes and through balls help add some tactical depth. Local multiplayer comes as standard, but there&#8217;s sadly no mention of online play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Legendary Eleven\u00a0hits Steam Early Access on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">May the 29th<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and will arrive on Nintendo Switch on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June the 8th. Xbox One and PS4 versions are also planned, but it looks like Switch owners will be getting their hands on this before their console-based rivals. It will cost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>$9.99 \/ \u20ac9.99 \/ \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] If FIFA 18 isn&#8217;t enough football action for you this World Cup year, then you might want to check out Eclipse Games&#8217; upcoming\u00a0Legendary Eleven: Epic Football. 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