''Goal! Two'' is a

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developed by

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for the

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(NES), and published by

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in 1992. Goal! Two is Tose's first sequel to the NES title Goal! (released in Japan as Moero !! Pro Soccer). On 04/24/92, Tose's first soccer title for the

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, was published by Jaleco. It was later ported to the Famicom on 09/25/92 as Goal!!. Jaleco localized the Famicom game for the NES as Goal! Two for North American markets, and Goal! 2 for European markets later that year. Finally, the Super Famicom version was brought to the

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(SNES) as Goal! for North America and Super Goal! for Europe in December 1992, shortly after ''Goal Two!'' for the NES. The cover model is John Brady, an amateur soccer player from London who was living in Chicago. For the French release of the NES version, Jaleco secured an endorsement from French international footballer

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, who had just transferred to

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The French packaging bears the name and likeness of Cantona, with the prefixed title ''Eric Cantona Football Challenge: Goal! 2''. The SNES title ''

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'', however, is an

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of '' Striker'' (

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1992). ''Goal!'' for NES is a localization of '' Moero!! Pro Soccer'' (1988), the fifth installment in the long-running ''Moero!!''

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series. The ''Goal!'' video game series is a

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of the Japanese ''Moero!!'' series. Jaleco followed '' uperGoal!'' with ''

Super Goal! 2 ''Super Goal! 2'', known in Japan as is an international soccer video game published by Jaleco for the Super NES/Super Famicom console. Summary The Japanese version allows players to compete for the '' Super Cup'' either with or against ''Take ...

'' (1994), a localization of ''

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'' (1993). An additional Super Famicom installment, ''Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer'' (1994) was published only in Japan.

Gameplay

Players choose a national men's team from a list of 25 countries (a net increase of eight compared with ''Goal!'' for NES). Like ''Goal!'' for NES, ''Goal! Two'' is not endorsed by any

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or federation, so

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colors are inauthentic. In addition to a "Super Cup" tournament mode, the game allows for

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es for a

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, or for two players playing either competitively or cooperatively. However, whereas ''Goal!'' for NES has a

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mode, ''Goal! Two'' and '' uperGoal!'' do not. In this sequel, Tose made several presentational changes: They adjusted the perspective of the

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; increased the size of the

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sprites and goals; enlivened the interstitial animation; and improved the

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and

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s. Among the functional changes to the game are a choice of team formations and the ability to choose the team's 11 members from a roster of 15.

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* * {{Jaleco sports 1992 video games Association football video games Jaleco games Nintendo Entertainment System games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Tose (company) games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Takeshi Ichida Video games with isometric graphics Multiplayer and single-player video games

Gameplay

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