Story Mode, online multiplayer... and that’s it? Seriously? No offline tournaments, no team creation — even RoNC had more options than this. Stop charging people money for a mobile game.

If you are a big fan of the first game, and enjoyed that experience, I highly recommend that you go back to it, instead of buying this inferior version.

Just for reference here seem to be the key missing features, I can't go in to too much depth as I have only played the first 2 hours:
-No more player stats, all characters run at the same speed and have the same power, player stats are purely decided by equipped skill ranks now. So there is now no build variety at all apart from shots and dribble moves.

-Less decision making, there doesn't seem to be any choice for story pathway at least in the early game. In the first game you got to select from the list of schools which expanded as the game went on, now you just play for Sao Paulo and team Japan, which will make subsequent playthroughs more tedious. I am suspicious that you can no longer make multiple characters in multiple playthroughs to add to your team, which is devastating as the replayability and making the ideal character, while collecting the moves by increasing friendships, was a great feature, Speaking of.

-No friendship system, you no longer seem to be building up friendships by making the correct social choices, at the very least this is true for the first part of the game, there is also no "downtime" type bits, the side scenarios and links are basically cutscenes that don't seem to have anything to do with your agency as a player, apart from some being locked behind match challenges.

-Team creation is GONE. You can only play as the world and club teams etc, you can't make your own with completely bespoke members, kits and the like. This also lends credence to my previous point about there not being replay value to make more characters, as the teams are basically set.

-Offline tournaments are GONE. You can no longer set up dream brackets with created teams and ones from the base story, you can only play exhibitions or fragg off back to FC/FIFA.

-I have had multiple crashes so far, stability isn't great, while it doesn't run slowly it frequently has a fatal error usually when doing cutscene transitions. Loading times are long, even longer than the last game where it was an occasional issue, especially since both have many loading screens inherently.

Some other nuisance changes:
-You can no longer use super shots by simply charging up, rewarding good play and chaining dribbles to increase speed, now you just have to wait for the gauge to build up (which will usually only happen once or twice per game) and press one button to use your super, additionally you only get one true super, so you cannot both have a block super AND a shot super (the same is true for super passes, super dribbles and tackles are new mechanics compared to the old game) at the same time (you'll have a basic shot but no super like neo-drive or neo-tiger).
So all the hype moments of building up charge to see a cool animation and score by using your most powerful moves in sequence, are gone, instead you will be waiting for meter and scoring with normal shots for most games. Not a strictly worse mechanic but it certainly makes the game feel slower, less dramatic, additionally gauge seems to be not shared but work in unison. So most of your team will build up gauge at the same rate, the same is true for your opponent, so it turns the late game into a fustercluck, you will have everyone on your team spamming moves at random before going back to being boring again, and the AI will just prevent any real progress by doing the same kind of spam.

-Customised players seem either less unique or the same, giant players are less big and seem more normal sized, small players aren't that small.

-The camera seems to be really close even at the widest setting, much harder to get a good view of the whole pitch now, which is more important than before given how tackling works now.

-The Rock Paper Scissors seems to be gone, or so different it feels baffling, the enemy can still instantly strip you if you do nothing, but tackles now damage stamina when you dribble through them, making chaining with a solo player going on a run more difficult. I think this would be fine if not for my next point.

-Dribble and tackles have really weird hitboxes now, a player can be within inches of your animation's clear range and not get hit, or you can be dragged from another country into an animation. This leads to way more whiffing and then being punished on recovery frames. Additionally the new super tackles are the worst for this, as essentially the game prevents any escape from them even if you act prophylactically, pressing pass when you know a super tackle is coming does nothing at all.


But hey guys, they added the ability to play as a Goalkeeper so I guess all is forgiven (never mind the fact the goalie has no stats to level and seems to have less stamina than the previous game making getting scored on trivial)

As one of my favorite shounen anime series from back in the day, the new title featuring the phrase "World Fighters" clearly signals an emphasis on arcade style combat action that just happens to involve a ball.

The animestyle cel-shaded visuals are stunning. Animations for moves like the Drive Shoot and Tiger Shot, as well as defensive maneuvers that send opponents flying, feel dynamic. The match atmosphere from the audio and Japanese commentary to the animestyle soundtrack perfectly captures the nostalgia of the original manga and anime.

After playing for about two hours, noticed significant changes in gameplay compared to the prequel, Rise of New Champions (2020) the action is faster, and chain combos are much more prominent. The mechanics governing the dribble versus tackle duels feel smoother and less stiff. Many exciting moments are presented as cutscenes or text sequences rather than playable segments. While it is a real treat for anime fans, personally feel it might be less appealing to neutral gamers. At its core, this game is pure "Tsubasa" fan service I would recommend it to casual gamers only once it goes on sale.