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Super Formation Soccer [Model SHVC-FS]

Super Formation Soccer [Model SHVC-FS] screenshot
35 Years old Nintendo Super Famicom cart. Human Ent. [Japan]

Super Formation Soccer © 1991 Human Ent.

Super Formation Soccer holds a significant place in gaming history as one of the definitive launch-window titles for the console in Japan. Eschewing the complex, slow-paced simulations that were common at the time, Human Entertainment delivered a fast, top-down arcade-style experience that felt incredibly fluid compared to 8-bit counterparts. It became a cultural phenomenon in Japan, selling millions of copies and effectively establishing the Super brand for football simulations on the platform.

TECHNICAL

GAME ID: SHVC-FS

Specifications: The game utilizes an 8-megabit cartridge.

TRIVIA

Super Formation Soccer was released on December 13, 1991 in Japan.

Launch-Day Success: Super Formation Soccer was pivotal to the early success of the Super Famicom in Japan. It demonstrated the hardware’s ability to handle fast-moving, multi-sprite action with smoother scrolling than the Famicom could manage, making it a "must-have" for early adopters.

The "Human" Empire: This title launched what would become an incredibly prolific series for Human Entertainment. The developer went on to create a massive library of soccer titles, including the Formation Soccer series and the Human Cup series, becoming the premier developer for the sport on the 16-bit console until the mid-90s.

Western Localization: Outside of Japan, the game was rebranded simply as Super Soccer. While the core engine remained the same, the localization was focused on the North American and European markets, which were still learning to embrace the sport, leading to a much broader release strategy than the more specialized Japanese sequels.

TIPS AND TRICKS
* During 'penalty' for a:
1) Strong shoot: press B just before touching the ball.
2) Brushed shoot: hold L+R during the shot

* To make all players jumping during the Half-time, press B.

* BELGIUM
01: UpLeft, Right, UpRight, DownLeft, UpRight, Up, Right, DownLeft,
02: DownRight, DownLeft, DownRight, DownRight, DownLeft, Up, Left, UpRight,
03: UpLeft, Right, UpLeft, UpLeft, DownRight, Down, Left, DownLeft,
04: DownRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, UpRight, DownRight, Left, Left, DownLeft,
05: UpLeft, Left, UpLeft, DownLeft, Right, Right, DownRight, Down,
06: UpRight, Right, DownRight, DownRight, Right, Right, DownRight, Down,
07: UpLeft, Left, DownRight, UpLeft, Down, Left, DownRight, Down,
08: UpRight, Right, UpLeft, UpRight, Up, UpRight, Left, DownLeft,
09: UpRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, DownLeft, DownRight, UpRight, Right, Right,
10: UpRight, Right, UpRight, DownRight, Right, UpRight, Right, DownLeft,
11: UpRight, DownLeft, DownRight, UpLeft, Down, UpRight, Left, UpRight,
12: DownRight, DownLeft, UpLeft, UpRight, DownRight, DownRight, DownRight, Left,
13: UpLeft, Left, DownLeft, DownLeft, DownRight, UpLeft, Left, Right,
14: UpRight, Right, DownRight, DownRight, Right, DownRight, DownRight, UpRight,
15: UpRight, DownLeft, DownRight, UpLeft, Down, UpLeft, DownRight, UpRight,

* URUGUAY
01: Right, DownLeft, UpLeft, DownLeft, Right, Down, Left, Up,
02: Up, DownLeft, UpLeft, DownRight, Down, Down, Left, Up,
03: Up, Left, DownLeft, UpLeft, Down, Up, Right, Up,
04: Up, UpRight, UpLeft, UpRight, Up, Left, DownRight, Up,
05: Right, DownLeft, DownLeft, DownLeft, DownRight, Left, Left, DownLeft,
06: Up, UpRight, DownRight, DownRight, DownRight, Right, DownRight, UpRight,
07: Up, Right, UpRight, UpLeft, DownRight, Left, Left, DownLeft,
08: Right, Left, DownRight, UpRight, DownRight, DownLeft, Left, Right,
09: Up, Left, DownRight, DownLeft, Right, DownLeft, Left, DownLeft,
10: Up, DownLeft, DownLeft, DownRight, DownLeft, UpRight, Right, Right,
11: Right, UpRight, UpLeft, UpLeft, Right, DownLeft, Left, DownLeft,
12: Up, DownLeft, UpRight, UpRight, DownRight, UpLeft, Left, Right,
13: Right, UpRight, DownRight, DownLeft, Up, DownRight, DownRight, UpRight,
14: Right, Right, UpRight, DownRight, DownRight, UpLeft, Left, Right,
15: Up, Left, DownLeft, UpLeft, Down, UpLeft, Left, DownLeft,

* YUGOSLAVIA
01: UpLeft, Left, Right, DownLeft, UpRight, Down, Left, DownLeft,
02: UpRight, Right, Left, DownRight, UpRight, Up, Left, DownLeft,
03: UpLeft, Left, Down, UpLeft, Right, Up, Right, Up,
04: DownRight, DownLeft, Right, UpRight, Up, Right, DownRight, Down,
05: UpLeft, Right, Down, DownLeft, DownRight, Right, Left, DownLeft,
06: UpRight, Left, Right, DownRight, Right, Right, DownRight, Down,
07: UpRight, UpRight, Up, UpLeft, Up, Left, Left, Up,
08: UpRight, Right, Right, UpRight, DownRight, UpRight, Left, Right,
09: UpRight, UpRight, Down, DownLeft, DownRight, DownLeft, Right, Left,
10: UpRight, Left, Right, DownRight, Right, DownLeft, Left, DownLeft,
11: UpRight, UpRight, Up, UpLeft, UpRight, UpRight, Right, Right,
12: UpRight, Left, Left, UpRight, UpRight, UpLeft, DownRight, Right,
13: UpLeft, Left, Up, DownLeft, Up, UpLeft, Left, DownLeft,
14: DownRight, UpRight, Up, DownRight, Up, UpLeft, Left, DownLeft,
15: UpLeft, Left, Left, UpLeft, DownRight, DownRight, DownRight, Left,

* COLOMBIA
01: Up, Left, Left, DownLeft, UpRight, Up, Left, DownLeft,
02: Up, DownLeft, Up, DownRight, Right, Up, Right, Up,
03: Up, Right, Left, UpLeft, Up, Up, Left, Up,
04: Up, DownLeft, Left, UpRight, Up, Left, DownRight, Up,
05: Right, UpRight, Down, DownLeft, DownRight, Right, Left, DownLeft,
06: Up, UpRight, Left, DownRight, Up, Left, DownRight, Up,
07: Right, UpRight, Right, UpLeft, Up, Right, DownRight, Down,
08: Right, Right, Up, UpRight, Right, DownLeft, Right, UpRight,
09: Right, DownLeft, Up, DownLeft, UpRight, UpRight, Right, Right,
10: Up, UpRight, Down, DownRight, Up, DownLeft, Right, UpRight,
11: Right, UpRight, Right, UpLeft, UpRight, DownLeft, Left, Right,
12: Right, Right, Up, UpRight, DownRight, DownRight, Left, Right,
13: Up, Left, Left, DownLeft, UpRight, UpLeft, DownRight, Right,
14: Right, Left, Up, DownRight, DownRight, UpLeft, Left, Right,
15: Up, Left, Right, UpLeft, DownRight, DownRight, DownRight, Left,

* JAPAN
01: UpLeft, Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Down, Left, UpRight,
02: UpRight, Right, DownRight, Right, DownRight, Up, Right, DownLeft,
03: UpRight, UpRight, DownLeft, Left, Right, Down, Left, Down,
04: UpRight, Right, UpLeft, Up, UpRight, Right, Left, DownLeft,
05: UpRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, Down, Right, Right, Right, Up,
06: UpRight, Left, DownLeft, Right, DownLeft, Right, Right, DownLeft,
07: UpLeft, Left, DownRight, Left, DownLeft, Right, Left, UpRight,
08: UpRight, Left, UpRight, Up, DownRight, DownLeft, Left, Left,
09: UpRight, UpRight, DownRight, Down, UpRight, UpRight, Right, Right,
10: DownRight, DownLeft, UpRight, Right, Down, UpRight, Left, DownLeft,
11: UpRight, UpRight, DownLeft, Left, DownRight, DownLeft, Left, Left,
12: DownRight, UpRight, UpRight, Up, Up, DownRight, Right, DownLeft,
13: UpLeft, Right, UpRight, Down, Up, DownRight, Right, DownLeft,
14: UpRight, Left, DownLeft, Right, DownLeft, DownRight, Right, Right,
15: UpRight, UpRight, UpLeft, Left, Right, UpLeft, Left, DownLeft,

* U.S.A
01: Right, DownLeft, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Down, Left, UpRight,
02: Up, DownLeft, DownLeft, Right, Down, Down, Left, Down,
03: Right, DownLeft, UpRight, Left, DownLeft, Up, Left, DownLeft,
04: Right, Left, DownRight, Up, DownRight, Left, Left, DownLeft,
05: Up, Right, UpLeft, Down, Up, Right, Left, Up,
06: Up, DownLeft, DownLeft, Right, Down, Right, Right, Up,
07: Right, DownLeft, DownRight, Left, DownLeft, Right, Left, UpRight,
08: Up, UpRight, UpLeft, Up, UpRight, DownLeft, Right, Left,
09: Up, Left, DownRight, Down, DownRight, UpRight, Right, Right,
10: Up, UpRight, DownRight, Right, DownRight, UpRight, Right, Right,
11: Right, UpRight, UpLeft, Left, Right, UpRight, Right, DownLeft,
12: Right, Right, DownLeft, Up, UpRight, UpLeft, Right, Left,
13: Up, Right, UpLeft, Down, UpRight, DownRight, Left, Right,
14: Right, Left, DownLeft, Right, DownLeft, DownRight, Right, Right,
15: Right, DownLeft, UpRight, Left, DownLeft, UpLeft, Right, Right,

* FRANCE
01: UpLeft, Right, Down, Down, DownRight, Up, Left, UpRight,
02: UpRight, Left, Up, Right, DownRight, Down, Left, UpRight,
03: UpLeft, Left, Left, Left, Right, Up, Right, Up,
04: UpRight, Left, Down, Up, Up, Left, Right, Down,
05: UpLeft, Right, Down, Down, DownRight, Left, Right, UpRight,
06: DownRight, UpRight, Up, Right, UpRight, Right, Right, DownLeft,
07: DownLeft, Right, Up, Left, UpRight, Right, Right, DownLeft,
08: DownRight, UpRight, Down, Up, Right, UpRight, Left, UpRight,
09: UpRight, UpRight, Down, Down, DownRight, UpRight, Left, Left,
10: UpRight, Left, Up, Right, Right, DownLeft, Left, UpRight,
11: UpRight, DownLeft, Down, Left, Right, DownLeft, Left, UpRight,
12: DownRight, UpRight, Down, Up, DownRight, UpLeft, Right, Left,
13: UpRight, UpRight, Down, Down, DownRight, UpLeft, Right, Left,
14: UpRight, Right, Down, Right, Up, UpLeft, Right, UpRight,
15: UpLeft, Right, Up, Left, UpRight, DownRight, Right, Right,

* IRELAND
01: Right, UpRight, Left, Down, Right, Down, Right, Down,
02: Right, Left, Up, Right, Right, Down, Left, Down,
03: Right, DownLeft, Left, Left, Right, Up, Right, Up,
04: Right, Left, Left, Up, UpRight, Right, Left, DownLeft,
05: Up, Left, Down, Down, Up, Left, Right, Down,
06: Up, DownLeft, Right, Right, Right, Left, Left, Up,
07: Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Left, Right, Down,
08: Up, UpRight, Up, Up, Right, UpRight, Left, UpRight,
09: Right, UpRight, Down, Down, DownRight, UpRight, Left, Left,
10: Up, DownLeft, Up, Right, DownRight, DownLeft, Left, Left,
11: Up, Left, Right, Left, Right, UpRight, Right, DownLeft,
12: Up, DownLeft, Down, Up, UpRight, UpLeft, Right, Left,
13: Right, UpRight, Left, Down, Right, DownRight, Left, DownLeft,
14: Up, DownLeft, Up, Right, Right, DownRight, Right, DownLeft,
15: Up, Left, Up, Left, DownRight, DownRight, Right, Right,

* ROMANIA
01: UpRight, DownLeft, UpLeft, DownLeft, Right, Down, Down, DownLeft,
02: DownRight, DownLeft, DownRight, DownRight, Down, Up, Down, UpRight,
03: UpLeft, Left, UpRight, UpLeft, Down, Down, Up, DownLeft,
04: DownRight, UpRight, UpRight, UpRight, Up, Left, Down, DownLeft,
05: UpLeft, Left, UpLeft, DownLeft, Right, Right, UpRight, UpRight,
06: UpRight, Left, UpLeft, DownRight, DownLeft, Right, UpRight, Down,
07: UpLeft, Right, DownLeft, UpLeft, DownRight, Left, Down, Up,
08: UpRight, Left, DownRight, UpRight, DownRight, DownLeft, Down, DownLeft,
09: UpLeft, Right, UpRight, DownLeft, Up, UpRight, Up, Up,
10: UpRight, Right, UpRight, DownRight, Right, UpRight, Up, Up,
11: UpRight, UpRight, UpLeft, UpLeft, Right, DownLeft, Down, Up,
12: DownRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, UpRight, Right, UpLeft, Down, Up,
13: UpLeft, Right, UpRight, DownLeft, Up, UpLeft, Down, Up,
14: UpRight, Right, UpRight, DownRight, DownRight, UpLeft, Down, DownLeft,
15: UpRight, UpRight, DownLeft, UpLeft, Right, UpLeft, Down, Up,

* CAMEROON
01: Up, Right, DownLeft, DownLeft, Up, Down, Up, UpRight,
02: Up, DownLeft, UpLeft, DownRight, DownLeft, Down, Down, Up,
03: Right, DownLeft, DownRight, UpLeft, Down, Up, Down, UpRight,
04: Right, Right, UpLeft, UpRight, Up, Left, UpRight, DownLeft,
05: Right, UpRight, DownRight, DownLeft, Up, Right, UpRight, UpRight,
06: Right, Left, UpLeft, DownRight, Down, Right, UpRight, UpRight,
07: Up, Right, DownRight, UpLeft, DownRight, Right, UpRight, Down,
08: Up, UpRight, UpLeft, UpRight, UpRight, UpRight, Down, DownLeft,
09: Up, Right, DownLeft, DownLeft, UpRight, DownLeft, Up, UpRight,
10: Up, DownLeft, UpLeft, DownRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, Down, DownLeft,
11: Right, DownLeft, UpRight, UpLeft, DownLeft, DownLeft, Up, DownLeft,
12: Up, DownLeft, UpRight, UpRight, Right, UpLeft, Down, Up,
13: Up, Right, UpLeft, DownLeft, Up, UpLeft, UpRight, Up,
14: Right, Right, UpRight, DownRight, Right, UpLeft, Down, Up,
15: Up, Left, UpLeft, UpLeft, DownLeft, DownRight, UpRight, UpRight,

* ENGLAND
01: UpRight, UpRight, Left, DownLeft, Right, Up, Down, DownLeft,
02: UpRight, Right, Left, DownRight, Up, Up, Down, DownLeft,
03: UpLeft, Left, Down, UpLeft, Right, Up, Up, DownLeft,
04: UpRight, Left, Down, UpRight, Up, Right, Down, DownLeft,
05: UpRight, UpRight, Down, DownLeft, DownRight, Right, Down, Up,
06: DownRight, UpRight, Right, DownRight, UpRight, Right, UpRight, Down,
07: UpRight, DownLeft, Down, UpLeft, Right, Left, Down, DownLeft,
08: DownRight, UpRight, Left, UpRight, Right, UpRight, Down, Up,
09: UpRight, DownLeft, Right, DownLeft, UpRight, DownLeft, Down, DownLeft,
10: UpRight, Left, Up, DownRight, DownRight, UpRight, Up, DownLeft,
11: UpLeft, Right, Up, UpLeft, UpRight, UpRight, Up, DownLeft,
12: DownRight, UpRight, Left, UpRight, DownRight, UpLeft, UpRight, DownLeft,
13: UpRight, DownLeft, Right, DownLeft, UpRight, DownRight, UpRight, UpRight,
14: UpRight, Left, Up, DownRight, DownRight, UpLeft, Down, DownLeft,
15: UpLeft, Right, Right, UpLeft, Up, DownRight, UpRight, Down,

* HOLLAND
01: Right, DownLeft, Up, DownLeft, Up, Up, Up, DownLeft,
02: Right, Right, Left, DownRight, UpRight, Up, Down, Up,
03: Up, Left, Right, UpLeft, DownRight, Down, Down, Up,
04: Up, UpRight, Up, UpRight, DownRight, Right, Down, Up,
05: Up, Right, Up, DownLeft, DownRight, Right, Down, Up,
06: Right, Left, Right, DownRight, Right, Right, UpRight, UpRight,
07: Up, Right, Left, UpLeft, Up, Left, UpRight, DownLeft,
08: Up, DownLeft, Left, UpRight, UpRight, UpRight, Down, DownLeft,
09: Up, Right, Up, DownLeft, DownRight, DownLeft, Up, UpRight,
10: Right, Right, Down, DownRight, Up, DownLeft, Up, Down,
11: Right, UpRight, Up, UpLeft, UpRight, UpRight, Up, DownLeft,
12: Up, DownLeft, Left, UpRight, UpRight, UpLeft, UpRight, DownLeft,
13: Right, DownLeft, Up, DownLeft, Up, UpLeft, Down, Up,
14: Up, DownLeft, Right, DownRight, Right, DownRight, UpRight, Down,
15: Right, UpRight, Right, UpLeft, Up, DownRight, UpRight, Down,

* BRAZIL
01: UpLeft, Right, DownRight, Down, UpRight, Up, Up, Up,
02: DownRight, UpRight, UpLeft, Right, Right, Up, Up, DownLeft,
03: UpLeft, Left, UpRight, Left, DownLeft, Up, Down, Up,
04: DownRight, DownLeft, UpLeft, Up, Right, Left, Down, DownLeft,
05: UpRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right, Up, Up,
06: UpRight, Left, UpLeft, Right, DownLeft, Left, Down, Up,
07: UpLeft, Left, DownRight, Left, DownLeft, Right, Down, Down,
08: DownRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, Up, DownRight, DownLeft, Down, UpRight,
09: UpLeft, Left, UpLeft, Down, Right, UpRight, Up, Up,
10: UpRight, Left, DownLeft, Right, Down, DownLeft, Down, Down,
11: UpLeft, Right, DownLeft, Left, Right, DownLeft, Down, Down,
12: DownRight, DownLeft, DownLeft, Up, Right, DownRight, Up, Up,
13: UpLeft, Right, UpRight, Down, UpRight, DownRight, Up, DownLeft,
14: DownRight, UpRight, DownLeft, Right, DownRight, DownRight, Up, DownLeft,
15: UpRight, DownLeft, UpRight, Left, Down, UpLeft, Up, Up,

* ITALIA
01: Right, UpRight, DownRight, Down, UpRight, Up, Up, Up,
02: Up, DownLeft, UpLeft, Right, Down, Up, Up, DownLeft,
03: Up, Left, DownLeft, Left, Down, Down, Down, UpRight,
04: Right, Right, DownLeft, Up, UpRight, Left, Up, Down,
05: Right, DownLeft, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right, Up, Up,
06: Up, DownLeft, DownLeft, Right, Down, Right, Up, DownLeft,
07: Right, UpRight, DownLeft, Left, DownRight, Right, Up, Up,
08: Right, Right, UpLeft, Up, Up, DownLeft, Up, Down,
09: Up, Left, DownRight, Down, DownRight, UpRight, Up, DownLeft,
10: Right, Left, UpLeft, Right, DownLeft, UpRight, Up, DownLeft,
11: Up, Right, UpRight, Left, Right, DownLeft, Down, Down,
12: Up, DownLeft, UpRight, Up, DownRight, DownRight, Up, DownLeft,
13: Right, UpRight, UpRight, Down, Up, DownRight, Up, Up,
14: Up, UpRight, UpRight, Right, DownRight, DownRight, Up, DownLeft,
15: Right, UpRight, DownLeft, Left, Right, DownRight, Up, Up,

* ARGENTINA
01: UpLeft, Right, Down, Down, DownRight, Up, Down, Down,
02: DownRight, DownLeft, Down, Right, DownRight, Down, Down, Down,
03: UpLeft, Right, Up, Left, Up, Down, Down, UpRight,
04: DownRight, DownLeft, Right, Up, Up, Left, Down, DownLeft,
05: UpRight, DownLeft, Up, Down, Up, Right, Up, DownLeft,
06: DownRight, DownLeft, Down, Right, Right, Right, Up, DownLeft,
07: UpLeft, Left, Down, Left, Right, Right, Up, DownLeft,
08: UpRight, Right, Up, Up, DownRight, UpRight, Down, UpRight,
09: UpLeft, Right, Left, Down, Right, DownLeft, Up, Down,
10: DownRight, UpRight, Up, Right, Up, DownLeft, Down, Down,
11: UpLeft, Left, Down, Left, Right, DownLeft, Down, Down,
12: DownRight, UpRight, Down, Up, DownRight, UpLeft, Up, UpRight,
13: UpLeft, Left, Up, Down, Up, DownRight, Up, Up,
14: DownRight, UpRight, Right, Right, UpRight, UpLeft, Down, DownLeft,
15: UpLeft, Right, Right, Left, UpRight, UpLeft, Down, DownLeft,

* GERMANY
01: Right, DownLeft, Right, Down, UpRight, Up, Up, Up,
02: Right, Left, Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, DownLeft,
03: Right, UpRight, Right, Left, Up, Up, Up, DownLeft,
04: Up, UpRight, Up, Up, DownRight, Left, Up, Down,
05: Up, Right, Right, Down, DownRight, Right, Down, Up,
06: Up, DownLeft, Right, Right, DownRight, Left, Down, Up,
07: Up, Right, Left, Left, Up, Right, Down, DownLeft,
08: Right, Left, Down, Up, Up, UpRight, Down, Down,
09: Right, UpRight, Down, Down, Right, UpRight, Down, Down,
10: Up, DownLeft, Right, Right, DownRight, UpRight, Up, DownLeft,
11: Right, DownLeft, Down, Left, DownRight, DownLeft, Down, UpRight,
12: Right, Left, Left, Up, UpRight, DownRight, Down, DownLeft,
13: Up, Right, Up, Down, Right, UpLeft, Up, Down,
14: Right, Left, Right, Right, DownRight, UpLeft, Down, DownLeft,
15: Right, DownLeft, Left, Left, Right, UpLeft, Down, Up,
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