Pro Evolution Soccer 2

Port

The PlayStation port of World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6, released for PlayStation 2.

Released: 25 April 2002
Platforms: GameCube PlayStation PlayStation 2
Genres: Association football Simulation Sports
Developers: Konami
Publishers: Konami
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)

About

Pro Evolution Soccer 2 (abbreviated as PES 2), also known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 outside of Europe, is the second installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football simulation video game series. The Japanese release was succeeded by an updated and improved version called World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution.

It was the last game in the series to be released for the PlayStation and the first and only game to be released for the GameCube, though it was the Japan-exclusive Final Evolution update.

Keywords

soccer
football
fan translation - portuguese

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received "universal acclaim" in both regions according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave both the original and Final Evolution versions a score of 36 out of 40, and the J.League version 34 out of 40, all for the same console version.

In Japan, Winning Eleven 6 sold 1 million units in eight weeks. By December 2002, Winning Eleven 6 had sold 1,115,707 units and Final Evolution sold 406,234 units for a combined 1,521,941 units sold. In total, the game sold a total of 1,799,075 for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.