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FIFA 10 for Nintendo DS
FIFA 10 for Nintendo DS lets you play matches with real clubs and national teams, from a single kick-off to a longer competition. You move the ball with short combinations, look for an unmarked attacker and choose the moment to shoot. The buttons handle normal play on the pitch; the lower screen provides an overview and tactical choices. Cup tournaments and a management game let you continue beyond one match towards a larger goal, such as leading your club through a series of decisive encounters.
In Be A Pro, you control one existing or custom-created footballer. You need to find space, hold your position and contribute to the team's result, even when a teammate has the ball. Your performances can then earn you a place in the national squad. You can also design your own set pieces: using the stylus, you place outfield players on a diagram and indicate their running directions. This lets you deliberately prepare a free kick or corner rather than only reacting while it is taken.
Local wireless play supports two people through DS Download Play with one game cartridge, or up to four through Multi-Card Play, where everyone needs their own copy. Each participant uses their own DS system; extra systems and cartridges are not included. No cable is needed. The original online features through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection have been discontinued and are not offered as a working internet service.
Region and language
Our Nintendo DS games are European editions, unless stated otherwise. This product contains a loose cartridge for the European market. A box is only included if explicitly stated in the product details. We note any different region in the product details. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
With FIFA 10 for Nintendo DS, you receive a loose cartridge. A box and manual are not included unless we explicitly state otherwise in the product details. This is the standard way we supply this copy.
The history of FIFA 10
FIFA 10 was released in 2009, despite the number ten in its title. Electronic Arts released the football series on a range of consoles and handhelds at the time. Exient developed the Nintendo DS version, continuing the portable FIFA games of the preceding years. The foundation remained a combination of official teams, familiar matches and longer competitions. The available hardware shaped the presentation: a three-dimensional pitch on one screen and extra information or instructions on the other.
On DS, this edition primarily developed Be A Pro further. That feature followed one player through matches and seasons, with FIFA 10 adding national-team selection to the career. Positioning and contributing without the ball therefore became more meaningful than in a match where you constantly switch to the nearest player. The set-piece designer also gave the stylus a specific job: placing players and preparing their runs on a tactical diagram.
Local multiplayer accommodated different numbers of participants and cartridges. Download Play made a two-player match possible with one copy; Multi-Card Play extended that to four participants. The internet connection of the period is separate from this. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ended on 20 May 2014, so the old online services are no longer a current way to play. FIFA 10's lasting character lies in its matches, careers and local wireless contests featuring the football world of the time.
Similar games for Nintendo DS
FIFA 08 for Nintendo DS already offers traditional matches, tournaments and club management, with touch controls for set pieces. FIFA 10 goes further in following one player through Be A Pro and designing set pieces. The basics of passing, finding space and scoring remain familiar. The difference is most noticeable when you want to build a personal career or prepare fixed attacking patterns in advance.
FIFA 09 on Nintendo DS introduces the multi-season Be A Pro career with an existing or custom-created footballer. FIFA 10 adopts that foundation and adds national-team selection to the progression. Both let you experience your own position within a larger team. The choice comes down to the squads of the time and FIFA 10's extra career step and set-piece designer.
FIFA Street 2 for Nintendo DS puts four footballers per team on a small street pitch, with tricks and Gamebreaker shots as important tools. FIFA 10 retains the larger pitch, a complete team and club competitions. Individual action matters in both, but FIFA 10 gives positional teamwork more room. Street 2 instead concentrates the contest around brief encounters and exaggerated technical moves.
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 on Nintendo DS focuses on ordinary football matches with clubs and countries, just like FIFA 10. You can also change your tactical formation through the touch screen. FIFA 10 adds its more developed individual career and set-piece designer. If you primarily want a head-to-head match, you can compare the execution of ball control and passing; if you want to follow a player, FIFA offers a different structure.
Inazuma Eleven for Nintendo DS makes building a football team part of an RPG story, with a school club, new teammates and special shots. FIFA 10 uses existing teams and lets you follow a normal competition or an individual professional career. Both reward an understanding of player roles. In Inazuma, you build that knowledge during an adventure, while FIFA places you straight within the rules and formations of recognisable football.
