Product Description

Konami has announced that Liverpool FC and Spanish international striker Fernando Torres is to join Lionel Messi as the cover stars of PES 2010!

Torres, 25, has enjoyed an incredibly successful season both at club and international level, and will now join UEFA Champions League winner Messi on the front of PES 2010's packaging. Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Game

• Enhanced Realism: PES 2010 delivers a pace of game in tune with football played at the highest level. Triangulation of passes and use of off-the-ball runs are key to breaking down the opposition, forcing the player to use the strengths of their team mates to create scoring opportunities. Gone are 'soft' goals that can be used to break the deadlock - instead, only working the channels and the precision play expected of great players will make a difference.
• Player Characteristics: Key skills of the many players have now been attributed named, allowing users to incorporate them into their play strategy. Cover star Torres, for instance, is renowned for his ability to receive a pass in the penalty area, and to drop the ball to a teammate in a good position for a goal-scoring opportunity. As such, he is labeled a "Fox In The Box" and "Goal Poacher", in line with his prowess in both scoring and setting up goals.
• Instant Tactical Switching: Each team has unique settings matching their real-life playing styles. Torres at Liverpool, for instance, will recreate the Merseyside club's sophisticated play and high numbers in attack, their pressing from midfield, strong defensive line, and width across the pitch. For the offense, the default settings support wide attacks and the aim to move in the back of the opponent's defense line. The user can summon the bar instantly during a match to adjust team tactics to enhance their defence or strengthen attacks.
• Master League: The Master League now incorporates

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #350 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Konami
• Released on: 2009-11-20
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Format: Unknown format
• Dimensions: .53 pounds

Customer Reviews

Another step forward
I came to this game owning PES08 on the Wii and having bought (and returned) FIFA10. I wrote a review on FIFA10, so you can go see what I thought of that if you want to compare.

The main standout for PES on the Wii has always been its gameplay. Yes it lacks in graphic detail compared to the Xbox and PS3, but what is and has been truly unique is the way in which you play the game. By using the Wiimote and nunchuck you can control and move multiple players at one time creating more complex moves than possible on any other console. For me this is the true football sim.

The AI of the players has greatly improved, particularly that of the defenders. There has also been a great addition of a fatigue system, so players get tireder the longer the hold on to the ball, which works independently of their overall match stamina. This has brough a new sense of realism to the game and encourages you to play a more expansive passing style of football.

The depth of game modes has also increase greatly from PES08 (although I think many of these were brought in for PES09). The inclusion of the Champs Lge makes a very welcome appearance both in the Master League and the Champions Road set-up.

Graphics, soundtrack and commentary have all been tweaked giving that much richer an experience.

The only problem I have found is that occasionally, I am noticing some 'wobble' or 'blur' in the lower half of the screen as if the system can't keep up with refreshing the screen quick enough. I'm using a component cable and all my settings seem fine and I've never experienced anything like this in any other game.

All in all though, this really is how the beautiful game should be played!

Still better than Fifa (on wii at least)
UPDATE : I have changed the game from my original 5 star review to 4 after spending a few weeks on it. I Still highly recommend this game though. The reason for the change is mostly for the online aspect as I am getting really infuriated when people quit during matches while they are losing without any penalty (they should have a loss on their online record for this - it would stop the majority of them). My online record currently stands at something like played 34 won 24, lost 7 drawn 3. Doesnt look great but it should read something like 60+wins (seriously, thats how many people Ive had quitting on me!). SORT IT OUT KONAMI! Also, I kinda miss the 2 tier master league where you had to get promoted as you start off in the top division straight away. The difficulty needs to be raised because even at its hardest difficulty it gets too easy.


ORIGINAL REVIEW
If you are looking at buying this game you will probably already know what it is all about. It is without a doubt the best footy experience available on the wii (in my opinion it offers far more control than the 360/PS3 versions over your players (with wiimote/nunchuk) and in theory you can control all 11 players at once!). You use the wiimote by pointing it at the screen and dragging your players around. You can make runs for yourself by moving players into open spaces etc. There is also the option to play with just the wiimote if you want, or the classic controller but it isn't the same and offers less control over what you can do.

I would say this game is more for gamers than the casual folk (although they can still have some fun). Saying this as my friends find it difficult getting used to the controls, but it does get easier with practice, or it could just be that I'm too good and they don't like losing! (",)

I've not managed to find anyone to play online against yet, although it is still early days. It seems exactly the same as the 2009 version though and with no new online options. Online play is not the wiis strongest point, although that is Nintendos fault rather than Konamis (the games developer/publisher). It would have been nice to have some kind of option to talk to your friends online and have a proper online leaderboard.

I had the previous 2008/9 versions and the control and graphics have been tweaked a bit more for the better. and overall I would highly recommend this if you are prepared to put in the time and effort to get used to the controls

new to PES
never played PES before on any format. in fact the last footie game I played was iss pro on the n64 or fifa98 I think so it's been a while.

but I got given a wii, I like football so I thought I'd give this game a go.

got this as it would appear that fifa10 is rubbs on the wii and this was supposed to be great (that's what I gathered from reading the reviews on amazon anyway).

first day I got it I found it infuriating as my housemate beat me 3 times (I'm a bad loser). I couldn't get to grips with it at all and also found it stupid that only some teams had the right names and stadiums but all the players were there. I got over that when I saw you can edit them (which I'm doing slowly but its a bit silly - fifa obviously are trying to rain on pes' parade)
anyway next day he was out.
I did the training.
now I'm starting to get to understand the controls and I think its awesome.

still got lots more to learn but there is something satisfying about controlling the whole team, doing dummy runs or great runs off the ball to beat the offside trap instead of just hitting a thru ball button on your joypad like games of old and hoping someone on your team gets onto it.

like I said I'm not familiar with football games anymore but this game seems great to me.

can't wait to take my revenge on my housemate on sunday...

after that, the world online I guess....