Nintendo Pocket Football Club

« It's certainly casual compared to the Football Manager games, but thanks to its adorable presentation and its ability to make you truly care about the fortunes of your little soccer players and team, this is the equivalent of a pulp fiction page turner; it's not necessarily fulfilling, but it's truly entertaining and impossible to put down. »

« For all its charm, there's no escaping the fact that Nintendo Pocket Football Club will be compared to rival titles in this genre, and in that regard it falls short. »

« Nintendo Pocket Football Club is a great introduction to the football management genre and a fun 3DS eShop title as well. »

« Nintendo Pocket Football Club isn't a soccer game like you're used to. In this simple looking game you take on the role of coach and are tasked with running the team. This means you can't step out into the playing field; you can only watch how your team slowly crawls to the top. An especially fun game for newcomers and fans alike. »

« Nintendo Pocket Football Club gives the player a clear set of tools to create his own heroic story in a simple soccer management game. It gives the sensation that you're changing a group of nincompoops into a dream team. »

« Nintendo Pocket Football Club is a bite-sized football manager simulation. With its cute visuals and an enjoyable sense of progression, it fits perfectly the on-the-go way of living of the 3DS gamers. »

« Football Club is a nice little title, just not deep enough to please Football Manager's fans but recommended for a fast (and rpg-style) romp through the world of football seen from the bench. »

« Its old-fashioned mentality won me over: while other sims can seem to favour a rather coldly analytical approach to management, here you feel as much a fan as a manager, cheering your team on from the sidelines. It might take away much of what makes a truly authentic sim, but in doing so it gives back plenty besides. »

« Its a Football Manager without the boring parts that a football manager normally has. I love that you can get attached to player just as you can get attached to a real player. This game is 100% the best football manager out there, hopefully another game like this will release some day »

« One of the best 3DS games out there. Very disappointing that it doesn't get the love it deserves. So charming and addictive. »

« Nintendo Pocket Football Club is fantastically colourful, fun and simple; working perfectly for Nintendo's 3DS. It's not too simple that it's easy, though, because different choices mean different results, and every team has different traits. It's not only good off the pitch, though, as on the pitch, aside from looking fantastic (especially with 3D on), the complexity of the game is great, and every game is as exciting as the one before it. I love this game to bits, and it's hugely addictive. 93/100. »

« It's a very addict little game, nice manager on 3DS for very little price, a little gem, this game is definitely the one you should buy and try, now i wait for pocket football 2 ! »

« A pretty fun light soccer management/training sim game with strong manager-simulation elements (pretty tough to classify really!) and substantial 90s nostalgic vibe. Can get quite time consuming at times, especially later on while playing in higher leagues, but the actual matches play quite well, and it is really nice to see the players apply the tricks and skills learned through training between matches. Broken multiplayer (especially national for low-populated countries) and paid DLCs (aka training boosts/cheats) do set this game back, however - I could really live without these features. There is also not much actual game in this also, which is a drawback for me, an arcade lover. This is a curio recommended mostly for football fans. »

« I am not a fan of football but this game really change my opinion toward this sport and I'm starting to like it. Although there are flaws and limited team customization, this game is definitely the one you should buy and try. »

« A football manager on a Nintendo system!? Maybe not for everyone but exactly for me!!! I don’t like today’s football managing games cause of their complexity and this game is exactly the opposite. Unfortunately it is a little to puristic and there could be e few more financial options but for me it’s enough to fell in love with it. I’m already hoping, that this game series will be continued… »

« Usually, I don't play football managers. But this one got my attention. I think it is really great and it's a nice introduction to the football manager genre. Plus, I didn't want to play a game with too much depth. I wanted something which I could play every now and then without too much thought. It's nice to watch the games and to see the results change with your tactics. You can train your individual players with training cards and their skills will rise rpg-like. I actually think there is a big system with many variables at work behind the smooth interface. Like in real life you can't see the mechanics and definite numbers behind the "ecosystem" of the players and their team interaction. But you can change many things which affects your team in many different ways. Shortly: It's a really good game and a somehow different approach to a football manager. »