2002 FIFA World Cup

Your country’s 2002 FIFA World Cup hopes are in YOUR hands!

With 2002 being a World Cup year, it means two FIFA games in the space of six months. This means that in Europe, we missed out on the first fully-featured FIFA game and got this version on launch day. Unlike World Cup 98, though, this isn’t just the same core game with fewer teams, they actually made some changes.

Passing has been reworked significantly, which means follow on passes are much more reliable, with your player running past opponents to meet up with the ball. The players you aren’t in control of seem to be much more intelligent, and will make runs into spaces (indicated by a dotted line so you can plan appropriately) and sometimes even making tackles on your behalf. There’s a lot more activity happening in the box now, giving you more options than just booting the ball when you get close to the goal. I found it made the game flow quite nicely. Another small touch is a meaty WOOMPHHHH sound effect when you make a shot.

But with a massively reduced number of teams, fewer modes and no team or player editing, it’s still missing a ton of stuff from the main FIFA releases, so hopefully some of these gameplay elements will be evolved for the proper game.

Fun

FIFA places importance on the things that don’t matter, and ignores the things that count, such as passing, shooting, sprinting, crossing and AI. It’s hardly a new observation, but it’s worth pointing out again: if EA spent as much time on the mechanics of the game as they did on perfecting the look of the stadiums and the players’ boot designs, we’d have the best football game on the planet, no contest.

Tim Weaver, NGC Magazine #69

Remake or remaster?

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Official Ways to get the game

There is no official way to get 2002 FIFA World Cup.

GameCube Games by Date

2001: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

2002: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

2003: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

2004: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

2005: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

2006: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

2007: Mar, Jun, Aug

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