Pro Evolution Soccer 5

Pro Evolution Soccer 5
European cover art featuring John Terry and Thierry Henry
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox
Release date(s)	JP 4 August 2005 NA 7 February 2006[1] EU 2 October 2005
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+
Media/distribution	Optical disc, UMD

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (known as Winning Eleven 9 in Japan and World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9 in the North America) is an football video game developed and produced by Konami as part of the Pro Evolution Soccer series. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were released on 21 October 2005 with the PC version released a week later on the 28 October.^[2]

The game is the first in the series to include officially licensed British teams—Arsenal and Chelsea of England, as well as Celtic and Rangers of Scotland. The game also includes fully licensed leagues— La Liga of Spain, Eredivisie of the Netherlands, and Serie A of Italy. Only Japan and South Korea's national teams are fully licensed. As with previous versions, the game features an edit mode allowing the player to edit certain elements of the game. It was the last game to feature the Bundesliga (in the game as German league) before it would be replaced by a generic league.

The PlayStation 2 version was the first to feature online play (currently free of charge). Within online play, statistics and league points are stored on the server for each game played. These points determine a team's (player's) position within the five online divisions.

The stats for the players in the Pro Evolution games are provided by Sports Interactive.^{[citation needed]}

Changes

PES5 was also the first Pro Evolution to appear on the PSP and Xbox and despite it being slowed down it is considered by many players the best Pro Evolution game due to its realism and amazing step up from PES 4, these included:

■ More realistic Preset Faces

■ The ability to customize kits by overlaying patterns and combine 1st and 2nd kits

■ The introduction of snow

■ More Edit appearance options such as untucked shirts and under-shorts

■ More realistic player interaction (such as cold air being visible out of the players mouth)

■ Online play

Leagues

Licensed leagues

• Italy: Serie A
• Netherlands: Eredivisie
• Spain: BBVA Liga

Unlicensed leagues

• England: English League (Barclays Premier League)
• Germany: German League (1. Bundesliga)
• France: French League (Ligue 1)

References

1. ^ "World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Game Detail Page". http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/w/winningeleven9/. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 
2. ^ "Pro Evo 5 kicks off on October 21st". http://www.mcvuk.com/newsitem.php?id=510. Retrieved 2005-09-21. 

External links

• Official Site of PES5 - Including the free demo.
• Pro Evolution Soccer 5 at MobyGames