====== Nintendo Pocket Football Club ======

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**//Nintendo Pocket Football Club//** is a [[football|football]] management game by [[paritybit]] for the [[nintendo_3ds|3DS]]. It's a follow-up to a game they made on the [[nintendo_game_boy+advance|GBA]]. //Another// follow-up has since been released in Japanese only, for mobile phones.

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> A charming, simplified football management sim. The main appeal for me are the cute graphics in the replays. They have lots of nice little animations, and the games have a pretty good flow! Though the offside calls are WAY too strict.
> This was only released in PAL ZONE, though there is a Japan-only, GBA version available, which should be pretty playable as everything important is communicated with icons. No functioning online mode on the GBA though!
> --- [[nintendo_3ds_notes]]

===== Tips =====

Don't worry about losing, especially in practice games! Focus on experimenting, and getting lots of training cards.

==== Training Card Combos ====

When you train players, certain combinations of cards will grant extra abilities, as well as increase base stats further.

^ Combo            ^  Cards                            ^^^ Good for ^ Notes ^
^ ???              | Aerobics | Stretching | ???         |  | |
^ Compact Field    | Pressuring | Line Control |  -      | MF | |
^ Flowing Football | Minigame | Passing | Agility        | MF | |
^ Intercepting     | Sliding | Visualising |  -          |  | |
^ Iron Defence     | Marking | Pressuring |  -           |  | |
^ Scissors Feint   | Agility | Signing |  -              |  | |
^ Volley Shot      | Shooting | Stretching |  -          |  | |
^ Dribbling Shot   | Dribbling | Shooting |  -           | | |
^ Controlled Shot  | Shooting | Freestyling | -          | | |
^ Diagonal Run     | Running | Visualising |  -          | | |
^ Determination    | Pressuring | Meditation | -         | | |
^ Titanic Goalie   | Set Plays | Agility |  -            | GK | |
^ Super Save       | Heading | Meditation |  -           | GK | |
^ Desperate Saves  | Aerobics | Meditation | PK Practice | GK | |
^ Goalie Runs Up   | Set Plays | Running | Karaoke       | GK | But actually bad |

=== Sources ===
  * https://old.reddit.com/r/NPFC/comments/23d5wj/what_card_combinations_has_everyone_found/
  * https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/643011-nintendo-pocket-football-club/69083291
  * https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/643011-nintendo-pocket-football-club/69104184
  * https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/643011-nintendo-pocket-football-club/69228152
  * https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/643011-nintendo-pocket-football-club/69053574

=== Software ===
  * [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.badbart.com.npfcapp|NPFC combo]] - Android app which seems to want every permission?
  * [[https://npfc.azurewebsites.net/|Nintendo Pocket Football Club Combination finder]] - Seems busted?
  * [[http://www.lemon-tea.co.uk/games/nintendo-pocket-football-club/pocket-football-club-combos-card-owned-selector-mkii/]] - Not longer up, but [[https://web.archive.org/web/2016*/http://www.lemon-tea.co.uk/games/nintendo-pocket-football-club/pocket-football-club-combos-card-owned-selector-mkii/|it's on The Wayback Machine]].
    * [[http://lemon-tea.wixsite.com/index/nintendo-pocket-football-club]] - Later version, also no longer up, not on Wayback.

==== Zones ====

One of the ways you have to control how your team plays is the 'Zones' option you find in the pre-game or training menu under 'Team Tactics'. Changing the length and position of the box can have a big difference on how your team plays: how they pass, how much they run...

> A narrower zone will make your players pass and intercept passes more. A wider zone means they will play a longer passing game.
> The further forward you put your zone the greater the chance of getting near the oppositions goal but also of leaving your goal open to attack. Further back creates a more defensive strategy.
> --- https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/643011-nintendo-pocket-football-club/75190582#4

==== Online ====

nbjp The online service was stopped in October 2019 :(

^ Club ID | [[http://microsite.nintendo-europe.com/NPFC/team.php?team_code=C1E25BE9E|C1E25BE9E]] |

=== Command Options ===
  * I recommend putting //Player Selection// to entirely //Stable//, 'cause the AI can do some weird changes. I had a keeper as a striker at one point :0.
  * I find have //Substitutions// all the way to //Proactive// helpful too. As long as you have the depth?

===== My Team =====

Need to start keeping track of my team and what abilities they have. I've already played a couple of seasons, so a bit of info's missing.

^  Posi. ^ Player    ^ Type     ^ Notes ^
|  GK    | Farrante  | Balanced | First keeper. |
|  GK    | Ullrich   | Balanced | Reserve. |
|  DF    | Jacquet   | Balanced |  |
|  DF    | Frolov    | Balanced |  |
|  DF    | Rocha     | Stopper  |  |
|  DF    | Moreira   | Balanced |  |
|  DF    | Carlini   | Balanced | Reserve. |
|  MF    | Boulanger | Balanced |  |
|  MF    | Ochoa     | Balanced | Always seems to be on that ball. Tech almost leveled, then Kicking |
|  MF    | Peña      | Dynamo   |  |
|  MF    | Casco     | Balanced |  |
|  MF    | Walter    | Balanced | Old guys with short white hair in videofootball are always good. |
|  MF    | Scholz    | Balanced |  |
|  FW    | Giraud    | Balanced | He's a gun, but costs double anyone else in my team. Need to use him better. |
|  FW    | Teixeira  | Sprinter |  |
|  FW    | Márquez   | Chancer  |  |
|  FW    | Hermann   | Balanced |  |
|  FW    | Morales   | Balanced |  |

===== Related Games =====
  * The //[[videogame:pocket_league_story_series|Pocket League Story]]// games by Kairosoft - also cute football managers, but not as good. They also make a bunch of other games in the same vein.
  * [[watching]] (classification)

===== See Also =====
  * [[http://microsite.nintendo-europe.com/NPFC/|Nintendo Pocket Football Club Stats]] - on the Nintendo Europe website.
  * [[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/ahbj/index.html|Nintendo Japan's game page]].
  * [[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Nintendo-Pocket-Football-Club/Nintendo-Pocket-Football-Club/1-It-s-Fun-Just-to-Watch/1-It-s-Fun-Just-to-Watch-847079.html|Iwata Asks: Nintendo Pocket Football Club]] - Interview with [[person:Hiroyuki Sonobe]].
  * [[moby>game/3ds/nintendo-pocket-football-club|Nintendo Pocket Football Club]] on Mobygames.
  * https://old.reddit.com/r/NPFC/
  * [[http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/38034/the-cultural-differences-between-npfc-and-calciobit|The Cultural Differences Between NPFC and Calciobit]] - Differences between Japanese and PALzone versions.

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