Throughout 2022, Akihiro Hino has shared various development blogs and tweets with new information on Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road of Heroes, the new Inazuma Eleven game set to release on Switch in 2023 (formerly known as Inazuma Eleven Great Road of Heroes and in some previous life, Inazuma Eleven Ares)
I put this video together to talk about the newest information released by Level-5 on December 28th 2022 and recap everything we’ve learned about the game this year since it changed titles, from its first official blog update and even including minor stuff like Hino’s tweets when Japan made the World Cup Top 16 and the 14th anniversary of the IE series.
Join me as I watch the new gameplay trailer, look at all the key art available, and share my thoughts and hopes for the game releasing (allegedly) next year!
P.S. Level-5 please pick me to be an ambassador for the game
Hello Level-5, I have been making Inazuma Eleven videos in English for the past seven years and am one of the two largest IE YouTube channels in the UK 🇬🇧
I would love to be an overseas ambassador for Victory Road of Heroes!#レベルファイブ @AkihiroHino https://t.co/0RgGHGGpd1
— TaleOfTheToaster 🎙🍃 (@TaleOTheToaster) December 28, 2022
SOURCES
Akihiro Hino on Twitter – https://twitter.com/AkihiroHino
Inazuma Project on Twitter – https://twitter.com/inazuma_project/status/1608078794337980418
Inazuma Eleven Victory Road of Heroes development blog – https://www.level5.co.jp/blog/
The new gameplay showcase with English subtitles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bn6ri18ZuQ
Every character silhouette in the new key image – https://twitter.com/SxncHD/status/1608101053110841346
35 Comments
RRRAAAAGHHHHHHH #IXALSWEEP #HINODONTMISS
also… #LagoonSweep? holy shit there's a lot of Lagoon players…
I think I saw the one zanark domain girl(the midfielder one), if someone as minor as her got in I have hope for a lot of minor importance players getting in
7:05 I think this is just the charge like we have in the Go games, but made easier on purprose for the gameplay showcase
15:11 if i'm not mistaken this image is the first time they showed a female character for the game (Touko)
This is shaping up to be the best Inazuma game, especially considering all the setbacks we've had
Honestly I almost lost hope. Not a big fan of their "cross media project" with Area/Orion but I will give them the benefit of the doubt.
Also, the fact that "everyone" from the old games are here, as well as probably Ares players and team and new exclusive ones gives me hope.
I still don't know if they will bring back Keshins/Armors/Souls but I hope not. Bloated mechanics stacked one after another kinda got stale after Galaxy.
The real question is can I use Katsu in my team?
Why is Mehr on there twice
I hope there will be an English patch for this game ☹️ cuz I'm not really into Japanese language 😓
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I can't wait for inazuma to be back
Жду
Will this game be free on certain devices?
honestly I can't wait and i will extend these crumbs of info until more comes out. Hopefully we can get the game this year.
Does anybody know if there will be go galaxy players?
Not Adressed in the vid:
In the gameplay footage, the special techniques had been fully vocalized. This can mean a couple if things:
– All techniques will have full voice lines, but we can't change a players moveset (as in the strikers games)
– Only the right technique on the correct character have voice lines, all other won't
– Or it was just for demo purposes and the full game won't have any lines at all
I honestly hope they go for the second option and I would be wildly disappointed if they should take the first one. Not switching up moves was the worst part in the strikers games imo
Anyway, have a nice day
Just hoping for a english release cos I don’t really wanna learn Japanese when I can’t even get a grade 2 in French
I genuinely just went through the image and named 85% of the background silhouettes in the span of like 15 minutes and then sent it to Sxnc before I had christmas roast lunch with my Grandma. Speedrun Status Activate! >:]
ALPHA IS ON THE POSTER LET'S GOOO!!
Playing through Blizzard as I type this. Hyped for this one!
I’m gonna list some of my thoughts on what we’ve got so far.
Gameplay – I love the way the touchscreen and controller can be used here. Though I would reduce the lag of time for passing and recieving a pass because it does look like the game just pauses to make a pass. Something like the GO games would be good.
Graphics – I likey. Especially the fact that special moves have corresponding coloured text. Fire = Red, Air = Blue, Wood = Green, Earth = Yellow. This helps massively and makes things consistent.
Animation reusage – Perfectly fine, GO animations are top tier anyways and are a beaut to see.
Voiced Lines – A HUGE NO. This essentially confirms the chance of movesets being fixed and uncustomisable. Not saying they will but it’s likeliness has increased. Which takes away a huge chunk of what Inazuma Eleven gameplay is all about. However if movesets are customisable, then a random voiced move appearing out of nowhere during gameplay is very jarring. (Speaking of experience from Quentin’s “SHOOT BREK HOO” in IE SD lol) not to mention the amount of times a move can get spammed especially considering you have players with 500+ TP here – Hopefully it’s either Mutable or Just voicelines edited in the Video Trailer
8:20
Clearly you don’t know the pain of the development blog back in the days of Ares development😂
For context: Hino posted a Level 5 development blog which consisted of approximately monthly updates for the Ares game and well… Ares game anyone? Let’s just hope nothing goes wrong with VRoH
HYPE
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9:00 that nameless character looks a lot like Mark/Endou and since this game isn't necessarily in any of those generations, if I had to guess, I'd say he's a great player due to his genes, and what I mean by that is that this character is probably Mark/Endou and Nelly/Natsumi's kid or something like that. With a design like that, the orange bandana on the neck and the lighting effects I must say this little dude right here might has well be their son, and if that happens it would be amazing
Will it be released in the eu?
I’ll buy it if there will be no localizaing but if there is I’ll wait like 3 months top
Been waiting for this game since it was first announced in 2015 or 2016 If I remember correctly, iam soo happy with the new gameplay and hoping it doesn't get delayed for the 16th time lol I hope it releases next year
All we want is a worldwide release surely it can happen
With them having characters from every era in this game, mine and everybody else’s fabled IE dream teams might finally become a reality
God i'd love to play this game when it comes out if it would still be available on phones,, but whether I can or not, I'll definitely be looking forward to your playthrough of it! Also, definitely vouching for you to join the ambassadorship, so good luck getting that position!
Graphics still looking kinda Wii like. Wish it was more intense like Captain Tsubasa…
Hino heard the “Take it to the top” lyric from Ares and took it as a challenge
So excited for what could be the perfect Inazuma game
So no English?
I hope this gets released on Steam, the touch mechanic could be so easily done with a mouse, and even better than touch
This game looks really cool as and really good graphically (to me at least), It is also interesting that we are the manager rather than the players. If I had to guess/thoughts on what the story would be I think it would prolly be the main character, unmei(?), would be a has-been/aspiring soccer player but has a physical illness/disability that hinders them so they decide to start/join their own soccer club as the manager