{"id":11167,"date":"2025-04-11T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11167\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:27:08","slug":"inazuma-eleven-victory-road-finally-has-release-date-out-on-switch-2-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11167\/","title":{"rendered":"Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Finally Has Release Date, Out On Switch 2 Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <a class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube807k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Level-5 has finally shared the release date for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/inazuma_eleven_victory_road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road<\/a>, along with a few surprises, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/inazuma-eleven-victory-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Switch 2 version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited soccer game, which has been in development since at least 2016, will be landing on Switch and Switch 2 on <strong>21st August 2025<\/strong> as a digital-only game. On Switch, it&#8217;ll be <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inazuma.jp\/victory-road\/en\/product\/#normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$69.99 for the standard edition or $79.99 for the Deluxe Edition<\/a>. The Switch 2 price hasn&#8217;t been confirmed yet.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order bonuses will net you a Bracelet of Victory, the Dark Emperors kit, and a set of training beans. If you want the Deluxe Edition, you&#8217;ll also get an unlock item for Fei Rune, a Promise Pendant (to boost experience), a new goal celebration, a football club room, and a Rai Rai Noodles store.<\/p>\n<p>In a huge 19-minute rundown of the game, Level-5 detailed that the Switch 2 version will feature Mouse Mode and GameChat support, higher frame rate, HDR, and higher resolutions. And for all versions of the game, cross-play and cross-save is available. Hurrah!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also got a detailed post-launch game map which extends all the way to 2026, Early Access will start on 18th August (though it doesn&#8217;t appear to be available on Switch or Switch 2), while new routes will arrive in Chronicle Mode.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road launch road map\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6237d9bd03397\/inazuma-eleven-victory-road-launch-road-map.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/inazuma-eleven-victory-road-launch-road-map.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road launch road map\"\/><\/a>Image: Level-5<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to the game&#8217;s release, Level-5 will be dropping a Making-of Trailer in May, a Story Trailer in June, and the Final Trailer at the end of July. We&#8217;re in the home stretch, folks.<\/p>\n<p>Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road was scheduled for sometime this June, but this new \u2014 hopefully final \u2014 date confirms it&#8217;s been pushed back just a little bit more. It&#8217;s been delayed a number of times over the years, but Level-5 seems to be aiming for a blow-out year this year.<\/p>\n<p>The developer is also launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fantasy_life_i_the_girl_who_steals_time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fantasy Life i<\/a> this May, and a brand new <strong>Professor Layton<\/strong> game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/professor_layton_and_the_new_world_of_steam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New World of Steam<\/a>, is also coming to Switch and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/professor-layton-and-the-new-world-of-steam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switch 2<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited to grab the new Inazuma Eleven game? Will you be getting it on Switch 2? Kick off in the comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube807k Level-5 has finally shared the release date for Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7647,7648,12,123,270,79,1421,615,53,16,15,614],"class_list":{"0":"post-11167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-inazuma-eleven-victory-road","9":"tag-level-5","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-nintendo-switch","12":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-switch-2","15":"tag-switch-eshop","16":"tag-technology","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-upcoming-releases"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114320273947833616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}