Kopanito bringing the fun back into football
Kopanito is an arcade 2D soccer game created and developed by a three person team at Polish development house MerixGames. They have just announced a demo is now available on Windows with the full version on the way later this year on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Their inspiration is to bringing back memories of past classics Kick off, Nintendo World Cup and Sensible Soccer – the latter being a personal favourite of mine.
It’s not just about nostalgia – the developers wanted a change from the excessive realism of modern football games. This comes in the form of super-moves which can turn the game upside down, including windmaker, supershot, magnet and teleport. There’s no referees and no offsides, so no holding back in the tackle!
Each team consists of a goalkeeper and five outfield players each rated by toughness, speed, shooting, passing and tackling. You choose from over 113 cartoony national teams. There are also seven varied stadiums to play in and in single player and co-op modes there are 16 championships available. Local multiplayer supports up to 5 players (4 gamepads + keyboard).
Sounds like a lot of fun to me and something a bit different to the more serious FIFA and PES.