FIFA 17 News Post

The Impact of the J1 League in FIFA

03:50 PM - June 30, 2016 by RaychelSnr

Last week EA released a news statement stating the J1 League, Japan’s top flight soccer league, would be featured in FIFA 17. On the surface it’s not surprising seeing as EA has been adding more and more licensed leagues to its FIFA franchise for the past few years. In typical OS fashion, let’s dive a little deeper to see what impact, if any, this has on consumers.

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# 1 HenryClay1844 @ 06/30/16 04:05 PM

Wonder if there will be Japanese commentators?

# 2 3oh2 @ 06/30/16 04:23 PM

I want those Icelandic commentators that went crazy.

# 3 stocksy @ 06/30/16 04:37 PM

Let's just hope they get rid of Alan Smith. One of the poorest commentators going. Niall Quinn another to dodge. Gutted they didn't get Gary Neville involved when he was at Sky.

In my opinion the more commentary teams you can use the better.

Back On topic - adding more leagues is great to me. More options to play and more areas to scout and sign from.

# 4 PES3Paul @ 06/30/16 05:33 PM

This hurts PES because Japan is their yard, and not being able to get their own country's version of MLS into its game is devastating, frankly. And quite frankly, will it be the death knell for PES as a whole?

# 5 bxphenom7 @ 06/30/16 07:35 PM

I don't get how Konami could let this happen. Is This exclusive, as in the league won't be in Winning Eleven any more?

# 6 KennyJ1976 @ 06/30/16 08:07 PM

I don't think its exclusive and maybe this lets Konami know that there's a market for J1 outside of Japan and they include it in the worldwide release as well. I really don't care for the league but as someone mentioned, it gives you another league to recruit talent for your career mode or master league.

# 7 KG @ 06/30/16 08:18 PM

Yeah I searched all over the internet for information about whether or not it was exclusive and couldn't find anything. I doubt it's exclusive but it has to hurt Konami.

# 8 Turbojugend @ 06/30/16 08:35 PM

I do realize that out-of-the-box licenses mean a lot to a lot of people, but at this point Konami are fighting a war they can't win. They should consider ditching licenses altogether and focus on extremely detailed and in-depth customization options, much like the Fire Pro Wrestling series. I mean, does one licensed EPL team really mean anything? Just say screw it, give up the licenses but give us the option to recreate as many leagues, teams, players and stadiums as possible within hard drive allocation. They're already on the right track, they just need to go further with it.

P.S.: And oh yeah, make sure that PES' gameplay is better than anything else on the planet. That's something no one can take away from them.

# 9 asu666 @ 07/01/16 12:06 PM

I tend to start in MLS and work my way over to Europe. The mode starts a few months earlier that way too.

# 10 jrose57 @ 07/02/16 03:41 PM

So is it safe to say, in career mode, you can use J-LEAGUE teams to play AFC Champion Cup against other top asian teams in asia like australia korea etc??

# 11 mrcultureshock @ 07/02/16 08:28 PM

EA needs to hire Jon Kabira as the Japanese commentator.

# 12 DirectFX @ 07/03/16 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jrose57


	So is it safe to say, in career mode, you can use J-LEAGUE teams to play AFC Champion Cup against other top asian teams in asia like australia korea etc??

Nope there is no Champions League besides Europe that I know in game.
No Asian or Concacaf Champions League now doubt they would put resources outside Europe Leagues especially BPL as they get managers, all stadiums, presentations and now the new Pro Career/Story you can only play in EPL..

# 13 Murph @ 07/03/16 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DirectFX


	Nope there is no Champions League besides Europe that I know in game. No Asian or Concacaf Champions League now doubt they would put resources outside Europe Leagues especially BPL as they get managers, all stadiums, presentations and now the new Pro Career/Story you can only play in EPL..

EA also has a fake Copa Libertadores in the game. They call it Copa Latin America. It's the South American Leagues and Liga MX (Mexico). I really wish EA would include MLS in this tournament, so there's some kind of fake Champions League for USA/Canada clubs.

# 14 jrose57 @ 07/03/16 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DirectFX


	Nope there is no Champions League besides Europe that I know in game. No Asian or Concacaf Champions League now doubt they would put resources outside Europe Leagues especially BPL as they get managers, all stadiums, presentations and now the new Pro Career/Story you can only play in EPL..

A fake AFC cup is what i am asking for in career mode

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