J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Saturn)/Magazine articles
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1995-07-07 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "August 1995" | "Coming Soon Soft" The game is reported as ?% complete. Talks about the novelty of having a soccer game where you take on the role of manager or club president instead of a player (mentioning that the clubs are fictional), some menu screens early in the game and the automated match gameplay, mentioning that motion capture was used like for Virtua Fighter | |||||||||
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1995-07-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 August" | as Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Placeholder). The game is listed as ?% complete and using a backup memory-based save system. Talks about fulfilling the dream of creating a soccer team to compete in the J.League (mentioning that these are real world clubs and players), with specific topics being how hard it actually is to run a club, training facilities and annual negotiations to renew player contracts. | |||||||||
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1995-08-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "September 1995" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages as J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Placeholder). Details in depth the responsibilities of a real world club president and the in-game setup of Club A or Club B, choosing your hometown and constructing a clubhouse. Some in-development models of the player characters are shown. The manager's role during matches is discussed, as is the way the game takes advantage of CD hardware to provide live audio commentary. BigNews! announces that, for users whose hometowns usually get left out of soccer games, they have until the end of August to mail, to the given address, a postcard requesting their hometown be added to the game. The article ends with a word from the manufacturer which also talks about being able to create a J.League soccer club hailing from their hometown, and mentions that, even as a developer, they are looking forward to playing it. | |||||||||
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1995-08-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 September" | "New Space" 2 pages. The game is listed as ?% complete (as of July 25). Various screenshots are shown of mid-match gameplay, which the article says might make it look like it was a polygonal soccer game where the player can directly control the soccer players, but in fact the player acts as coach and gives instructions, and acts as club president managing the club and nurturing its players. It talks about a CPU-controlled rival club formed alongside the player's and breaks down the individual traits assigned when players select their club type, stressing the importance of picking the proper "face" for your club, and select their hometown, after which it shows a before-and-after of an early game clubhouse and one later in the game. The emergency announcement is that the same as the above issue of Sega Saturn Magazine. | |||||||||
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1995-09-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 October" | "Comming Soon" Half-page preview as J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Placeholder). The game is listed as ?% complete, priced at ¥5,800 (excluding tax). Introduces it as a soccer club creator sim based on the J.League, with polygon players that move realistically thanks to motion capture. Topics include the rival club and aiming to be the number 1 club in Japan, which is actually a general overview of the selection screens and other activities throughout the game. | |||||||||
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1995-10-07 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "November 1995" | "Sega Sports wo Tanoshimou!!" The game is reported as 60% complete, priced at ¥6,800 (excluding tax). It explains what the game is using simple terms, as it can be a difficult game to grasp at first. It details how to set up your club, having to make the players practice twice a week, and various other choices that need to be made each month regarding expenses. | |||||||||
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1995-10-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 November" | "New Space" 2 pages. The game is listed as 60% complete (as of September 26), priced at ¥6,800 (excluding tax), using a password-based save system. First details hometown selection, with 564 Japanese cities to choose from, and choosing a club and name/uniform. Then it explains the monthly grind, from expanding facilities, to budgeting, to personal, as well as ways to improve your club. The latter is covered in more detail in second page's contents, with an in-depth look at practice mode and sending your players abroad, with a list of available countries. The final bit is about the camerawork used to accentuate a match's most impactful moments. | |||||||||
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1995-11-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "December 1995" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages. The game is reported as 70% complete, scheduled for release January 12, single-player only, recommended for all ages. Talks about how most young soccer players have never thought about how hard it is to run a club, so this game can help as a simulation. It teaches a few of the basics of club management and lays out what needs to be accomplished in a year, what needs doing in month, and the game's system of dividing everything into half-weeks. The second page goes over the options to improve your club, commands during matches and 2 more modes for players who want more. | |||||||||
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1995-11-24 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1995-13 (1995-12-08)" | "Coming Soon Soft" The game is reported as 75% complete, scheduled for release in February, the genre is sports simulation and it features password matches, which is the topic of the blurb. More recent screenshots are used, diving deep into what players can do in the office, as well as the different facilities. A couple screenshots also tease the opening cutscene. | |||||||||
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1995-11-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 December" | "New Space" 2 pages. The game is listed as 60% complete (as of October 25), with 2-player support and a password/backup memory save system. It talks about the different instructions can give as coaches during matches. | |||||||||
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1995-12-22 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 1-2" | "Kitai no Shinsaku Totsugeki Special" 2 pages. The game is reported as 80% complete (as of December 11), scheduled for release in February 1996, targeted at all ages, with 1-player support, no compatible peripherals or continues, and it undecided if it will have backup memory. | |||||||||
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1995-12-22 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-01-26 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-02 (1996-02-09)" | "'96 Sega Soccer league" 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-01-19 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 3" | "New Space" 4 pages | |||||||||
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1996-02-02 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 4" | "New Space" 4 pages | |||||||||
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1996-02-09 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" | "Kondo ha Sugoize! Saturn no Soccer" 3 pages | |||||||||
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1996-02-09 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" | "Sega Saturn soft review"
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| 1996-02-16 | Famitsu (JP), "1996-03-01" | "Cross review"
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1996-02-16 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 5" | "Kouryaku" Walkthrough, 6 pages | |||||||||
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1996-02-23 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" | "Daibakushin! Sega Soccer Tokusyuu" 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-03-01 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 6" | "Kouryaku" Walkthrough, 4 pages | |||||||||
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1996-03-15 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 7" | "Kouryaku" Walkthrough, 4 pages | |||||||||
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1996-03-29 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 8" | "Ranking Street" Game Seisekihyou
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1996-03-29 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 8" | "Game Kenkyuzyo" Walkthrough, 3 pages | |||||||||
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1996-04-12 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 9" | "Saikyou Club Kettei Tournament" | |||||||||
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1996-04-12 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 9" | "Game Kenkyuzyo" Walkthrough, 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-04-12 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 9" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||
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1996-04-12 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 9" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||
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1996-04-12 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" | "Saikyou Club Tournament" Contest | |||||||||
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1996-04-12 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" | "Jisedai Urawaza League" Tips and tricks | |||||||||
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1996-04-26 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 10-11" | "Game Kenkyuzyo" Walkthrough, 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-04-26 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 10-11" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||
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1996-04-26 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 10-11" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||
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1996-04-26 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" | "Saikyou Club e no Michi" Vol. 1, Walkthrough | |||||||||
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1996-05-24 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-09 (1996-06-14)" | "Saikyou Club e no Michi" Vol. 2, Walkthrough | |||||||||
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1996-05-24 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 12" | "Game Kenkyuzyo" Walkthrough, 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-06-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 13" | "Game Kenkyuzyo" Walkthrough, 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-06-14 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" | "Saikyou Club e no Michi" Vol. 3, Walkthrough | |||||||||
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1996-06-21 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 14" | "Saikyou Club Kettei Tournament" 2 pages | |||||||||
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1996-06-28 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-11 (1996-07-12)" | "Saikyou Club e no Michi" Vol. 4, Walkthrough | |||||||||
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1996-07-05 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 15" | "Saikyou Club Kettei Tournament" | |||||||||
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1996-07-12 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-12 (1996-07-26)" | "J Pro Sports" Result, 2 pages | |||||||||
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1997-07-25 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1997-27 (1997-08-08)" | ||||||||||
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2000-03 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "Readers rating final data" | "Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) readers final rating"
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