Real fun 2-player game. The basics are simple to get, pass or throw the ball. Double press a directional button to run and press both A and B to jump. Use these combos to psych out the opposing team with a series of passes to set up unexpected offensive moves.

It’s dodgeball as I remember it at school, but marries well with what I’d call strategic game of other video games sport titles like Tennis or Cricket. Where strategy is a large portion of overall gameplay, it’s as much of a mental game as it is a sheer skill match. Against CPUs it is fairly boring trading blows back and forth without a human opponent to fake out or mess with. I like the characteratures of each nation, the backgrounds are gorgeous and soundtrack is really fun.

In terms of multiplayer titles on NES, you could do no wrong here!