Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A

is an official license

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d football video game that featured all clubs and footballers from the Italian Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

(SEASON 1994-95) and was released exclusively in Japan

Japan

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in 1995. It was licensed by Italian Football League

Italian football league system

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and AIC (Associazione Italiana Calciatori

Italian Footballers' Association

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). The game is based on the original video game Super Formation Soccer.

In the same year, was released for the Turbo CD. The game structure differs from Super Formation Soccer '95.

In-game tricks and features

On the Exhibition Player entry screen, on the second controller, while holding down X, L and R, press A. If the lowest entry on the screen turns into hiragana
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the player is successful in his action. He can now select the entry on the top-right of the Team Selection screen and he will be able to use three hidden teams (Human, Giappone and Masters). There is also the free option of editing/creating two "All-star" teams.
While dribbling if the player press twice quickly in the direction that is moving in the player will jump.
In an Offensive game in Practice Mode, if the player presses Select during a Throw in, Corner Kick, Goal Kick, etc, the remaining time will change to 45 minutes.
If the player presses Select on the Team Selection screen, he can select Random Team. Also, the player can see some info about each team by pressing X. When the team is already selected, on the Member screen he can see the players' status/info by pressing X, and their attributes by pressing A.
Initially the players' names are all in Japanese but the player can switch to English/Italian through the Options.
If the player pauses the game during a match and press B the players' names will disappear. If he repeats this, their names will reappear.
Put the cursor over the Situation Mode's 'Cleared' entry and press A and X as the same time. The player will be able to select Reverse Mode which has different conditions required to clear it.

Special editions

There are two alternative editions: Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A (UCC Xaqua) and Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A (Extra Package). The UCC Xaqua version is a kind of promotional edition, the idea was to promote a sports drink

Sports drink

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(energy drink

Energy drink

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) called Xaqua (manufactured by UCC and endorsed by the Italian Football League) with the participation or partnership of the Italian footballer Roberto Baggio

Roberto Baggio

Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...

(clearly visible on the back of the game packaging

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), via a contest held in 1995 in which the participants had to correctly answer three questions and return the postcard. The winners received the cartridge as a prize. Only 3000 copies were distributed. In the opening scene instead of having the cinematic intro sequence showing all the team logos, there is an advertisement of Xaqua featuring Roberto Baggio (1993 FIFA World Player of the Year

1993 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 1993 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Roberto Baggio.-Men:...

). Also the box art is different, and in the UCC Xaqua version there is a strong hidden team called Xaqua. In the Extra Package edition there is a special book with all the 396 players' data.

Critical reception

The Japanese website Wazap! gave the game a total score of 80 out of 100.

Music

True to its convictions, Human offers music for each of the 18 clubs in the game. A little less powerful than in previous games, they are still very rhythmic and stick to the atmosphere of Italian football

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. AC Milan's theme is inspired by the hit "Go West

Go West (song)

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", a song by Village People

Village People

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that eventually found greater success when it was covered

Cover version

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in 1993 by Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys

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. The music is very often used in football stadiums.
The crowd noise is also much stronger than before. The goals are always accompanied by the mythical "GOOOOOAL!". Another detail, a derby match is announced by a short special music.

Soundtrack

Track listing
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#	Title	Length
1.	Human Entertainment Logo	00:01
2.	Title Screen	01:25
3.	Title Screen (no opening)	00:58
4.	Main Menu	01:01
5.	Practice	01:41
6.	Squad Setup	01:35
7.	Derby Match Fanfare	00:04
8.	Theme of Milan	03:10
9.	Theme of Juventus	03:40
10.	Theme of Sampdoria	02:38
11.	Theme of S.S. Lazio	04:00
12.	Theme of Parma A.C.	02:08
13.	Theme of Napoli	02:57
14.	Theme of AS Roma	01:43
15.	Theme of Torino	02:26
16.	Theme of Foggia	01:50
17.	Theme of U.S. Cremonese	01:33
18.	Theme of Genoa	02:13
19.	Theme of Cagliari Calcio	03:04
20.	Theme of Internazionale	01:54
21.	Theme of A.C. Reggiana	02:27
22.	Theme of A.C. Fiorentina	01:48
23.	Theme of Bari A.S.	02:16
24.	Theme of Brescia Calcio	01:47
25.	Theme of Padova	01:22
26.	Edit Team Fanfare	00:04
27.	Theme of Edit Team A	01:51
28.	Theme of Edit Team B	01:40
29.	Extra Time	00:04
30.	Win	00:26
31.	Draw	00:33
32.	Lose	00:50
33.	End of League - Poor Placing	00:26
34.	End of League - Decent Placing	00:49
35.	End of League - Champion	01:27
36.	Staff Roll	02:26
37.	Theme of Human	01:46
38.	Theme of Giappone	02:47
39.	Theme of Masters	02:37
40.	Unknown Jingle	00:06
41.	Crowd Ambience	00:02

Images

Screenshots showing the Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A (UCC Xaqua) opening scene which features Roberto Baggio.

External links

Game overview at broseb
Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A (BGM) at Nico Nico Douga
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Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A - UCC Xaqua (Box art)
Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A - UCC Xaqua
Power Fuel Xaqua (Energy drink)
Differences between the box art