FIFA World Cup 2006 is a football game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Exient Entertainment and published by EA Sports. It is the official game of the 2006 tournament in Germany, with 127 national teams and matches played from a top-down angled view. Alongside the World Cup itself you can play friendlies and qualifying fixtures.
How To Play FIFA World Cup 2006
Control
Action
D-Pad
Run and aim with the ball, steer the receiving player, move the keeper; highlight menu and team-select options
A
Pass on the ball; when defending, switches control to the player nearest the ball
B
Shoot, with power set by how long you hold it; when defending, makes a tackle
L
Lofted pass or through ball
R
Sprint
Start
Pause the match and open the pause menu
About FIFA World Cup 2006
Release date
NA: April 24, 2006; EU: April 28, 2006
Developer
Exient Entertainment
Publisher
EA Sports
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Sports, football
Series
FIFA World Cup; FIFA
Modes
Single-player; multiplayer over the Game Link Cable
Also known as
FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006 (NA); 2006 FIFA World Cup (EU, AU); 2006 FIFA World Cup Deutsch Taikai (JP)
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Two notes: no scanned manual for the handheld version turned up, so the control table follows EA’s standard GBA football scheme rather than a published chart. The multiplayer row also comes from a platform-wide listing rather than a GBA-specific source, so treat link cable support as likely rather than confirmed.
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