Play Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu - Soccer Hen (Japan) Online

Technos Japan Corp. released Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, a time when the NES library was full of quirky sports spin-offs. It's a follow-up to their dodgeball games, but it transplants that series' over-the-top brawling onto the soccer field.

You control a team of high school students, moving from a top-down perspective across different screens representing parts of the city and the pitch itself. The main objective is to win soccer matches, but getting there involves a lot more than just kicking a ball; you spend just as much time fighting rival teams in the streets, using slide tackles and punches to clear a path to the next game. Signature mechanics include charging up super shots that can set the ball on fire and the ability to knock opposing players completely off the screen and into the crowd. The pacing is frantic, and the difficulty can spike unexpectedly, especially during the mandatory street brawls that happen between matches. It feels like playing a cartoon where the rules are just a suggestion.