PES 2009 confirmed for Wii

By Ellie Gibson Published 1 August, 2008

It's due out next year.

Konami has confirmed a Wii version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is currently in development.

Key additions to this instalment will include an enhanced shooting system, said to offer "more control while remaining as easy to use as last year's version". The defensive elements of the game have also been reworked, so you should have more control over defenders and opportunities to fend off attacks.

There's a new AI system, so apparently you can expect "more sophisticated and intuitive movement" from players. There will be different control methods to "cater for a wide range of play styles".

Konami has also announced PES 2009 is coming to mobiles, complete with a bluetooth multiplayer mode. Player AI has been improved, there are new animations, new stadiums, unlockable bonuses and a refined control system.

The mobile game will be released alongside the previously announced PC, PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions this autumn. PES 2009 for Wii will follow in spring next year.

Kristan certainly enjoyed the last PES game on Wii - read his review to find out why.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • K-Project #1 4 years ago

    Next year??

    WTF?

  • Skywise #2 4 years ago

    How about some FIFA-like online features? With that the game could be great.

  • Mr_Brown #3 4 years ago

    How about having all the major legues in Europe and aquiring more licences with all that money they're making on it.

  • dsmx #4 4 years ago

    Well they can't get the premier league one no matter how much money they spend since EA got exclusive rights on that one.

  • Oh-Bollox #5 4 years ago

    EA pin down exclusive rights wherever they can, to cut other games companies out. Think they hold all the exclusvie licences for all those crap American sports.
    Edited by 1 at 01/08/08 @ 15:35

  • rock27gr #6 4 years ago

    Hopefully they'll fix the online mode, and the defensive play.

    Maybe make online tournaments more easy to organise too.

  • Santino #7 4 years ago

    i dont understand the reasoning behind the later release date, i mean the first one charted for quite a while so i presume it sold well enough. maybe because it is so different they are hoping people will double dip if the releases are staggered? cant help but feel though that it kills any chance it had of selling as well as the other versions.

  • Tweakmonkey #8 4 years ago

    At least Konami got something right with the Wii version as opposed to totally messing up the PS3/360.

  • Skywise #9 4 years ago

    They were using Criterion's Renderware engine on PES before, but since EA bought Criterion I think they ditched RenderWare. It would explain the difficult transition to next gen hardware at least :-)

  • Hamflank #10 4 years ago

    PES 2008 on the Wii is like a rough diamond, with the defensive system fixed and a better master league like mode, this could be great.

  • secombe #11 4 years ago

    Excellent, seems like they are working on the few faults that are evident in the 2008 game, looking forward to it (don't mind the wait, still going strong on the current version)