Inazuma Eleven

Inazuma Eleven (イナズマイレブン Inazuma Irebun, "Lightning Eleven") is a role-playing and sports video game for the Nintendo DS developed and published by Level-5. It was released on August 22, 2008 in Japan. A European release was confirmed by Nintendo and was released on January 29, 2011, three years after the Japanese release. The UK release of the game has been confirmed for August 26th 2011.

Since the game's launch, it has received two sequels for the Nintendo DS, including Inazuma Eleven 2 Kyoui no Shinryakusha, as well as a spin-off for the Wii. An Inazuma Eleven manga based on the game began serialization in CoroCoro Comic on May 15, 2008, while an anime based on the game produced by OLM started airing on August 22, 2008. Mitsui has also created a collectible card game tie-in.

Story
The main character, Endou Mamoru (Mark Evans in the European version), is a very talented goalkeeper and the grandson of one of the strongest goalkeepers in Japan, who supposedly died before Mamoru was born. Even though his skills and enthusiasm are incredible, his school lacks a real soccer club, as the six other members don't appear very interested even in training. One day, when a mysterious forward named Gouenji (Axel Blaze in the European version) moves to Endou's town, the young goalkeeper sets out to find and recruit members for his soccer team. There are nearly 1000 playable characters with varying skills that will determine the success of the team. As you play through the story, Endou can recruit various characters on the team and help achieve his ultimate goal of competing!