Those of us in the U.S. call Konami's soccer series Winning Eleven rather than Pro Evolution Soccer. Winning Eleven will soon be no more, however, as the title for the new U.S. game will officially be Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, like its European counterpart.
As IGN points out, this is unfortunate timing. Had the newest game kept its Winning Eleven name, it's title would have been Winning Eleven 11. Only Japan will have that glory now.
We at Nintendo Wii Fanboy tend to prefer Winning Eleven to Pro Evolution Soccer, but at the end of the day, what's in a name? At least this change might serve to cut down on some confusion.
Winning Eleven changes its name
Posted Feb 6th 2008 10:30PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: News
Tags: konami, pes, pes2008, pro-evolution-soccer, pro-evolution-soccer-2008, soccer, winning-eleven, winning-eleven-11
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-06-2008 @ 11:22PM
TD said...
Wait wait wait wait..
The European title is Pro Evolution Soccer. Are you sure it's not Pro Evolution Football?
And they also call an elevator a lift!
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2-07-2008 @ 1:32AM
Candace Savino said...
You would think it should be football, wouldn't you? But nope, for some odd reason, it's Pro Evolution Soccer in Europe. According to our blogger in the UK, Chris Greenhough, there's quite a few people in Euroland who don't like that at all.
2-07-2008 @ 9:44AM
Ethan said...
Most people just call it Pro Evo, maybe that's why. They just stuck Soccer in a trashcan and went on their way on the sidewalk. Whilst talking on their cell. Then he hit the gas.
2-06-2008 @ 11:37PM
Adv2k1 said...
ummm won't this totally confuse gamers here in America who won't know this is the same franchise but something new and might not buy out of ignorance.
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2-07-2008 @ 12:27AM
Tom said...
What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet?
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2-07-2008 @ 1:24AM
Anticrawl said...
I personally thought Winning Eleven sounded much classier. Like it was above all those other lame sports game. But alas it is still a lame sports game now with an appropriatly lame name.
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2-07-2008 @ 8:49AM
flairgun said...
They should have called it "International Superstar Soccer Pro Evolution Winning Eleven Football 2008 (11)"
2-07-2008 @ 9:24AM
Mr Khan said...
Director's Cut
2-10-2008 @ 12:24AM
flo said...
i don get the conection b/w changin the name n d 11 part
wat does dat mean?
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