#392

Playthrough of the hidden boss football team the SNK Superstars in SNK's The Ultimate 11: SNK football championship / Super Sidekicks 4.

Okay, so I'll be uploading Super Dodge Ball tomorrow. It occurred to me that I recalled there being a boss team in one of the SNK football games I played a couple of years back. I decided to check if Pugsy's cheats contained a code to play as them, and low and behold it did, so I couldn't resist doing a playthrough of them while still covering sports titles.

The SNK Superstars are a hidden football team. They are fought by winning 15 goals in the first three matches of the game, as well as having no goals scored against you. The members of the team include:
Terry Bogard
Bob Wilson
Benimaru Nikaido
Kyo Kusanagi
Andy Bogard
Shizumaru Hisame
Robert Garcia
Galford
King Leo
Ryo Sakazaki
Goro Daimon

When you score a goal against them, you'll see Yuri and Joe Higashi celebrating. Of course these are just the game's regular sprites edited as much as they can to look like SNK characters, but I love the attempt nevertheless.

This was an attempt to playthrough with this usually unplayable team, and it went pretty well. The Superstars, as you might expect for a boss team, are one of the strongest, best teams in the game, and generally mop the floor with opponent teams. Design-wise they're great, even having their own Neo Geo flag, and there's a strange enjoyment to be had from defeating real-world teams with SNK characters. SNK only wishes they could take over the world in this way. Personally, I think they were a great addition to the game, either when fought against or played as. It was nice to have something a little more offbeat in a football game, which themselves are usually rather mundane and predictable, even if this is one of the best football games out there. Due to its own flag, there are next to no glitches when playing as the Superstars, with the exception of their flag glitching on the round of 16 game plan screen. Eitherwise, no problems are faced when playing as them.

I also apologise to all my Brazilian viewers for the final victory, but the power of SNK really does conquer all.