Offensively, you can usually get an open goal shot if you turn the corner on your man or get ahead of him (no matter the ranking). Moving by your teammates to “set some picks”, like in basketball, also helps free you up. Shooting can be difficult at first while tap passes are pretty easy, just tap near the location of your intended receiver. Dribbling and bicycle kicks are pretty impressive, plus trick combinations, if completed quickly after a pass to another teammate, can really boost up the action. Players can also aim shots with the control pad or stylus (definitely easier the stylus). You can even control shot height by length of slide you make with the stylus. Once you’ve got the controls down (which takes a while), no deficit is impossible. You can be down 4 to 0 against the computer and score four straight goals within one minute!
Kits, headers and pitches give the game an authentic style well rounded by a nice color scheme and music soundtrack. It would also be great to have movement stick on handheld consoles. The smooth movement would fit this game perfectly. It would be nice to see the following in future installments: 1) a practice mode, which would greatly reduce the initial trial and error work; 2) an occasional simple game in the challenge mode or the option to customize the requirements; 3) an audio option online so you can talk to other players, and finally 4) the inclusion of female players. Overall, this title makes good use of the Nintendo DS capabilities. The bottom screen, which doesn’t look like much at first, functions quite well with the stylus.
FIFA Street 3 is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB.
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