FIFA 06

This article is about the annual FIFA video game. For the tournament, see 2006 FIFA World Cup. For the official video game of that tournament, see 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game).

FIFA 06
British and Irish cover art with Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (left) and Barcelona's Ronaldinho
Developer(s)EA Canada, Exient Entertainment (DS/GBA)
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
SeriesFIFA
Platform(s)Windows
Consoles
Handheld
Mobile
Release
  • AU: 27 September 2005[1]
  • EU: 30 September 2005
  • AU: 3 October 2005 (GC, DS)[1][2]
  • NA: 4 October 2005
  • AU: 10 October 2005 (PC)[2]
Game Boy Advance
  • PAL: 30 September 2005
  • NA: 11 October 2005
PlayStation Portable
  • NA: 11 October 2005
  • EU: 21 October 2005
  • AU: 24 October 2005[2]
Mobile
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer

FIFA 06, known as FIFA Soccer 06 in North America, is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. It was released in the United States on 4 October 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo DS. It was later released for PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance and mobile phones.

FIFA 06 was the thirteenth game in the FIFA series and the tenth in 3D. This was the last FIFA edition to be released exclusively on sixth-generation consoles. The taglines for the game were "You play. They obey." and "The total soccer experience".

Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooney were featured on the cover of the game in the European, Australian, and Brazilian markets. Freddy Adu and Omar Bravo joined Ronaldinho on the North American cover, while Lukas Podolski was partnered with Ronaldinho on the German release of the game and Park Chu-Young was on the South Korea cover.

  1. ^ a b Keller, Matt (26 September 2005). "Updated Australian Release List - 26/09/05". PALGN. Archived from the original on 10 December 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Van Leuveren, Luke (3 October 2005). "Updated Australian Release List - 03/10/05". PALGN. Archived from the original on 29 June 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2024.