The football game, strongly related to the PlayStation 2 exclusive Pro Evolution series (also labelled confusingly with the Winning Eleven name in Japan), was strongly rumoured for the NGC for some time. Konami announced the title officially a few weeks back and now we can bring you exclusive details.

Winning Eleven Six will enable gamers to update player statistics, unlock goodies and stadium enhancements via an online mode.

The game is destined for a January 2003 release in its native Japan, and should do well considering Japan's amourous relationship with footy following their hosting of the World Cup earlier this year.

We are hoping for a style of play more akin to Pro Evolution than ISS2, but we'll see how this one pans out when released in Europe sometime in next year.