The player runs around the field normally, but when he comes into contact with an opposing team member, a turn-based 'battle' is initiated.

The game follows a young boy named Robert (who greatly resembles Tsubasa Oozora), with a passion for soccer and a dream of winning the World Cup.

With this game, Tecmo tried to preserve the rivalry between characters in the original Captain Tsubasa series.

The result was a confusing storyline coupled with odd behaviour of characters for ambiguous reasons.

This, and the several player line-up changes that occur, such as David leaving and rejoining, add little depth to the game's already distorted storyline.

In addition to the default options mentioned above, there are also player-specific variations of the moves such as Robert's Gigadrive shot or Alfred's Kaiser tackle.

These special abilities seem to defy the laws of physics (in a manner similar to Shaolin Soccer), but contribute significantly to the dynamic action of the game.

Special abilities will take a huge amount of guts from the player, rendering him useless after they perform one or two.

In a somewhat humorous gesture, commentary is provided by an orange parrot wearing a suit, who is heavily biased towards the player's team.

If a match is lost, the player has to repeat it as many times as it takes to win, thus there is no "game over".

This does not apply to the second match in this mode, Dreams vs. Hams, which is next to almost impossible to win (there are those which have accomplished this feat to disappointing results—the game continues on as normal [2]).