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WCCF 2004 – 2005 Makes European Debut at Bowlplex in Brighton Marina
Sega Amusements Europe's WCCF 2004 – 2005 has finally made its European debut in a UK operation. Ahead of its pan-European release in November, Sega has had the Panini licensed football game on a promotional launch at Bowlplex in Brighton Marina for several weeks.
Paul Williams of Sega explained the reason behind the idea, "To put WCCF in a typical bowling sites allows us to showcase the product to customers on a one to one basis in a real environment and not on an exhibition stand where their time is limited. We have had many customers coming from all over our European territory and spending a whole day with us in the location – it is a good opportunity for them to see the machine in action and see the local players enthusiasm."
The game has seen immense results in Japan and Italy where it has been available for three years, however, the latest licenses of all the top European clubs and players is making the game even more desirable. The concept mixes Sega's video expertise, Panini collectable football cards from the likes of Manchester United, Ajax, and Juventus and allows players to build their own team and compete in tournaments.
One of the rarest cards in the collection of European players that make up WCCF has surfaced at the Brighton Bowlplex site this month. Andriy Shevchenko the A.C. Milan Striker is billed as the second most desirable player to collect amongst the 256 player cards. The full range contains 124 regular, 100 special, 30 rare and 2 'ultra rare' cards. The other rare card that out does Shevchenko is F.C. Barcelona's Ronaldinho. Sega would not disclose the ratio of such cards in relation to the regular cards and Justin Burke of Sega said, "Even we here at Sega Amusements Europe do not know the figure. It is a closely guarded secret known only to a few in the R&D teams who created the game. However, as yet since the launch of this latest software in Japan back in June none have surfaced on the trading circuit or forum web sites were other trade regularly."
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