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stated that the game was one of the "positive examples of games for girls". In a 2012 interview, psychologist Fernanda Schabarum retrospectively noted that the game was a "good example of the wrong timing and the wrong approach" in the matter of women in sports-oriented video games, and David Rutter,
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sold a "relatively high" 42,886 copies. Gameplay features 18 football teams in the hypothetical U.S. Women's League, 32 national teams, and Mia Hamm's All-Star Team. Different gamemodes, such as Practice and World Cup, where the player can play on a team, with or against Hamm, in a World Cup
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producer for the game, stated that the game being a reskin "made it appear more of cynical marketing tactic than a game really interested in women's sports".
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had picked up the game for further production. It was reported that Owen received £300,000 to perform motion-capture and lend his image for the title.
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Like the Nintendo 64 game, the North American release of the
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has received reskinned versions for releases outside the
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Gibbon, Dave (January 1999). "Preview: Viva Football".
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Developer(s)
Silicon Dreams Studio
Publisher(s)
EU
THQ
NA
SouthPeak Interactive
Producer(s)
Platform(s)
Nintendo 64
EU
NA
Genre(s)
Sports
Single-player
multiplayer
association football
video game
Silicon Dreams Studio
THQ
Nintendo 64
Michael Owen
World League Soccer '98
United Kingdom
Mia Hamm
SouthPeak Interactive
Eidos Interactive
Nintendo 64
THQ

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