Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters is Tamsoft and Bandai Namco's super-move football sequel, out since 28 August 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and Steam. It plays the World Youth arc with 22 national teams, 12 club and school sides, and 128 named players.
Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters picks up four years after Rise of New Champions and follows Tsubasa Ozora from Brazil’s training grounds through the Asian qualifiers to the World Youth Championship, in a story supervised by Yoichi Takahashi. The football is Tamsoft’s one-button duel system: shots charge, dribbles and tackles spend stamina, a ten-level chain builds shot power, and every goal attempt ends in a six-direction guessing game against the keeper.
The roster is the sequel’s headline. Bandai Namco’s own team pages list 128 players across 22 national teams, six clubs, five high schools and the Real Japan 7 — and eleven of the nations were not in the last game.
The reception has been lukewarm. Critics put it at 74 on OpenCritic, and Steam players are at 47% positive. The loudest complaint is not the football but what was cut: the custom-team builder and offline tournaments of the last game are gone, and online play is ranked matches and private rooms. The verdict page weighs both sides.
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Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
Pick eleven from all 128 Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters players in any formation and share the line-up by link — the dream-team mode the game left out.
Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
A Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters tier list built from reader votes — five votes a day per address, S to C by vote share, all 128 players on the ballot.
