Up to 2010, a total of 15 different Captain Tsubasa games had been released in Japan. The first to officially be localized to the Western market was the European release of Captain Tsubasa: New Kick Off for the Nintendo DS, which was released in 2010 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Captain Tsubasa series.

Even though this version had 4 different in-game languages (French, Spanish, German and Italian), the game still did not include an English release.