: Kenta Hasegawa replaced Kozo Tashima as the co-commentator.
To understand modern football gaming, you must look back at the summer of 2000, when the J. League was still a romantic experiment, and Konami was quietly building a dynasty. j league jikkyou winning eleven 2000
The Winning Eleven series had already established its superiority over FIFA in terms of feel. The 2000 iteration, however, refined the "Jikkyou" (meaning "live commentary") engine into something razor-sharp. : Kenta Hasegawa replaced Kozo Tashima as the co-commentator