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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Powerball (JP: Wrestleball) is a sports game that features the fictional sport of Powerball, a more violent and chaotic version of regular sports like football and soccer. The action is depicted from a top-down perspective, similar to other future combat sports games like <a href="/bill-laimbeers-combat-basketball/3030-13548/" data-ref-id="3030-13548">Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball</a> and <a href="/speedball/3030-13768/" data-ref-id="3030-13768">Speedball</a>. It was developed exclusively for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive system by Namco, and would later be released on the Wii Shop Virtual Console. It can also be found in the <a href="/namco-anthology-vol-1/3030-72107/" data-ref-id="3030-72107">Namco Anthology Vol. 1</a> compilation, which focused on games Namco developed for consoles. </p><p>The goal is to get the ball to the opponent's side of the field by any means possible, with the offense using a combination of kicks and passes to move the ball forward while the defense tries to take down with vicious tackles and wrestling moves.</p><h3>Teams</h3><ul><li>Japan Samurai (Captain: Killer Kenji)</li><li>Korea Warriors (Captain: P. Park) </li><li>Brazil Amazons (Captain: Vic Vicious)</li><li>Greece Spartans (Captain: Jack O. Nasty)</li><li>USSR Cossacks (Captain: Gore B. Chov)</li><li>USA Rough Riders (Captain: Mick Titan)</li><li>UK Pirates (Captain: Brute Buster)</li><li>China Emperors (Captain: Bruise Lee)</li></ul><p> </p>