Face Off/Tournament mode

In Tournament Mode, up to two players can compete against a different CPU-controlled opposing team for each of the game's four rounds. Once you have selected a team to take control of, you will be asked if you want your team to be comprised of either three (LW controlled by Player 1, RW and GK controlled by Player 2) or five (LW and LD controlled by Player 1, RW, RD and GK controlled by Player 2) members; you must choose the number that you are most comfortable playing with. The four CPU-controlled opposing teams will be predetermined for each round - and if you have selected the team that you would normally be facing on a specific round, you will have to face the one that is positioned above or below it on the team selection screen instead. The first round will usually see you competing against the team of the then-current Czechoslovakia; but if you have chosen to take control of them, you will have to face the game's home team of Japan instead. Once you have managed to beat them, you will normally have to face the team of Sweden on the second round - but if you have chosen to take control of them, you will have to face the team of France instead. Once you have managed to beat them, you will normally have to face the team of Canada on the third round; but if you have chosen to take control of them, you will have to face the team of Finland instead. Once you have managed to beat them, you will normally have to face the team of the then-current Soviet Union on the fourth and final round - but if you have chosen to take control of them, you will have to face the team of the United States of America instead. Once you have managed to beat them, you can sit back and enjoy the ending sequence; it depicts four members of your chosen team throwing their fifth member up into the air before an enormous golden cup with the manufacturer's name emblazoned on it comes down on top of them. The fifth member of the team will then land in front of the cup and pull out a sign from behind his back saying "Oshimai" - which literally means "game over" in Japanese, and is a phrase that has been previously used in both Beraboh Man and Bakutotsu Kijuutei.