Wales Has Disappeared, According to FIFA ‘09 - World Cup Blog - Euro 2008 (flag)

www.worldcupblog.org — Wales Has Disappeared, According to FIFA ‘09 Welsh video gamers are pretty unhappy right now, because their national team has ceased to exist. Not in the real world - John Toshack’s team are still sitting third in World Cup 2010 European qualifying Group 4 , and still won the recent ...

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• mookie

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  I always find it hilarious when computer games (primarily EA by default) mess up international teams in games. It's the best way to alienate an entire country from buying your stuff!!

   

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Wales has no nat'l team according to FIFA '09
The Beautiful Game — Great find by The Offside on this one. Simply put. The makers of the FIFA '09 video game didn't include a national team for Wales. Needless to say, Welsh people aren't too happy. As mentioned in the linked post, Wales is third in its qualifying group and beat Denmark in a friendly recently. But there is some hope: ...you can help cheer them up by signing this petition to have Wales reinstated on FIFA ‘09...Nice.

FIFA 09 Has Severed Diplomatic Ties with Wales
The Run of Play — ... Or at least, as Daryl has noticed, inexplicably removed their national team from the game. Why Wales? What did Wales ever do to EA Sports? I watched How Green Was My Valley just two nights ago, and I'm taking this very personally. Please ...

Wales? Do they have a team?
Unprofessional Foul — ... Welshmen who have been playing FIFA 09, the top-selling EA sports video game, are not happy at all. Wales doesn't have a team! Well you can just imagine the fuss on the other side of the Severn bridge. ...