Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

Story Mode

Story Mode is set 25 years after the events of the original Inazuma Eleven, in a new school called Nagumohara Junior High School (南雲原中学校, Southern Cloud Field; South Cirrus in the English dub), located in Nagasaki, Kyuushuu. The story primarily focuses on Unmei Sasanami (笹波 雲明, Sasanami Unmei; Destin Billows in the English dub), a boy who no longer play soccer due to a congenital heart disease contracted at a young age, which limits his physical abilities and prevents him from partaking in strenuous activities. Initially researching ways for him to continue ways, Unmei groes disheartened with lack of options and chooses instead to avoid soccer entirely, eventually leading him to choose to attend Nagumohara Junior High School, a school that dispanded its soccer club years prior. Witnessing the captain of the baseball team use soccer as a bullying tactic and making a mockery of the sport, Unmei decides to challenge him to a soccer battle (a 5-v-5 game) in order to allow them use of the field for the newly-formed soccer club. Unmei recruits fellow students to form his team, first to fulfil this challenge, then to build a team for the Football Frontier, the inter-school soccer competition. Nagumohara progresses through both the regional and national tournaments, owed to Unmei providing expert tactical analysis and strategy to allow them to outplay all opponents, eventually leading them to the final (this is referred to him traversing the "victory road" to the top of the mountain).

Unmei forms a bond with Endou Haru (円堂 ハル, Endō Haru; Harper Evans in the English dub), a 1st year striker at Raimon Junior High (the reigning champions), and the son of Endou Mamoru (the protagonist of the original Inazuma Eleven trilogy). Haru is described as a "soccer monster" due to his immense talent and overwhelming skill, but finds the game boring and has no passion for it, however a chance meeting with Unmei during a match (where Haru had joined the opposing team temporarily) piques his interest. After suffering an injury that prevents him from ever playing again (later revealed to be deliberately exaggerated), Haru leaves the club to travel the country and learn why people enjoy soccer, eventually leading to spending time in Nagasaki with Unmei and learning of his own background and challenges, which renews Haru's desire to overcome this injury and return to the game.

The final match is between Nagumohara and Raimon, where the player is allowed to choose which team they play for. Regardless of choice, Nagumohara end the first half leading 2-1. During the intermission, Haru returns to Raimon and is instantly subbed in for the second half. Raimon quickly score 2 goals, including Haru showing off his new special technique "Meteor Fire Tornado". With the Nagumohara team deflated and tired, Unmei brings himself in and swaps the positions of all other players on the team, the tactic he devised prior to the match. Upon the restart, Unmei instantly activates his special tactic Tenkuu no Takt (天空のタクト, Sky's Baton; Aether Virtuoso in the English dub) to instruct his players exactly as he needs, leading to them tying the score 3-3. Haru restores the lead by awakening his Keshin and using it to score a 4th goal, obliterating the Nagumohara goal in the process. Nagumohara later tie the game again, giving the player control of their chosen team to play out the remainder match. Regardless of result, the game ends with Unmei and Haru lying on the pitch, celebrating the match and their commitment to meeting at the highest point.

Chronicle Mode

Chronicle Mode takes place after the events of Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone in the far future where humanity is threatened by hyper-dimensional beings called Mind Eaters. Victorio Arno (ヴィクトリオ・アルノ, Vikutorio Aruno; Victorio Cryptix in the English dub) must travel through the history of the Inazuma Eleven series to gather a team of the strongest Eleven. He is assisted by returning characters Fei Rune and Wandaba (Wonderbot).