Based on your review, sounds like Soccer Kid was more fun than Hurricanes, another soccer platformer that came out the same year. Your character had one "bullet" in the form of a soccer ball he or she dribbled--which meant chasing after it, or, if it went off-screen, you had to wait for a new ball to be thrown in, in a tedious animation!
Give that design decision a red card!
Give that design decision a red card!
==LeVar Ravel
LeVarRavel.com
LeVarRavel.com

