Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Cover art featuring Lionel Messi
Developer(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Pro Evolution Soccer
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable Xbox 360 Wii
Release date(s)	October 17, 2008 PlayStation 3, Windows & Xbox 360 EU: October 17, 2008 AU: October 30, 2008 NA: November 11, 2008 (X360) NA: November 12, 2008 (PC) JP: November 27, 2008 (PS3, X360) NA: March 17, 2009 (PS3) PlayStation 2 & PlayStation Portable EU: October 31, 2008 (PS2) EU: November 7, 2008 (PSP) NA: November 11, 2008 AU: November 13, 2008 (PS2) AU: November 20, 2008 (PSP) JP: January 29, 2009 Wii NA: March 17, 2009 EU: March 27, 2009 AU: April 2, 2009 JP: May 14, 2009
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (abbreviated as PES 2009 and known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2009 in Korea and Japan) is a football video game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series, which was made by Konami. It is also the exclusive licensed game of the UEFA Champions League. The Wii version is known as Winning Eleven Play Maker 2009 in Japan.

Gameplay has been changed from previous versions for Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, with key additions to the Teamvision system, tactics changing according to situation, off-the-ball fluency, and AI recognizing strategies that works accumulating data on an ongoing basis within Master League and League modes. Another new addition is the readjustments for ball movements, with new air resistance calculations for the trajectory of the ball. There are also new friction routines to affect ball movement in terms of ground conditions, backspin routines are calculated so that ball slows accordingly, and the bounce of the ball can be used more effectively: players can flick the ball up to tee a shot, or to lift it over a defender's trailing leg. If a player has the ability, they will be able to perform skilful turns. PES 2009 also features a new game mode called 'Become A Legend', much like 'Be a Pro' from the EA Sports FIFA Series. This mode was originally only in the Japanese versions by the name of Fantasista, it was released as a special edition for J-League Winning Eleven 2007 Club Championship.

For the first time Konami was able to acquire the rights for the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United and Liverpool are the only fully licensed clubs from the Premier League, which is integrated but unlicensed just as in the previous releases. Since the UEFA Champions League license does not include the rights of all participating clubs and a number of licenses were held exclusively by EA Sports too, not all participating clubs are licensed or even in the game.

Unlicensed clubs have real player names but use fictional club names, badges, and kits. These can be edited by the user.