Mario Strikers: Battle League

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  • Summary: [Also known as "Mario Strikers: Battle League Football"] Tackle, pass, and score in battle soccer with the Mushroom Kingdom gang. Introducing Strike, a 5-on-5, soccer-like sport with no rules—do whatever it takes to win! Get gritty and try to score the most goals by tackling enemies, using[Also known as "Mario Strikers: Battle League Football"] Tackle, pass, and score in battle soccer with the Mushroom Kingdom gang. Introducing Strike, a 5-on-5, soccer-like sport with no rules—do whatever it takes to win! Get gritty and try to score the most goals by tackling enemies, using items, and pulling off score-boosting special shots. Super Mario series mainstays like Peach, Toad, and Yoshi put their cleats (and stats) to the pitch and will stop at nothing to score. Customize your characters with gear that can augment their stats and appearance. Take the carnage online* or pass the ball to players locally**—just look out for the electric fence.

    Join an online club to push and shove your way up the ranks

    Band together with up to 20 strikers online* and compete against other clubs for points. Find the right club for you, team up with friends, and bring your own striker style to the table. Strive to become the world’s top club each season!

    Pummel the pitch with up to 8 players

    8 players can go for the goal on one Nintendo Switch system, with local wireless**, or online*. Bring along a secondary striker on the same system in online battles, too. Locally, 4 players on each team can go cleat-to-cleat in individual matches.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 54 out of 112
  3. Negative: 2 out of 112
  1. Daily Star
    Jun 8, 2022
    100
    It’s nowhere near as complex as Fifa, none of it is, but this game knows its strength is in the moment-to-moment arcade action and really wants you involved in that as much as possible with little distraction. For footie fans, this is a bit of a no-brainer. It’s very much a crazy Nintendo version of that sport.
  2. IGN
    Jun 8, 2022
    80
    Mario Strikers: Battle League is an over-the-top soccer game that’s wildly fun, even though it does very little new.
  3. ZTGD
    Jul 12, 2022
    80
    Mario Strikers: Battle League is a great game that suffers the same fate as its Switch sports brethren. It plays great, looks outstanding, but simply lacks content. I truly hope we see more characters, stadiums, and modes as the game goes on. There is a lot here to love, but it feels shallow in the content department for sure. Still if you love the arcade mentality of Mario sports this game is a no-brainer and yet another exclusive gem for Nintendo’s aging platform.
  4. INVEN
    Jun 17, 2022
    72
    Mario Strikers Battle League is a game faithful to the term 'easy to learn, hard to master'. Everyone can enjoy it without any concerns due to its simple controls as well as the exciting visuals are easy on the eyes. However, the lack of game modes and characters can make the game easily tiresome for those who don't fancy sports that much.
  5. IGN Portugal
    Jun 13, 2022
    70
    Mario Strikers: Battle League is a fun game, with the fluidity and magical animations you'd expect from the plumber-turned-sportsman, and a remarkable depth despite its apparent simplicity. The Next Level Games project makes a strong commitment to the online world, where the main game mode lives, but on the other hand, it is too scarce in single-player content, an exchange that we didn't ask for. If we had to choose, we'd probably stick with the couch co-op, anyways.
  6. Inverse
    Jun 8, 2022
    70
    Like every other Mario sports game, realism is thrown out the window in favor of ridiculous gameplay. The final product is mostly fun, but overcomplicated systems feel destined to frustrate casual players.
  7. T3
    Aug 11, 2022
    40
    Mario Strikers: Battle League's hectic gameplay remains as fun as it was 15 years prior, however, its barebones package does very little else to justify its return, ultimately being another blight on the Mario sports catalogue for Switch.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 277
  2. Mixed: 44 out of 277
  3. Negative: 177 out of 277
  1. Haddon2007
    Jun 20, 2022
    10
    AWESOME graphics. GODLIKE soundtrack. EXPRESSIVE animations in typical Next Level Games glory. Need I say more about this phenomenal game? BUYAWESOME graphics. GODLIKE soundtrack. EXPRESSIVE animations in typical Next Level Games glory. Need I say more about this phenomenal game? BUY IT. NOW.… Expand
  2. Angenix
    Jun 16, 2022
    9
    Gameplay is very fun. Animations are amazing. Only minus for me is online u can only play with 1 friend on the same console:(
  4. Adasc2906
    Jun 15, 2022
    7
    It's definitely better than i expected. the only problem with it is that there is no single player mode.
  5. Stydus
    Jun 11, 2022
    3
    The game is really fun, buy there's nothing here, the game has been fully experienced within an hour, not to mention the marketing impliedThe game is really fun, buy there's nothing here, the game has been fully experienced within an hour, not to mention the marketing implied 4v4 online, which isn't even possible. That's not even getting to the fact that the online is terrible. They really dropped the ball, hopefully they improve it… Expand
  6. DanielG1
    Jun 18, 2022
    2
    Sin contenido y decepcionante en lo único que podía salvarlo (el multijugador), la base del juego me parece realmente buena, pero se terminaSin contenido y decepcionante en lo único que podía salvarlo (el multijugador), la base del juego me parece realmente buena, pero se termina la motivación de jugar en las primeras 2 horas de juego.
    Es simplemente lamentable el hecho de no tener un 4v4 sin necesidad de ser 2 personas por consola, gracias a esto, no hay prácticamente ninguna motivación para jugar, ya que aparte de tener un nulo contenido, no existe un modo clasificatorio, excepto por el "grandioso" club strikers, cuya única utilidad es tener a 20 nombres en una fila de miembros, porque es exactamente lo mismo que jugar una partida solo o con otro más.
    Lo que me parece aún peor de todo esto, es que en los avances se insinuara que se podía jugar 4v4 todo el tiempo (que de cierta manera se puede, pero es mucho más complicado que en CUALQUIER OTRO JUEGO EXISTENTE) pareciendo esto su mayor atractivo, para que al final resultara ser solo un juego incompleto y sin ningún tipo de incentivo para jugar.
    Ahora toca esperar 3 meses para una actualización con Mario de oro y otros 3 más para una con Peach de oro rosa, 15 años para una entera decepción, nada nuevo en Nintendo.
    Le doy un 2 únicamente porque la base del juego es buena.    … Expand
  7. TheAKid
    Jun 16, 2022
    1
    Good animations and online but you can't have three of your friends on your team. Only ten charters and little to no 1p content. And free DLCGood animations and online but you can't have three of your friends on your team. Only ten charters and little to no 1p content. And free DLC aka the game released unfinished. Lost all the charm the older ones had. Good animations and graphics can't save a game. In only five stages which all act the same… Expand
  8. diegodan
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    Annoying gameplay, small fields, and very few characters. It would also have been great if you could assign your team's positions like theAnnoying gameplay, small fields, and very few characters. It would also have been great if you could assign your team's positions like the previous one.… Expand

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