Mario Strikers: Battle League (known as Mario Strikers: Battle League Football in Europe) is a game for the Nintendo Switch that released on June 10, 2022. It is the third installment of the Mario Strikers series, following Mario Strikers Charged, a game released for the Wii 15 years beforehand.
Gameplay[]
Mario Strikers: Battle League has a 4-vs-4 gameplay based around football/soccer. It introduces a new mechanic named Hyper Strike, which ensures its user makes a goal.
Characters[]
There are a total of sixteen characters playable in Mario Strikers: Battle League, as well as Boom Boom as the goalie. Ten of them appeared in the game initially, while the remaining six were added through free downloadable content.
- Mario
- Luigi
- Bowser
- Princess Peach
- Rosalina
- Toad
- Yoshi
- Donkey Kong
- Wario
- Waluigi
- Princess Daisy (added in v1.1.0)
- Shy Guy (added in v1.1.0)
- Pauline (added in v1.2.0)
- Diddy Kong (added in v1.2.0)
- Bowser Jr. (added in v1.3.0)
- Birdo (added in v1.3.0)
- Boom Boom (Goalies)
Items[]
Stadiums[]
- Lava Castle
- Spooky Mansion
- Jungle Retreat
- Mushroom Hill
- Royal Castle
- Desert Ruin
- Planetoid
- Urban Rooftop
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- This was the only official Mario game to be released in 2022; though it was one of the two games released that year to feature Mario in it overall, the other title being Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
- These are Rosalina's and Pauline's first appearances in the Mario Strikers series.
- One stadium named "Mushroom Hill" is a reference to a zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles.
- If not counting the Super Smash Bros. franchise, this is Daisy's first absence in the base roster of a Mario spinoff title since Mario Kart: Super Circuit, however, she did make an appearance when Nintendo announced that a free update will give the player Daisy along with Shy Guy for free.
- One of Shy Guy's victory animations involves him flying in the air with a red, blue, and yellow-colored balloons. This is a direct reference to the Sky Guy from Paper Mario.
- One of Donkey Kong's goal animation became a meme.
- This would be the last game in the franchise to have Charles Martinet as the voice of both Wario & Waluigi before the announcement in August 2023 that Martinet will be retiring from doing voice acting in Mario games.[1]
- Charles Martinet would later serve his final role as both Mario & Luigi in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
- This is also the last game in the franchise to have Deanna Mustard as the voice of Daisy.
References[]
- ↑ America, Nintendo of. “We Have a Message for Fans of the Mushroom Kingdom. Please Take a Look.” Twitter, Nintendo, 21 Aug. 2023,
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