Mario Strikers Battle League Football: Online mode, new features … We make status

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Mario Strikers: Battle League Football is scheduled for release next June 10th, of course, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. The title was developed by Next Level Games, a studio that had already produced the first two Mario football games, namely Mario Smash Football on the Gamecube and Mario Strikers Charged Football on the Wii, suggesting some consistency. It is also this team that we owe to the excellent Luigi’s Mansion 3, which led Nintendo to buy the company in January 2021.

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For those who have never tried the two previous episodes of Mario Strikers, a little reminder of the facts. Each match pits two teams of four players (five with the goalkeeper) against each other on football pitches without any rules. Thus, everyone is free to tackle their opponents or tackle them to throw them on the electric walls, play by hand, etc … Like most Mario sports games, there are objects with different uses that can hinder the opposing team or amplify your partners. Finally, let’s end by talking about the series’ signature feature, namely Super Strikes. Each character has a special shot that, once charged, allows you to add an effect to the ball and score two points in case of a goal.

What’s new compared to previous sections?

In terms of news, Mario Strikers: Battle League Football is not stingy. In terms of gameplay, this Switch episode brings a never seen feature called Charged Tackle. From now on, you can tackle one of your teammates to send him forward, so he recovers the ball from the opponent in a brutal way. Then Super Strikes, which here are called Hyper Strikes, are triggered in a different way. Before, you only had to charge your shot for a while and press at the right time to activate a powerful shot. But in Battle League Football, you must first collect a special item from the court to access it.

The other big news in this opus concerns the composition of the teams. Previously, each player chose his captain among the most famous characters in the Mario universe, while the rest of the team consisted of creatures that we are used to encounter in the famous Italian plumber with mustache: Toads, Koopas, Maskass, Boos, etc. … But now all team members are “heroes” and no longer henchmen. Finally, another key aspect of the experience concerns the equipment, as these affect your players’ stats. So you can make them run faster, make them more resistant to tackles or even increase the power of their shots.

With this Switch episode, it is now possible to play up to eight players on the same console, promising a hell of a mess on screen. In terms of online cons, you can only play two players at the same time. In addition to local multiplayer, Mario Strikers: Battle League Football adds a club mode to its online dimension, allowing players to create their own teams, especially with friends, to play ranked matches and climb the various divisions. Each group can consist of a maximum of 20 players who can fight against the whole world. In terms of customization, it is possible to choose your jersey colors outdoors or at home, but also to personalize your stadium.

Buy Mario Strikers: Battle League Football for € 49 at Fnac

Buy Mario Strikers: Battle League Football on Nintendo Switch from Amazon