Mario Strikers: Battle League

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 415 Ratings

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  1. NicoBelic7
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    Disgustingly shallow not worthy of more than 20 bucks spend, only buy it for the little fun it can have with co-op.
  2. Narann
    Jun 5, 2023
    0
    This game had such hope and was a total disaster.

    Solo is nonexistent, and after 2 months, multiplayer was nonexistent too… The online mode make playing with friends (the selling point) a purge: ​4v4 online is doable, but with a maximum of 2 players per Switch. Don't expect to invite 3 friends and play together. Ask one of your friend to brings its Switch, monitor, and RJ45 cable…    This game had such hope and was a total disaster.

    Solo is nonexistent, and after 2 months, multiplayer was nonexistent too…

    The online mode make playing with friends (the selling point) a purge:

    ​4v4 online is doable, but with a maximum of 2 players per Switch. Don't expect to invite 3 friends and play together. Ask one of your friend to brings its Switch, monitor, and RJ45 cable…

    So you have one friend only? No worry, Nintendo thought of you: If you play with one friends, you can't select 2 characters per players, so each player could have switch between _its_ two characters. The player switch is shared between players. Switching character select the character the closest to the ball. This means if both players switch at the same time, you are not really sure about which character you control.

    Let me repeat this: If you play with a friend, in the speed of the game, character switching is unpredictable. And because of the speed of the game character switch is what make the difference between loose and win.

    The only "workaround" is to let one single player to handle the character switching. Same for 3 players (but it's lesser a problem, I would say). We are talking about a Nintendo game. This is so dumb.

    I could list all the other problems, but making basic game design flaws that no other indie football game will never have reveal the mess this game is.    … Expand
  3. JACOBJORDANB200
    May 22, 2023
    4
    worst game worst Mario game wars controls
  4. wowowowkwkwkebj
    Apr 23, 2023
    0
    Highway robbery. $60 for a Mario Strikers far worse than the original. My least favourite aspect is that you cannot pick your own team for online; you have to use teammates, usually random people, who are in your club. And if you got the game later? Good luck finding people to join who have characters you want to play in online. You're at a huge disadvantage every time. I just want to playHighway robbery. $60 for a Mario Strikers far worse than the original. My least favourite aspect is that you cannot pick your own team for online; you have to use teammates, usually random people, who are in your club. And if you got the game later? Good luck finding people to join who have characters you want to play in online. You're at a huge disadvantage every time. I just want to play Mario Soccer, but this game stands in your way at every turn. The gear is laughable, the roster hardly any more interesting than the original, and the item pool far less fun. It's so watered down. Nintendo has been half-assing it for a while now, but I've bought plastic cups for cheaper that have made a longer lasting impression than this game. This might be the worst installment of a sports game in a mario series. I sincerely hope they update it, because every time I waste $60 on Nintendo's garbage, I become $60 closer to snapping. Don't buy this game if you love yourself or love mario or love nintendo; it's a hogwash of underpaid developers meeting a quota, and the day this game dies or updates is the day the world can start healing. Do yourself a favour and spend $60 on gas or a lobotomy, because you'll probably have more fun :)

    Also, *1* unlockable piece of gear? You spoil us Nintendo, truly. Truly, truly, truly.    … Expand
  5. Vinivitorioyo
    Mar 24, 2023
    2
    Infelizmente é uma compra que me decepcionou muito. Jogar algumas partidas é legal. Mas não gostei do sistema de armaduras, o online nem sempre roda liso o jogo, faltou muito conteúdo, o conteúdo off-line é pobre, repetitivo e cansativo. Não tem colecionáveis. Esse jogo tem um gameplay funcional e legalzinho. Tem gráficos que funcionam bem mas são repetitivos e cansativos depois de horasInfelizmente é uma compra que me decepcionou muito. Jogar algumas partidas é legal. Mas não gostei do sistema de armaduras, o online nem sempre roda liso o jogo, faltou muito conteúdo, o conteúdo off-line é pobre, repetitivo e cansativo. Não tem colecionáveis. Esse jogo tem um gameplay funcional e legalzinho. Tem gráficos que funcionam bem mas são repetitivos e cansativos depois de horas de gameplay. Eu sai bastante frustrado. Jogo que precisava de online forte. Jogos de esporte do Mario como esse, o golf e o tênis, por mais encatador que pareçam a primeira vista, foram TODOS, uma compra que eu não senti que compensaram. Todos foram frustrantes e eu não indico nenhum.… Expand
  6. Gouken
    Mar 23, 2023
    3
    The gameplay is lacking so is the content of the game. No single player modes, poor online modes and options, lack characters, lack stadiums...It feels like an early access even with the free content.
  7. waynaldot
    Mar 15, 2023
    3
    Was so hyped for 4v4 with friends and was disappointed when it was only 2v2
  8. LoiOwenLoi
    Jan 31, 2023
    3
    I like to be positive with reviews, but my goodness is this game hot garbage. They took the great art style, fun gameplay, even the small but good roster has been completely botched. The game has basically no game modes, and even less good game modes. Everything about this game is lackluster. Game after game they pump out garbage and try to fix it later and fail, when they got away with itI like to be positive with reviews, but my goodness is this game hot garbage. They took the great art style, fun gameplay, even the small but good roster has been completely botched. The game has basically no game modes, and even less good game modes. Everything about this game is lackluster. Game after game they pump out garbage and try to fix it later and fail, when they got away with it in Mario Tennis Aces, they did it with Mario Golf, then Switch sports and this. Please make your games good again Nintendo!… Expand
  9. Acevi6
    Jan 5, 2023
    4
    Nintendo killed this game. After only six months they stopped updating it. They added 6 characters and a couple of maps that aren't much different than the maps already in game. Some parts are good though, the animations and gameplay can be fun. But its depressing to compare this game to the older titles. This was a missed opportunity.
  10. arh3399
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    Theres fun to be had with this game but there is no single player content what so ever so if you aren't buying this to play with other people don't waste your money. Even then, what is in the game on the multi player side certainly isn't worth full price. The control scheme is also overly complicated and the computer AI for the goalies is pretty terrible. If it was over 50% off thenTheres fun to be had with this game but there is no single player content what so ever so if you aren't buying this to play with other people don't waste your money. Even then, what is in the game on the multi player side certainly isn't worth full price. The control scheme is also overly complicated and the computer AI for the goalies is pretty terrible. If it was over 50% off then maybe its worth a pick up but otherwise play something else.… Expand
  11. Heavenlord
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    Fan of the first hour of this license, I was so happy to get a new version on switch. I bought it right on the release. But what a dispointement! It is my worst buy of 2022. The game has just come on a point of no fun, all the mechanic that was great on the lasts games are away. I had to sell it only 1 week after buying it! Save you money and your time, don’t buy it
  12. MarioReviewer
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Soccer/football games were always games I would just get as a collectionist, then only pull them out of the dusty shelf to use as a stool to reach the top of my cupboard, but Mario Strikers had something special in it. It had so much charm, and I had fun playing Charged with my friend, however Battle Leauge (Football), WOOF! This one's beyond saving. It's overall controls are pretty solidSoccer/football games were always games I would just get as a collectionist, then only pull them out of the dusty shelf to use as a stool to reach the top of my cupboard, but Mario Strikers had something special in it. It had so much charm, and I had fun playing Charged with my friend, however Battle Leauge (Football), WOOF! This one's beyond saving. It's overall controls are pretty solid however sometimes they don't nudge to press a button that might win you a round, but that's not Battle Leauge's fault. What IS Battle Leauge's fault though, is the lack of charm, or sidemodes. Take Super Mario Party for example, a good Switch game, had a handful of side modes to play when you were bored, and although not all of them are exactly novelties of top-tier game design and gameplay, there was always something to do. Here though, there are like, two? I'm not gonna even play the game to check. Like a lot of other Mario's Switch sports games, for example Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf: Super Rush and Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, it has very few, or more occasionally no gimmick or mechanic that makes anything really worth coming back to, unless it's getting a damn trophy that the game requires you to get before your legs can move an inch further into a game. Overall, if you want a good football OR SOCCER experience in a game, get the previous Mario Strikers. They are fleshed out a lot better and don't have absolutely AWFUL AI in it.… Expand
  13. wxyboshy
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Just like any modern Mario spin off game: a couple of new features added, but everything else removed.

    This game has nothing interesting to offer. It's a nerfed version of the GameCube version, even when it comes to it's uniques mechanics that made the series so fun. The horror: - The gameplay is slower, like transitioning from melee to brawl. - The controls are messed up. They tried    Just like any modern Mario spin off game: a couple of new features added, but everything else removed.

    This game has nothing interesting to offer. It's a nerfed version of the GameCube version, even when it comes to it's uniques mechanics that made the series so fun.

    The horror:

    - The gameplay is slower, like transitioning from melee to brawl.
    - The controls are messed up. They tried to adapt the classic controller into the modern one, without understanding how the original worked in the first place. The GameCube/Wii one used the A button as the central button for passes and combos, letting you perform multiple deffensive and offensive strategies simultaneously. This one feels like a cheap version of the fifa games controls.
    - Tackling and sliding are mixed into one action, that needs to be charged in order to execute it. This just makes the game more predictable, slower and way less violent. - characters have stamina. Really? What's the point in making everything slower, this used to be a really fast paced game.
    - There are less items, that are simpler (no triple shells/bombs or random explosions, multiple bananas). They cannot be switched, and cannot be used for defending the ball. (Items always go forward, so if you have someone on your tail trying to tackle you, you cannot throw the item backwards)
    - items now come in boxes, that again, makes everything slower.
    - You cannot control the goalie
    - Hyper strikes are now a luck/chance event, which are really easy to pull of correctly. In the old days, super strikes were hard to pull off, and were used to humiliate your opponent whenever you had the chance. Now it's just annoying.
    - You cannot sabotage a hyper strike. There's no shaking the opponent's meter, or using a last minute tackle/item/explosion to prevent it. The turned the hyper strike into a random chance and very boring minigame with a really long animation that gets old real fast. - Characters stats are worthless, no significant upgrades except on strength tackling, whichs sucks.

    The bad:
    - Character selection and stats are very poor. It's pretty much the same gameplay with every character. - No single player content, other than unlocking perks and gear that do nothing. No cups or trophies, nothing. - No cups or tournament options when it comes to multiplayer, just "quick matches". If you play with 3 or more people, you need to manually keep track of the scores and matchmaking if you wanna do a tournament style gameplay.
    - CPU isn't really hard. It's like professional-superstar level on the original, or level 3 in charged. For an experienced Mario strikers player, the only challenge is overcoming the controls and limitations (such as defensive items and fast paced stealing, or lack thereof).
    - All stages feel and play the same, not even a difference in sound design.
    - There are no character themes like on charged, just generic rock bg themes.

    Neutral: - The game doesn't keep track of the last used match settings, and takes a while to load between matches. Rematch screen puns were also removed.
    - Practice mode is time limited
    - No cheat system or unclockables of that kind.
    - Music is ok.

    The good:
    - You can manual toggle and control the characters that don't have the ball. This is very useful for doing one timer shots.
    - charging the ball has good potential, and feels smooth. Gives it somewhat a skill based gameplay an advantage. TL:DR Get the GameCube/Wii version. The GameCube one feels a little closer to this one (just a little).    … Expand
  14. RANDOMHERO757
    Oct 17, 2022
    3
    so like a lot of fans of this game series i bought this game.
    I should have listened to the signs this game was going to be a bust.
    I was too blinded for my love of the franchise too see al the writing on the walls. First the pros and the cons Pros, 1. inventive gameplay 2. customizable character stats 3. level merging is kind of cool Cons 1. visuals are very cluttered    so like a lot of fans of this game series i bought this game.
    I should have listened to the signs this game was going to be a bust.
    I was too blinded for my love of the franchise too see al the writing on the walls.
    First the pros and the cons

    Pros,

    1. inventive gameplay

    2. customizable character stats

    3. level merging is kind of cool

    Cons

    1. visuals are very cluttered and un organized (hard to distinguish whos who on the field, needs player colors to return like smash bros OR THE OLDER MARIO STRIKERS)

    2 Team AI never seems to be where they should be. (I've seen them countless times go everyway they shouldn't be and it usually results on the opposite team scoring)

    3. Difficulty spikes are pretty horrendous (though to be far its a mix unfair Skynet like AI and me sucking a bit so take that as you will)

    4. not enough content.

    its very sickening because it feels as though Nintendo is taking they're fans for granted.
    There's no story mode and only 10 characters at launch and they haven't addressed the complaints that have clearly been screamed by fans of this game.
    compared to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl this game feels like a 35$ alpha test on steam.
    I hate to say because there really is a great game here but there's way too much crap to dig threw to find it,
    id say this game is worth 25$ at best and I cant even recommend it to anyone.
    just spend your money on Mario tennis or golf, they have they're issues but they are leagues better them Mario Strikers Battle League, at least with those games you got a campaign as well as a few different multi-player options.
    Plus Mario Golf is pretty amusing with motion controls.    … Expand
  15. Bandido_06
    Oct 14, 2022
    2
    Está vendo todas essas reviews negativas de usuários? Elas estão ali por um motivo. Esse jogo parece que foi criado por uma equipe amadora da Nintendo, com um orçamento bem baixo e só com 6 meses de desenvolvimento antes de ser lançado.

    Eu não joguei tanto assim o Mario Strikers na época do Wii, mas me lembro de ser um jogo muito mais divertido e com bem mais conteúdo do que esse. Parece    Está vendo todas essas reviews negativas de usuários? Elas estão ali por um motivo. Esse jogo parece que foi criado por uma equipe amadora da Nintendo, com um orçamento bem baixo e só com 6 meses de desenvolvimento antes de ser lançado.

    Eu não joguei tanto assim o Mario Strikers na época do Wii, mas me lembro de ser um jogo muito mais divertido e com bem mais conteúdo do que esse. Parece até um jogo mobile mal feito.

    Se eu que tenho Switch desbloqueado me arrependi de ter baixado, imagina quem for pagar R$300 nesse jogo. Valorize o seu dinheiro.

    Até o FIFA de Switch é mais divertido de se jogar do que isso.    … Expand
  16. 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 the previous one.
  17. MitchConner96
    Sep 18, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a let down from its previous game. The CPU is unfair and gameplay is mayhem to the point where I can’t even tell what is going on. The goalie is horrible but theirs is magically invincible. #BringBackKritter As of right now I would pay $30 not $60 for this game. I find myself more frustrated rather than enjoying the game during play. I hope the developers make the necessary fixes to this game as they need to. With Diddy Kong and Pauline coming in, please update gameplay.… Expand
  18. Geo3891
    Sep 15, 2022
    3
    Juego porqueria, online horrible (como todos los juegos de Nintendo Switch que tengan función online), una cantidad tan pobre de contenido, soundtrack medio decente (mas no bueno), este juego es tan repetitivo y aburrido que a las 3 partidas te sales del juego y te pones a jugar otra cosa, en serio esta cosa vale 60 dolares por un trabajo tan malo y pobre?
  19. ZeoN
    Sep 14, 2022
    4
    Muy buen juego deportivo, con una gran jugabilidad y apartado artístico, sin embargo, está carente de contenido y se hace muy aburrido con el paso de las horas. Le falta mucho para ser lo que debería.
  20. tomchch
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    The Wii game was and is one of my favourites of all time. I played it a tonne in the month before this came out in anticipation, and kept myself spoiler free for this one.

    This one lacks everything that made the Wii one good. The mechanics, the pace, the maps, the personality, the tournament mode. Rather than being its own fleshed out spin on soccer, this is just your standard run of    The Wii game was and is one of my favourites of all time. I played it a tonne in the month before this came out in anticipation, and kept myself spoiler free for this one.

    This one lacks everything that made the Wii one good. The mechanics, the pace, the maps, the personality, the tournament mode. Rather than being its own fleshed out spin on soccer, this is just your standard run of the mill mario sport game cash grab that Nintendo prefers to do these days. Hugely disappointing.    … Expand
  21. DUELMARIO
    Aug 27, 2022
    0
    muchos no todos los que se quejaron de este juego van a culpar a next level games pero no fue del todo su culpa ya que resulta que este desastroso resultado fue culpa de nintendo, lanzar el juego a 60 dolares, como tambien no mostrar casi nada del juego, no dar nada recompensante por jugar offline ya que quieren que se juegue mas online de offline y los servidores tambien son otromuchos no todos los que se quejaron de este juego van a culpar a next level games pero no fue del todo su culpa ya que resulta que este desastroso resultado fue culpa de nintendo, lanzar el juego a 60 dolares, como tambien no mostrar casi nada del juego, no dar nada recompensante por jugar offline ya que quieren que se juegue mas online de offline y los servidores tambien son otro problema, es un juego visualmente atractivo pero es completamente aburrido tiene potencial pero nintendo lo ha estado barriendo debajo de la alfombra y por eso muchos al igual que yo hemos perdido la confianza en nintendo y deja en duda que pasara con metroid prime 4 si es que nintendo sigue fingiendo que no existe, y zelda breath of the wild 2… Expand
  22. sea7
    Aug 23, 2022
    2
    Nintendo has got to stop releasing unfished games. It is really very much so awful with their business practices. Please don’t stoop to the levels of other companies again pleaee
  23. Slashcraft
    Aug 20, 2022
    1
    Awesome soundtrack. Excellent gameplay. But barebones experience that is incredibly lacking compared to the first two Mario Strikers games, with a lackluster roster, and NO single player mode and a severe lack of content. This is just embarrassing, considering that we have been waiting for a Mario Strikers game for 15 years. 15 YEARS, I kid you not.
  24. Eljaguar
    Aug 18, 2022
    1
    No puede ser que solo sea un juego arcade no tiene nada de contenido,no hay modo historia,tiene unas copas agregadas en modo solitario que se repiten a más no poder,te enfrentas a lo mismo jugar un partido y ya,ahorre se su dinero que Nintendo sigue estafando,hasta el Mario tenis tiene más contenido que esto
  25. SaintPoog
    Aug 17, 2022
    4
    There's nothing to play after about an hour. The online play is terrible and uninspired. The goalies (and the CPU's as an whole) are wildly inconsistent.
  26. HamzaAbi
    Aug 16, 2022
    0
    Remember when Nintendo actually put thought and effort into their games and didn't sell this Steam Early Acess tier **** Yeah that time is long gone now. I'm not exaggerating when I say the demo for the game gives you the exact same experience as the full game. You experience the whole thing within about an hour. Insane
  27. Juciferus
    Aug 14, 2022
    1
    Poor controls, random goals without any logic, seems unfinished and rushed.

    Overall a much worse game than Strikers Charged. I bought this game because the predecessor was great, this is just poor quality gaming that I have not used seeing from Nintendo.
  28. Starazor0
    Aug 9, 2022
    3
    It is with heavy heart I have to give this game a 3. There’s so much to love about it and it’s very fun, but the online mode is broken with unforgivable glitches that make the game not worth purchase. (Most frustrating is an automatic 2 goal glitch where you don’t even need to time it with the meter. Also the game punishes those who succeed at it with items and things to help whoever isIt is with heavy heart I have to give this game a 3. There’s so much to love about it and it’s very fun, but the online mode is broken with unforgivable glitches that make the game not worth purchase. (Most frustrating is an automatic 2 goal glitch where you don’t even need to time it with the meter. Also the game punishes those who succeed at it with items and things to help whoever is behind during the game. This is fine, but they need to reduce the amount. Otherwise there’s no point in trying to improve at it. I’ve emailed Nintendo and they’re aware but seem to have no interest in fixing it. Hence the 3 because they released a broken game and don’t care.… Expand
  29. GandalfCzarny
    Aug 10, 2022
    3
    Thank you Nintendo for bringing us one big piece of nothing! We appreciate your hard work and devotion for your fans.
  30. Rygon
    Aug 4, 2022
    3
    You can't believe that losing 4 captains, 7 sidekicks and replacing a very cool goalie (from a franchise that is slowly reduced to nothing by Nintendo itself) for a Mario's generic enemy is an advance with respect to the previous game for Wii.
    The complains about animation were dumb... but this and the lack of game modes not.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 113 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 57 out of 113
  2. Mixed: 54 out of 113
  3. Negative: 2 out of 113
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 29, 2024
    80
    It's a great game if you don't want to play too long against a pretty erratic AI. It's disappointing to not be able to control the goalie as well. The online features are excellent. Plus there's the promise of an expanding range of available Nintendo characters for free. A perfect choice for parties. [Issue#320]
  2. Pure Nintendo
    Sep 1, 2022
    80
    I was really looking forward to Mario Strikers: Battle League, and for the most part it has been a worthy successor, but it’s a little hampered by the complexity of the gameplay. Even scoring goals can be a bit difficult overall. Soccer is definitely not known for high-scoring affairs but it is simply too difficult to score goals in the time allotted. This does seem to be different from what I remember in the previous games. It was a bit easier to score goals and that is definitely missed. There’s a balance that sports games need to strike, but Battle League does tend to be just a bit more difficult. Still, there is a lot to love about Mario Strikers: Battle League, but it almost made me want a remaster of the first two games more than anything.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Aug 26, 2022
    40
    Nostalgia is a dangerous thing. In our memories, 'Super Mario strikers' on our Gamecube was the best of the best, unmatched and wonderful. Fair is not fair, as it sets the bar extremely high for 'Mario strikers battle league'. But there's more: this game feels like it's not quite finished.
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