Mario Strikers: Battle League
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Mario Strikers: Battle League is an over-the-top soccer game that's wildly fun, even though it does very little new.
Mario Strikers: Battle League's core gameplay is a blast, especially with friends, but the game suffers from a severe lack of content.
Mario Strikers returns with a stripped back entry for Switch that's ultimately less fun to tackle.
Ultimately, Mario Strikers: Battle League feels like Liverpool’s trophy cabinet this year. An FA Cup and a League Cup are nothing to sniff at, but it feels below par. With no cup final goals and two victories on penalties, they didn’t even underachieve with style. Battle League is very similar. It’s Mario Strikers again, and the football itself is pretty good, but the stuff of legends? Not even close.
Though occasionally likable and basically inoffensive, Mario Strikers: Battle League struggles to build on its ideas and ends up feeling pretty undercooked as an experience.
Mario Strikers: Battle League may not be the ultimate version of the world's most popular sport, but its strategic matches, fun online modes, and energetic animations make for an enjoyable experience.
Mario Strikers: Battle League has all the makings of a great sports game, but there's not much there right now.
Put simply, I love it all. It’s a worthy successor to the GameCube game in particular, which I still rate as a real classic.
