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 returns with a stripped back entry for Switch that's ultimately less fun to tackle.
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.
The best and most balanced Mario Strikers title yet, undercut by limited modes and a lacklustre sense of progression.
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.
Mario Strikers: Battle League’s core gameplay is fun, but it’s just not enough to justify the incredibly slim package offered. There’s little to do for online players and even less for those looking for a fun offline single-player game, with it for Mario sports games in general. Nintendo fans were hoping for a hat trick here for the third entry in the Mario Strikers series, but were instead left with an own goal.
I was shocked that Battle League had this much going on under the surface, and the gameplay itself is enough to carry me through for quite some time.