| AusGamers |
Kosta Andreadis |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
It remains to be seen how exactly the online create-a-club stuff pans out in terms of competition, but as a same-room couch jam Mario Strikers: Battle League Football gets better and better the more you play. A surprisingly deep, chaotic bit of Mario Sports action. |
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| Cerealkillerz |
Steve Brieller |
7.6 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers |
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| Checkpoint Gaming |
Luke Mitchell |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
The core gameplay of Mario Strikers: Battle League is fast and frenetic, keeping your palms sweaty as you battle with your Nintendo favourites in an intense game of soccer. It’s flashy and well animated in all the best ways, with that trademark personality and charm carrying it a long way. It’s also a wonderful example of “easy to learn, difficult to master”, that starts simple but has some reasonable depth, even within the confines of its short matches. It’s a shame then that there just isn’t much more meat on the bone; with offline modes extremely limited with only quick play and tournaments, you’re going to have to truly love the mechanics to justify spending a lot of your time in competitive multiplayer. For those with a lot of mates to kick around with, that might be enough, but for everybody else, it’s a yellow card. |
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| COGconnected |
James Paley |
75 / 100 |
06-08-2022 |
Once I got past those first matches, Battle League was a lot more fun. Every match is tense, fast-paced, and packed with action. You’ve got a layer of strategy with the gear, and every character plays differently. If you’re looking for some Mario-style soccer, this game delivers. On the other hand, it’s a thin offering for solo players. Online matches will greatly extend the life of this game, if you’re looking for more challenges. I wish the teammate switching system wasn’t so clunky. I’d also love a larger roster to choose from. But if you’ve got enough opponents, Mario Strikers: Battle League is a pretty great time. |
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| Daily Star |
Tom Hutchison |
5 / 5 stars |
06-08-2022 |
Either way, this is a wonderful addition to the Switch catalogue and well worth the £50 fee. It’ll last you all summer and beyond. |
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| Destructoid |
Chris Carter |
8 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
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. |
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| Digital Trends |
Giovanni Colantonio |
3 / 5 stars |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League delivers the deepest Mario sports experience yet, with surprisingly nuanced soccer gameplay. There’s just not much to do once you’ve mastered those skills. |
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| Eurogamer |
Tom Phillips |
Not Recommended |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers returns with a stripped back entry for Switch that’s ultimately less fun to tackle. |
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| Game Informer |
Alex Stadnik |
7.5 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
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. |
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| Gameblog |
Tiny_Ellie |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
With a fiendishly fun formula, a production with the greatest of care, and more technical matches, Mario Strikers Battle League is the perfect game for intense parties with friends. Fun times, and mocking around between friends are guaranteed. |
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| GameSpot |
Steve Watts |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League has all the makings of a great sports game, but there’s not much there right now. |
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| GamesRadar+ |
Joel Franey |
2.5 / 5 stars |
06-08-2022 |
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. |
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| GameXplain |
Andre Segers |
Not Recommended |
06-08-2022 |
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| Geek Culture |
Jake Su |
6.8 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
While the core gameplay is solid and the game looks awesome, everything else surrounding it seems to need more work. Whether Nintendo and Next Level Games will do so remains a burning question, and it would be a waste to see the potential of Strikers Club be, well, wasted. |
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| God is a Geek |
Chris White |
8 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League Football is great with others and offers plenty of opportunities to shoot, pass, and play the beautiful game despite there being few modes to choose from. |
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| Hobby Consolas |
Javier Escribano |
87 / 100 |
06-08-2022 |
The best Mario sports game, despite Daisy’s absence. It has one of the most fun multiplayer experiences that you can have on Nintendo Switch, both locally and online, that will deliver lots of healthy competition, despite losing some of the charm of the originals and having very few characters, stadiums and single player game modes. |
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| IGN |
Travis Northup |
8 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League is an over-the-top soccer game that’s wildly fun, even though it does very little new. |
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| Metro GameCentral |
Adam Starkey |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
The best and most balanced Mario Strikers title yet, undercut by limited modes and a lacklustre sense of progression. |
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| Nintendo Life |
Alex Olney |
9 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League is a masterclass in competitive game design. What it lacks in options is more than made up by just how much fun the game is, and it’s absolutely gorgeous to boot. As it stands it already feels like a complete product, but the promise of future updates down the line gives us even more to get excited about. If arcade sport action isn’t your bag, it’ll likely do nothing to sway your opinion, but if you have even a passing interest in this kind of caper, Mario Strikers: Battle League is the best sports game on Switch right now. |
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| PCMag |
Jordan Minor |
4 / 5 stars |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League makes its long-awaited return as a deliriously fun and accessible soccer game that’s packed with character customization and online modes. |
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| Polygon |
Ana Diaz |
Recommended |
06-08-2022 |
The chaotic game breathes new life into franchise characters |
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| Press Start |
Shannon Grixti |
7.5 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League is a fun time that is easy enough for anybody to pickup and play but still without depth to mean it should keep an audience engaged for a long period of time. It’s a little lacking in the single player department, but it’s doing some interesting things in the online space to make up for it. |
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| Screen Rant |
Cody Gravelle |
3.5 / 5 stars |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League is a fun and colorful game that lacks some of the depth players might expect, and strays pretty far from soccer. |
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| SECTOR.sk |
Matúš Štrba |
8 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
After a long wait, we got a new Mario Strikers game and it’s a lot of fun. Action gameplay and variable character abilities will keep you entertained, local multiplayer for up to 8 players is really great. But the game critically lacks content. |
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| Shacknews |
Ozzie Mejia |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
As it is, Mario Strikers: Battle League isn’t the World Cup of Nintendo soccer that fans were probably hoping for. Instead, it’s merely an average Sunday game that’s playing on Univision: good for a few hours of entertainment and little more than that. |
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| SpazioGames |
Valentino Cinefra |
8 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
With such solid and explosive gameplay, Mario Strikers: Battle League Football represents a decisive step forward for the franchise. |
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| Stevivor |
Ben Salter |
7.5 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers Battle League is a lot of fun, but unless you commit to online play, it’s here for a good — but brief — time. |
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| The Games Machine |
Daniele Cucchiarelli |
8.9 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers is back. Like Smash Bros. Ultimate this is an “easy to play, hard to master” game in which you’ll find different levels of engagement and entertainment: from fast and furious rapid matches to seasonal multiplayer challenges… and that’s only the tip of the iceberg of things to come. |
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| TheSixthAxis |
Steve C |
Recommended |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers Battle League is a worthy entry in an excellent series that takes the best aspects of the previous games and hones them to multiplayer perfection. It is more difficult to recommend for solo players – although the core game is still fun – but hopefully the online mode will enable everyone to play the game at its best. Check back soon for the definitive verdict once we’ve had a chance to give it a try |
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| TrustedReviews |
Ryan Jones |
3.5 / 5 stars |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League Football is a thrilling take on the football genre, with more end-to-end thrills than FIFA could ever hope for, as well as the chaotic energy that the classic Super Mario items provide. But a stingy offering of single-player modes mean that this is only really worthwhile for those wanting to dive into online multiplayer. |
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| Twinfinite |
Omar Banat |
3.5 / 5 stars |
06-08-2022 |
Overall, Mario: Strikers Battle League is a good game that needs more to do. It may be a much better game a year from now, but right now, it is noticeably lacking content. |
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| VG247 |
Alex Donaldson |
Recommended |
06-08-2022 |
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. |
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| Video Chums |
A.J. Maciejewski |
7.9 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League strikes an excellent gameplay balance to make every match exciting and action-packed. It may not take many risks when it comes to supplementary content but what’s here is one solid soccer game nonetheless. |
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| Wccftech |
Nathan Birch |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League delivers the frantic fun the franchise is known for, but it feels like it’s only fielding half a team. |
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| WellPlayed |
Kieron Verbrugge |
7 / 10 |
06-08-2022 |
Mario Strikers: Battle League Football excels on the field, but it struggles to make a compelling offer for solo players or anyone not willing to invest time in forming and maintaining a Strikers Club. It’s just pick-up-and-play enough to work as a party game with mates and it’s compelling to watch in action, but the lack of embellishments is sure to hurt its long-term appeal. |
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