Mario Strikers Battle League
SCORE: 70
I am very thankful I had the money to purchase Mario Strikers Battle
League on the Nintendo Switch. I did a live stream of Mario Strikers
Battle League on YouTube and it was quite the frustration for me. I
would lose the first round of a cup, win twice, and then lose in the
final round. The tournaments are double elimination. The tournaments in
Mario Strikers Battle League are Cannon Cup, Chain Cup, Turbo Cup,
Muscle Cup, Trick Cup, Championship Cup, and Galactic Cup. Mario
Strikers Battle League also contains Quick Battle, Strikers Club and
Gear Setting.
The reason Mario Strikers Battle League irritated me so much is because
there is no consistency. In some matches the CPU opponents would back
off and let me take shots at the goal. Other matches the CPU would knock
me out of any shot I tried to take - especially a hyper strike. My CPU
teammates would never help out and attack the player with the ball. I
felt like I had do everything while playing Mario Strikers Battle
League. Some goalies in Mario Strikers Battle League would block
everything and others would let the ball go by. I would block a hyper
strike with my goalie and they would still score two points.
Gear is very handy in Mario Strikers Battle League. We can equip it to
improve the stats of the characters we use in Mario Strikers Battle
League. The thing is the gear is expensive and it is difficult to earn
money in this game unless you win. I found I needed the gear to win. I
also tried a match dropping the difficulty to the lowest setting and
lost 3-0. The CPU players I played against were ultra aggressive while
my CPU team mates were extremely passive. I tried different characters
and the common denominator was being on my team or against me.
Mario Strikers Battle League looks nice. I love how the two stadium
halves come together for the game. The celebrations are cool in Mario
Strikers Battle League. There is violence as we use a broad array of
Mario weapons and the wall in Mario Strikers Battle League. When you
take a hit your character sits there for a few seconds. It can worse if
you hit that electrified wall. Mario Strikers Battle League does include
a tutorial for those who want to learn all of the controls before going
in there and losing to the computer.
I am disappointed with Mario Strikers Battle League on multiple fronts.
The difficulty is cranked too high, and it is too inconsistent. There
are not many modes in Mario Strikers Battle League and games start to
feel the same. Power ups and getting charged for a hyper strike are way
too random. It takes too long to charge for a hyper strike and it is
random if it will work or not. Gear helps but is a massive pain to earn.
Mario Strikers Battle League kept telling me I lost one hundred coins
when I did not even have that many. So it let me keep my sixty coins for
example.
- Paul
Graphics: 75%
Sound: 75%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Nintendo Switch
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Next Level Games
Rating: ‘E10+’ - TEN and OLDER ONLY {Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief}
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