It’s been out for like ages now, and I finally got around to renting Super Mario Strikers yesterday. Long story short: best Mario sports game ever.
What we have here is a pretty basic game of soccer, only it’s been pumped full of adrenaline and awesome. The big differences between this and normal soccer games would be A) the use of items B) “super strikes” and C) the amount of hitting. As you can see by those few points, this game pushes the offense envelope farther than you might have expected. Items aren’t overly useful or varied, but they cause a lot of damage. Super strikes are basically guaranteed goals if you manage to get the timing down perfectly, and can cause some mind-bendingly high-scoring games. Lastly, there’s so much body-checking in this game that it’s nuts. Also, Bowser shows up every once in a while to royally mess up everybody’s shit.
Again, killer game. Tons of fun, and an excellent party game. It’s like the Super Smash Bros of sports titles. It’s even got some kickass robots. Highly recommended.