It soon became apparent that despite the cartoonish presentation and what you may expect to be a simplified version of the beautiful game, there is a tonne of depth at play here, and a lot of tricks and bells and whistles to master.Īs well as the standard passing, lob shots and strike options, there are charged varieties of each with timing based sweet spots to learn you can execute a “perfect” variety of each shot, pass or tackle type, lending it an ex-style enhancement. The preview session began by allowing us to run through the tutorials. In fact, we could have one of the best stylised sports approximations on our hands since Speedball 2 or NBA Jam. After just a few minutes with Mario Strikers: Battle League Football (Next Level’s third stab at a Mushroom Kingdom based soccer sim) I can say this is still very much the case. Unlike me, the Gamecube version hasn’t aged too well, but the Wii sequel proved that there was still a place, and a need for decent arcade style sports titles. This made me feel a strange combination of nerdy pride and age-related fear. As I sat in front of the dazzling title screen of Mario Strikers: Battle League Football, I was reminded that I once reviewed the original game in the series, back in 2005, on a system that is now legitimately described as “retro”.
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