Mario Strikers: Battle League

Mario Strikers: Battle League (known as Mario Strikers: Battle League Football in Europe) is a game for the Nintendo Switch that released on June 10, 2022. It is the third installment of the , following Mario Strikers Charged, a game released for the Wii 15 years beforehand.
==Gameplay==
Mario Strikers: Battle League has a 4-vs-4 gameplay based around football/soccer. It introduces a new mechanic named Hyper Strike, which ensures its user makes a goal.
==Characters==
There are a total of sixteen characters playable in Mario Strikers: Battle League, as well as Boom Boom as the goalie. Ten of them appeared in the game initially, while the remaining six were added through free downloadable content.
*Mario
*Luigi
*Bowser
*Princess Peach
*Rosalina
*Toad
*Yoshi
*Donkey Kong
*Wario
*Waluigi
*Princess Daisy (added in v1.1.0)
*Shy Guy (added in v1.1.0)
*Pauline (added in v1.2.0)
*Diddy Kong (added in v1.2.0)
*Bowser Jr. (added in v1.3.0)
*Birdo (added in v1.3.0)
*Boom Boom (Goalies)
== Items ==
*? Block
*Bob-omb
*Banana
*Red Shell
*Green Shell
*Super Mushroom
*Invincibility Star
== Stadiums ==
* Lava Castle
* Spooky Mansion
* Jungle Retreat
* Mushroom Hill
* Royal Castle
* Desert Ruin
* Planetoid
* Urban Rooftop
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
*This was the only official Mario game to be released in 2022; though it was one of the two games released that year to feature Mario in it overall, the other title being Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
*These are Rosalina's and Pauline's first appearances in the Mario Strikers series.
*One stadium named "Mushroom Hill" is a reference to a zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles.
*If not counting the Super Smash Bros. franchise, this is Daisy's first absence in the base roster of a Mario spinoff title since Mario Kart: Super Circuit, however, she did make an appearance when Nintendo announced that a free update will give the player Daisy along with Shy Guy for free.
*One of Shy Guy's victory animations involves him flying in the air with a red, blue, and yellow-colored balloons. This is a direct reference to the Sky Guy from Paper Mario.
*One of Donkey Kong's goal animation became a meme.
*This would be the last game in the franchise to have Charles Martinet as the voice of both Wario & Waluigi before the announcement in August 2023 that Martinet will be retiring from doing voice acting in Mario games.America, Nintendo of. “We Have a Message for Fans of the Mushroom Kingdom. Please Take a Look.” Twitter, Nintendo, 21 Aug. 2023,
**Charles Martinet would later serve his final role as both Mario & Luigi in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
**This is also the last game in the franchise to have Deanna Mustard as the voice of Daisy.
==References==
==External links==
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