Super Mario Strikers

Super Mario Strikers
Developer	Next Level Games
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Nintendo Gamecube
Release Date	EU November 18, 2005 US December 5, 2005 JP January 19, 2006 AU April 6, 2006
Genre	Sports
Gallery	GH Gallery
Rating	ESRB: E

Super Mario Strikers (known as Mario Smash Football in Europe and Australia) is a soccer video game featuring various Mario characters and is the first Mario soccer game.

Gameplay

The game is a soccer game with two opposing teams of five characters. Each team has one captain, three sidekicks and one Kritter goalkeeper, all of which are Mario characters chosen by the player. The player controls one character at a time and can switch at will. In addition to normal soccer controls, the player can use power-ups and also charge up their strikes to make "Super Strikes".

The game supports up to four players and is divided into several modes. Grudge Match is the standard mode, Strikers 101 is the tutorial mode, and Cup Battles are tournaments for both human and computer players.

Legacy

Sequels

It was followed by Mario Strikers Charged for the Nintendo Wii.