Okay, so soccer is called football, which is totes confusing in Australia with four kinds of footy! Thankfully, Ninty has made it less confusing with Mario Strikers: Battle League Football. Coz it’s less football and more foot-brawl. Forget about tight defence in this game. This game is all about stacking on stacks of goals. It’s 5v5 but without pesky rules. Sprint offside, tackle defending defenders or offending offenders, smash opponents into electrified walls for shocking surprises, and pop Mario Kart-like items to pile on your next load of netters. Pop a peach of a pass to Peach. Tackle a Toad. Yeet the ball to Yoshi. Then make main man Mario make the perf shot. Plus, pick your pitch duds carefully. Gear doesn’t just make you look cool. It impacts swift speed, solid strength, shooting skills, pitch-perfect passing, and tricky technique. Keep an eye out for on-pitch orbs that gift Hyper Strike. These superpowered shots count for double goals!

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Mario and his mates looove sports games. There’ve been 20+ Mario sports games ahead of Mario Strikers: Battle League Football. The Mushroom Kingdom marvel has aced tennis, holed-in-one golf, belted at baseball and won gold at the Olympics. This latest sporty outing is the first soccer-inspired Mario game in 15 years!