Mario Strikers: Battle League was first announced during the Nintendo Direct published on February 9, 2022and given the long absence of this IP from consoles, it caused a lot of excitement among its fans.
This long-awaited installment will be the third in the series, which saw its origin in 2005 as part of the game Cubeand apparently has everything ready to surprise us.
If you already have your Switchthen we tell you the date, the characters and everything we know about this sports game inspired by the most beloved plumber in video games.
When is Mario Strikers: Battle League released?
This game will arrive on June 10, 2022 and will retain its characteristic fast-paced soccer format, although with some improvements over its predecessors; however, you can enter a free trial from the 3rd to the 5th of the same month.
The match format will be 5 against 5 and will present a crazy game mode that will move away from realism to bring us mechanics worthy of The Super Champions.
In this game the fouls are eliminated, although in exchange for these offenses the opponent can obtain equipment that makes things difficult for others, including banana peels and other gadgets that we will discover later.
What characters appear in Mario Strikers: Battle League?
So far the roster has 10 players among which are Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Rosalina, Toad, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario Y waluigi.
Each one will have its own balance of characteristics such as strength, speed, shooting, passing and technique, so you will have to find the one that suits your style of play.
At the moment they have not mentioned if there will be later additions, but a dataminer found in the demo evidence that 10 characters could join in the future.
The code didn’t show names, but it did show 20 slots that could accommodate other players in the future.
How to improve characters in Mario Strikers: Battle League?
Instead of incorporating a level system, character progress will come with pieces of gear that you can unlock as you play.
Each one will have its own power-ups that will improve one or more of the features mentioned above, in exchange for making another worse.
You can access a total of 5 specialized categories in an attributethese are:
- musclesfocused on strength.
- Turbodirected at speed.
- cannonto enhance your shots.
- Chainif you need to support you in the passes.
- trickto give your technique a boost.
These attributes will be distributed in the helmet, gloves, armor and boots, so you can combine them until you have the perfect balance.
The pieces will make up complete sets and you can purchase their parts for 100 gold coins.
How to use Mario Strikers: Battle League items?
If you are familiar with games like mario kartyou will surely enjoy this mechanic with which you will make things difficult for your rivals.
The famous power upswhich we had already seen in previous installments, return to give more flavor to the games, and this time we will have six of them.
- green shell: The presence of this element on the battlefield will force everyone to be on their toes if they don’t want to get hit and be left out of an important play.
- red shell: An object that nothing can stop, not even the players.
- Bob-omb: This small artifact will head towards a player and explode upon finding it.
- Mushroom: This item will give you a brief speed boost to outrun even the fastest of opponents.
- Banana: Do you want someone to slip? Just put her on the ground.
- Star: As in the classic Super Mario Bros., the star will make you invincible and will increase all your attributes so that no one can stop you.
At the moment this is all we know about this long-awaited title that Coming to Nintendo Switch on June 10so go preparing the portfolio and putting together your ideal team.
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