Super Mario Strikers (Game Cube, 2005)

Super Mario Strikers (Gamecube, 2005)

One of the Best Mario Sports Games Ever!!!

That being said, I find that Mario Sports lose their replay value after a couple weeks, Super Mario Strikers holds true to this notion in single player mode. However Multi-player is a whole other story.

Super Mario Strikers multi-player is very simple but can be incredibly fun with 3 or more people. Don't use tournament mode, just use Grudge Match Mode and keep track of your own stats. My friends and I sometimes burn up to 3 hours doing this. We also turn off items, bowser attack and outlaw hitting, it makes the game a lot more fun if you actually want a challenge.

Pros:
- Great Multiplayer Mode
- The Goal Celebrations are pretty Good
- Good Selection of Main Characters
- Ability to daze Goalies with Hard shots
- Perfect Passes
- Hitting people into the fences (The screaming is awesome)

Cons:
- Not Enough Supporting Teammates (Two different Turtle types? Where are the Goombas?)
- Colour Scheme for players can sometimes be confusing (both teams have purple support players)
- The game is very hard on higher settings
- The hit button gets very annoying/Not able to turn off hitting in options menu
- Unlockables/Cheats leave you wanting more
- Single Player mode is short and loses it's replay value after a week
- Single Player mode might be too hard for younger players (10 and under)
- Goalies are extremely inconsistent
- Easy ability to pull off power shots

Final Verdict:

Even though the cons outweigh the pros in this game mainly due to flaws and replay value in single player mode, this game makes up for it in Multiplayer mode.

4/5

Rent or Buy: If you have a bunch of friends who spend a lot of time hanging out at your place, or if you have more than one child this game is a definate Buy.

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