Super Mario Strikers

SUPER MARIO STRIKERS

Today, let's cover Super Mario Strikers, or Mario Smash Football in Europe and Australia, a football (or soccer, depending on where you live) game for the Mario series. It's got a lot of the standard football mechanics of a typical game, except that the game typically includes five players to a team instead of the standard eleven, the borders of the field are guarded by an electric barrier that fries anyone who runs into it, items are available for use in game, and the captain of the team can perform a special shot.

The game features eight team captains: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Waluigi, as well as four sidekick characters to fill up the rest of the team: Toads, Koopas, Hammer Bros, and Birdos. Kritter from the Donkey Kong series acts as the team's goalie no matter what. Most of the captain's special shots are typically just strong kicks with slight effects, such as Mario lighting it on fire, Donkey Kong using his fist, and Wario using his belly, but not too much of note, per se. The game also features original antagonists in the form of the Super Team, alien robots with robotic Kritters of their own to act as goalies. (Guess who's gonna be the gimmick rep).

The stages in the game include: The Palace, based on Peach's Castle; Pipeline Central; the Underground; Konga Coliseum, based on Donkey Kong; Crater Field, based on Yoshi's Island; Battle Dome, based on Bowser's Castle; and Bowser Stadium, set in outer space. Most of them, and the game in general, tend to be a lot grungier than one is used to with the Mario series, but you can still see the inspirations.

The game's items include Banana Peels, Green Shells, homing Red Shells, freezing Blue Shells, Spiny Shells, Bob-Ombs, Mushrooms, Stars, and a Chain Chomp that rampages around the stage (0_0).

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario: fireball

Luigi: green fireball, tornado

Peach: heart ball

Daisy: flower ball

Yoshi: egg ball, rainbow ball

Birdo: weird ball, suction

Donkey Kong: banana ball, barrel

Diddy Kong: boomerang ball, banana

Wario: phony ball

Waluigi: liar ball

Bowser: killer ball, fire breath

Bowser Jr.: killer jr. ball, paintbrush

Pianta

Noki

Monty Mole

Toad

Toadette

Toadsworth

Baby Mario

Baby Luigi

Shy Guy

Dixie Kong

Goomba

Paragoomba

Koopa

Paratroopa

Boo

King Boo

Petey Piranha

Magikoopa

Hammer Bro

Dry Bones

Lakitu

Piranha Plant

Klaptrap

Chain Chomp

Thwomp

Baby Peach

Baby Daisy

Baby Donkey Kong

Funky Kong

Tiny Kong

King K. Rool

Wiggler

Blooper

Kritter

Super Team: football, goalie (Robo-Kritter), electric walls, items, Super Shots

Stages:

Mario Stadium

Peach Garden

Yoshi Park

Donkey Kong Jungle

Wario Palace

Bowser Castle

Toy Field

Baseball Kingdom

Peach Ice Garden

Wario City

Luigi's Mansion

Daisy Cruiser

Bowser Jr.'s Playroom

The Palace

Pipeline Central

The Underground

Konga Coliseum

Crater Field

The Battle Dome

Bowser Stadium

Items:

Bat

Glove

Green Shell

Fireball

Mini-Boo

Bob-Omb

POW Ball

Banana Peel

Lightning Bolt

Red Shell

Blue Shell

Spiky Shell

Chain Chomp

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover the game's sequel, Mario Strikers Charged!