Super Mario Strikers Mario Smash Football (Europe, Australia)
Developer(s)	Next Level Games
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Mario Strikers series
Release date(s)	November 18, 2005 December 5, 2005 January 19, 2006 April 6, 2006
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E (Everyone) PEGI: 3+ CERO: A (All Ages) OFLC: PG
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Media	1 × Nintendo GameCube Game Disc

Super Mario Strikers (スーパーマリオストライカーズ, Sūpā Mario Sutoraikāzu^?, known as Mario Smash Football in Europe and Australia) is a video game based around (association) football/soccer, which was released exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube. The game was created in the vein of other Mario sports games such as Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis, with power moves and other videogame gameplay mechanics added to the standard rules. It also bears a similarity to Sega Soccer Slam, another association football video game. It was the last Mario game to be released for the GameCube in North America. A sequel called Mario Strikers Charged is currently in development for Wii. Image File history File links Supermariostrikersbox. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Next Level Games Inc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Video games are generally categorized into genres. ... A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... Entertainment Software Rating Board logo The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... PEGIs logo Pan European Game Information, or more commonly PEGI, nicknamed Piggy, is a European system for rating the content of computer and video games, and other entertainment software. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ... The Nintendo GameCube Game Disc is the medium for the Nintendo GameCube, created by Matsushita, and later extended for use of the Wii. ... A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ... Mario ) (1969) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. ... Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour is video game made for the Nintendo GameCube and a sequel to 1999s Mario Golf. ... Mario Power Tennis, known in Japan as Mario Tennis GC (マリオテニスGC), is a sports video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2004. ... Sega Soccer Slam is a sports game released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in 2002. ... Mario ) (1969) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. ... Mario Strikers Charged , known as Mario Strikers Charged Football in Australia [2] and Europe [4]) is a video game based around soccer for the Wii. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ...

Gameplay

Super Mario Strikers features five modes of play. The first is Grudge Match, an exhibition game that can be played by up to four players. Second is the Cup Battle, which has the player's team competing against computer controlled teams for the cup trophy. Third is the Super Cup Battle, which is an enhanced Cup Battle tournament that must be unlocked by winning all the regular Cup Battles. Fourth is the Custom Battle in which players customize their very own game and tournament to play in. Last is the Strikers 101 tutorial, where beginners learn the basic and advanced powers/skills of the game. The controls are simple set up, and include the control stick (moving), the A button (passing), the B button (shooting), the Y button (dekes/big hits), the R button (turbo), and the X button (power-ups).

Characters

Teams are made up of five members. The captain leads the team. The captain can perform a Super Strike by holding the B button down after charging a shot. Three sidekicks that are color coded to match the captain and a Kritter (a Kremling enemy from the Donkey Kong Country series that acts as the goalie) form the rest of the team. Unlike the captains, the sidekicks cannot perform a Super Strike. The Super Team, which is a team of all robots, is unlocked by winning the Bowser Cup. Each Super Team member (except the goalie) can perform a Super Strike. Kritters are enemies in the Donkey Kong Country series. ... A Kremling Krew cast photo from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddys Kong Quest. ... Donkey Kong Country (Super Donkey Kong in Japan) is a video game developed by Rare and Nintendo, featuring the popular arcade character, Donkey Kong. ...

Captains

Balanced Captains:

• Mario
• Yoshi

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• Luigi
• Princess Peach

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• Donkey Kong
• Wario

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• Waluigi
• Princess Daisy

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• Super Team

Super Team is the name of a playable team debuting in Super Mario Strikers (known as Mario Smash Football in Europe and Australia). ...

Sidekicks

• Toad
• Koopa Troopa
• Birdo
• Hammer Bros.

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Goalies

• Kritter
• Robo-Kritter (Super Team goalie)

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Stadiums

There are 7 stadiums total. All of them will be making a return in Mario Strikers Charged. They are:

• The Palace
• Pipeline Central
• The Underground
• Konga Coliseum
• Crater Field
• The Battle Dome
• Bowser Stadium

Reception

IGN gave the game a 7.6/10, or "Good" rating, citing a very fun multiplayer experience, but lacking in depth and options.^[1] This game has an average critical review score of 76% at Game Rankings. [1] Game Rankings is a website which keeps track of video game reviews from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. ...

Awards & Nominations

In GameSpot's E³ 2005 coverage, this game was given the award "Best Sports Game", and was nominated a finalist for "Best Game of Show". It received GameSpy's "Game of the Year 2005" awards for "Best GameCube Sports", "Best GameCube Multiplayer", and was ranked #2 for all GameCube games in 2005. It also received IGN's "Best of 2005" award for "Best GameCube Multiplayer Game". It was even nominated a finalist for "Sports Game of the Year" by the AIAS for the 2006 Interactive Achievement Awards. [2] It is now a Player's Choice title for the GameCube. GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ... GameSpy, also known as GameSpy Industries, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game Web sites and provides online video game-related services and software. ... IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ... The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is a non-profit organization that promotes entertainment software, such as video and computer games, with its Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony held annually since 1998. ... The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has been hosting the Interactive Achievement Awards for video game publication anually since 1998. ... The NTSC Players Choice release of the GameCube title, Star Fox Adventures. ...

References

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External links

• Official site by Nintendo of America
• Super Mario Strikers at the Internet Movie Database
• Super Mario Strikers at Nintendo.com
• Super Mario Strikers at MobyGames
• IGN Cube's Super Mario Strikers site.
• Next Level Games.