While the sidekicks have their own unique abilities, captains have more powerful special abilities that are activated whenever they use a special item. Despite the diversity of normal players, Kritter is always the goalie for all teams, and like the first game, he cannot be directly controlled except when he has possession of the ball. Identical strategies simply will not work against every team. Each character has his own special abilities, and the strategy employed when perfecting these abilities makes the game much deeper than is first apparent. Depending on the opponent, team imbalances can become very apparent, and choosing the wrong members can make the game more difficult.
Certain stadiums don’t have these fields, so players instead can be thrown right off of the side into a bottomless pit, which knocks them out of the game for much longer than electrocution.Ĭarefully choosing the members of your team makes a huge difference in comparison with Super Mario Strikers. Players near the edge can be thrown into this field, resulting in electrocution and thus a temporary inability to play. There aren’t any out of bounds because most fields are surrounded by an electric force field. The no-mercy style of game play goes well beyond NBA Jam as well as the most brutal of hockey games. There are no fouls, and players will spend at least as much time knocking down players as actually trying to handle the ball. Often, the basic rule of only contacting the ball with your feet is completely ignored with players throwing and punching the ball heck, Boo doesn’t even have feet and can travel through players while in possession of the ball. Though based on soccer, besides the goal of getting the ball into the opposing team’s net, Mario Strikers Charged throws out the entire rulebook. It is certainly different seeing the mean-spirited side of the normally-happy-go-lucky Mario characters, and though the differences are a little jarring at times, the unique style is a breath of fresh air for the franchise, which still maintains enough of its character to feel like a true Mario Sports title. Not only is Mario Strikers Charged the most atypical Mario game in terms of graphics and sound design, but also in its darker personality. The post-apocalyptic setting of the game is easily the most un-Mario-like style ever for the series.
With players decked out in armor and playing on desolate fields with a metal soccer ball, it wouldn’t be too far off to describe Mario Strikers Charged as Mario Strikers: Act Zero, except that this game is actually good. While the game may seem very similar to its predecessor at a surface level, a bevy of improvements, including the Wii’s first dedicated online multiplayer, result in a much better game than its forerunner. Mario Strikers Charged is the sequel to the GameCube soccer title Super Mario Strikers.
0 kommentar(er)
