The first time I saw the trailer for this game, I was through the roof, I could not contain my excitement. However, it didn't take long for me to notice the red cards.
The characters arriving to the field like they are PNGs in a Power Point presentation, the generic and dull grass fields, the fact that this is a modern Mario Sport title...
Then later down the line, I started noticing:
- That the character roster had like only 10 dudes
- That the character animations were severely toned down
- That the characters had reused voicelines instead of brand new ones
- That none of the other Bowser minions were available as playable teammates
- That the customization aspect kinda made each character's stats meaningless
- That the game lacked any significant extra content
- That DAISY WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
I'll get to the point. This game is empty, and it has no meaningful content worth the price.
This game is soulless, not because Next Level Games could not make a good follow up, but because Nintendo clearly rushed them to make another subpar Mario sport title as soon as possible.
This game is a joke, because playing as each character means nothing anymore and because the main gimmick of this game doesn't even matter at all, or has any impact on the flow of gameplay. Oh, you are telling me that I can combine two different environments, but the actual game field will stay as two halves of just plain and boring GRASS? Wow, that changes nothing, how cool, thanks a lot.
This game is an insult to the people that were waiting for a Mario Strikers Charged follow up after more than 15 years of BEGGING.
This game is not Mario Strikers, so as far as I'm concerned, I am still waiting for said follow up.
The characters arriving to the field like they are PNGs in a Power Point presentation, the generic and dull grass fields, the fact that this is a modern Mario Sport title...
Then later down the line, I started noticing:
- That the character roster had like only 10 dudes
- That the character animations were severely toned down
- That the characters had reused voicelines instead of brand new ones
- That none of the other Bowser minions were available as playable teammates
- That the customization aspect kinda made each character's stats meaningless
- That the game lacked any significant extra content
- That DAISY WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
I'll get to the point. This game is empty, and it has no meaningful content worth the price.
This game is soulless, not because Next Level Games could not make a good follow up, but because Nintendo clearly rushed them to make another subpar Mario sport title as soon as possible.
This game is a joke, because playing as each character means nothing anymore and because the main gimmick of this game doesn't even matter at all, or has any impact on the flow of gameplay. Oh, you are telling me that I can combine two different environments, but the actual game field will stay as two halves of just plain and boring GRASS? Wow, that changes nothing, how cool, thanks a lot.
This game is an insult to the people that were waiting for a Mario Strikers Charged follow up after more than 15 years of BEGGING.
This game is not Mario Strikers, so as far as I'm concerned, I am still waiting for said follow up.