Mario Strikers: Battle League, the latest installment of the Mario Strikers franchise, was released on June 10 for the Nintendo Switch.
This newest version of Mario Strikers is a four-vs-four game and not five-vs-five like GameCube’s Super Mario Strikers from 2005. Other than single-player modes like friendlies and cups, Mario Strikers also has an online mode where players can join clubs and attend league matches.
Like other Mario sports games, Mario Strikers puts characters from the Mario franchise and the Nintendo universe on the pitch, and each character is unique. They have different base stats and generally excel in one attribute more than others. Each character also has its own Hyper Strike, which allows players to score two goals with just one shot if they succeed.
What makes Mario Strikers distinctive is that the players can use items such as bananas, red shells, green shells, and more to stop an opponent in addition to going for a slide tackle or simply stealing the ball. This turns the game into a reckless competition because there is no referee on the pitch to call fouls.
All characters in Mario Strikers: Battle League
Mario Strikers was released with a total of 10 playable characters. More than one month after its launch, though, Nintendo added two more playable characters to the roster.
As you can imagine, household names such as the iconic Mario and Luigi are obviously a part of the Mario Strikers lineup, but there are also less-obvious characters. On top of playable characters, there’s even one character that exclusively plays as a goalkeeper and is AI-controlled.
Here are all of the characters in Mario Strikers.
- Mario
- Luigi
- Bowser
- Yoshi
- Donkey Kong
- Princess Peach
- Toad
- Wario
- Waluigi
- Rosalina
- Daisy
- Shy Guy
- Boom Boom (AI-controlled goalkeeper)
