News game Mario Strikers Battle League Football: Nintendo’s excellent surprise is revealed in a promising trailer
It was certainly the first very big surprise of the Nintendo Direct: yes, Mario is going to make his comeback in the middle of the arcade football game with Mario Strikers Battle League Football, of which here is the first trailer.
Shot more than framed
The least we can say is that Nintendo saw right. Years after a Mario Smash Soccer on GameCube and a Mario Strikers Charged Football on Wii, our mustachioed plumber (who definitely has several caps) puts it back and not a certain nervousness Mario Strikers : Battle League Soccer so is the name of the brand new title the saga, coming to Switch.
A very nice gift for all the viewers of the Nintendo Direct, broadcast last night, Wednesday, February 9, resulting in a wave of undisguised joy on social networks. As a bonus, a first flashy trailer that you can enjoy in our player, above.
Olive & Toad
The opportunity to see that the very urban and still as effective graphic style of the previous installments will be exploited again, as will the ultra-arcade concept that has made the reputation of these accessible and particularly fun football games. As a reminder, the concept is simple since it’s very simple to play football matches while playing famous Nintendo icons like Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Bowser and the whole clique.
Obviously, several peculiarities are to be noted, besides touted in this first trailer. For example, we have the possibility to equip ourselves with armor – whose different pieces with various properties will be unlocked and equipped – and which will directly affect the gameplay, such as strength, speed, passing, shooting and technique.
Similarly, the trailer highlights hyper Keystrokes, kinds of precious finish-moves to be exploited intelligently, triggering an explosive cutscene for a goal scoring double points. We will also be able to help ourselves with a lot of bonuses and items, once on the field.
On the program, single-player or multiplayer, local or online, with even the possibility of forming clubs of up to 20 players: in short, the experience promises to be attractive and will be available exclusively on Nintendo Switch on June 10.
By Max_Cagnard, Journalist jeuxvideo.com
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