Posted16 June 2022, 06:31
Mario and his many friends return to titillate the round ball with Nintendo sauce on the Switch.
Back after several years of absence, the “Mario Strikers” license is back in force on the Japanese manufacturer’s hybrid console with “Battle League Football”. Featuring two teams of five brave inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom, the crème de la crème, the matches turn into a real spectacle. Between the assisted tackles that rain down on you, the many objects to use and the electrified barriers that define the field, scoring goals is easier said than done. Especially since the gameplay has become more complex with many subtleties to tame as you progress. And, to spice it up a bit, each player has a unique hyperstrike, you still have to manage to place it, and equipment capable of modifying its statistics.
Calibrated for long summer evenings, this title is great to share with friends locally, the online mode being sometimes capricious and not very stable. Only downside, apart from an uninteresting single player mode, the content is relatively meager at launch. Well aware of this lightness, Nintendo subsequently promised to add new characters and a few surprises for free.
(mmi)