If you were a fan of the arcade sports action found in Super Mario Strikers for the GameCube, you might be wondering why Nintendo hasn't given us a sequel yet, given the popularity of football (or soccer) across the globe.
Stepping into the void, Spanish developer Xaloc Studios will soon be bringing Super Kickers League to the Switch eShop, this should scratch the fantasy-football itch quite nicely while we wait for Mario to put on his studded soccer shoes once again.
Here's a bit more info about the game from the official PR:
‘Super Kickers League’ allows you to play crazy, 3 on 3 football matches, where the only thing that matters is scoring more goals than your opponent!
Inspired by games like ‘Super Mario Strikers’ and ‘Soccer Brawl’, ‘Super Kickers League’ is a new concept, where competing with your friends will be more fun than ever. ‘Super Kickers League’ has great graphics, original retro music and engaging gameplay.
With 3 different game modes, unlockable content, up to 10 teams with special abilities, achievements and a local multiplayer of up to 6 players (4 in the PS4 version), Xaloc have ensured this game is full of excitement -and goals!
In ‘Super Kickers League’ each team has a unique ability. The “Teams” mode is played with a single special ability per team, while the “Kickers” mode, lets you form a team of captains and combine their different abilities, turning the pitch into a real battlefield.
Finally, “Retro” mode allows you to play the game with an orthographic camera and pixel art graphics, transforming the graphics into a much more “classic” format.
Features:- Crazy 3vs3 arcade football matches, in the style of ‘Super Mario Strikers’.
- Local multiplayer of up to 6 players (4 on the PS4 version)
- 3 different game modes: Teams, Kickers and Retro.
- Up to 10 different teams with a unique special skill per team.
- Achievements and unlockable content.
- Possibility to combine captains of different teams to use their skills strategically. (Kickers mode)No referees, no rules, JUST GOALS!
Let us know if you plan to pick this up on Switch when it pops up in the eShop with a comment below.
[source superkickersleague.com]
Comments 13
That title is so misleading, how many will see just the Mario Strikers and check just to be disappointed.
These sorts of stylized sports games are the only thing that can compete (sort of) with the likes of EA and 2K who hold monopolies on actual teams and player lists.
On the other hand, these are the only sports game that interest me personally, largely because they aren't like real sports. (but that's just a matter of my personal taste)
@Spoony_Tech their fault for not reading the title...
@Spoony_Tech It looks more like it channels Sega Soccer Slam than Super Mario Strikers. Not that that's a bad thing, Sega Soccer Slam was a fun little game.
I liked Strikers and Sega’s Soccer Slam had a ton of personality and humor which this game looks like it lacks. It looks like that All Star Fruit racing game that came and went without any fanfare.
Nintendo did bring out a Super Mario Strikers sequel... Mario Strikers Charged Football.
.... I read the title for like 5 minutes trying to figure out what it meant.
The way they were placed just made me confused. I was reading it like
Super kickers league For switch channels.
Super Mario strikers
.... they have switch channels, okay. But why does it say Mario strikers afterwards? I just wasn't connecting the whole thing together haha. I didn't realize channels was meaning to resemble .
Anyways, this looks like an interesting game. Never played Mario strikers but heard good things about them, so I won't mind trying it out
Can't they even muster up a gameplay video?
And no online?
Nintendo, the door is open - please give us a new Mario Strikers, with an enlarged roster and decent online match making.
@Ttimer5
Me too. Uppercase C is messing my head
Soccer and Basketball are Overrated sports. Too much exposed. 🙄
How about Boxing / Kickboxing ? 😏
6 players? Im in.
For a game about football - it does look pretty interesting. Not my thing, but I think it could do well.
Mario sport and RPG games have been getting overlooked by Nintendo for years. There seems to have been a commitment to returning him to "system mascot and star of platformer games." I liked it when they did unusual experiments with the character and games like Strikers and Sluggers were fantastic.
Nintendo please jou can do this a hunderd times better, boven is a new strikers.
Thats the only say to compete against ea sport games.
Gaming is for me a way too escape from reality so I avoid realistic sport games.
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