Mario Strikers (series)

Template:Series-infobox The Mario Strikers series, also known as the Mario Football series in Europe and Australia, and the Mario Soccer series in South Korea, is a series of Mario games in which Mario and his friends play Association football (commonly known as "football" or "soccer"). It is a Nintendo-exclusive series that launched its first game in 2005. The series only contains two games to date: Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged. The game can be played from one to up to four players at one time. Mario Strikers Charged also features Wi-Fi capability.

Games

Title
Cover, original release, and system	Description
Super Mario Strikers
Template:Released Nintendo GameCube	Super Mario Strikers (Mario Smash Football in the PAL version), the first game in the series, was released on the Nintendo GameCube. It features basic rules of soccer, although having its own playing style as implied in several sport Mario games. One specialized rule is Super Strikes. Only the team captain can execute a Special Strike, and if done so perfectly, the shot will always make the goal, and be worth two points. There are a total of eight different playable team captains, four different sidekick players, and two different goalies. It was the last Mario game to be released for the GameCube in Japan and North America.
Mario Strikers Charged
Template:Released Wii	Mario Strikers Charged (Mario Strikers Charged Football in the PAL version and Mario Power Soccer for South Korea), the second and most recent installment in the series, was released on the Wii in 2007. Wi-Fi capability was a new addition to the game, allowing players to compete across the world over the internet. The game features four new team captains: Bowser, Bowser Jr., Diddy Kong, and Petey Piranha, as well as four new types of sidekicks (Boos, Dry Bones, Monty Moles, and Shy Guys). The game includes ten new fields to compete, many of them containing certain gimmicks that would modify the situation of every match. For this second mainstream, the characters would have special kicks to score, like sidekicks' skillshots or the powerful Mega Strikes of the captains, which Kritter proves his potential to stop the soccer balls, under the control of the player. If successful, then they will receive up to six points for each ball in the goal. Also, new power-ups had been added for each team captain, known as Super Abilities. The game was rereleased for the Wii U eShop in 2016.

Playable Characters

Team Captains

Character	Super Mario Strikers	Mario Strikers Charged
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Princess Daisy
Diddy Kong
Donkey Kong
Luigi
Mario
Princess Peach
Petey Piranha
Super Team
Waluigi
Wario
Yoshi

Sidekicks

Character	Super Mario Strikers	Mario Strikers Charged
Birdo
Boo
Dry Bones
Hammer Bro
Koopa Troopa
Monty Mole
Shy Guy
Toad

Goalies

Character	Super Mario Strikers	Mario Strikers Charged
Kritter
Robo-Kritter

Fields

Field	Super Mario Strikers	Mario Strikers Charged
Bowser Stadium
Crater Field
Crystal Canyon
Galactic Stadium
Konga Coliseum
Pipeline Central
Stormship Stadium
The Battle Dome
The Classroom
The Dump
The Lava Pit
The Palace
The Sand Tomb
The Underground
The Vice
The Wastelands
Thunder Island

Logos

European Logos	North American Logos
Mario Smash Football Mario Strikers Charged Football	Super Mario Strikers Mario Strikers Charged

Trivia

• It is one of the two Mario sports series next to the Mario Baseball series to not be released on a handheld console.
• To promote the first entry in the series, a browser game was released in 2005 called Super Mario Strikers -- Heads-Up.
• It is the only Mario spin-off series to have its games released in Europe first.