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

Super Mario Strikers

Super Mario Strikers (Mario Smash Football in the PAL version), the first game in the series, was released on the Nintendo GameCube. It featured basic rules of soccer, although having its own playing style as implied in several sport Mario games. One specialized rule was Super Strikes. Only the team captain could execute a Special Strike, and if done so perfectly, the shot would 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. A sequel was released in 2007: Mario Strikers Charged.

Mario Strikers Charged

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 featured 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 included ten new fields to compete, many of them containing certain gimmick 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 user. 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.

Playable Characters

Team Captains

Character	SMS	MSC
Bowser	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Bowser Jr.	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Daisy	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Diddy Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Donkey Kong	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Luigi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Mario	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Peach	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Petey Piranha	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Super Team	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Waluigi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Wario	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png

Sidekicks

Character	SMS	MSC
Birdo	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Boo	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Dry Bones	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Hammer Bro	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Koopa Troopa	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Monty Mole	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Shy Guy	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Toad	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png

Goalies

Character	SMS	MSC
Kritter	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Robo-Kritter	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png

Fields

Character	SMS	MSC
Bowser Stadium	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Crater Field	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Crystal Canyon	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Galactic Stadium	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Konga Coliseum	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Pipeline Central	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Stormship Stadium	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
The Battle Dome	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
The Classroom	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
The Dump	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
The Lava Pit	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
The Palace	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
The Sand Tomb	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
The Underground	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
The Vice	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
The Wastelands	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Thunder Island	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png

Box Covers

European Covers	North American Covers
Mario Smash Football Mario Strikers Charged Football	SuperMarioStrikers.JPG Super Mario Strikers Mario Strikers Charged

Japanese Covers

Super Mario Strikers Mario Strikers Charged Logos European Logos North American Logos Mario Smash Football Logo.png Mario Smash Football Mario Strikers Charged Football Super Mario Strikers Mario Strikers Charged Trivia The PAL (Europe and Australia) version of Super Mario Strikers has a soccer ball for the letter "O".