I Waited 15 Years for This... Mario Strikers Battle League

[@snuit4744]

My reaction when someone asked me if this game was worth 60 dollars. 9:09

[@InfiniteBits]

Lmaooo

[@azimmeme9994]

For me it’s 49.99

[@السراقالمجهول]

@@azimmeme9994 its 34.99 at most lol

[@segaspice4062]

It's worse then Charged and the First game

[@emerson9372]

It should be 10 dollars at most

[@thomaskrueger1457]

Nintendo intentionally holds back content, promises to release it at a later date, sales are predictably low due to lack of content, thus updates are shelved and delayed because “there’s no player base”, and eventually they drop an update 6 months after release adding content that should’ve been there in the beginning, rinse and repeat. Switch sports is the exact same way.

[@mmjahink]

Buy now, enjoy later. For an additional cost.

[@andyc6542]

@@mmjahink an additional cost? I mean, bad practise or not, these are FREE updates..

[@mmjahink]

@@andyc6542 What's the ratio of monetized DLC to free DLC? For Nintendo it's got to be like 5 to 1. I dunno, my gut feeling is that the updates will cost money.

[@alextaboas9199]

@@mmjahink literally all the sports games have free dlc updates, and even if you look at most of their games there isn’t much dlc. Animal crossing had a bunch of free updates and the only paid dlc was pretty much an entire game lol. Fire emblem is the only series where they really get wild with the dlc. When they charge for the dlc it’s mostly worth it anyways, look at Torna which is a 30 hour campaign, Botw dlc which I’ve heard is great and even Octo Expansion. I’m not saying this is a great practice, but the updates for this game will definitely be free. Unless they’re planning on adding something massive, it’ll be free fs.

[@sketchpen777]

Nintendo has a bad habit of stripping new games of content that was their in older games and selling it back to you as fee updates

[@The_Sofa_King]

I’m so incredibly sad that this is another rushed sports game. The Wii version had so much content and personality and this game feels like a rushed job. If you want an amazing strikers stick with the Wii version until they update this massively. Cmon Nintendo your better than this!

[@henrylove4916]

😭😭😭😭😭 i pay 60$ for nothing bro!!!

[@henrylove4916]

@@acrane3496 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@paulgilbert5278]

I’d even prefer the GameCube version

[@Kyzer4124]

@@acrane3496 Still think it’s possible to add most of the stuff people are asking for but they won’t because they got their money already. Hope I’m wrong.

[@lukejohnson29]

*you’re

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

What's kinda sad about this game is, all these criticisms are things I said would likely be the case after analyzing the pre-release gameplay/trailers. But you get the "wait till the game is out" comments. Which is totally fair. But then I ended up being right anyway.

[@InfiniteBits]

Hey Goomba, what's up man! I remember watching your videos all the time back in the day. I know what you mean tho, it is getting way too predictable with these Nintendo sports games recently.

[@Asher_Saltzman]

And then when it comes out, the excuse becomes “well there are updates coming out later” as if Nintendo is in the room with them forcing them to excuse their horrible product. The free update system only works when there is substantial stuff in the base game, and these sports games have been showing how it can be bad.

[@StevenVillman]

@@Asher_Saltzman It's the same issue with recent Mario Party video games (notably the _Mario Party: the Top 100_ and _Mario Party Superstars_ video games)! There's *_so little content_* in them; and yet there's been *_*barely*_* any free updates (just an online play free update) for _Super Mario Party,_ and no free updates *_AT ALL_* for _Mario Party: the Top 100_ and _Mario Party Superstars_ [as of me in typing this comment; the lack of solid evidence of a general Nintendo Direct sometime later on this month or even early next month probably means that it will be quite a while - if ever - before we get any free updates (or even paid DLC, for that matter) for the _Mario Party Superstars_ video game]. I'm getting really, *_really, REALLY,_*_ _*_*REALLY*_*_ _*_EMOTIONALLY SICK AND TIRED_* of the 'fix it later' approach to recent Mario spin-off video game titles!!!

[@JoseJimenez-vc7we]

@@InfiniteBits to me the game I see people criticize for maps, characters Yeah they are same but sizes? Charged and battle leauge have same size but diffrence is chsrged had variety and hazards The characters apprenlty we are suppose to get 10-14 characters new in strikers battle leauge To me I see battle leauge a mixture of charged and the og Mario strikers The uniforms, the ball(is a mixture of the old school ball and charged ball) the Agression is from charged but battle leauge is more technical I would think next level games wanted to include everything I guess Nintendo told them to fix it later this was gonna make people mad obviously if it was paid dlc ooo yeah that's gonna sting more But on metacritic if you look at user reviews they bash at the game but it's either false or not true like review bombing while some give out criticism that's fair and just To me this game is. 7.5 but it can be so much better by content so I'm gonna give it some time. It's not perfect But it isn't the worst one of all time Also I would love the og and charged maps to come in the game! As remasters

[@stevenmcburney8167]

@@JoseJimenez-vc7we battle leagues Field size is like 60% of charged’ field size

[@soulubilityofficial6635]

I don’t understand how anyone can think releasing a 50% finished game is acceptable. I don’t blame Next Level Games, because they’ve shown time and time again that they are fantastic developers. The problem lies with Nintendo, and it’s outrageous that they pushed NLG to release this when it wasn’t done yet. And to top it all off, they slapped a $60 price tag on this. How do people defend this?

[@vorpalblade6525]

"How do people defend this?" Because Nintendo.

[@tripleg6]

Oh, no, the game is totally done. They just don't want you to fully play it yet.

[@wilkobadberg5272]

@@vorpalblade6525 "How do People defend this?" Did they? The Metacritic Ratings shows, that nobody defend this. There will always be a few exceptions. But thats basicially for every Game (Good Games that have some backslash from Trolls. Or Bad Games that have some niche Fans here and there). But the overall Rating shows, that not much People defend this.

[@supermariobrot1762]

@@wilkobadberg5272 but the critics who reviewed this were way too nice to it giving it 9's and 10's

[@chrisvasquez7077]

People who develop and make video games just stopped trying. I wish they would get fined for this

[@Pshaea]

Something people tend to forget as an argument against the free updates on consoles. The cartrige doesn't get updated, so when nintendo will decide to close their server for the switch, if you have uninstalled the game and want to play it again you will be stuck with the 1.0

[@MrSkullMerchant]

I know man its beyond a joke

[@killertofu]

Thats a good point. I never realized that

[@Aaaa-g6u8e]

What should have been done: -add more characters -bring back the Kremilings as goalie, even add another character for goalie -bring back field harzards, make them optional -add more interesting animations with attitude for the characters -include a story mode of some sorts

[@SuperPlacido1]

That's not Camelot! This is NextLevelsGames, my dear! You were mistaken!

[@Aaaa-g6u8e]

@@SuperPlacido1 Yeah, I realized that and made a few edits.

[@therandomguy2212]

Everything except for the first one you listed are almost impossible to happen

[@SuperPlacido1]

@@therandomguy2212 And why's that?

[@therandomguy2212]

@@SuperPlacido1 -Nintendo haven’t done more donkey Kong representation for a long time -field hazards can’t be added because the stage halves are supposed to represent your team, and the core gameplay is based on Super Mario Strikers. Which also has no hazards. -they already have to do animations for the post characters. -cup battles is basically the story mode

[@cadendicky1855]

I blame only Nintendo for this, and not Next Level games, because Nintendo bought them out, and I mostly only see the problems with Mario sports games happen when they are heavily involved. I'm sure that if Next Level games had more freedom to develop the game, that it would have less of those problems, and it would have so much more polish and awesomeness in it.

[@andrewnathan2903]

The gameplay comes off way too choppy and segmented

[@INFERNO95]

NLG get blame too cause they made this sucking up to Nintendo.

[@cadendicky1855]

@@INFERNO95 maybe, but I still think they had little choice, Nintendo is richer than NLG, and now that they own them, they have a heck of a lot more control over them.

[@victoriabell9546]

That would actually explain a lot about the overall toned-down feel of the game. The smaller fields based on various modern Mario locations, some of the character animations (how Peach calmed herself down in her losing animation is a very Japanese way of doing things compared to the western way of throwing a tantrum like she did in Charged and DK pouting, sitting down and eating a banana instead of his very in character way of banana slamma-ing the ground in anger like in Charged to name a few), The lack of epic-ness in the hyper strikes compared to the Mega Strikes, Boom-Boom being the goalie, and just the overall edginess and grit. I feel like the edginess and grit was something NLG was good at, but Nintendo just wanted to keep things normal, for the most part.

[@Awesublime]

@@INFERNO95 next level games were paid to make a game with specific rules by Nintendo. They obviously can’t ignore ninetendo’s rules and do whatever they want. This 100% goes on Nintendo’s trend of making games so barebones

[@dadmustard]

The Smash bros analogy summed up everything I thought about this game perfectly. It just feels so empty and soulless, something that strikers seemed to be working AGAINST in the gamecube/wii era

[@jackcrook6330]

You want integrity? In 2022!?!

[@goombuigi6904]

I played the First Kick demo and thought the gameplay was pretty good and the animations were top-notch, but Nintendo really needs to ditch this "free update" thing because all of their sports games have been criticized for it. Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf Super Rush and Nintendo Switch Sports all suffered from it.

[@StevenVillman]

Recent (2017 to the present) Mario Party video games have been suffering the same issue, except that most of them don't even *_*get*_* free updates or paid DLC post-launch (aside from the _Super Mario Party_ video game title; but that was *_only ONE_* free update, and it was *_just_* for the ability to play online with friends/random strangers). 😑

[@INFERNO95]

Nintendo don't care about the spinoff games. There just filler to them.

[@ravio3943]

I played this game nonstop the first weekend and haven’t gone back to it since. Between switch sports and this, I have blown over $100 on games with nothing to do in them! Congrats on 25k by the way, can’t wait for your sonic videos!

[@lukephm.]

I think I'll play switch sports when golf comes out then prob not for years. But strikers as much as I want to like it I can't as its just repetitive fun but not enough

[@stevenmcburney8167]

It’s actually insane how much money you waste on games you don’t play. Like I have so many games I bought that I only played for a while then never went back to. Just imagine how much more I would have saved today if I was only a bit more sensible with my money instead of just buying whatever had Mario on the front cover. Nintendo how tested my tolerance for far too long and from now on I’ll never buy another sports game as they’re just a waste of money. I’ll stick to the mainline titles like super Mario odyssey or botw. It’s crazy how easily a new game can simply sway someone into buying it just because we as Nintendo fans always want something new because we can’t stick to a game for longer than a few hours

[@ravio3943]

@@stevenmcburney8167 I know. I have learned to just not buy any sports games because I have been burned on 2k and fifa, but I thought the nintendo made ones would be better.

[@ravio3943]

@@lukephm. I hope they add more content beyond golf

[@Herozonex200]

Yeah. I oddly stopped playing nintendo switch sports. Two games that have their potentials wasted.

[@hi-c4142]

Strikers charged is also my favorite mario sports game and when battle league was announced, I thought it would be a guaranteed purchase for me. Before the game’s release, I played a good 3 hours of the online test fire and felt like I experienced pretty much everything. I ended up not buying the game💀

[@julienherard414]

I could tell just from the trailer that this game would be just mere shell of its predecessors

[@elchristrejo882]

It's an arcade game, all the matches are different, cuz everyone have different skills, the teams are build different etc. Is like saying you don't want to play a fighting game cuz you already played all the match ups, Mario strikers is not a game with progressing on a story or something, it has been always a fun arcade soccer game, I played the demo and really had a lot of fun playing, after the beta ended, I had such a fun time with every match that I wanted to keep playing more, wanting to master all the mechanics and that kind of stuff, that's why is a repayable game, cuz it's an arcade game. Like the previous ones.

[@julienherard414]

@@elchristrejo882 except in fighting games, each character has a distinct fighting style that sets them different from the other characters. Also, there are only 10 characters, and 5 stages. That is 10 characters less and 12 stages less than the previous entry. This shouldn't be $60

[@elchristrejo882]

@@julienherard414 yeh, probably is gonna worth the 60 dlls after all the updates with new characters and content but right now that's true.

[@julienherard414]

@@elchristrejo882 that is IF they don't drop the free updates.

[@السراقالمجهول]

the best word to describe this game is invariable the ost is invariable the characters are invariable the stadiums are invariable the modes are invariable this game lacks any signs of variety, its the total opposite of it, and considering that charged was one of the most varied and unique mario games just makes this even worse

[@goGothitaLOL]

They really pulled a Tekken 7 with the OST, but with Rock n' Roll instead of Dubstep

[@magicjohnson3121]

Tekken 7 ost has way more variety. You got orchestral, heavy metal and edm

[@NickMario1]

@@goGothitaLOL ah I remember that game

[@tubbyidk1474]

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SERIOUS???? every game has its style of music. if thats the case, animal crossing new horizons ost in invaribale. secondly, there is still one thing that varies, gear. gear allows for lots of different stat lines.

[@السراقالمجهول]

@@tubbyidk1474 yes I am serious sir, and I can explain my stand on this if you please, while yes I do agree that some games have a specific style of music like new horizons but at least in those games they use different instruments, not every single song in new horizon uses the same lead.. etc, in strikers case my problem isnt that it uses metal for every single song because I think that it can work, no my problem is that they all have the same instrumentation which makes them all blend together and I ended up remembering non of them second: when I described the game as invariable I didnt mean every single aspect of it, thats why I listed them because the animations for instant are quite varied from one another and at the end of the day im not forcing my opinion on any one, if this game makes you have an orgasm each time you boot it up to the point where you defend it like if its your wife im not going to try to change your mind, we are just sharing our perspective

[@eazythedawg]

That simile to Smash Bros summarized this Mario Strikers extremely perfectly.

[@orange_turtle3412]

Dont blame next level. Knowing them, they would have gone all out if they could. Blame nintendo for rushing them to put out the bare minimum.

[@IkeemFrancis]

I f**king hate battle league for all my life with the Nintendo switch 🤬🤬🤬

[@Gingercornbread]

I agree with the sidekick bit. I was so sad to see that mechanic go and really wish they hadn’t taken it out. It makes the game feel more generic now that I can’t have a team of hammer guys with a Waluigi captain. There were so many choices that you could make for team building that I feel this game lacks.

[@jackcrook6330]

Something they initially added to likely give the game more variety, now its gone cause...reasons

[@TheKelleTV]

The biggest Problem I have with battle league is the sound design and personality of the characters. Yes it is rocky and sounds good. But compared to charged? Every Character had his own Winning and Loosing Music. We had a Luigi that was not shy or anything. He was a Mexican that was happy all over. And Waluigi was a weird farmer. Which awkwardly fit him. And Peach. She wasn't shy anymore. She was a pure B*tch and behaved like an arrogant Supermodel. That was amazing.

[@xTechnomaniac]

Luigi's personality was Spanish, not mexican but yeah, strikers charged is superior than BL...

[@Driggsdamonstah]

Nintendo stops giving out review copies when people rate their games too low. It’s one of many reasons why they’re a bad company.

[@IDKisReal2401]

Yeah, and that's why you shouldn't trust the critic score of Nintendo games (and be critical of others that might also do it)

[@tubbyidk1474]

no fuckin shit sherlock its called marketing

[@videogamemarketing4332]

Wow! I feel so HEARD with this review. I WANT to enjoy this game, and I WANT to be hyped for it, but I can't. They exchanged so much of Strikers' personality for Battle League's visual presentation that it lacks the substance that made Strikers unique. Strikers' strongest selling point was its tailored features for each character/stage, so why Battle League didn't focus on improving that more is baffling. I understand that time, budgets, and maintaining a consistent vision for a game are all constraints a team will face on any gaming project, though as you inferred, it's been a 15 year wait, so expectations need to be met. - Kyle

[@tubbyidk1474]

imo stage hazards suck im estatic they arent here

[@videogamemarketing4332]

@@tubbyidk1474 That’s a fair opinion. Even with the hazards off, each stage had some great music playing. 👌🏻 - Kyle

[@Ronald200in]

I also share the same issues with Strikers Battle League since it doesn't give a variety of ways to play with the unique character abilities and items when compared to Strikers Charged. Strikers Charged even had more gameplay options you could unlock by doing the 12 challenge modes. It's just a shame that Battle League will likely fall into the same hole as Aces and Super Rush with having all the base content added as "Free DLC". DLC is good if the base game is already good enough with content and provides variety, not if it's bare-bones. Good video as always Infinite Bits! 👍

[@HombreDufff]

if I was part of the production team, I would have added several fun content from the start!! And i mean SEVERAL ... I am taking lots of ideas and references from *MARIO HOOPS 3 ON 3* which was a game packed with content and secrets: Cup Mode NEEDS Boss Battles, including an unlockable character and a exclusive stage + music track. *UNLOCKABLES & ACHIEVEMENTS* By completing certain achievements you can get EXCLUSIVE UNLOCKABLES: new characters, new stages, new game modes + extras (You cannot buy this content in the game store. Its a reward for playing and commiting to the game) *For example* - Finish CUP mode/ normal difficulty - Finish CUP mode/ hard difficulty. - Finish CUP mode / Hero difficulty - Finish CUP Mode in hard difficulty but with no gear - Finish CUP Mode in Hero difficulty but with no gear - Finish CUP mode with more 10/20/30/40 overall goals. - Finish CUP Mode by only using Toads - Finish CUP mode by only using Yoshis - Finish CUP Mode without using Hyperstike - Finish CUP Mode with 5/10/15/20 PERFECT overall Hyper Stikes. - Finish CUP Mode without using any items - CUP mode: Hit more than 10/20/30 players only using Green Shells - Finish CUP Mode by not being hit by any item - General Play Time: 100/200/300/400...1000 goal reward - General Play Time: Strike 50/100/150/200/300 players with items (could be BY item) - General Play Time: Playing more than X hours - AND GOES ON.... literally YOU NAME IT *UNLOCKABLE STAGES* - TOADS FACTORY - YOSHI DINO ISLAND - NEW DONK CITY - DELFINO SQUARE - DONKEY KONG KREMLING ISLAND - K.K ROOL SHIP - DAISY'S CARIBBEAN CRUISE - MARIOS CLOUD/SKY THEME - DREAMLAND STAGE (KIRBY) - HYRULE FIELD (ZELDA) - METROID STAGE - FZERO STAGE - STAR FOX STAGE - BOSS BATTLE STAGES *UNLOCKABLE CHARACTERS* - DAISY - DIDDY KONG - BOWESER JR - PAULINE - DRY BONES - KING BOO - BIRDO - SHY GUY - TOADETTE - KAMEK - HAMMER BRO - MOLE i dont know hes name lol - KING BOMB OMB - KING K. ROOL - KREMLIN - DIXIE KONG - KIRBY - KING DE DE DEEE - LINK - GANONDORF - ZELDA - CAPTAIN FALCON - SAMUS - FOX *UNLOCKABLE GAME MODES* - HUGE BALL MODE: literrally, a huge ball lol - 3VS3 MODE - ELECTRIC FENCE MODE: if you touch it you get electrocuted - MUSHROOM MODE: everyone has always a mushroom on. - HYPER TACKLE MODE: you get extra pushed when tackled - HYPER METER: your hyper attack gets charged like a meter bar, but also you can get it on the court. - NO ELECTRIC FENCE MODE - SMALL/HUGE GOAL POST - NO GOAL KEEPER MODE *STRIKERS STORE* - Different balls ⚽️ - Musics Tracks - Stages - Gear - charcater animations/ winning/loosing

[@StevenVillman]

I really, *_really,_*_ _*_*really*_* like the idea of only using Yoshis as your outfielder players in a match as one of the achievements! (The same thing applies for only using Toad as your outfielder players in a match as one of the achievements.)

[@HombreDufff]

@@StevenVillman yeah! If you win Cup Mode, by only using toads, you earn Toadette for example. By only using Yoshi you earn Birdo as a character

[@NickMario1]

That would’ve been awesome

[@thecoolnelsonkids3170]

You Forgot to mention how Daisy isn't available right from the get-go. *Sigh* corporate Nintendo :(

[@snuit4744]

Yay, another great video from the most underrated youtuber!

[@InfiniteBits]

Thank you man!

[@Tobias20028]

I remember playing charged like 7 hours a day as a kid, it never disappointed and this... ain't it chief

[@m.d._doe]

I didn't even buy it, after Tennis Aces and Super Rush, I don't trust Mario sports games anymore.

[@InfiniteBits]

That's a valid reason

[@laoup26]

??? Both are great games

[@linkandtalt3672]

@@InfiniteBits boom boom is a terrible goalie compare to kritter.

[@IkeemFrancis]

🤬🤬both aces and super rush were so bland and garbage that I cannot stand

[@IDKisReal2401]

Good, talking about the shitty and bad stuff Nintendo more and more often Also that Smash Bros analogy was perfect, I'm gonna use that to explain to people why this is limited content is stupid

[@awesomedragon5614]

16:08 “Imagine if you released Super Smash Bros Ultimate, but the only stage was Final Destination” Competitive Players: “Better game”

[@ProChara]

I missed out on Strikers charged growing up so I haven't even played one since the gamecube which I still loved. This is one of the most disappointing releases to me, waiting for so long for a game that just isn't finished. I enjoyed a lot of the same aspects you did but there's just nothing here it's sad. I think drip feed content can work when the game has enough polish and content ON LAUNCH, and can be great for extending a games lifepsan, but this might be the best example of it being done wrong. A rushed game with almost nothing to do. It sucks and I hope we see another strikers someday but I fear this might kill the series.

[@Hercules_Flexing]

You hit the mail on the head perfectly with this one

[@NickMario1]

I wonder if josh like battle league

[@tanso4564]

It’s just so disappointing to see what this series as become…🙁

[@NickMario1]

The Mario series or strikers series?

[@tanso4564]

@@NickMario1 strikers

[@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544]

Lol stop being dramatic

[@adryaunadavis6370]

​​@@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544 They made a strikers game that feels as plain and mediocre as a plain yogurt cup and is as empty as a solitary confinement room. But you want to say that they're over dramatic? I think not! Plus, the only things that were exciting was the intro, hyper strikes, and animations, but the things that killed the game was the lack of sassy and angry attitude in the game, no scars or bruises to give off that grittiness, laggy online play, and no walu-weenie! Honestly, this game is so boring and sanitized to the point where it doesn't feel like itself anymore. Not to mention that the girls can't even get away with their short shorts, their crop tops, or their bratty and competive natures! They neutered and spayed all of their personality. Now don't get me wrong, it still has some personality and charm, but it pales in comparison to Charged back in FRICKING 2007!

[@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544]

@@adryaunadavis6370 I’ll have to play the game myself to understand why people are Frustrated

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

Oh boy! I can't WAIT for the inevitable Mario BASEBALL game on Nintendo Switch to do the EXACT. SAME. THING. Oh and bets on Piantas, Nokis, or ANY Kremling characters not coming back even though they were in the Wii game because Nintendo has some hidden vendetta against them? I mean we KROCKED the vote to get King K. Rool back (in Smash Ultimate) but can we honestly expect him or Kritter or anybody of that crew to come back in these spinoff games these days? I don't HATE free updates... I just hate how it's being executed by Nintendo in recent years. It's like they think every Mario Sports game should be like Splatoon and Splatoon 2 when... That shouldn't BE especially considering the kind of game series Splatoon IS... And even then I'm sure they did the whole "free update" model better.

[@NickMario1]

Yea

[@hithere748]

I loved super mario sluggers 😀

[@TimboSlice083]

7:20 "Look at me. I am the captain now."

[@lazyrebel5019]

Spot on. I got bored with this game in like 3 days or so and it seems like online was dead cuz it took forever to find matches online. Nintendo has been deading their new mario sports games with these "free" updates. People play the sports games for a day or so and see how barebones they are and just leave. Happened to tennis, happened to golf, and now is happening to strikers. I was really hoping nintendo would actually care about strikers cuz its such a beloved game, but nope just another half made sports game with "free" updates.

[@lazyrebel5019]

In a free update we'll finally be able to change our control bindings. I was in disbelief when I couldn't change my pass and shoot buttons

[@IkeemFrancis]

SHUT UP this game was garbage and bland and that’s my word 😡😡😡

[@Tobias20028]

Don't forget those sick a** soundtracks for every character in charged man I miss those times

[@felixcnascimento]

I completely gave up on buying this game, and the main reason why is Daisy not being in the base roster... 😔

[@Awesublime]

Me too! Honestly I’m glad she wasn’t in the game. I dodged a bullet with this fun for 1 day game

[@amarisbutlr]

i hate nintendo for them replacing her it’s just sad

[@josephthomas367]

Great job man! I gotta agree on these points, even as someone that loves strikers, the game is really lacking and it makes me upset to see since I also loved playing charged as a kod growing up. At least the series isn't completely dead though, thank God lol.

[@GirthiestQuake]

Man if this is how strikers ended up....my hopes r very low on mario baseball...mario baseball was my 1st fave then strikers

[@InfiniteBits]

:(

[@SeLu17]

This is such a problem with modern Nintendo remakes. Nintendo rather puts ahead on cutting a game to be simpler then expanding on the idea.

[@mrkilo-g8794]

Exactly! 💯

[@RollingBobbyJones]

2:26 I don't know how you missed this but slide tackle never left. Its now a perfect tackle. You have to charge and time it right to get the slide tackle. What is with people not playing the tutorial and talking about this game

[@neoamaru]

it's sad that video game creators now fully embrace the DLC trend..

[@voltingmaster5458]

Nintendo’s mentality of release now finish later seriously needs to stop!

[@naaylealikhan8129]

This is honestly one of my favorite videos that you made. I laughed so much. You deserve a lot more views and subs. Also I will probably never get battle league tbh

[@InfiniteBits]

Awesome to hear, thank you!

[@olive_liver]

I'm sad they replaced the kremlings as golies with boom booms.

[@Avrgharufan]

not only that,boom boom is a terrible goalkeeper you can shoot from the middle of the field snd still score

[@TheDman182]

@@Avrgharufan I’ve been saying this for awhile. He will either block EVERYTHING like he was born on the soccer field or miss shots from half field as if he was day dreaming

[@lckfan3696]

The core gameplay still looks significantly worse than both strikers and charged

[@bigminigame]

You mentioned it, and for me, one of the biggest problem is the simplification of the gameplay by removing the character specific dodges... The only addon is the ability to push your team mates (which is a good addition), but so many aspects got removed... Also, the fact that they removed character specific charged shots, like toad shooting a fire ball, or drybone electrifying the ball which stuns the goal keeper, and so on...

[@Demeech]

Stellar review! Congrats on nearly 30K!

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

Oh shit, it's Demeech! Your channel is growing well so far, keep it up!

[@InfiniteBits]

Hey thank you man, appreciate it! Looking forward to your review on it too!

[@SoggySlopster]

It’s by far the worse of the Mario striker games. Idk why they put such little effort into the gameplay and content. Guess it’s because they know their fans will buy anything and sell it for a whopping 60 bucks when it should be 15 at most

[@GregJamez]

My wife and I have only just bought a switch last week and got this second hand. There was an update which gave us 16 players instead of the 10 that were on the initial version. I didn’t play the original but we are enjoying it so far 🇬🇧

[@x3ll3nmusic]

Solid video as usual ! I'm pissed they keep on releasing unfinished games nowadays, Nintendo keeps on going downhill (as I expect them to push the developpers to release an unfinished game)

[@luisrincon8922]

You’ve made the best video on this topic, showed exactly how Nintendo took a HUGE SH** on this beloved sports franchise. They should totally just redo this game, Mario’s strikers battle league DELUX.

[@RockStar69420]

The free update model and drip feeding should be illegal at this point. I'm sick of it

[@Kykai3212]

This game basically should've gotten the Splatoon 3 Treatment.

[@Ridlay_]

I’m in the same boat. Charged is my favorite Mario Sports title and I’ve wanted a new one for a long time, but with this I’ve played like, 6 hours and dropped the game. Because there’s literally nothing to hold my attention, and I think you covered why beautifully.

[@zigaudrey]

Mario Strikers on Switch has the potential to be good but failed to do so because they lack the boldness from old entries. I knew Striker Switch wouldn't be good because of the Free Update model and that Switch is made for casual games. Even if Sequel Gap tell that they are desperate to gain quick buck, they can be a good thing because they let them think what make the game good in the first place. The gaps are, at the end, unimportant. I don't care if Striker come early or not, I want a good, flesh-out game! Let it come naturally!

[@King_Luigi]

13:34 - This scene was giving me Angry Video Game Nerd vibes. (Kinda felt weird to not have it end in an elaborate swear-filled rant or something, but still amusing.)

[@InfiniteBits]

AVGN is still the goat!

[@matthewisguy7336]

This game succumbed to Nintendo’s Free Update Model. Nintendo has begun releasing so many games without enough content and saying that there will be “Free Updates” which are updates of content that should have been in the game AT LAUNCH.

[@WoeBringer1195]

Not having any stage hazards was a huge disappointment.. wtf were they thinking?

[@GrandmasterFriday]

This got me more interested in the original Mario Strikers than Mario Strikers Battle League.

[@Gretri17]

This was a great review and put all my thoughts into one video. This practice of releasing a half-baked game and fixing it later is getting old. No Man's Sky didn't have a choice since they were somewhat under pressure from Sony and it was a 10 man indie game studio. There are no excuses for Battle League here. Nintendo chose to do this, and this is not Next Level Games fault at all. Luigi's Mansion 3 was at least a finished game when that released, why not the same here? It makes no sense

[@bernazoka]

Bro your channel is so underated

[@InfiniteBits]

Thank you bro, glad you like the vids!

[@Sleaz04]

Was so excited for this to come out. Then got super disappointed with lack of content. Glad I didn’t spend the 60 bucks tho

[@jamesmith1048]

This is exactly what I've been saying to people justifying this mess of a game

[@TheoAvendano]

Nintendo should do free updates if the game is complete and BTW great video.

[@WatchDoggyDog]

the slide tackle is there in the form of a perfect tackle or whatever. I liked it the old way better too, but yea, you misspoke there cuz you can slide tackle. but yea, solid video man, yea it's definitely lacking, but I still love this game. That main song before you hit A to the main menu perhaps makes up for more than it should with how dope it is! haha. I would still give this game an 8 in it's dissapointing state. I hope it reaches 9 level with that DLC.

[@Gothicc8]

Slide tackle still in battle league! You have to perform a perfect tackle to trigger it tho

[@andrejohnson5042]

I was spoiled with Charged because the chaos it had, the unique character themes and over exaggerated personalitie, the game felt like an edgy death soccer match and it got your adrenaline going. Battle League is ten times less chaotic, some of the characters went back to being dooey and their personalities felt boring. For example, Peach was a diva and had pizzazz in Charged, in Battle League she's cute but all her animations is..."look at me I can do cartwheels." Like literally the only character they got right in Battle League is probably Daisy. She feels like a breath of fresh air.

[@supermariobrot1762]

The only characters I thought were done right were wario waluigi donkey kong and bowser

[@christopheredwards788]

Great video! You're so underrated. Keep on grinding! This makes my Saturday's enjoyable.

[@darrenheideman2546]

This easily is the worst Strikers game and just might be the worst game of 2022.

[@timmm85]

Whoever you are mate, you absolutely nailed it... I wanted to love this game so much, maybe some miracle will occur and they'll be an almighty download update to include , y'know, a more complete / finished version... I've said it before, in the name it has 'Battle League', however, I cannot create a league in the game!?

[@bewareking6458]

What baffles me as well is that Daisy wasn't even included to begin with! This roster was extremely small and it just blows my mind! I am so glad I got TMNT Shredder's Revenge over this hot pile garbage!

[@VexxarAlHara]

I absolutely love Mario Strikers: Battle League. I understand the complaints about the lack of content on release and the price, which are all Nintendo's fault. But to people call the game souless and just bad in every aspect compared to the older ones? That's just ridiculous. It's my favorite game on the Switch, alongside Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and I play it almost every single day for hours, and I always have an absolute blast.

[@Goomba1309]

I mean, aside from the visuals and maaaybe the gameplay, this game IS worse in other aspects compared to the older ones: there's no captain specific abilities, no unique items like Chain Chomps, spiky and ice shells, the stadiums don't look interesting and lack stage hazards, the music is all rock and roll instead of having multiple genres, the goalies sucks at being goalies half the time, there's no cheats, no other modes besides the quick match and cup battles (offline-wise at least), and the grit and edge from the previous titles has been heavily toned down

[@VexxarAlHara]

@@Goomba1309 A lot of the things you mentioned actually made the older games had made them worse for me and my group of friends, but I can understand how people would miss some of those things. I hate stage hazards, I rarely play with items enabled, and I prefer most of Battle League's songs compared to the older ones. Along with some other minor details, like how I disliked the metal balls from the older games. So, yeah. While I would have enjoyed more game modes, more characters and content in general, there's a bunch of things people seem to bash over the game, are actually better changes. The game feels a lot more polished for me.

[@anthonygulick]

I want the sidekicks, old goalies, classic soundtracks, (moderate) violence, character intros where they come from the sky, and all of the above back. Might be a good sports game, but just doesn’t feel like Mario strikers. It’s Mario strikers from the soccer alone but that’s it, this game lacks so much personality that the Mario strikers games had and it doesn’t feel right.

[@autisticmonkeyboi6820]

"mario strikers wimp league"

[@rjayvargas1097]

Thank you for this review. I’ve been looking to buy this game but when I was watching the E3 Release it seemed..dull and lifeless. I figured I should check out some reviews. To see if it was worth it but….Nintendo got rid of all the fun honestly. My dad loved playing Mario Strikers Charged with me as a kid. I wanted to buy it for the nostalgia so we could play it together but I rather boot up my wii and put in Mario Strikers Charged. I’m not wasting any money on getting this game.

[@matthewbromley2893]

Yay! finally a video describing exactly how i feel! THey shouldve honeslty just released the exact same mario strikers charged into the switch with better graphics and i wouldve been happier.

[@gdaymaster8499]

Let me just say, I miss the fact that every character had a theme in strikers charged, and I must say...I MISS MY WALUIGI BANJO!!! (His theme was one heck of a banjo song)

[@19263411]

What an accurate review, keep up the good work mate!

[@superiorgamedude]

People who are giving this game 8's and 9's out of 10 are probably the same people who've never played the first 2 games.

[@zachariahm.kemper7406]

It's feels like there's almost a full year of dev time it needed before it released

[@nigachad4031]

man...i used to play mario strikers charged with my brother when we were kids, and we had so much fun with it. look how they massacred my boy 😥

[@EnriqShockwave]

Articulated perfectly. How I feel exactly. I kept on thinking there had to be more to the game but its really just.....regular matches

[@deongarth333]

I was in the shower hearing you ranting on how awful this game turned out Infinite Bits and have to say, I agree 101%! 🚿 Growing up with the Mario Sports franchise back in Middle School, they were part of my childhood as I would always play them on my GameCube while my mum helps me get dressed before class early in the morning to even playing a few matches here and there before bed. Have to say, this was quite a disappointment for sure. 😐 The gameplay definitely seems to be missing 50% of its charm than the previous Mario Soccer games at their finest as it reminds me of the Mario Party Advance game that only has a handful of characters similar to the first 2 Mario Parties. Not sure if Nintendo is slowly running out of ideas which worries me most as the wouldn't be any Mario games outscoring Super Mario Oddysey to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate & even Luigi's Mansion as they aged so well that they're one of the most memorable games I've ever played! 🎮 *In conclusion:* I would have to pass on buying this game after playing the original on the GameCube as it definitely doesn't have that sassy vibe the characters used to have and believe it should cost around $30.00 as it lost half its charm. *PS:* As a Princess Peach main in most Mario games, I miss Peach acting all sassy and having a backbone as she has quite the personality a damsel in distress would have similar to Fiona's from Shrek.

[@AAHBrawl13579]

I can't wait for this game to sell poorly, Nintendo to think that we aren't interested in Strikers and then never make another one ever again.

[@hidden_block]

this is something they’ll do with literally every sports game. release and unfinished, soulless game, have it sell poorly, then say “oh hey guess you guys didn’t really want it lmao!” and never touch on it again. i don’t know why they keep shooting themselves in the foot like this.

[@NCY0131]

i waited 15 years for this damn video, finally some new infinitebits

[@sonicthegamer4484]

I don't care what anyone says mario strikers battle league is so much fun

[@infinitylevels2187]

Great Videos as always Totally agree with your opinion, This game is just super disappointing of how Nintendo treated these games

[@NurComments]

imagine for a second how HYPED i am rn. I don't have the switch and you just made me understand that the wii game is actually a sequel and not just a port!! I've been in love with the gamecube version for years and didn't know there was an upgrade. i hope the wii emulator translates ok to xbox controllers. LETS GO

[@KLGB76]

Sadly, I feel like the gameplay, the animations and the OST are the only good things in this game. The rest is either really bad or extremely poorly implemented. That includes the lack of characters, the atmosphere, the CPUs, the matchmaking and even the gear system. And don't get me started on the clubs because I think that's the worst thing in this game (which is pretty ironic since it's the feature they tried to hype up the most).

[@roryh2241]

I don’t get how 15-20 years later Nintendo always makes games worse. Not doing less with the new technology, not better than the last game but just barely, like literally a worse game. Mario golf was an obvious example. This one too. Switch sports. At this point, I’m glad they haven’t dropped a Mario kart 9 cause it would probably have 16 tracks total, 10 characters, and make it so you drift automatically and there was no way to turn that feature off

[@INFERNO95]

Nintendo don't care about sports or spinoff games outside of mario Kart. There all just filler to them.

[@NickMario1]

@@INFERNO95 they used to in the WiiU era

[@theepicbladertvbeytuber6314]

@Infinite Bits The slight charged version of the tackle is the slide tackle

[@SkeetersGuitar]

I bought this game without looking at any reviews. Never again.

[@lordgorb9694]

if you get a perfectly timed charged tackle you get a slide tackle, it's still there just harder to pull off!

[@boomer4044]

I like how he tries to bring the positives for this game but then goes back to the regular matches. Happy times gone bad. Earned a sub just for that part XD

[@theAstarrr]

Yeah...Charged had TWENTY characters. The switch game should have had at least 24 off the bat. And the amount of content in Charged at least. It's so bad. Plus the tournament mode in Charged was actually good and felt so cool. Plus you could unlock interesting "cheats" by doing challenges.

[@TrouserSnake12]

there is a slide tackle you have to perfectly charge up the tackle and release at the right time

[@Existingisannoying]

you know nintendo could do something like switch sports and make some characters only unlockable after online play to make this game even worse

[@gabrielgalindo4540]

This is the only game I've been playing almost done with galactic mode. A few more characters would be good but love the gameplay

[@rubeng7139]

I'm glad someone said it strikers just went too hard if you're not gonna top charged, don't soil the franchise

[@royrogers4732]

Don't worry the characters that you want are coming maybe in 3 months but thanks for buying the game now for $60

[@lovelyfma]

hahaha what shade of green do you want your graaaass. great!! also i know im not paying a cent till daisy is a playable character period.

[@Quigimon64]

This is virtually my opinion of the game. Great core gameplay... But NOTHING else. Part of me is happy to see that this series isn't dead, but it could've been much more. Great video! Got a good few chuckles out of me!