Editing Mario Strikers (series)

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{{series infobox
|image=[[File:MS Series Logo.png|250px]]
|first=''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest=''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' ([[List of games by date#2022|2022]])
|number=4 (3 main, 1 promotional)
|franchise=''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''
}}
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 ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games that began in 2005 in which [[Mario]] and his friends play "[[Strike]]",<ref>"''The GSF has asked me to instruct you on the basics of Strike.''" - [[Fútbot]] in Training mode, ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]''</ref> a more extreme variant of [[Wikipedia:Association football|association football]] (commonly known as "football" or "soccer"). The series consists of three games: ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', and ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]''.

==Games==
===Main games===
{| align=center width=100% class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left" colspan="2"|Title 
|-
!width=15% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release, and system
!width=85% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Description
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Super Mario Strikers box.jpg|150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Europe|November 18, 2005}} [[Nintendo GameCube]]</span>
|'''''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 football, although having its own playing style as implied in several sport ''Super Mario'' games. One specialized rule is [[Super Strike]]s. 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 [[Super Mario Strikers#Team Captains|nine different playable team captains]] (including one unlockable, Super Team), [[Super Mario Strikers#Sidekicks|four different sidekick players]], and two different [[Super Mario Strikers#Goalies|goalies]]. It was the last ''Super Mario'' game to be released for the GameCube in Japan and North America.
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:USCover MSCF.jpg|150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Europe|May 25, 2007}} [[Wii]]</span>
|'''''Mario Strikers Charged''''' (''Mario Strikers Charged Football'' in the PAL version and ''Mario Power Soccer'' for South Korea), the second installment in the series, was released on the Wii in 2007. [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection|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 ([[Boo]]s, [[Dry Bones]], [[Monty Mole]]s, and [[Shy Guy]]s). 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' [[skillshot]]s or the powerful [[Mega Strike]]s of the captains, which [[Kritter]] proves his potential to stop the [[Soccer Ball|soccer ball]]s, 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 Ability|Super Abilities]]. The game was rereleased for the [[Wii U]] [[Nintendo eShop#Wii U|eShop]] in 2016.
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:MSBL box NA.jpg|150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>June 10, 2022<br>[[Nintendo Switch]]</span>
|'''''Mario Strikers: Battle League''''' (''Mario Strikers: Battle League Football'' in the European and Australian version) is the third installment in the series and the first in 15 years, released on the [[Nintendo Switch]]. It features new gear and items, and also introduced [[Rosalina]] and [[Pauline]] as playable characters. [[Toad]], [[Shy Guy]], and [[Birdo]] are now selectable as captains for the first time after having been sidekicks for the past two games, while [[Boom Boom]] replaces Kritter as a goalie that cannot be controlled by the player. While sidekicks are not present in this game, the player has the option to select multiple [[Toad (species)|Toads]], [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], and Shy Guys in a team in Quick Battles and Cup Battles.
|}
===Promotional games===
{| align=center width=100% class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left" colspan="2"|Title 
|-
!width=15% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Icon, original release, and system
!width=85% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Description
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Heads-Up]]''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Headsupicon.jpg|150px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>2006<br>{{wp|Adobe Flash}}</span>
|'''''Super Mario Strikers -- Heads Up''''' was an online {{wp|Adobe Flash}} advergame published by [[Nintendo]] around the release of ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. It was listed in the [[Nintendo Arcade]], a now defunct section with web games on Nintendo's website.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911004647/http://www.nintendo.com/arcade Nintendo Arcade]. ''nintendo.com''. Archived September 11, 2007 via Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 19, 2017.</ref>
|}

==Playable characters==
Not counting goalies, a total of 23 playable characters have appeared in the series.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width: 40%"
!width="40%"|Character
!width=''20%''|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]
!width=''20%''|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]
!width=''20%''|''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]
|-
![[Birdo]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|3}}
|-
![[Boo]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Bowser]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Bowser Jr.]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|3}}
|-
![[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|3}}
|-
![[Diddy Kong]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|3}}
|-
![[Donkey Kong]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Dry Bones]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Hammer Bro]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Koopa Troopa]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Luigi]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Mario]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Monty Mole]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Pauline]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|3}}
|-
![[Princess Peach|Peach]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Petey Piranha]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Rosalina]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Shy Guy]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|2}} {{footnote|main|3}}
|-
![[Super Team]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Toad]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|1}}
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|2}}
|-
![[Waluigi]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Wario]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Yoshi]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]{{footnote|main|2}}
|}
{{footnote|note|1|This character is a sidekick character.}}
{{footnote|note|2|In Quick Play and Cup Battles, this character can be selected more than once for a team.}}
{{footnote|note|3|To use this character, a software update is required.}}

===Goalies===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width: 40%"
!width="40%"|Character
!width=''20%''|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]
!width=''20%''|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]
!width=''20%''|''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]
|-
![[Kritter]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Robo-Kritter]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Boom Boom]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|}

==Striker types==
===All-Rounder=== 
Characters in this classification have a roughly equal balance of attributes. Prior to ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'', this category was named "Balanced".

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width:100%"
!Game !! Balanced/All-Rounder Characters
|-
| ''Super Mario Strikers'' || Mario &middot; Yoshi
|-
| ''Mario Strikers Charged'' || Mario &middot; Luigi &middot; Yoshi &middot; Koopa Troopa &middot; Shy Guy
|-
| ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' || Bowser Jr. &middot; Shy Guy
|}

===Speed===
Characters in this classification have high speed and passing and average technique, but poor strength and shooting. Prior to ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'', this category was named "Playmaker".

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width:100%"
!Game !! Playmaker/Speed Characters
|-
| ''Super Mario Strikers'' || Luigi &middot; Peach
|-
| ''Mario Strikers Charged'' || Peach &middot; Diddy Kong &middot; Toad &middot; Boo
|-
| ''Mario Strikers: Battle League''|| Peach &middot; Toad &middot; Diddy Kong
|}

===Physical=== 
Characters in this classification generally have high power and shooting, but have poor speed, passing, and technique. The exception is Pauline in ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'', who has high speed but poor shooting instead. In ''Super Mario Strikers'', this category was named "Aggressive", and in ''Mario Strikers Charged'', this category was named "Power".

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width:100%"
!Game !! Aggressive/Power/Physical Characters
|-
| ''Super Mario Strikers'' || Wario &middot; Donkey Kong
|-
| ''Mario Strikers Charged'' || Donkey Kong &middot; Bowser &middot; Petey Piranha &middot; Birdo &middot; Monty Mole
|-
| ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' || Wario &middot; Bowser &middot; Pauline
|} 

===Offensive===
Characters in this classification generally have high shooting and passing and poor to average technique but have poor strength and speed. Rosalina and Birdo in ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' are exceptions, with both of them having poor passing, the former having average strength, and the latter having high technique.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width:100%"
!Game !! Offensive Characters
|-
| ''Super Mario Strikers'' || Daisy &middot; Waluigi
|-
| ''Mario Strikers Charged'' || Wario &middot; Bowser Jr. &middot; Hammer Bro
|-
| ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' || Yoshi &middot; Rosalina &middot; Birdo
|} 

===Defensive===
A category introduced in ''Mario Strikers Charged''. Characters in this classification generally have high speed and strength and average technique, but are weak in shooting and passing. Donkey Kong in ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' is the exception, having high passing, average shooting, and poor technique and speed instead.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width:100%"
!Game !! Defensive Characters
|-
| ''Mario Strikers Charged'' || Daisy &middot; Waluigi &middot; Dry Bones
|-
| ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' || Waluigi &middot; Donkey Kong
|} 

===Technique=== 
A category introduced in ''Mario Strikers: Battle League''. Characters in this classification have high technique and an average balance of strength, speed, shooting, and passing.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width:100%"
!Game !! Technique Characters
|-
| ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' || Mario &middot; Luigi &middot; Daisy
|}

==Fields==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width:40%"
!width="60%"|Field
!width=''20%''|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
!width=''20%''|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
!width=''20%''|''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' 
|-
![[Bowser Stadium (Mario Strikers series)|Bowser Stadium]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Crater Field]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Crystal Canyon]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Desert Ruin]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Galactic Stadium]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Jungle Retreat]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Konga Coliseum]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Lava Castle]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Mushroom Hill]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Pipeline Central]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Planetoid]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Royal Castle]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Spooky Mansion]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Stormship Stadium]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Battle Dome]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Classroom]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Dump]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Lava Pit]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Palace]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Sand Tomb]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Underground]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Vice]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[The Wastelands]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Thunder Island]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|-
![[Urban Rooftop]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]
|-
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Logo SMStrikers.png|''Super Mario Strikers'' logo (American English)
Logo MSC.jpg|''Mario Strikers Charged'' logo (American English)
MarioStrikersBattleLeague_logo.jpg|''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' logo (American English)
Mario Smash Football logo.jpg|''Mario Smash Football'' logo (British English)
Mario Strikers Charged Football Logo.jpg|''Mario Strikers Charged Football'' logo (British English)
MSBLF logo EU AU.png|''Mario Strikers: Battle League Football'' logo (British English)
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*It is one of the two ''Super Mario'' sports series next to the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''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 ''[[Heads-Up|Super Mario Strikers -- Heads-Up]]''.

==References==
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