Mario Smash Football Coming to Europe in November

August 17, 2005, 3:27 am EDT
Total comments: 14

Super Mario Strikers is going by a different name in Europe and comes out with a white Cube on the 18th of November.

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Mario Smash Football launches on the Nintendo GameCube

17th August 2005 - Dribble like Pele, bend it like Beckham, place the ball in the net with the effortless grace of Zidane, before celebrating by flooring the opposing goal keeper with a well-aimed turtle shell. The referee won't like that one! Mario Smash Football will be storming its way onto the Nintendo GameCube on 18th November 2005. The Mario Smash Football bundle will also launch on 18th November, consisting of a beautiful pearl white Nintendo GameCube and a copy of the game.

Once again Nintendo has taken one of the world's most popular sports and added a Nintendo twist as Mario and friends take to the pitch in this incredibly fun game. No longer do players live in fear of a small bitter man in a black shirt, instead the rules are out of the window as the Mushroom Kingdom's favourite residents use tricks and power shots to lift the football trophy.

Mario Smash Football is a five-a-side based football tournament pitting teams of classic Nintendo characters against each other. To win games players simply have to place more balls in the back of their opponent's net than the other team. In Mario Smash Football anything goes, so players who get fouled will get unique Mario Kart style items to avenge themselves with. These can range from mushrooms, which give them a superhuman burst of speed, to shells, which freeze or knock down the opponent's defenders.

Football is all about team-work and Nintendo's stars have brought along their friends to help ensure they are the ones lifting the cup at the end of the season. Each team is captained by a well-known character, such as Mario, Luigi or Donkey Kong and filled with other Mario themed players like Toads and Koopas. The different teams all provide essential support for their star players, setting up those all important goal opportunities.

Single player mode is split into a variety of different modes, giving players more choices than Jose Mourinho's reserves list. The most simple of the bunch is Grudge Match mode, in which two teams battle it out to score the most goals. Battle Mode is the game's main championship mode. It pitches all the teams against each other in a league championship, where players compete for the coveted Bowser Cup. The stars of Battle Mode will then get a chance to compete in the Champion's League of the Mushroom Kingdom, Super Battle Mode - a rock hard championship for the ultimate teams. In addition to all of this, Mario Smash Football features an innovative championship customisation mode called Custom Battle, allowing players to tailor championships to their personal specifications.

Every football fan knows one of the most enjoyable aspects of the game is watching your players thoroughly beat your best friend's team. Mario Smash Football does not disappoint here, providing an addictive multiplayer mode in which up to four players can engage in fast-paced games to crown the true champions of the pitch.

Mario Smash Football will score a big hit on the Nintendo GameCube when it launches on November 18th 2005 at the estimated retail price of around 60 Euros. The Mario Smash Football bundle containing a pearl white Nintendo GameCube and copy of the game will also be available from 18th November 2005.

Talkback

NephilimAugust 17, 2005

I wonder what the australian/nz version will be called

blackfootstepsAugust 17, 2005

That's assuming we get a version.

MarioAugust 17, 2005

Well it looks like Europe has a GC killer app for the holidays. Nice bundle, this should sell very well.

Ian SaneAugust 17, 2005

Upon glancing at the headline I thought that Nintendo was annoucing a new American Football Mario game. I was like "another Mario Sports games? ARRRGGGGH!" Fortunately it's just a name switch. When you live in Canada you just don't think of soccer when you read the word "football".

KDR_11kAugust 17, 2005

I wonder what the australian/nz version will be called

Root for Mario!

Ian SaneAugust 17, 2005

I checked out the new character art posted for this game and Peach's belly button is showing! As a kid I never thought Peach (or Toadstool as I she was known back then) would wear something so revealing. It's kind of hot in an uncomfortable "this is supposed to be family-friendly" way. You know, like Kim Possible.

NinGurl69 *hugglesAugust 17, 2005

Yup, Nintendo has dirtified her.

Still no match for Daisy, tho.

joshnickersonAugust 17, 2005

The artwork is sweet. It's a nice change of pace from the usual CG stuff we've been subjected to over the past decade.

NephilimAugust 17, 2005

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
I wonder what the australian/nz version will be called

Root for Mario!

funny
Nintendo should sponser the channel 31 soccer shows

steveyAugust 17, 2005

why dose Europe and japan get the cool color the us is not color bline we want white soccer ball game cube!

"I checked out the new character art posted for this game and Peach's belly button is showing!"

the soccer art make her look like daisy and "belly botton is showing!" you acting like her nipples was showing!

Ian SaneAugust 17, 2005

"you acting like her nipples was showing!"

This is Princess Peach. She normally wears a long dress with sleeves, gloves that go to the elbow, a collar that goes to the neck, and a dress that goes to the ankles. Seeing her legs in Mario Golf was a big deal. This is like Peach porno in comparison to her usual attire.