![]() Mii-based Friend Codes and a very speedy Quick Match feature make game setup fly by, with support for two teams of four players. Though the game remains critically flawed, low lag and a solid interface make the multiplayer an entertaining diversion. The Megastrike cut scene is so involved that many players have disabled the feature, but without it the game disintegrates into a mediocre Gamecube outing. It’s a step beyond the original game’s two-pointers, but a defending player can knock the shots away in a lightning-fast shooting gallery minigame. When Mario and the other heroes charge up, they launch into the sky for a Dragon Ball Z-styled ‘Megastrike’ shot, kicking four to six goals at a time. A hilarious riot, but an incomprehensible riot nonetheless. Toss in a few shells, bomb drops and giant plumbers, and Charged becomes an incomprehensible riot. Normal shots and even one-timers are highly unlikely against the spot-on goalie A.I., so players have to clear some space and sneak in a charged shot. Like its Gamecube predecessor, Charged is all about holding the B button to make supercharged shots. It’s suiting up to try and be the next big Wii multiplayer game, and unless you have a Game Boy full of Pokeymans to show me, it is the first major Wii title with online play.Ĭharged really captures all the fun of a real soccer game: it’s easy to jump in and start beating on some people, but the actual, delicate sport feels lost in an ocean of unsportsmanlike conduct. Mario Strikers: Charged is the latest installment in a series that is more X-treme than ten headbutting Zidanes, nay, twenty headbutting Zidanes. In a land where soccer is still underplayed and misunderstood, Nintendo is returning to the field with its attention-deficit take on soccer – the goals, the hits, and the Italians. What kind of world do we live in, where thousands of people can riot over such a slow, low-scoring event? In America, if we aren’t making fun of our much-neglected professional soccer leagues, we’re hearing how some other country explodes into violent mayhem over a 1-0 barn-burner. It’s strange that soccer, the darling of the international sports scene, suffers from an equally popular reputation for boredom and violence. ![]()
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