For starters, this game is incredible. Being a soccer player myself, I loved messing around with my opponent in the way you can on this game. The added Bowser attacks add to the fun as he can prevent you from scoring, or help you score a goal. Also, with Super Strikes, the tide of a game can change faster then ever. Items also make this game fun. Some stuff to note 1. This game can get intense in its violence. While bloodless, you have a lot of hard hits, and characters can get hit into an electric fence. The Bowser attacks are just downright violent, and golies can maul opposing team members, but this was put in since you are not supposed to touch the golie in real soccer. 2. Peach and Daisy have somewhat revealing clothing. I know it is sports wear, but you don't even see what their wearing on TV sports (except maybe beach volleyball and swiming-exaggeration). 3. Waluigi uses some bad words before the start of a match (hard to notice and mild, but present). 4. Violence in soccer and going against real rules is hardly punished other than a character on the other team getting an item if you hit a character without the ball, and you get mauled if you touch the goalkeeper. Maybe it's the fact I'm a certified ref in the AYSO, but still. 5. Characters display no sportsmanship at all. They get angry before a match, and at times seem to rub it in if they get a goal. While good in gameplay, this is not good for anyone to play. This is nothing more than a fighting game justified by putting it in a soccer realm.
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Super Mario Strikers
(2005, Video Games - Sports, Rated E, Play it on: Nintendo GameCube)
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Mario stages hilarious parody of extreme soccer.
updated 07.04.08
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Parents need to know that this Mario soccer game does not model good sportsmanship. It is a frenetic, somewhat violent, multi-player extreme soccer game, and it's not a good fit for younger kids because of its full-contact, no-rules play -- think of a team of "red-card"-collecting maniacs. You can slam your opponents into electrified boards, where they will experience an extreme shock, wail in pain, and then crumble. You can also freeze your opponents or purposely make them slip on a banana peel. When played by tweens and teens, this can be some of the most hilarious multi-player fun in videogame land.
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- Families can talk about which of the many Mario characters they like to play as and why. What makes this game so fun? Is it because it's easy to learn? Is it the over-the-top antics? Why is this game so much more fun when played with friends?
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Lives in IowaI rate this title iffy for age 2 and give itIt is a pretty good game, but I think that some content is bad.
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- Lives in District of ColumbiaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
This game is off da hook!
I really like this game. It is a bit violent, but it's soccer. Characters get headbutted into electric walls which shock them. Bombs blow them up. bowser lands on them. NOTE: there is no dying or blood. BUT!!! Overall this game is fun. It is really fast paced.
- Lives in VirginiaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Beast Game!!!
Buy it! It is a cool game!
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