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 Bloody Brilliant! June 26, 2008
C. Groome (Kettering,England)
Mario smash football is one of the best Mario games yet,you can do all kinds of cool things like take super strikes,headbut players into the electric panels and be all the Mario players in creation.
Best Football Game EVER! May 13, 2007
Ian Lee (Nottingham, England)
I love this game soooo much. It's like Ice-Hockey meets Football. The game is absolutley mental, shells, banana skins, electrified fences, the ability to take out your oponents and the occasional visit from a giant bowser make the game hard to follow at first, but then once you've grasped the rapid gameplay, you'll love it.
The main thing in this game is multiplayer, you can set up your own league with like 8 teams, each player having there own team. I think this is better as it gets a bit complicated when you have 4 players on one team. The noises are great too, the screams you get from Peach or DK when you hit them into the electric fence are wiked.
I'd also advise taking the power-ups and bowser attack off when you get a bit further in the game. The power-ups are fine for messing around with your mates, but they are well annoying in single player. The main thing is to turn off the rubbish bowser attacks, they absolutley ruin the game!
This game is a great break from usual football games like Fifa or PES, but hardcore Footballers will not like. Just could do with a few more charecters and pitches. Definate Buy.
 Almost there, but not quite April 9, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This title was a bit of an unknown for me as I hadn't heard much coverage until I saw an advert on the TV. Being a big fan of Mario Power Tennis, I waited for the prices to come down a bit, and saw it second hand on Amazon.Having played this game through, I can safely say it is seriously fun. You will enjoy this game. It is rough and tumble football action with all your favourite Mario characters and sidekicks. Playing through all the cups a couple of times is great fun, and multi-player mode is quite enjoyable. This is a superb Mario sports game. Super strikes are executed brilliantly, with a nice little cinematic where the control pad rumbles violently to really give the player a sense of power. These are a little samey though between characters, with the same sound effect present on everyone and the animation very similar. So why is it "Almost there", well quite simply because Nintendo aren't quite there yet with difficulty settings. With Mario Power Tennis the difficulty levels are fantastic as they work you up gradually to becoming a pro at the game. With Mario Smash Football however, this appears to have gone out the window. There are still four difficulties, but the gap between the first and second is just too great. You will yawn at Novice after the first few games, but you will scream at Professional, the next one up, because tackles, power-ups and goals become all to frequent on the enemies part. Suddenly you find yourself 10-0 up in the first minute. Another irritation I found with the game is the unnecessary giant Bowser that comes in mid-match. Nintendo have probably thrown this in to mix things up a bit and sprinkle some "Nintendo-magic" over the game. All it does is spoil the flow of the game, and when you're playing on Professional or above its the last thing you want. This should have been left out simply to let us play some fluent football. Why not give us Bowser as a character instead of an irritation? All the above said, the game is well worth getting if only for the multi-player mode, which, like every Mario sports game, is where the party really starts!
EXCELLENT February 19, 2006
K. Rolfe (UK)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This has to be the best Mario Sports title on teh 'Cube. It's very surprising it doesn't have the Violence icon on the case, as this game is on quite the violent side, not usually how football is, with wusses falling over and crying because someone tapped them with their little finger.The game could be improved by having more characters such as Goombas or Shy Guys being able to play on your team, but there is some brilliantly deep gameplay with simple, easy to learn controls, especially for players of EA Sports games. The only reasons this gets 4 Stars rather than 5 is due to the lack of depth of the single player and lack of options (making Super Strikes worth more or less goals, lack of choice of characters) Overall this is a brilliant game, ESPECIALLY in multiplayer. Hearing Peaches scream, which actually sounds like she's in a lot of pain, makes it even better.
Simply Perfect December 15, 2005
Nick Sumpter (Skelmersdale, Lancashire United Kingdom)
6 out of 15 found this review helpful
Not much more to say except that this game is immense fun, perfectly balanced and simplicity really wins the day.
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