History VideoGame / MarioStrikers

** DK's Mega Strike. He appears to be trying to kill the ball with pure hatred.

** SceneryGorn: It's also pretty much a post-apocalyptic Mushroom Kingdom, where in the grim dark future there is only football.

* VictoryPose: Obviously, this is used after characters win a match.

There are four main modes - ''Road to the Striker Cup'' (campaign), ''Domination Mode'' (versus), ''Striker Challenges'' (missions) and ''Wi-Fi''. ''Road to the Striker Cup'' consists of three cups, the Fire Cup, Crystal Cup and Striker Cup, with varying difficulty. Teams are first pitted against each other in a group stage, then the best teams are promoted to a knockout stage, and finally the winning team gets a shot at winning the trophy by playing the current champion in a best of 3 matches. ''Domination Mode'', like normal versus modes, is a customised match between any two teams of your choice. ''Striker Challenges'' consists of 12 different missions, one for each captain, where you and possibly your opponent will be handicapped in some way, and will have to win the game based on certain criteria. ''Wi-Fi'' is simply a match against another human player somewhere across the world, and has a rating system similar to Nintendo's other Wi-Fi modes.

Despite being in the SportsGame genre, the games aren't exactly your typical FIFA-style football/soccer game...it's quite common to see characters doing backflips in slow-motion, items being flung everywhere, the ball becoming encased in an egg or metallic koopa shell, characters being [[ShockAndAwe electrocuted by an electric fence]] and headbutting. Matches can be held at some stadiums with [[ShockAndAwe bolts of lightning casually electrocuting the players]], [[PlayingWithFire fireballs burning them]] or [[SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom thwomps crushing them.]]

* GenreMotif: Each playable character has one:

** Daisy: [[

* BadBoss: Some of the captains take out their frustration on their teammates if the opposing team scores too much. Examples include Peach throwing a temper tantrum and Bowser ''setting his team on fire!''

* DarkerAndEdgier: The art style. [[{{Stripperiffic}} The female captains' clothing]]. Headbutting players into an electric fence. ''Mario Strikers Charged'' is the only game in the Mario franchise to receive a 7+ rating. Sure, it's not exactly 18+ but hey, this is Mario we're talking about.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Not just American, in fact. In comparison to every other Mario game out there, the artwork of the ''Strikers'' series is ''way'' more hardcore, no matter what region is your copy from.

* PromotionToPlayable: Bowser between games. In the first one, he just popped into the field randomly.

* Leitmotif: Each playable character in ''Charged'' has one.

'''''Super Mario Strikers''''' introduced a lot of the fundamental gameplay aspects, such as basic passing and shooting. (NeedsMoreLove)

''Mario Strikers'' is a series of [[TheBeautifulGame football/soccer]] games developed by Next Level Games, consisting of two titles - ''Super Mario Strikers'' ([[NintendoGameCube GCN]], 2005), and ''Mario Strikers Charged'' ({{Wii}}, 2007). Often viewed as the DarkerAndEdgier part of the Mario franchise - partially due to their more "rough" art style and [[{{Stripperiffic}} skimpier clothing]] - both games were nonetheless well received by critics and fans, although ''Mario Strikers Charged'' is by far the most popular in the series.