History YMMV / MarioStrikers

* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is widely considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]); [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the lack of staple characters]] such as Daisy[[note]]until she was later made playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]who likewise was made playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released; the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged''[[note]]and the game's gimmick of mixing two Captains looking cool but adding nothing to the gameplay in practice[[/note]]; and being bare-bones content-wise, lacking modes that ''Charged'' had like Strikers Challenges. However, the customization aspects received praise, some preferred every character being able to be both a Captain and Sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, nerfing the Hyper Strikes to be more like the Super Strikes from the original was seen as much more balanced[[note]]though many still missed the Mega Strikes from ''Charged'' due to how they could be defended against [[DifficultButAwesome in a rather cool way by blocking them using motion controls]] regardless[[/note]], and the announced updates helped make up for the lack of initial content, at least in terms of characters.

* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is widely considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]); [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the lack of staple characters]] such as Daisy[[note]]until she was later made playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]who likewise was made playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released; the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged''; the game's gimmick of mixing two Captains looking cool but adding nothing to the gameplay in practice; and being bare-bones content-wise, lacking modes that ''Charged'' had like Strikers Challenges. However, the customization aspects received praise, some preferred every character being able to be both a Captain and Sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, nerfing the Hyper Strikes to be more like the Super Strikes from the original was seen as much more balanced[[note]]though many still missed the Mega Strikes from ''Charged'' due to how they could be defended against [[DifficultButAwesome in a rather cool way by blocking them using motion controls]] regardless[[/note]], and the announced updates helped make up for the lack of initial content, at least in terms of characters.

** Boom Boom [[ReplacementScrappy replacing]] the Kritters as the goalies wasn’t well-received by the fandom, not at all helped by [[ArtificalStupidity the goalie AI taking a major dip in intelligence between games.]]

** Bowser releases an upset roar in disbelief in ''Charged'' before hanging his hand dejectedly.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: When the first ''Famitsu'' charts were released, including ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'''s physical sales in Japan, a couple of people expected it to underperform due to the game using the infamous Creator/{{Nintendo}} "free update" model since it only sold around the same as ''Charged'' did in its first week. Not helping matters was that, in the UK, it was reported that it sold less than ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Super Rush]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Aces]]'' in its first week. Fast forward to August 3rd (and near the end of Nintendo's 2021-2022 fiscal year), where it was reported the game sold 1.91 million units by June 30th, making it the biggest launch for a ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' sports game in series history.

* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is widely considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]); [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the lack of staple characters]] such as Daisy[[note]]until she was later made playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]who likewise was made playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released; the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged''; the game's gimmick of mixing two looking cool but adding nothing to the gameplay in practice; and being bare-bones content-wise, lacking modes that ''Charged'' had like Strikers Challenges. However, the customization aspects received praise, some preferred every character being able to be both a Captain and Sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, nerfing the Hyper Strikes to be more like the Super Strikes from the original was seen as much more balanced[[note]]though many still missed the Mega Strikes from ''Charged'' due to how they could be defended against [[DifficultButAwesome in a rather cool way by blocking them using motion controls]] regardless[[/note]], and the announced updates helped make up for the lack of initial content, at least in terms of characters.
* CriticalDissonance: Despite scoring lower than its predecessor on Metacritic, ''Battle League'' still received a generally positive reception from critics (a Metascore of 73). Fan reception, on the other hand, skews much more negatively compared to ''Charged'', for reasons explained in ContestedSequel.

** The Super Team in ''Super Mario Strikers'' have the very blatant advantage of each member being able to perform a Super Strike in contrast to every other team, where only the captain can use this mechanic.

* GoodBadBugs: In ''Charged,'' when the match ends outside of a Sudden Death, the AI can still try to attack your team and score a goal despite there being no point to doing so now. If the match ends with you winning, it makes them look hilariously petty.

* LowTierLetdown: While Shy Guy was positively received in ''Battle League'' as a player character choice, his class as an All-Rounder was not, as the game's customization mechanic clearly incentivizes MinMaxing and makes his balanced stats sort of a burden as a result.

** Luigi in ''Charged'', thanks to his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56i119p_XvU epic theme]] which perfectly captures his underdog status and feeling of going to rule this match in a Flamenco-heavy theme, being widely recognized as one of the best if not ''the'' best theme Luigi has ever gotten.

** Daisy is one too due to her not being in the base roster of ''Battle League'', being added later in a free update instead, with people claiming that Toad and Rosalina, respectively [[PromotedToPlayable someone who was a sidekick in the previous games]] and someone who made their ''Strikers'' debut in this game, were chosen over her just to rub more salt in the wound.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14tQOq2NoSw Waluigi's crotch chop]] in ''Charged'', as well as...whatever ''[[https://youtu.be/ED13zKJbHXI?t=6 this]]'' is in ''Battle League''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZs9QRrBH28 Donkey Kong's breakdance]] in ''Battle League'', especially since it comes out of ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment nowhere.]]''

* {{Moe}}: While he's normally not this, Bowser Jr's away intro has him try to imitate Bowser, and suffice to say, look utterly adorable while doing it.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgxK1AlB__Y The Mega Strike animations in]] ''Charged''. The faces (especially the GlowingEyesOfDoom) practically scream ImplacableMan and NoNonsenseNemesis. Some players may also find Wario's Mega Strike quite disturbing.

** Donkey Kong in ''Charged'' can be quite intimidating despite generally having a smile on his face, with his manic expressions and being incredibly violent, showcased in his reaction to the opposing team scoring a goal, where he’ll outright unleash his special on his team and cause them to bounce about in his temper tantrum. Even in one of his goal-scoring animations, he’ll punch out one of the cameras in his exuberance.
** Bowser’s reaction to getting scored on in ''Charged'' other than simply screeching and slumping in despair? He'll set '''''his whole team''' on fire.'' Not helping is how it starts with one of his teammates facing the screen and screaming at it, which can make for quite the {{jumpscare}}.
** Petey Piranha’s losing animation ''Charged'' has his teammates fearfully running away as he proceeds to eat one of the opposing team's and spits them out.

** Though Boom Booms playing goalie isn't necessarily seen as a bad choice (actually being Mario characters instead of sister series DKC characters like their predecessors even makes them a more logical pick), some fans questioned the need to swap out [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Kritter]] goalies from previous games with them in ''Battle League''. Players quickly began to notice that [[ArtificialStupidity Boom Boom was drastically worse at blocking shots]] compared to the previous goalies, as they are more susceptible to stun, have very little range in blocking a shot, and thus completely struggle against most shots at the goal, to the point where ''shooting at the midline after a goal is viable because they are just that bad at their job.'' It goes so far that critics and players alike label Boom Boom's ineptitude at being a goalie as a major downside that hampers the game significantly. To add insult to injury, the "Galactic Cups" in the Cup Battle Mode '''make your Boom Boom even worse at goalkeeping.'''

* TheScrappy: The Super Team from the first game aren't liked by many fans. Their design is very out of place even with the edgier tone of the game and the fact that they're both the Captain and sidekick (which means every one of them can use a Super Strike) makes them much harder to face. Many felt that Bowser should have been the ninth Captain instead of them. Unsurprisingly, when they were DemotedToExtra in ''Charged'', very few people were upset.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus was that ''Battle League'' was this at launch, with its gameplay and visuals being overall enjoyable and pleasant to look at respectively, but with the game suffering from a terrible lack of content, mainly single-player modes and characters, and thus the experience becoming repetitive and stale very quickly for many players. Not helping matters is the game being worth $60, the price of a full game. After post-launch updates, with the additions of initial glaring omissions such as Daisy, and new additions such as Pauline, the roster was seen as being alright. However, the game remains rather bare-bones content-wise and while previous games weren't content-rich to begin with, the game still lacks modes that ''Charged'' had like Strikers Challenges.

* TaintedByThePreview: A lot of fans were not happy that Daisy was absent from the base roster of ''Battle League'', and even excluding the Daisy issue, the base roster only having 10 characters, especially when 8 have to be on the field during a match, made a lot of fans worried that this would yet be another live service Mario Sports game after ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Mario Tennis Aces]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'', or something even worse like ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Ultra Smash]]'', which never received ''any'' {{downloadable content}}. The absence of sidekicks didn't help matters as well. Their fears were [[HarsherInHindsight eventually confirmed]] when it was revealed that ''Battle League'' would be getting free post-launch updates, which specifically highlighted the inclusion of new characters. Luckily, Daisy would later be revealed as one of the characters in the first of such updates. Though besides characters it didn't receive ''any'' {{downloadable content}} after all, leaving the game feeling pretty bare-bones in terms of modes.

** Yoshi will look depressed as one of his teammates comforts him in ''Charged''. In ''Battle League'', he'll outright cry while throwing a tantrum.
** In ''Battle League'', Toad will react with shock before [[HeadDesk banging his head on the ground.]]

** While fans were happy that Shy Guy is being added to ''Battle League'' alongside Daisy in an update, many were quite disappointed that he no longer has his ExpressiveMask.

** With Birdo's return has made fans excited, there has been two problems with her. One was that unlike Toad, and Shy Guy, who were originally sidekicks, Birdo is considered a singular character, meaning that players cannot have more than one Birdo on their team. Another problem is that, Birdo doesn't change color depending on the team uniform, not like during her role as sidekick in the previous games.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Many Daisy fans were disappointed and angered that she had been left out of the base roster in ''Battle League'' despite being a mainstay in the previous games and a staple of ''Mario'' spin-offs ever since ''Mario Tennis 64'', especially since Rosalina, who many Daisy fans see as being a SpotlightStealingSquad, is in the base roster. Fans would be relieved after it was revealed that Daisy would be added to the roster via a free post-launch update, though.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: When the first Famitsu charts were released, including ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'''s physical sales in Japan, a couple of people expected it to underperform due to the game using the infamous Nintendo free update model since it only sold around the same as ''Charged'' did in its first week. Not helping matters was that in the UK, it was reported that it sold less than ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Super Rush]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Aces]]'' in its first week. Fast forward to August 3rd where Nintendo's 2nd fiscal year, where it was reported the game sold 1.91 million units by June 30th, making it the biggest launch for a Mario sports game in history.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: One of the first things that people tend to bring up about the first two games are Peach and Daisy's Stripperific sports bras and hot pants, victory animations which has them show of their butts and overall more sensual and flirtatious behaviour.
* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is widely considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]), the lack of staple characters such as Daisy[[note]]Until she would later be playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]Until he would later be playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released, the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged'' and the game's gimmick of mixing two looking cool but adding nothing to the gameplay in practice, and being bare-bones content-wise lacking modes that ''Charged'' had like Strikers Challenges. However, the customization received praise, some prefer every character being able to be both a captain and sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, nerfing the Hyper Strikes to be more like the Super Strikes was seen as much more balanced[[note]]Though many still miss the Mega Strikes due to how they could be defended against [[DifficultButAwesome in a rather cool way by blocking them using motion controls]] regardless[[/note]], and the announced updates helped make up for the lack of initial content, at least in terms of characters.

** Many of the characters' [[SoreLoser losing animations]]. Of particular note is Wario ''[[SuicideAsComedy deciding to blow himself up]]'' in one of his animations. Doubly funnier in that they can do while their team has a commending lead.

* GoodBadBug: In ''Charged,'' when the match ends outside of a Sudden Death, the AI can still try to attack your team and score a goal despite there being no point to doing so now. If the match ends with you winning, it makes them look hilariously petty.

* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is widely considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]), the lack of staple characters such as Daisy[[note]]Until she would later be playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]Until he would later be playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released, the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged'' and the game's gimmick of mixing two looking cool but adding nothing to the gameplay in practice, and being bare-bones content-wise lacking modes that ''Charged'' had like Stikers Challenges. However, the customization received praise, some prefer every character being able to be both a captain and sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, nerfing the Hyper Strikes to be more like the Super Strikes was seen as much more balanced[[note]]Though many still miss the Mega Strikes due to how they could be defended against [[DifficultButAwesome in a rather cool way by blocking them using motion controls]] regardless[[/note]], and the announced updates helped make up for the lack of initial content, at least in terms of characters.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus was that ''Battle League'' was this at launch, with its gameplay and visuals being overall enjoyable and pleasant to look at respectively, but with the game suffering from a terrible lack of content, mainly single-player modes and characters, and thus the experience becoming repetitive and stale very quickly for many players. Not helping matters is the game being worth $60, the price of a full game. After post-launch updates, with the additions of initial glaring omissions such as Daisy, and new additions such as Pauline, the roster was seen as being alright. However, the game remains rather bare-bones content-wise and while previous games weren't content-rich to begin with, the game still lacks modes that ''Charged'' had like Stikers Challenges.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus was that ''Battle League'' was this at launch, with its gameplay and visuals being overall enjoyable and pleasant to look at respectively, but with the game suffering from a terrible lack of content, mainly single-player modes and characters, and thus the experience becoming repetitive and stale very quickly for many players. Not helping matters is the game being worth $60, the price of a full game. After post-launch updates, with the additions of initial glaring omissions such as Daisy, and new additions such as Pauline, the roaster was seen as being alright. However, the game remains rather bare-bones content-wise and while previous games weren't content-rich to begin with, the game still lacks modes that ''Charged'' had like Stikers Challenges.

** Koopa Troopa's {{Leitmotif}} sounds a lot like ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'''s version of "I Like To Move It, Move It".

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus was that ''Battle League'' was this at launch, with its gameplay and visuals being overall enjoyable and pleasant to look at respectively, but with the game suffering from a terrible lack of content, mainly single-player modes and characters, and thus the experience becoming repetitive and stale very quickly for many players. Not helping matters is the game being worth $60, the price of a full game. After post-launch updates, with the additions of the initial glaring omissions such as Daisy, and additions such as Pauline the roaster was seen as being alright. However, the game remains rather bare-bones content-wise and while previous games weren't content-rich to begin with, the game still lacks modes that ''Charged'' had like Stikers Challenges.

** Luigi in ''Mario Strikers Charged'', thanks to his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56i119p_XvU epic theme]] which perfectly captures his underdog status and feeling of going to rule the match in a Flamenco-heavy theme, being widely recognized as one of the best if not ''the'' best Luigi theme has ever gotten.

* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]), the lack of staple characters such as Daisy[[note]]Until she would later be playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]Until he would later be playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released, and the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged''. However, the customization received praise, some prefer every character being able to be both a captain and sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, the Hyper Strikes are seen as much more balanced, and the announced updates helped make up for the lack of initial content.

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Charged'' adds a great deal of depth over the original by adding the "charge" mechanic to the ball, giving the ability to mix-and-match sidekicks while giving them their own abilities, giving the Captains special items, and making the stages have unique obstacles. The fact that [[SequelEscalation it's even]] DarkerAndEdgier [[SequelEscalation and more over-the-top than the original]] doesn't hurt either.

* MemeticBadass: The Kritter Goalies from the first ''Strikers'' and especially ''Charged'' get this for being able to withstand the toughest of shots, particularly the Mega Strikes from the Captains.

** Though Boom Booms playing goalie isn't necessarily seen as a bad choice (actually being Mario characters unlike their predecessors even makes them a more logical pick), some fans questioned the need to swap out [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Kritter]] goalies from previous games with them in ''Battle League''. Players quickly began to notice that [[ArtificialStupidity Boom Boom was drastically worse at blocking shots]] compared to the previous goalies, as they are more susceptible to stun, have very little range in blocking a shot, and thus completely struggle against most shots at the goal, to the point where ''shooting at the midline after a goal is viable because they are just that bad at their job.'' It goes so far that critics and players alike label Boom Boom's ineptitude at being a goalie as a major downside that hampers the game significantly. To add insult to injury, the "Galactic Cups" in the Cup Battle Mode '''make your Boom Boom even worse at goalkeeping.'''
** Carried over from other ''Mario'' games, many people see Rosalina as one to Daisy in ''Battle League'' due to Daisy, who appeared in the previous two games, not being present in the base roster of the game while Rosalina, who made her ''Strikers'' debut in this game, was. This extends to Toad as well, as he was just a sidekick in the previous games whereas Daisy was a Captain, but he was part of the base roster while she was not.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus was that ''Battle League'' was this at launch, with its gameplay and visuals being overall enjoyable and pleasant to look at respectively, but with the game suffering from a terrible lack of content, mainly single-player modes and characters, and thus the experience becoming repetitive and stale very quickly for many players. Not helping matters is the game being worth $60, the price of a full game, when it has roughly the same amount of content as the previous games, which weren't content-rich to begin with.

* TaintedByThePreview: A lot of fans were not happy that Daisy was absent from the base roster of ''Battle League'', and even excluding the Daisy issue, the base roster only having 10 characters, especially when 8 have to be on the field during a match, made a lot of fans worried that this would yet be another live service Mario Sports game after ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Mario Tennis Aces]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'', or something even worse like ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Ultra Smash]]'', which never received ''any'' {{downloadable content}}. The absence of sidekicks didn't help matters as well. Their fears were [[HarsherInHindsight eventually confirmed]] when it was revealed that ''Battle League'' would be getting free post-launch updates, which specifically highlighted the inclusion of new characters. Luckily, Daisy would later be revealed as one of the characters in the first of such updates.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Many Daisy fans were disappointed and angered that she had been left out of the base roster in ''Battle League'' despite being a mainstay in the previous games, especially since Rosalina, who many Daisy fans see as being a SpotlightStealingSquad, is in the base roster. Fans would be relieved after it was revealed that Daisy would be added to the roster via a free post-launch update, though.

** Bowser’s reaction to getting scored on in ''Charged'' other than simply screeching and slumping his shoildeez? He'll set '''''his whole team''' on fire.'' Not helping is how it starts with one of his teammates facing the screen and screaming at it, which can make for quite the {{jumpscare}}.

* GoodBadBug: In ''Charged,'' when the match ends outside of a Sudden Death, the AI can still try to attack your team and score a goal despite there being no point to now. If the match ends with you winning, it makes them look hilariously petty.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: One of the first things that people tend to bring up about the first two games are Peach and Daisy's Stripperific sports outfits, victory animations which has them show of their butts and overall more sassy and flirtatious demeanor.

** Bowser’s angry reaction to getting scored on in ''Charged''? He'll set '''''his whole team''' on fire.'' Not helping is how it starts with one of his teammates facing the screen and screaming at it, which can make for quite the {{jumpscare}}.

** Bowser’s reaction to getting scored on in ''Charged''? He'll set '''''his whole team''' on fire.'' Not helping is how it starts with one of his teammates facing the screen and screaming at it, which can make for quite the {{jumpscare}}.

** Donkey Kong in ''Charged'' can be quite intimidating despite generally having a smile on his face, with his manic expressions and being incredibly violent, showcased in his angry reaction to the opposing team scoring a goal where he’ll outright unleash his special on his team and cause them to bounce about in his temper tantrum and even in one of his goal scoring reactions where he’ll punch out one of the cameras in his exuberance.
* Bowser’s angry reaction in ''Charged'' is quite frightening in how he’ll also use his special by setting his whole team on fire! Not helping is how it starts with one of his teammates facing the screen and screaming at it, which can make for quite the Jumpscare.
* Petey Piranha’s angry reaction ''Charged'' has one of each team running a way as he proceeds to eat one of opposing team and spit them out. It’s quite one of his own teammates ran a way in fear.

** Many of the characters' [[SoreLoser losing animations]]. Of particular note is Wario ''[[SuicideAsComedy deciding to blow himself up]]'' in one of his animations.

* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]), the lack of staple characters such as Daisy[[note]]Until she would later be playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]Until he would later be playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released, and the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged''. However, the customization received praise, some prefer every character being able to be both a captain and sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, the super strikes are seen as much more balanced, and the announced updates helped make up for the lack of initial content.

** The Super Team in ''Super Mario Strikers'' have the very blatant advantage of each member being able to perform a Super Strike in contrast to every other team where only the Captain can use this mechanic.

* {{Moe}}: While he's normally not this, Bowser Jr's away intro has him try to imitate Bowser. And suffice to say, look utterly adorable while doing it.

* TheScrappy: The Super Team Robots from the first game aren't liked by many fans. Their design is very out of place even with the edgier tone of the game and the fact that they're both the Captain and sidekick (which means every one of them can use a Super Strike) makes them much harder to face. Many felt that Bowser should have been the ninth Captain instead of them. Unsurprisingly when they were DemotedToExtra in ''Charged'', very few people were upset.

* ContestedSequel: ''Battle League'' is this to ''Charged'', which is considered to be an EvenBetterSequel of the original game. The series' over-the-top dark feel [[LighterAndSofter was significantly toned down]] in ''Battle League'', not to mention the removal of the sidekicks (and to a lesser extent the Kritter goalies [[ReplacementScrappy being replaced by Boom Booms]]), the lack of staple characters such as Daisy[[note]]Until she would later be playable as DLC in the first free update[[/note]], Bowser Jr. or Diddy Kong[[note]]Until he would later be playable as free DLC in the second free update[[/note]] when the game first released, and the stages being smaller and less varied than in ''Charged''. However, the customization received praise, some prefer every character being able to be both a captain and sidekick, the overall gameplay was still seen as strong, the super strikes are seen as much more balanced, and there's hope that the announced updates will make up for the lack of initial content.

* TierInducedScrappy: While Shy Guy was positively received in ''Battle League'' as a player character choice, his class as an All-Rounder was not, as the game's customization mechanic clearly incentivizes MinMaxing and makes his balanced stats sort of a burden as a result.

* {{Narm}}: While the angry and sad animations that play for characters when the opposing team scores can be hilarious or even upsetting to see if you're losing, it's definitely odd to see Wario blowing himself up with a Bob-omb or Bowser setting his whole team on fire even though they could quite possibly be led by over ''10'' points while the enemy may have just scored their first point. Saying they're overreacting is an {{understatement}}.