TUCSON, Ariz. — Aside from stomping Goombas and rescuing princesses, sports are what Mario does best.
The king of kart racing, tennis, and golf is also adept at the world’s most popular sport and reignites that dominance with the outrageous and thrilling soccer game “Mario Strikers: Battle League.”
Eschewing a story mode in favor of a ladder of double-elimination tournaments with escalating difficulty, the game sucks you in with bite-sized matches that are juiced with wild momentum changes, thrilling comebacks, and stunning highlight reels.