Mario Strikers Charged European website features game only playable via Wii browser

Leading up to the launch of Mario Strikers Charged Football for Wii on May 25, the game’s official microsite is giving you more details every day about this season’s must-have sports game.

Today a very special section has opened up – that is, if you’re using the Internet Channel on your Wii console!

Just point your Wii browser to  http://mariostrikers.nintendo.co.uk/ to the game’s microsite, and check out Moves, where you’ll find a special mini-game tucked away in the Keeper section.

You’ll be challenged to stop charged footballs shot in your direction – just like in the game, when an opponent fires a MegaStrike at you – by pointing the Wii Remote at the screen and pressing the A Button at the right time.

Can you stop enough of them to make it to the leaderboard?

This is a new video of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Strikers Charged

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This is an excerpt from the Review of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Strikers: Charged by Spong

Mario Strikers: Charged Football is a deceptively hardcore little game. While at first it may seem little more than a fast-paced, space-age cartoony kickabout, after repeated play of the single-player and both offline and online multiplayer games, it becomes clear that there is far more depth to the game than, at first, meets the eye. Graphics-wise, while nothing much to shout about, it looks, well, happy and colourful and pleasingly chunky, in the way in which only truly memorable Nintendo characters can.

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This are the NGamer review scores:

Super Paper Mario (Wii) - 88%
Mario Strikers Charged Football (Wii) - 78%
Eledees (Wii) - 82%
Cooking Mama (Wii) - 65%
Spider-Man 3 (Wii) - 50%
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Wii) - 79%
Fishing Master (Wii - Japan) - 72%
Dynasty Warriors DS (DS - Japan) - 70%
Panel De Pon (DS - Japan) - 91%
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii - Japan) - 59%
The Dog Island (Wii - Japan) - 64%
Furu Furu Park (Wii - Japan) - 50%
Tamiya Box Art (DS - Japan) - 28%
One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Wii - Japan) - 69%
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS - US) - 81%
Wario: MAster of Disguise (DS) - 68%
Final Fantasy III (DS) - 81%
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS - Japan) - 85%
Atama No Kaiten No: Rubik’s Cube & Chou Yuumei (DS - Japan) - 11%
Glory Days 2: Brotherhood of Men (DS) - 55%
Pony Friends (DS) - 70%
My Happy Manners (DS - Japan) - ??%
M&M’s Break ‘Em (DS) - 65%
Pikupiku (DS - Japan) - 84%
Spider-Man 3 (DS) - 76%
Chokoken No Sweets Department (DS - Japan) - 39%
Tingle Baloon Fight (DS - Japan) - 70%
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (DS) - 66%
Hana Deka Animal Paradise (DS - Japan) - 51%

This is an excerpt from the Review of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Strikers: Charged by Eurogamer

Of course, like most sports games, Mario Strikers is best played against friends - up to four, with decent Wi-Fi options. The single player game is strong enough to warrant a purchase too, especially as Mario Strikers finally breaks the recent drought of Wii releases. As the most original, admittedly surreal, take on the sport for years, Mario Strikers is a gem of a game and manages to flawlessly meet Nintendo’s brief of appealing to absolutely everybody.

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Confirmed/Unconfirmed Euro release dates:

Italics = unconfirmed

May 25th - Mario Strikers Charged Football - Wii
May 25th - Custom Robo Arena
June 1st - Wario: Master of Disguise
June 8th - Pangya! Golf with Style - Wii
June 22nd - Metroid Prime: Pinball (incl. Rumble Pak, the same that comes with Actionloop)
June 22nd - Mario Party 8 - Wii
June 22nd - Kirby Mouse Attack
June 29th - Resident Evil 4 - Wii
June 29th - More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?
June 29th - Wii Remote (Silver, Blue, Pearl Pink)
June 29th - Wii NunChuk (Silver, Blue, Pearl Pink)
June 29th - Puzzle League DS
June 29th - Final Fantasy VI ADVANCE
June 29th - Big Brain Academy - Wii
July 13th - Elite Beat Agents
July 13th - Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Wii

This is an excerpt from the Preview of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Strikers Charged by Pro-G

Setting up an online game involved inviting players from a ‘friend list’ that displayed cards detailing adversaries’ total wins, losses and draws, along with an Xbox LIVE style profile. It was not clear how you will invite new friends to your list, but I managed to confirm that the 12 digit ‘friend code’ that identifies you is not the same as your Wii’s own code. That means friend codes could well be different for each game, as with the DS, though details are yet to be released on future Wii online games.

On the whole both Mario Strikers and the Wii as an online gaming platform impressed, offering accessibility and the potential for hilarious fun. Finally, an entire generation of consoles is online, and quickly the past is feeling like a very different world indeed.

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GameSpot Updates:

• Emergency Mayhem resuscitated for Wii
• Perrin Kaplan video interview
• Retail Radar: Brain Age 2 and Picross DS, new SCEA games, no MGS4 until ‘08?

IGN Updates:

• Eidos Talks Wii Lara Croft
• Dragon Quest Swords trailer
• Wii mailbag
• Go Duck Hunting on Wii
• Tony Hawk Has Something to Prove
• Ninja Gaiden VC review
• Pac-Man VC review
• Ninja Spirit VC review
• RUMOR - Nintendo Power shutting down
• Eidos: Games Alienating Potential Customers
• Google to track in-game behavior?
• Mario Strikers: Charged Football Online Hands-on
• PaRappa Creator Planning Wii Game
• Nintendo Short Cuts Showcase Announced
• Nintendo Counts Down to Smash Bros.
• More VC Support Imminent
• WayForward Jumps on the Wii Bandwagon
• Square Enix party swag

GameTrailers Updates:

• Dragon Quest Swords Japanese trailer 2
• Pac-Man VC footage
• Ninja Gaiden VC footage
• Ninja Spirit VC footage
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams screenshot gallery
• Mortal Kombat Armageddon fighter of the Wii-k
• Dewy’s Adventure trailer 2
• The Wiicast Ep 41
• Projector Rygar announcement trailer
• Harry Potter Wii developer walkthrough
• GameOne EA event overview
• GameOne EA studio tour

GameVideos Updates:

• Alien Syndrome developer diary 2
• Mortal Kombat fighter of the Wii-k

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