Rules and How to Play

Learn the basic rules to playing Mario Strikers: Battle League. Read on to see the list of rules, how to play with these rules, and the best way to take advantage of them!

Rules and How to Play

List of Rules
Play Against Teams of 4 Score Goals Against Opponents Prevent Enemies from Scoring Players Can Equip Gear Players Can Use Items

Play Against Teams of 4

In Mario Strikers: Battle League, each team consists of 4 players, with the one closest to the midfield is the Captain.

Planning out team compositions and formations is essential in order to make use of every member of your time to be effective offensively and defensively.

Best Team Compositions

How Long are Matches?

The length of matches is locked to 4 minutes in Cup Battle Mode, but in Quick Battles, players can set the match length to 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, or even 10 minutes.

Score Goals Against Opponents

Donkey Kong spikes the ball with his Hyper Strike!

Mario Strikers: Battle League is unlike your traditional football game. Here, the rules are bent a bit, where matches are highly physical due to tackles with kicks and punches, while goals are scored sometimes by throwing or spiking the ball.

However, the core principle of scoring goals remain the same, albeit done in a more extreme way.

How To Score Goals Effectively

Vary Your Shots to Score Goals More Easily

There are multiple ways of scoring goals, all of which have their perfect situations of use. In order to take a shot, players must be at their opponent's side of the field before they press or hold the A Button.

Shooting Guide: Tips for Great Shooting

Prevent Enemies from Scoring

Boom Boom failing to block a Hyper Strike!

Conversely, your goal to score points against opponents is their goal as well. Be sure to prevent enemies from scoring goals against you by tackling them, intercepting their passes, and blocking Hyper Strikes!

How to Defend Effectively

Equip Gear to Your Characters

Players are able to equip gear to their characters to increase their stats and attributes and be more effective on the field.

Gear are purchased from the Gear Settings menu using Coins obtained from Cup Battles and more!

Best Gear to Use

Use Items to Your Advantage

Another area where Mario Strikers changes things up compared to classic football is by using items to have an edge against your opponents.

How to Get Items

Items can be obtained by touching ? Blocks or Question Mark Blocks that fall on the field.

Players can only touch rainbow-colored ? Blocks or ? Blocks that are the same color as their team!

List of Items and How to Use

Best Way to Practice

Play on Training Mode

Knowing the rules, players can sharpen their skills by going to Training Mode and try out all gameplay mechanics and use them to its full potential.

After getting more familiar with the rules and techniques, players can try to take on Cup Battle Mode and start winning matches!

Beginner's Guide to Winning Matches

Practice Without CPUs

Players can also experiment on different tactics without having enemy AI by going on two-player mode and keeping the second player's actions idle.

How to Practice Without CPUs

Mario Strikers: Battle League Related Guides

Beginner's Tips and Guides

Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks

Techniques

List of Techniques