Can Nintendo's larger-than-life take on the world's most popular sport prove itself a hit with the critics as well as fans of Mario and serously over-the-top sporting action? Let the cream of the online reviewing world (?) lead the winning (or losing) team out onto the pitch as GamerSquad presents its latest Review Round-up: Mario Strikers Charged.

Essentially a bizarre quick-fix take on ‘the beautiful game’ Mario Strikers Charged arrives as a frenetic limited-attention-span offering that might not attract the more dedicated and hardcore football fans. However, it probably will pull in a huge action-hungry chunk of the Wii’s existing demographic, and a considerable amount of those who ordinarily wouldn’t be drawn to the sport.

The proof is in the pudding, or – if you prefer – in the back of the net, so let’s see what the gathered critical fans think of Mario Strikers Charged. Does it scuff a clearance into its own goal, or slam in a 30-yard screamer that takes the goalkeeper with it?

mistermostyn via gamersquad.com »