• Use the skill the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to win the ball, score unstoppable goals and take control of the goal keeper to perform spectacular saves..
• Will be the first Wii game to have Online Multiplayer by the built-in WiFi option.
• Play against football fanatics from around the world..

Product description ------------------- Take to the pitch in Mario Strikers: Charged, this rocket fuelled football frenzy, the follow-up title to Super Mario Strikers, arrives with a new roster of features, only for Wii.Players form an original team by combining one of 12 captains with three of eight sidekicks before competing in one of the game's many modes. Anything goes in Mario Strikers: Charged, as players are allowed to use a variety of special abilities to clinch important goals.Each captain has his or her own set of skills and super abilities, as well as the ability to perform special s called Mega Strikes, where the iron ball splits into five balls and flies at the goal. The defending player must use the Wii Remote to target and at and shoot these balls out of the air before conceding a goal. In this game, players also can charge energy to the metal ball, making it more likely to find its target when fired at goal.Each of the stadiums in Mario Strikers: Charged has various characteristics and contraptions, which influence game play. Players must learn to use this to their advantage to truly dominate the pitch.Mario Strikers: Charged not only features an action-packed multiplayer mode, but also supports the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, which allows players to take part in tournaments with others. .co.uk Review ------------- If you don’t recognise the name, this is the sequel to Mario Smash Football on the GameCube (the name will likely change for the UK release). The original was one of the hidden gems on Nintendo’s previous console, but this new game is not planning to be quite so coy. For a start it will be one of, if not the, first Wii games to be fully playable online, as Mario and his usual company of heroes and villains take to the pitch for some truly bizarre 5-a-side action. Although the basic rules of football are observed this is no serious simulation, with special moves galore and lots of Mario Kart style power-ups to pick up along the way. The game uses the analogue stick on the nunchuck to move, with the Wii remote itself being used to tackle by gesturing in the appropriate direction. There’s no such thing as a foul in this game so not only do you take possession via a range of painful looking barges but you can also try and push an sing player off the side of the pitch and into an electrified fence. Other elements not usually featured in the beautiful game include the "mega strike", which is a special move unique to each captain and which creates an automatic on goal which the other player has to save with the Wii remote. With football games becoming ever more serious and complicated this should please both sports fans and those simply looking for the next big multiplayer hit. HARRISON DENT