Others say...

"great game"
love this game it has provided me with hours and hours of entertainment. great online gameplay as well.

"Great Concept, Difficulty Scaling is Awful"
Nintendo almost had this game perfected. If you can find 3 other people to play with (who are of similar skill levels), then it can be ridiculously fun. It is a hectic, fast paced, quasi-soccer game that is great to play. However, the Cup mode is far too difficult, and the A.I. seems dirty in much play. Whether it is the cherry-picking shots which often occur on the 3rd level of difficulty and above, or just the level of frustration that occurs from their perfectly placed defense, it's a bit much.

Online play is great, but there aren't many options at all. Matchmaking and opponents closer to your skill level (as well as voice chat) would have been nice.

This game gets a solid 3, with a 4 in concept and innovation, but the difficultly level and only decent online play limit it from being something amazing.

"Good but frustrating."
First I will say that I do enjoy soccer games. I am not a huge sports fan but for some reason that I am unable to explain I enjoy watching and playing soccer games. I found that the graphics for the game were good and the sounds were not too bad either but the animations did get repetitive after playing through about half of the tournament. I also found it very difficult to get off the striker kick without it being interrupted. I found that once you beat the first tournament the AI suddenly became extremely difficult to the point of swearing and finally giving up completely on the game. I have not played it in probably about 6+ months and I might just sell it. I highly recommend that you rent this game before buying it and play for a while.

"Superb multiplayer game!"
Mario Strikers Charged is an absolute blast to play, especially in multiplayer. The single-player experience is a great way to learn the game and unlock all courses/characters. But once you've beaten that and won all of the trophies there's no reason to go back to it. The real draw with this game is the multiplayer. It supports up to 4 players locally but it also has Wi-Fi play on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Nintendo's free online service. You have the option to play with a random person or to play with a friend. There's a friends roster and the game will also tell you how many friends are online. While there aren't an overwhelming amount of people online, it's still relatively easy to find and join a game. Once you do the experience is generally quite good. There's occasional lag but it's not too bad. Just be warned, the people online are ridiculously good.

Mario Strikers Charged is well worth a purchase. It's the kind of game you'll want to hold on to and revisit months from now.

"good game, but not great"
I bought it for my kids (7&6), who love soccer and Mario, so they like it a lot. Graphics are good, Peach looks kinda sexy, hours of fun. Not on my greatest games list, but pretty good for a Nintendo game.