Mario Strikers Charged Wii online play, other details

[Shrygue]

via Joystiq


It's been a long time coming, but the Wii's first online-enabled sports game, Mario Strikers: Charged, is getting on towards completion. French gaming mega-site JeuxFrance sat down with the developers at Next Level Games to get some details on how online gameplay will work on the Wii. Among the interesting features:

• Ranked matches will pair players based on win-loss records, but those records will reset at the end of three month "seasons."
• Unranked matches will make use Mii-specific friend lists, so multiple users on one system can have different friends.
• The player that earns the most ranking points every day will have their Mii featured on the log-in screen as the "player of the day." Ranking points are earned based on wins and number of goals. Disconnects will be punished with negative ranking points.
• Online matches can have four players at most (no four-on-four networked play). Ranked matches can be one-on-one or two-on-two, with each team sharing a system. Three-on-one and two-on-one matches are available in unranked games.

The full interview also reveals many new characters and features for the sequel, including a new mega-shot that can be worth up to six points. Six points in one play? Sounds like somebody confused American football and European football again.

[masterpaul]

And thats why Mario's unusual really violent soccer games rule.

"Maybe they should consider a M rating?", said Thompson.