<s>
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
League	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2022	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Next	O
Level	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
League	I-Application
is	O
a	O
five	O
versus	O
five	O
soccer	B-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Items	O
often	O
function	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
or	O
Mario	B-Application
Tennis	I-Application
-	O
banana	O
peels	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
field	O
and	O
characters	O
will	O
slip	O
on	O
them	O
,	O
while	O
shells	O
can	O
be	O
shot	O
at	O
characters	O
to	O
temporarily	O
knock	O
them	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
"	O
out	O
of	O
bounds	O
"	O
exists	O
on	O
the	O
field	O
,	O
instead	O
,	O
an	O
electric	B-Application
fence	I-Application
is	O
placed	O
around	O
the	O
field	O
;	O
players	O
can	O
check	O
and	O
knock	O
opponents	O
into	O
this	O
fence	O
to	O
stun	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
picks	O
a	O
major	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
character	O
like	O
Mario	B-Application
or	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
-	O
and	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
three	O
other	O
characters	O
to	O
round	O
out	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
eight	O
players	O
can	O
play	O
local	O
multiplayer	O
matches	O
,	O
with	O
players	O
using	O
just	O
one	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
each	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
four	O
versus	O
four	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
computer	O
handling	O
goalkeeping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
new	O
entry	O
in	O
almost	O
15	O
years	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
lengthy	O
gap	O
in	O
releases	O
after	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Strikers	I-Application
(	O
2005	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	I-Application
Charged	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
League	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
wrote	O
favorably	O
on	O
the	O
customization	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
Strikers	O
Club	O
mode	O
and	O
criticized	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
on	O
harder	O
difficulties	O
for	O
being	O
inconsistent	O
and	O
frustrating	O
to	O
contend	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
League	I-Application
sold	O
32,173	O
copies	O
within	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
second	O
bestselling	O
retail	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
