Mario Strikers: Battle League is the Worst Example of Nintendo's Post-Launch Support Formula
Over the last few years, live-service games have become a staple of the video game world. While DLCs and big expansion packs have always been around, the concept of a constantly-evolving game, given regular updates every week or so, is something fairly new. With Fortnite popularizing this concept back in 2017, and other publishers discovering just how lucrative this new model can be, more and more live-service games have started appearing over the years, and even the biggest companies are starting to use the model. Nintendo's most recent sports games, and Mario Strikers: Battle League in particular, are examples of where this live-service model doesn't quite meet its promise.
Released just over a month ago, Mario Strikers: Battle League was met with some fairly negative reviews upon launch. While the gameplay itself was fun and frantic, the amount of content within Mario Strikers: Battle League was incredibly shallow, and unfortunately, this title is just the latest in Nintendo's recent line of disappointing sports games, and the worst example of Nintendo's post-launch support.
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The Nintendo Switch is one of the most successful consoles ever made, and after the disappointment that was the Wii U, it breathed new life into Nintendo as a video game manufacturer and publisher. That being said, not all Nintendo Switch games have been made with same level of care and attention, and even the most high-profile first-party titles can disappoint fans on launch. Nintendo's recent sports games are the perfect example of this.
In 2018, Mario Tennis Aces released on the Nintendo Switch. While the gameplay was satisfying and responsive, it added little to the Mario Tennis formula, and actually
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