Nintendo Should Make a Standalone Mario Hockey Game
Super Mario spin-offs have been part of the regular life of Nintendo fans since the days of the Super Nintendo. From Mario Kart, to Mario Party, to the numerous RPGs like Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, the spin-offs have become an integral part of the Mario franchise, at least as much as the mainline games. In addition to the aforementioned subseries that emerged as a result of Nintendo wanting to expand Super Mario to different horizons, there are also the numerous sports games starring the Mushroom Kingdom’s denizens, with some of them also becoming their own subseries like Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, Mario Strikers, and Mario Baseball.
With the notable exception of American football, Mario and the gang have competed in almost every popular sport at some point thanks to these dedicated spin-offs and the compilation games like Mario Sports Mix and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. Although the aforementioned compilations are nice, they deprive a lot of popular sports from getting as much attention to detail, fantastical takes on the sports, as well as tributes to the Mario franchise as sports like tennis and golf. In this era of Mario sports games coming back the way fans love, Nintendo should commission a proper, standalone Mario hockey game.
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One of the main reasons people think Nintendo always allowed the Mario gang to play games like tennis and soccer instead of sports like American football is their universal appeal. Soccer in particular has dedicated teams, players, and fans worldwide, with Canadians and Americans being the outlier. Even then, soccer still remains popular in North America.
In the 2000s, two Mario Baseball games were released, and Super Sluggers never
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