{"id":353822,"date":"2022-12-12T11:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=353822"},"modified":"2022-12-12T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:21:48","slug":"mario-strikers-battle-league-final-free-update-birdo-bowser-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/mario-strikers-battle-league-final-free-update-birdo-bowser-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Strikers: Battle League final free update adds Birdo and Bowser Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The last new strikers hit pitch<\/h2>\n<p>It looks like updates for\u00a0<em>Mario Strikers: Battle League\u00a0<\/em>are coming to a close, and they&#8217;re doing it with two familiar faces. The Wave 3 update adds Bowser Jr. and Birdo to the soccer title, in what Nintendo says is the final free update for\u00a0<em>Mario Strikers: Battle League<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Shown off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JYDiMrIEEyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest trailer<\/a>, Bowser Jr. is a balanced competitor with accurate passes. I guess the little dude learned teamwork somewhere. Birdo, meanwhile, is an offensive powerhouse with powerful shots. See them in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mario Strikers: Battle League - 3rd Free Update - Nintendo Switch\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JYDiMrIEEyc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0<em>Mario Strikers\u00a0<\/em>has added three batches of post-launch characters and other updates, like special gear and arenas, it looks like the free updates are coming to a close. Over on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoUK\/status\/1602287685137203200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, Nintendo UK says this is the &#8220;final free update&#8221; for\u00a0<em>Mario Strikers: Battle League<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Though the door may still be open for paid DLC somewhere down the line, it looks like this particular sports spinoff is coming to a close soon.<\/p>\n<h2>End of regulation<\/h2>\n<p><em>Mario Strikers: Battle League\u00a0<\/em>went live back in June of this year, and it seemed to deliver some high-octane soccer to fans. Soccer hadn&#8217;t seen much love in the Mario sports-sphere in some time, so it was nice to see this particular line of spin-offs get a new entry.<\/p>\n<p>While most of the Switch-era sports spinoffs have seen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.destructoid.com\/mario-tennis-aces-update-3-0-brings-new-mode-returning-co-op-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decent number<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.destructoid.com\/mario-golf-super-rush-updates-adds-characters-modes-and-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free post-launch updates<\/a>, it&#8217;s sad to see this particular one come to a close. Whether this means we&#8217;ll see another entry on the way soon or not isn&#8217;t clear yet, but since the Switch seems to be sticking around a while, I&#8217;m hopeful we see some other sports entries revived. Mario needs to play some baseball again, is all I&#8217;m saying.<\/p>\n<p>The third free update for\u00a0<em>Mario Strikers: Battle League\u00a0<\/em>goes live on December 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last new strikers hit pitch It looks like updates for\u00a0Mario Strikers: Battle League\u00a0are coming to a close, and they&#8217;re&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":808,"featured_media":353823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[20904,19110,19140,100,240],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":808,"display_name":"Eric Van Allen","user_nicename":"ericvanallen"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MarioStrikers_Birdo_121222.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Van Allen","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/ericvanallen\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MarioStrikers_Birdo_121222.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353824,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353822\/revisions\/353824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353822"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=353822"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=353822"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=353822"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=353822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}