Official Mario Strikers Charged! Discussion and FCs

[Rocko]

Yeah, he didn't do it successfully at all. I played another guy that tried to do it with Toad the whole game, but always got caught. I showed the first guy how to do it right with Dry Bones, though. :lol:

[bardiya27]

I wish there would be a limit of 1 type of sidekick per team. no team full of boo's, dry bones, or toads.

I just played a top player, he had daisy with 3 boo's. His defense sucked, easy win for me. I am surprised he did not dc'd on me.

[lilboo]

Ok here are the people whom I've recently added and probably have NOT yet added me back.
Daroga
Lebowsky
KhaosX
Ep2011
Legendaryhedgehog06
Io
js1
Bardiya
Yukine
CouRageous
seanr1221
Blaine
Rocko
EXStrike
Botticus

030172 514684 <-- Mine

[ratzombie]

I have 26 people who are on my list and have added me back, I'll add you today lilboo.

[KhaosX]

yukine, do you see me as connected, or am i still connecting? I've added everyone on the list already, and i see the names with connecting, but with only 2 connected.

Game wise, i just played someone with like a 2-30 record. I scored so many easy megastrikes on him that i felt kind of sorry, and let him get 10 points after i got 13.

[ratzombie]

yukine, do you see me as connected, or am i still connecting? I've added everyone on the list already, and i see the names with connecting, but with only 2 connected.

Game wise, i just played someone with like a 2-30 record. I scored so many easy megastrikes on him that i felt kind of sorry, and let him get 10 points after i got 13.

I have you added, and you're showing up as Connecting.

I'll hop on right now, lets see if we both need to be on at the same time.

[lilboo]

So wait, you have to be on at the SAME time for this to register? LOL

I have KhaosX just pop up and says "Connected" does that mean we are now connected as friends--OR--he's just online right now?

Edit: I just went back and his says "NOT connected"..and everyone else is "Connecting"..so once I see people as "Not connected" that means we are confirmed as friends..but...just not online?

[KhaosX]

I actually just logged in and saw you online, before you left. I was just about to invite you to a game but you logged off. I guess both people need to be connected first in order to register as friends

[lilboo]

LOL, yes sorry! I was just on there adding my friends FC. If both people have to be logged online at the same time for it to register, that's VERY lame. You don't even have to do that for DS games! You just have to register them, and sign onto WFC. Then they do the same and you're eventually connected..lol it even works that way for the Wii code!

[RedvsBlue]

You know, this game can be so damn frustratingly, cheaply difficult at times but its just so damn fun that you just can't put it down.

[ratzombie]

You're showing as Not Connected now, KhaosX.

I'm not sure how this works, as I've added a bunch of people and they were not on at the same time and still showed up as Not Connected.

Maybe a firewall on your end prevented it from showing us as connected, but that was bypassed when you're really connected? I don't know.

I'll be leaving my Mario Strikers connected to experiment whether or not we need to be connected at the same time, as I have a few people on my list that are showing as Connecting. So if I don't accept your invite, don't think I'm just being a jerk.

[lilboo]

You're showing as Not Connected now, KhaosX.

I'm not sure how this works, as I've added a bunch of people and they were not on at the same time and still showed up as Not Connected.

Maybe a firewall on your end prevented it from showing us as connected, but that was bypassed when you're really connected? I don't know.

I'll be leaving my Mario Strikers connected to experiment whether or not we need to be connected at the same time, as I have a few people on my list that are showing as Connecting. So if I don't accept your invite, don't think I'm just being a jerk.

Actually, I think if it says NOT connected it means you ARE friends, but that person is not on.

When I checked, Khaos was the only person that said connected--and then said NOT connected. Everyone else (whom I suppose didn't add me yet) says "Connecting"

[Rocko]

Connecting, you are not friends, and I believe you both must be added and on at the same time to become friends.

Not connected, you are confirmed friends but he is not online. Connected and, well, he's online.

[lilboo]

I'm logged in now--not looking to play w/ anyone..but if anyone adds me.. now is the time to do so!

EDIT: Ok I am pretty confident and sure that you do NOT need to be online at the same time to register.
How do I know this?

I used my friends Mii and went online. I put my friend code on his friends list. I then logged out, put HIS friend code on my friends list. He then went online for a little bit to play some matches..I log back in and along with KhaosX, his name came up as "Not connected"..meaning he is my registered friend. Plus at your main WiFi screen.."Nintendo WFC Central" it says at the top underneath how many days/hours left in the season..says "0 out of 2 friends connected"

So clearly we were never online at the same time. Just have to do it the old fashioned way of putting in the FC..and just being online for it to register.

[ratzombie]

Yeah, I know what the difference is.

I'm just wondering why I can add a bunch of CAGs and they show up as Not Connected (as friends) but for others... like Khaos, it doesn't show us as friends until we're both on at the same time. I think it's a firewall issue, or something.

I assume you all have Wii Connect 24 on, correct? Maybe for the people not showing up as friends don't have it on, and thus we both need to be connected at the same time for it to register.

[lilboo]

Yeah, I know what the difference is.

I'm just wondering why I can add a bunch of CAGs and they show up as Not Connected (as friends) but for others... like Khaos, it doesn't show us as friends until we're both on at the same time. I think it's a firewall issue, or something.

I assume you all have Wii Connect 24 on, correct? Maybe for the people not showing up as friends don't have it on, and thus we both need to be connected at the same time for it to register.


Are you on right now?
I'm on, and you're still connecting :(

[ratzombie]

Are you on right now?
I'm on, and you're still connecting :(

I was on, and it was showing you as online.

[lilboo]

I was on, and it was showing you as online.

Damnit, my friend is playing now. I'll have to check it when he's done...so if you saw me online..then you should be connected now as a friend :D

[Plinko]

Just had a game with some girl named Astrid who tried to Hammer spam me over and over.

I've FINALLY gotten the hang of how to deal with it. We split the first two games and I took the last game 1-0.

I have to admit--with the people I've played online, I was this close to selling the game. The more I play, though, the more I see how to deal with this crap, and the game gets better and better. When you play a close game with someone who doesn't use the cheap tactics, the game is phenomenal.

I'll add my friend code soon.

[Rocko]

I had one guy that had Peach with a team of 3 Birdos. I easily dominated him with Diddy and Dry Bones, sicne his whole team was slow except Peach and those two are quick. And I took the ball from him easily by making him deke with Birdo, then stealing.

[lilboo]

Yukine... I'm online now, and it still says "Connecting" with you.. :(

Rocko, add me back!

[ArthurDigbySellers]

I'm out of town on business through Friday this week, but I took my copy of Strikers with me. I'm going to bring it over to a friend's house with a copy of my Mii on my Wiimote.

I'm wondering if I transfer my Mii to my friend's Wii if my record will remain intact or if the Mii data is tied to the Wii it was created on? Has anyone tried to use their Mii on another system with Strikers?

[Rocko]

I will when I turn on the Wii later tonight, lilboo.

[ratzombie]

I'm out of town on business through Friday this week, but I took my copy of Strikers with me. I'm going to bring it over to a friend's house with a copy of my Mii on my Wiimote.

I'm wondering if I transfer my Mii to my friend's Wii if my record will remain intact or if the Mii data is tied to the Wii it was created on? Has anyone tried to use their Mii on another system with Strikers?

Nope, but give it a shot and tell us if it works.

[KhaosX]

I'm logged in now--not looking to play w/ anyone..but if anyone adds me.. now is the time to do so!

EDIT: Ok I am pretty confident and sure that you do NOT need to be online at the same time to register.
How do I know this?

I used my friends Mii and went online. I put my friend code on his friends list. I then logged out, put HIS friend code on my friends list. He then went online for a little bit to play some matches..I log back in and along with KhaosX, his name came up as "Not connected"..meaning he is my registered friend. Plus at your main WiFi screen.."Nintendo WFC Central" it says at the top underneath how many days/hours left in the season..says "0 out of 2 friends connected"

So clearly we were never online at the same time. Just have to do it the old fashioned way of putting in the FC..and just being online for it to register.

Are both your Mii's on the same system? If so, thats probably why you didnt have to be on at the same time. The Wiiconnect24 seems like a feasible arguement. Mine is off, so i guess in the little time im playing online, it doesnt register people fast enough.

[ratzombie]

Are both your Mii's on the same system? If so, thats probably why you didnt have to be on at the same time. The Wiiconnect24 seems like a feasible arguement. Mine is off, so i guess in the little time im playing online, it doesnt register people fast enough.
Try keeping Wii Connect 24 on overnight, and see if it works.

[snipegod]

In the second round tournament series of V Man (V Man) vs. snipegod (DannyBoy), I won 2-0, 3-0.

Good games, V Man.

[io]

I'm going to get on in a bit (as soon as I get my son to stop playing Mario Party 6 ;)) and add everyone else in the OP. I'll see what the status of the "Connecting..." people from last week are. I know Botticus and some others were still showing that way several days after I added them.

[V Man]

In the second round tournament series of V Man (V Man) vs. snipegod (DannyBoy), I won 2-0, 3-0.

Good games, V Man.
nicely played wall defense with dry bones.... haha i knew i shoulda practiced more... how the hell did you score from my goalie's lob pass!?! geezus you hit a lot, and all your lobs were connecting...
good game!

[EXStrike]

GG, lilboo. At least, I think that was you.

[snipegod]

Lilboo, I've added you. My FC is in the OP.

I've added everyone, in fact, who has posted their FC, and these people still say "connecting":

pasteater
Craig
Hink
Groucho
Sean
Berg
konicki465
Alison
Rig
Tommy
Panasonic
Steve
J Buck
Blaine
SirFragalt
botticus

So, all you listed please add me to your friendlist. I always like a friendly game ... and perhaps a movie and spoon afterwards.

[js1]

I'm on if any one wants to play.

[snipegod]

nicely played wall defense with dry bones.... haha i knew i shoulda practiced more... how the hell did you score from my goalie's lob pass!?! geezus you hit a lot, and all your lobs were connecting...
good game!

Yeah. The scoring from the goalie pass was something that I had seen happen to me a few times, so I wanted to try and implement it.

Thanks, man, and good games again!

[ratzombie]

Sorry for disconnecting on you, EXStrike. But for some reason the second match was laggy as hell, it was like 1 frame a second!

[lilboo]

GG, lilboo. At least, I think that was you.

Yeah that was me! lol I'm not all that great yet.. :( But hey at least in the first round you didn't completely destroy me :) hooray for my 2 goals :D

I'm getting the hang of it more now, so I feel good about playing more people online!

[EXStrike]

Don't worry about it, yukine.

That first match was intense, though. I can't believe I got that shot in right at the buzzer!

[KhaosX]

I see 5 of you guys now, 3 actually being online. Thats a record for me.

[js1]

Good game yukine.

[ratzombie]

Nah, not really. I'm having an off night, been losing every game I play. :lol:

[Rocko]

Just for kicks, I kicked Daisy's ass in the fire cup 85-0.

:lol:

[io]

I made runs at the Crystal Cup last night and failed. The first time I tried using my boys as thugs having them tackle people so I could get clear megastrikes. The problem is they didn't do it consistently enough and the CPU player had an unending supply of items and special abilities to use against us. We got to the semifinal match and lost.

Then I tried it by myself and had a much easier time getting through the qualifiers (I think I lost only one game). Then I breezed through the two macthes to get to Diddy Kong. One scary moment - I tried the trick lebowsky mentioned that is supposedly breaking online and I couldn't get it to work for the life of me. It seems impossible in fact. I ended up scoring a goal for the opponent while trying it which tied the score and I had to win in overtime.

Then Diddy Kong fucking blew me away. That cheap-ass Crystal Canyon field knocks everyone out then seems to give him free reign to megastrike all day long. I got my own off too - in one game I got FOUR megastrikes off and he blocked every fucking one of them! I couldn't believe it. I'll try it a few more times, but damn is it frustrating to have to play those 10 qualifiers every time. That was a HUGE design flaw in the game IMO. They are easy to get through but tedious. I'm usually having severe (wrist) pain by the time the finals start :lol:.

[Rocko]

How exactly does his trick work? The goalie throws automatically after a while. Are you supposed to just pass it back and forth from player to goalie?

Edit: Just took down rank 603. Had something like 8x wins and 3x losses. Did a lot of lob passing. I ended up winning in OT in game 3 thanks to Diddy Kong's special- two of his players walked right into the beam and it gave me a clear shot at the goal with Birdo's skill shot. Woo!

[io]

How exactly does his trick work? The goalie throws automatically after a while. Are you supposed to just pass it back and forth from player to goalie?

I dunno, I must have misunderstood as I find it impossible. Something about hiding behind the goalie, but obviously I don't know the specifics of it. The goalie moves right in front of the goal so there's no way to get behind him as far as I can tell.

Anyway, I hopped online to check out my friends list and many of the "Connecting..." have now, apparently, connected. I had 18 connected, and the following still connecting: CombatCraig, ep2011, konicki465, LegendaryHedgehog, and lyric706. If you guys haven't added me please do. I also added everyone else from the list in the OP (including you Rocko), so add me if you want.

I tried the challenges for the first time and did about 6 of them. I'm having a hard time with the "win by X" challenges - the ones where you play as Peach and Waluigi. If I could figure out how to control Waluigi it might help :lol:. The problem with these chalenges is they use characters that I've never played with before, but that's what makes them interesting.

[Rocko]

Hmm, odd, as I have you added, io. You're still connecting, as well as probably 15 or so people. I have 10 connected.

[io]

Hmm, odd, as I have you added, io. You're still connecting, as well as probably 15 or so people. I have 10 connected.

Well I just added you (and the rest of the ones in the OP that weren't there early last week) late Sunday night, so that's no surprise. It will "connect" soon enough. It is quite clear that it happens when you aren't on (there seemed to be some question about that earlier) as I haven't hopped online with it in several days and I went from about 6 connected to 18 in that time.

[ratzombie]

I dunno, I must have misunderstood as I find it impossible. Something about hiding behind the goalie, but obviously I don't know the specifics of it. The goalie moves right in front of the goal so there's no way to get behind him as far as I can tell.

Anyway, I hopped online to check out my friends list and many of the "Connecting..." have now, apparently, connected. I had 18 connected, and the following still connecting: CombatCraig, ep2011, konicki465, LegendaryHedgehog, and lyric706. If you guys haven't added me please do. I also added everyone else from the list in the OP (including you Rocko), so add me if you want.

I tried the challenges for the first time and did about 6 of them. I'm having a hard time with the "win by X" challenges - the ones where you play as Peach and Waluigi. If I could figure out how to control Waluigi it might help :lol:. The problem with these chalenges is they use characters that I've never played with before, but that's what makes them interesting.
A couple of those CAGs are showing up as connecting for me as well, I'm wondering if it's because they haven't played in the past week or so? That way, the system doesn't know we have added them and vice versa.

[007]

In terms of the 'connecting' thing, I can tell you that I've been out of town for about a week now, so not playing Strikers may have something to do with that popping up.

Regardless, I'm going to add all of the people in the first post that I haven't already sometime this evening. *thumbs up*

[KhaosX]

Im having the most trouble with the Yoshi vs Wario challange. Played it about 20 some times now, and the most i was able to score was 4.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

I dunno, I must have misunderstood as I find it impossible. Something about hiding behind the goalie, but obviously I don't know the specifics of it. The goalie moves right in front of the goal so there's no way to get behind him as far as I can tell.

As far as goalie camping, I know that it worked for me online and the other player could not get to me at all. Whenever he would try to charge into the goalie's box, I would just touch the goalie with my player which would hand the ball to the goalie who is invinceable. Then I would just pass it back to the closest player and run back into the goal. You don't have to be behind the goalie, just close enough that you can touch him if one of your opponents players tries to get to you.

I tried it offline and had problems doing it as well. The CPU seemed to be able to quickly tackle me or steal the ball while I was trying to keep close to the goalie.

It seems like it can definitely be countered, but it is not easy for an actual player. The fact that some of the top players pull this crap says something about how useful it is.

[MisterHand]

I've been out of town, but hope to add everybody who's been added to the list in the last week or so tonight.

What are the "online issues" that IGN has been complaining about? I've personally experienced lag in a handful of games, but haven't seen anything out of the ordinary.

[KhaosX]

Well i think its clear by now top players in MCS all abuse a certain move any chance they get. If they have to goalie camp for those extra 10 points and theres little to no chance to stop it, whats stopping them from doing it. Like they really care about moral victory in an online game. I bet a good handful of these players would get their ass handed to them if they played in a real live tournament.

[Rocko]

I've started denying 3-star connections, some of the lag has been terrible. I've only had 4 or 5 4-star connections be laggy.

[Sir_Fragalot]

Well personally I have been not loving Mario Strikers like I should be. I only connected twice, but that is because in order to play I have to move my Wii and the cables around which sucks because the wireless connection on my router is fucked up. When I move in to college next friday I will be playing more regulary.

Oh and any tips for the 8th challenge (the one with yoshi), I got my ass handed to me too many times.

[judyjudyjudy]

We finally got this game over the weekend, and from what little we've played, it's pretty fun. We're still terrible, but at least it's entertaining in the process.

My fiance made an attempt at online play, and he ended up facing rank #207. He got owned pretty badly. There was a lot of that head-bouncing passes (is that lob passing?) from the opponent, and the guy also used a lot of those electric shots that zapped our goalies.

I know I'm behind on this thread, so sorry if this has already been discussed... What rank is everybody at right now? What tactics seem to be really common online? Also, are two shots of the Megastrikes impossible to block? It seems like we could never block the last two Megastrike shots in online play...

[io]

I know I'm behind on this thread, so sorry if this has already been discussed... What rank is everybody at right now? What tactics seem to be really common online? Also, are two shots of the Megastrikes impossible to block? It seems like we could never block the last two Megastrike shots in online play...

Due to lag I only ever seem to be able to block the first megastrike shot in online play, and yet can almost always block them all when playing the CPU. I'm talking "slow" shots in each case. Last time I played the guy seemed aware of this as he would do the quickest, easiest megastrikes by finishing it off as fast as he could so it was only 4 shots without being in the green or red. I'd have no problem with those offline, but online is a different matter.

Lebowsky - gotcha, that's what I ended up doing in my offline match (against the CPU). Worked except for the one time I toad jumped into my own goal (trying to get behind the goalie :lol:). Otherwise I just stuck near him and had to pass quite a bit. I was able to use it sucessfully in one of the challenges once I got the lead - killed about 40 seconds or so that way. The CPU only went after me every 10-15 seconds.

[KhaosX]

We finally got this game over the weekend, and from what little we've played, it's pretty fun. We're still terrible, but at least it's entertaining in the process.

My fiance made an attempt at online play, and he ended up facing rank #207. He got owned pretty badly. There was a lot of that head-bouncing passes (is that lob passing?) from the opponent, and the guy also used a lot of those electric shots that zapped our goalies.

I know I'm behind on this thread, so sorry if this has already been discussed... What rank is everybody at right now? What tactics seem to be really common online? Also, are two shots of the Megastrikes impossible to block? It seems like we could never block the last two Megastrike shots in online play...

Lets see, those head-bouncing passes you are referring are most likely Lob passes. If circles appear on the floor, then they definitly are. The electric shots are drybone's skillshot.

Megastikes shots are not impossible to block, but it can be a bit difficult online when theres alot of lag.

As for common online tatics i see (from higher ranked players)
boo/toad/drybone deke
hammer spam (which i notice is starting to die down)
massive lobbing
goalie camping

One tatic which this one guy used against me was pretty unique. He dekes with diddy right into my goalie on purpose, in the middle of the deke, he passes the ball quickly to another guy who gets an easy score on the occupied goalie.

[judyjudyjudy]

Due to lag I only ever seem to be able to block the first megastrike shot in online play, and yet can almost always block them all when playing the CPU. I'm talking "slow" shots in each case. Last time I played the guy seemed aware of this as he would do the quickest, easiest megastrikes by finishing it off as fast as he could so it was only 4 shots without being in the green or red. I'd have no problem with those offline, but online is a different matter.Yeah, that's another thing I noticed, the whole quickie megastrike thing. Is it because of the lag? We have a 4-star connection, so I'd hope this isn't the case. But yeah, offline the Megastrikes are totally manageable for us also.

[snipegod]

If it's lag, you know it. The game is choppy.

I haven't gotten much of it at all on 4 star. 3 star can be iffy, but mostly isn't.

[Rocko]

It's really annoying to miss slow shot megastrikes online, because I can block every single one against the CPU, even the green ones (orange not so much). I barely ever megastrike online.

I do love Diddy's special though. Saved me a few times. Although I've also sabotaged myself with it.

[ratzombie]

I never have problems with the mega strikes, I can usually block them all pretty well. Even when it's in the orange and is a 4 shot... but when it's a 6 shot I'll usually miss one or two.

I'm pretty good at deking over the goalie, but I only do that shit when someone starts doing it to me. And in that case, I start tormenting them by letting the replays run all the way through, and hold the ball with the goalie as long as possible. :evil:

[Rocko]

I never let replays run, but if some dude lets his replays run I always make sure to let all of my replays run the full length.

[wjhard63]

Im having the most trouble with the Yoshi vs Wario challange. Played it about 20 some times now, and the most i was able to score was 4.

Hey Khaos - I posted this back about 8 or 9 pages ago - this may or may not help you with the challenge:

I know that this was a couple pages back, but I had the some problem with Challenge 8 and just beat it tonight.

On strategy I used was, whenever I had the ball at kick-off, I went 45 degrees southeast and then went to the bottom of the screen on the half line. Usually Wario is the only defender on you and will allow you to take a four megastrike shot (sometimes five if he stops in his tracks completely before you start the megastrike). Since it takes a while for the Dry Bones to get to you from their position guarding the other players, you have the time for the quick megastrike.

Also, I lob passed a ton and seemed to get items quicker that way, especially when I was passing a fully charged ball.

After you score on Wario, just wait for him to deke and then steal and go into the egg (the ball stays with you) and head back to the bottom off the half line and when the dry bones are a 1/4 screen away or flattened go for the megastrike or just use the star into the m.s.

I've also heard a fully charged ball from the bottom of the imaginary quarterline (the line between the half and the goal) gets past Kritter regularly.

I hope that helps - good luck!

[ratzombie]

I never let replays run, but if some dude lets his replays run I always make sure to let all of my replays run the full length.
Yea, I'm the same way. :lol:

[KhaosX]

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

Ok so i was organizing data between some Wii's and appariently i didnt know moving and copying data from SD cards would kill off your online Mii status/FC/friend list and all that jazz. With that said, my FC is different now and i have to re-add all of you guys again and vice versa.

My new FC is : 472554 362088

And now, back to the tedious process of re-adding everyone...
Sorry folks, wont happen again:bomb::bomb::bomb:

[ratzombie]

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

Ok so i was organizing data between some Wii's and appariently i didnt know moving and copying data from SD cards would kill off your online Mii status/FC/friend list and all that jazz. With that said, my FC is different now and i have to re-add all of you guys again and vice versa.

My new FC is : 472554 362088

And now, back to the tedious process of re-adding everyone...
Sorry folks, wont happen again:bomb::bomb::bomb:

That sucks, I'll delete and add your new code right now.

[KhaosX]

Yea we should put that as a warning or something in the OP for any future reference... Anyways ill be playing a few ranks now, if anyone wants to play let me know

[ratzombie]

I didn't think it was possible, but you're even better than before Si.

[EXStrike]

I'm pretty good at deking over the goalie, but I only do that shit when someone starts doing it to me. And in that case, I start tormenting them by letting the replays run all the way through, and hold the ball with the goalie as long as possible. :evil:

Heh, same idea for me. I won't do certain things until its done against me. I won't do a Mega Strike unless the other person does it, I won't Hammerspam unless someone starts doing cheap shit against me.

Obviously, I need to go practice goalie dekeing, because that's impossible with my sidekicks. :D

[Rocko]

I have no qualms about using Hammer Bros or Megastriking first, but opportunities to do so are few and far between, so I don't usually do it much.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

Ok so i was organizing data between some Wii's and appariently i didnt know moving and copying data from SD cards would kill off your online Mii status/FC/friend list and all that jazz. With that said, my FC is different now and i have to re-add all of you guys again and vice versa.

My new FC is : 472554 362088

And now, back to the tedious process of re-adding everyone...
Sorry folks, wont happen again:bomb::bomb::bomb:

I would really like to know exactly what you did to cause that to happen. I copied my Mii to my Wiimote (via the Mii Channel) and I plan on using it at a friends house. If I jacked up my Strikers info because of that, I'm going to be pissed.

It sounds like you were copying actual data, but I still don't understand how your data was deleted.

[Legendaryhedgehog06]

I didn't think it was possible, but you're even better than before Si.

yukine vs Si
0 - 7
0 - 3

LOL sorry, I think my aggressive game has improved somewhat but my defense still blows. I did one tiny swap in sidekicks and wow what a difference it made. (I used to have Dry Bones up front but now Shy Guy is there and DB is in back) He has the speed and the defensive power to get back or up front if need be, and having Shy Guy up there is like having another Mario, he can score or set up Birdo.

[bardiya27]

whos your captain si?

[KhaosX]

I would really like to know exactly what you did to cause that to happen. I copied my Mii to my Wiimote (via the Mii Channel) and I plan on using it at a friends house. If I jacked up my Strikers info because of that, I'm going to be pissed.

It sounds like you were copying actual data, but I still don't understand how your data was deleted.
Yes i was copying actual data. My friend just got the game and he was to lazy to unlock the contents. Me having already beaten crystal cup and the challenges up til Yoshi vs Wario, I decided to copy my data on an SD card to transfer over to his. While at his place, after a few hours i finally beat strikers cup (damn that shit is insane, took me 3 tries). I copied the data back onto my SD card, and brought it home since i didnt want to go through that tedious strikers cup tourny. Lo and behold, my Mii's online data was all gone.

Side note: Petey Piranha is insane! Even with low speed, with his size and defensive stat, if he tackle spams, he can catch up to any speed character on the run.

Edit: Copying a Mii shouldnt kill your online data, only moving the actual game data. I should have researched it earlier before i did it. Lesson learned, NEVER help a friend.

By the way, this all makes a bit of sense now. This shows your online data is saved on your system and isnt server side (with the exception of top scorer). Since i dont keep my wiiconnect24 on all the time, i can only register people when i see them online myself. I recken people with wiiconnect24 have plenty registered, while the ones who dont have very few?

[ratzombie]

yukine vs Si
0 - 7
0 - 3

LOL sorry, I think my aggressive game has improved somewhat but my defense still blows. I did one tiny swap in sidekicks and wow what a difference it made. (I used to have Dry Bones up front but now Shy Guy is there and DB is in back) He has the speed and the defensive power to get back or up front if need be, and having Shy Guy up there is like having another Mario, he can score or set up Birdo.

That wasn't a tournament game, you didn't have to post the scores asshole. :lol:

I've always used DB in the back, and have been experimenting with who I like in the front... been using birdo and tried a few others but have now been using Shy Guy because of you.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

By the way, this all makes a bit of sense now. This shows your online data is saved on your system and isnt server side (with the exception of top scorer). Since i dont keep my wiiconnect24 on all the time, i can only register people when i see them online myself. I recken people with wiiconnect24 have plenty registered, while the ones who dont have very few?

Well that really sucks that the data is stored offline. I was hoping that the friends list that is tied to your Mii could be carried over to other online games since I assumed it was stored online. Looks like separate friend codes for each game is pretty much confirmed.

[botticus]

Well that really sucks that the data is stored offline. I was hoping that the friends list that is tied to your Mii could be carried over to other online games since I assumed it was stored online. Looks like separate friend codes for each game is pretty much confirmed.
I'm not sure how this says anything one way or another. The fact that things are saved locally (i.e. deleting your Mii will wipe out your Strikers records) seems to make it more likely that future online games could be tied to your Mii, and thereby to the same friend code. But that doesn't mean they will. The friend list and all that stuff is implemented in-game, so I wouldn't imagine that would carry over.

[KhaosX]

I dont think the same FC can be used. The FC is generated as a new Mii goes online, and then that data is stored on your save data, no the Mii itself. Im using the exact same Mii as before, so when i deleted my first record, the FC/online data went along with it, and now it treats my Mii as a completely new online entry.

[lilboo]

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

Ok so i was organizing data between some Wii's and appariently i didnt know moving and copying data from SD cards would kill off your online Mii status/FC/friend list and all that jazz. With that said, my FC is different now and i have to re-add all of you guys again and vice versa.

My new FC is : 472554 362088

And now, back to the tedious process of re-adding everyone...
Sorry folks, wont happen again:bomb::bomb::bomb:


So I'm deleting your old name and just adding this? Make sure you add me back :D lol

[KhaosX]

Hilarious... i just fought against 3 people online with a$ as their tag. I beat all three of them. The 3rd one takes the cake though, he was a hammer spammer, a replay watcher, AND a disconnector. Disconnected right when his last second hammer skillshot didnt make it in intime to tie up the game.

Anywho i added you all back, now i just gotta wait to see you guys online at the same time.

[mpj31]

Si HAS gotten really good. A week ago it was honestly almost neck and neck. I took the week off and finally played him today and he crushed me. I guess I didn't realize how well the mid level players can shoot (Mario and Shyguy). Might have to adjust my team accordingly if I ever want a chance.

Btw scores were something like this:

4 - 0
6 - 2

[Legendaryhedgehog06]

Tournament Match
Legendaryhedgehog06 (Si) vs mpj31 (Koopa)

Game 1
Si: 3 - Koopa: 0
Game 2
Si: 6 - Koopa: 2

Winner: Legendaryhedgehog06 (Si)
Good games d00d:applause:. You've gotten a lot better. Damn I still don't know how to nail that mid air lob steal that you were running all over my ass with.

We had another game afterwards just for the hell of it. Damn the 2nd game was nuts. for about a minute the ball stayed white and we were just stealing, passing, taking shots non stop it was nuts.
In the end I won 8-2 and in the mother of all down to the wire matches 4-3. Great games man that was the most fun I've had with this game for a while.

[mpj31]

I can say I've improved intercepting the ball. I used to just wildly just press A which works, but now I actually try to use one of my faster players to do it under control.

[io]

I can say I've improved intercepting the ball. I used to just wildly just press A which works, but now I actually try to use one of my faster players to do it under control.

Wait, you can press 'A' to steal the ball? I thought that switched characers?

And all this talk of stealing lobbed passes? Hell, I can't even figure out how to stop the CPU from twirling with Birdo and making shots. And it seems every time I get a star I get tackled instantly by the CPU yet when the CPU gets it they can run all over and get megastrikes while knocking all my tacklers unconscious.

You people have progressed so far beyond me it isn't even funny. I don't even want to play online any more :lol:.

[Rocko]

When they've got Birdo, I get close to act like I'm coming in, then back off when they twirl. There's a period after twirling where you can get in and steal, but they can't move. Same with Hammer Bros. deke. Both are all about timing.

[io]

Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck

...sorry, just had to vent.

So I played the Crystal Cup again tonight and breezed through the qualifiers. I think I was 9-0-1. I beat the two challengers pretty easily (though one was close at 3-2). Then I got to Diddy (yet again). In the first game I surprised myself and scored first. So I decided to goalie camp. Pretty boring, but it did the job and I won 1-0. In the second game I scored again, but even faster this time. So I goalie camped and goalie camped and goalie camped. With about 6 seconds left I thought I'd run out a little just for variety. Bad move. His Koopa nails me into the wall, steals the ball, charges up a shot and electrifies the goalie then hits it in on the rebound with all of 2 seconds left. Meanwhile my other character is completely useless being all the way across the field (it was 2-on-2). Then he got one of those cheap-ass dry bones goals in overtime. That shit is just outrageous. I've never really played with or against the Dry Bones that much. But I swear he did his deke move from at least 4 goalie body-widths from the goalie and just teleported into the damn goal. That is ridiculous. And the ball wasn't charged up either. Can you do this every fucking time with him? It looks like it requires no skill whatsoever, unlike Toad jumping (which is how I scored my goal in the first game). Then I lost the 3rd game on two more of those shots. I kept Diddy from doing anything but those damn Dry Bones did me in.

Fuck Fuck Fuck

Now I have to start all over for, like, the 6th time... And I was SO DAMN CLOSE!

[ratzombie]

Damn, that sucks io.

I beat the Crystal Cup with no losses, and with the golden foot and brick wall awards. By repeatedly jumping over the goalie with toad. Is it cheap? Yes... but I was playing legit until the computer did the same exact move on me. ;)

[Rocko]

I'm about to start Crystal Cup, and I plan on Dry Bones deke-ing the hell out of it.

[io]

Damn, that sucks io.

I beat the Crystal Cup with no losses, and with the golden foot and brick wall awards. By repeatedly jumping over the goalie with toad. Is it cheap? Yes... but I was playing legit until the computer did the same exact move on me. ;)

How do you stop Diddy's Dry Bones dekes though? I mean when it is only 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 and he's all alone, there isn't much you can do.

I've NEVER seen the computer toad jump. That's what I did to get the goal in the first game and I did it occasionally during the qualifiers. But it only works about 1 out of 5 times for me, so I don't like to do it too much. I'm better at lob passing between Luigi and my two Toad forwards and getting easy goals that way. At least until I run up against a team of thugs. A couple of the qualifying matches were like that. I never really noticed the different strategy the CPU uses so much before - some teams tackle constantly so I had to try to make good use of the items, which I find difficult. Also, when I played Diddy I noticed he was stealing my lobs mid-air. How the fuck does he do that?

[Rocko]

Well, got through the Crystal qualifiers 10-0 easily and got the Brick Wall and Golden Foot. Beat the first qualifier, somewhat challenging. Got the final qualifier and the final match to do now.

Beat the final qualifier. Beat Diddy Kong 5-1 in game 1, 5-4 in overtime of game 2 (only 4 seconds over). He didn't try to Dry Bones deke me once.

[ratzombie]

Yeah, I didn't get any DB dekes... so YMMV?

[io]

Yeah, I didn't get any DB dekes... so YMMV?

Dammit, that's like all he did to me :bomb:.

[botticus]

Alright, I was lax in my duty yesterday - the deadline has arrived for round 2 - we still have 3 matches that have not been completed. If you are part of those three matches, and you have been unable to contact your opponent, let me know and I will forfeit in your direction. If you've just completely forgotten, you've got a day to get a match together or I'll have to randomly forfeit one of the parties or something, or I may have to give the 3rd round opponents a bye into the semi-finals.

konicki465 (konicki465) vs. js1 (js1)
CouRageous (Johnathan) vs. ep2011 (Eric)
trip1ex (Dad) vs. seanr1221 (Sean)

[ep2011]

Alright, I was lax in my duty yesterday - the deadline has arrived for round 2 - we still have 3 matches that have not been completed. If you are part of those three matches, and you have been unable to contact your opponent, let me know and I will forfeit in your direction. If you've just completely forgotten, you've got a day to get a match together or I'll have to randomly forfeit one of the parties or something, or I may have to give the 3rd round opponents a bye into the semi-finals.

konicki465 (konicki465) vs. js1 (js1)
CouRageous (Johnathan) vs. ep2011 (Eric)
trip1ex (Dad) vs. seanr1221 (Sean)

I messaged CouRageous awhile ago about when we should match, and he said he was busy... I don't know now though, he never replied saying he wasn't busy. I'll message him again.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Well I brought Strikers over to my friends house last night along with my Mii. Of course my stats were not brought over with the Mii (after hearing that the friends list is saved locally I didn't think it would anyway).

I would have been really nice if you could just port your Mii from one Wii to another and have WFC recognize it and pull down your friends list and stats. Oh well.

[snipegod]

Well I brought Strikers over to my friends house last night along with my Mii. Of course my stats were not brought over with the Mii (after hearing that the friends list is saved locally I didn't think it would anyway).

Did you store your Mii into the Wiimote before or after your used the Mii to play (and have data saved from) Mario Strikers?

I wonder if it's just a problem of the Mii on your Wiimote is not the most recent data for that Mii.

[KhaosX]

The online record is on the game data while tied to the mii and not on the Mii itself. If it was on the Mii itself, then i shouldnt have had the problem of my record getting deleted when i didnt even touch my Mii.

[snipegod]

Yes, indeed. My bad.

[js1]

I still have not been able to play konicki465 . I have pm'ed him a couple of times and he said he would be able to play but nothing would come out of it.

[daroga]

Good games, Rocko. Your Internet die?

Man oh man, the end of the first game was great. Did you see that goal to tie it at the end go in a split second after time expired? ;)

[Rocko]

Damnit daroga, I'm so sorry about that lost connection. There must be a storm around here or something, because the power went out for like two seconds and came right back, but it's not even raining. Ugh. We have to do another matchup, but I don't want to now in case that happens again.

The end of the first was insane. I was shocked your goal didn't count, I think that's as close as it gets.

Sorry again, I hope we can play again later. :)

[daroga]

Yeah, they were great games. My wife looked at me like I was retarded when that first game ended. A cry went out that wasn't quite normal from me ;)

[seanr1221]

Just got back from the beach today, so I will try to get something together with trip asap.

[KhaosX]

Good game Groucho. You're the first person I've seen online use daisy. Shes my main too. Half the game i was looking at your hammerbro trying to pass to him.

[Rocko]

Yo daroga, wake up, I'm inviting you to a game. ;)

[Strell]

Sup fools. My FC be all up ins:

077417-710340

I will be adding people potentially tonight, if not tomorrow.

[Rocko]

Those were clsoe games. The second one should've been yours, too. My goal with dry bones was cheap, and I actually didn't even mean to shoot with him... then your chomp sabotaged you while you were megastriking.

It was really just luck, because we were both lobbing to our heavy hitters, but yours didn't go in and mine did. Good games. Love to play ya again sometime.

Oh, like now.

[daroga]

Man, Rocko, must all of our games be so freaking close? I feel like we're really not playing till the last 30 seconds ;)

[Rocko]

Seriously, each one went down to the wire except the first one of the second series (where you dominated 5-2 :lol:). Definitely close games. I got that last goal of game 2 in just in time. So nerve racking.

[js1]

I will be sure to add you my list strell.

[KhaosX]

Another 3 hours spent today trying to beat challenge 8. Finally beat it out of luck. Most frustrating challenge yet.

[io]

Do you get anything for beating all the challenges? I'm wondering if it is worth a lot of very frustrating time to beat them all ;). I'll probably make another run at the Crystal Cup again tonight. I can't believe I was so close and blew it out of impatience... Grrr... Maybe I should add a Dry Bones to my team for those cheap-ass dekes. But then I'd have to play the Fire Cup again too :roll:.

If anyone is on later and wants some practice getting off uncontested 6-shot megastrikes (since I can never seem to tell which character I'm controlling or where the ball is during online play) maybe I'll be up for a match or two.

[ratzombie]

I don't think so, besides the cheats that you get. Which are worth it to me, as I've been turning on the "No Stadium Effects" cheat when I play, then I can pick any arena and not have to worry about them.

I was thinking we could run alterate tournaments sometime in the future, where we set a bunch of different fun cheats and play the games for the tournament that way.

[daroga]

I was thinking we could run alterate tournaments sometime in the future, where we set a bunch of different fun cheats and play the games for the tournament that way.That would be fun :) I haven't paid attention, but are all thr cheats unlocked without doing anything for online Friends play?

[WiiGame]

i so wanna participate in a tournament. i hope you guys set up one soon. i think i'm pretty good now. after i lost 10 games in a row i'm currently on a 22 game win streak. That includes 2 big sudden death wins (9-8 and 6-5) against somebody who was like 60-9 ^_^

[FriskyTanuki]

Just got this from Gamefly and I probably own't keep it for long, so I was wondering if the FC's are attached to the disc or the console it's played on (meaning the FC I'll get will always be mine if I buy this after renting it)?

[ep2011]

I think its by your mii, so you can probably get a new disk.

[daroga]

I think its by your mii, so you can probably get a new disk.Yup, as long as you keep your saved game / mii in tact you should be fine.

[WiiGame]

Just got this from Gamefly and I probably own't keep it for long, so I was wondering if the FC's are attached to the disc or the console it's played on (meaning the FC I'll get will always be mine if I buy this after renting it)?

this is one of those games you gotta buy. it has infinite replay value plus these mario games don't devalue much. the gamecube version of Strikers is what..still selling for 25 bucks and used at gamestop?

[FriskyTanuki]

I think its by your mii, so you can probably get a new disk.
Yup, as long as you keep your saved game / mii in tact you should be fine.
Cool. Thanks for the quick answer. I'll probably post my FC after I get through the training lessons and hop online.

Edit:
this is one of those games you gotta buy. it has infinite replay value plus these mario games don't devalue much. the gamecube version of Strikers is what..still selling for 25 bucks and used at gamestop?
I'm not in a hurry to buy/play the game, so I can wait, especially if the price isn't going to drop within the next few months. Since the FC's tied to the console/Mii, it works out perfectly for me, so I can buy it later and not worry about losing stats or my friends list because I didn't buy it first.

As for my FC, it's 249216 541987. I'll probably be able to play some tomorrow probably around noon-ish EST or later tomorrow night. If you're up for a match around then, feel free to send me a message to my Wii, if you're on my Wii friends list, or send a PM here if you're not. I guess if anyone's up for a match now, I could job a little tonight.

Edit 2: For the OP, my Mii attached to the code is named Chris. Added Strell, daroga, io, Rocko, seanr, and botticus initially to my friends list.

[KrayzieKMF]

I don't think so, besides the cheats that you get. Which are worth it to me, as I've been turning on the "No Stadium Effects" cheat when I play, then I can pick any arena and not have to worry about them.

I was thinking we could run alterate tournaments sometime in the future, where we set a bunch of different fun cheats and play the games for the tournament that way.

Completing all the challenges doesn't do anything special besides unlocking a cheat for each challenge.
The damn Striker cup is a pain in the ass though. I can't seem to get the most goals trophy. Do I need to completely start over in order to redo my teamates? I chose some crappy teamates when I decided to start playing the solo campaign...

[ratzombie]

Edit 2: For the OP, my Mii attached to the code is named Chris. Added Strell, daroga, io, Rocko, seanr, and botticus initially to my friends list.

You didn't add me? I'm offended.

[buttle]

i lost to petey 1-2 in the striker cup today. so frusterating. someday i'll beat that damn thing.

if you're out there lebowsky. i'd be up for a match at some point.

[SpottedNigel]

SpottedNigel (Nigel) - 090302 281256
Added (since they looked familiar :) )

Rocko
Yukine
Strell
Rig
Lilboo
Lebowsky
IO
Frisky
Daroga
courageous
botticus

[botticus]

Have been too busy to keep on top of this thing, but it doesn't look like any of the matches I mentioned a couple days ago have been completed... I'll backtrack and see who will be forfeited (potentially both) tomorrow morning and get this forcibly moved on to the next round.

[Rocko]

Frisky, Nigel, Strell, ryles, I'll throw you guys on my list once I hook my Wii up again later in the week. :)

[FriskyTanuki]

You didn't add me? I'm offended.
Who are you? ;) Just added you and Nigel.

[buttle]

tournament results-
buttle over lebowsky in 2 games. i can't remember the scores.

very good matches. there was one moment when you were knocking down everybody on screen with birdo. that last half of the second game was a lot of fun. no one was on their feet for long.

[daroga]

Why does Strell hate and not add daroga to his list?

One word: Fear.

[KhaosX]

At the rate this tournament is ending, it doesnt seem like the next one will be as popular.

[FriskyTanuki]

Damn you and such, Daroga.

[daroga]

Yeah, that wasn't fair at all. You just got this game, what, like today? It was still a good game though! :)

[FriskyTanuki]

Yeah, that wasn't fair at all. You just got this game, what, like today? It was still a good game though! :)
At least I have an idea of what a beatdown feels like in Strikers. ;)

[wjhard63]

Just finished everything on the single player campaign today - beat Petey yesterday using the coward-by-the-keeper method and Challenge 12 on Thursday - just had to get the golden foot on the Striker cup tonight.

Has anyone played on the 'Extreme' setting instead of the 'Normal' setting on the Road to the Striker Cup? If so, is there a big difference in difficulty or do they just start out and remain at a hard level throughout the campaign (as opposed to getting rough in the eliminations and super cheap in the Striker finals)?

I also just added everyone from the updated OP (Strell, Frisky, Lilboo), so please add me when you get a chance (017286 705150). Thanks!

[buttle]

At the rate this tournament is ending, it doesnt seem like the next one will be as popular.


yea, it's sad. i love tournaments. i wish people wouldn't join if they didn't intend to keep at it.

[js1]

yea, it's sad. i love tournaments. i wish people wouldn't join if they didn't intend to keep at it.
QFT I still can't get a hold of my opponent.

[daroga]

I'll fill in for someone so a good player can get essentailly another bye. ;)

[Strell]

Anyone online for a game? I'm playing right now! If you give me like 20 min we could play

[io]

Anyone online for a game? I'm playing right now! If you give me like 20 min we could play

I added you and as many of the other newbies as I could figure I hadn't already added. I still have a TON of people from the OP showing as "Connecting...". I'd gladly give you a beat down now Strell, but I think it probably won't connect until tomorrow. Another point not in favor of this Nintendo Wifi stuff :cry:.

[jbuck138]

I swear I will never win the crystal cup. I'm using Wario and the default team, but should probably change to a faster team. Diddy Kong owns me. I don't want to lose my faith in Wario, but what team does everybody recommend me using?

[io]

I swear I will never win the crystal cup. I'm using Wario and the default team, but should probably change to a faster team. Diddy Kong owns me. I don't want to lose my faith in Wario, but what team does everybody recommend me using?

Same here. Made another run Saturday night, breezed through the qualifiers and then up to Diddy. I got the golden shoe trophy this time (unlocked the "Dump" field) so that was something, anyway. It helped that I had 2 12-goal games ;).

Then against Diddy in the first game I scored quick and decided to goalie camp again. But this time his dry bones stole it when the my stupid toad went too far away from the goalie (the goalie had the ball). I couldn't wait any longer (otherwise he lobs it to nowhere) and had to pass. Instant steal, instant Dry Bones deke into the goal. I swear, that move pisses me off more than anything. It's not like he was charged up or anything. Then I couldn't even get the lead in the next game and lost, so I suppose it made little difference. It's taking about an hour a run and it is really starting to wear me down. I almost want to get rid of the game because of it. If only they could have let you restart the Diddy match, or at least the elimination rounds after a certain number of failures - maybe 5 or something? I mean, seriously, the qualifiers are no challenge at all at this point and just serve to chew up time and make my wrist sore by the time I reach the finals. I really really really wish I could skip the damn things.

I tried copying my save file to the SD card before the finals but it gave me a warning to the effect of "certain data couldn't be copied - please read the manual". I didn't bother as I'm sure they mean the Strikers cup progress. The bastards, they work that little gem into their save/copy system but can't get get things running directly off the SD cards? RAT bastards, I say.

[daroga]

Actually, io, I'm assuming that the data copied is the single-player stuff adn you lose the multiplayer stats (thus the file cannot be hacked to give you like 1000 to 1 win/loss ratio). I've not tried it myself, but you can download saved games from wiisave.com which makes me assume that getting you through the horribly designed single-player is something you can save-spoof.

http://www.wiisave.com/index.php?cid=111 Just make sure to not get the PAL versions ;)

[lilboo]

I'm also about to murder the game during the Crystal cup. But I started the game awhile back, and I found a better team (referring to side kicks)...is there a way to change them?!?

[daroga]

I'm also about to murder the game during the Crystal cup. But I started the game awhile back, and I found a better team (referring to side kicks)...is there a way to change them?!?Yup, start the whole thing (beginning at the Fire Cup) over.

Man I can't get over how much I love this game but how HORRIBLY they designed the cup aspects of it.

[lilboo]

Yup, start the whole thing (beginning at the Fire Cup) over.

Man I can't get over how much I love this game but how HORRIBLY they designed the cup aspects of it.


I was afraid of that :(

Ugh.

[botticus]

Second round has been completed. I advanced js1, ep2011, and seanr1221 via forfeit (unscientifically because they had posted in this thread recently and their opponents have not).

Deadline for the quarterfinals is 8/25.

[ep2011]

Okay thanks I'll get right to pming my new oppenent. I never got a reply before :(

[KhaosX]

Sometimes it helps to restart at firecup if you think you got a better dominating team. I beat firecup with yoshi and struggled through crystal cup and lost at Diddy. Then I switched up to the team i use present day, and i beat crystal cup with just 1 loss.

Strikers cup though is a different story.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

tournament results-
buttle over lebowsky in 2 games. i can't remember the scores.

very good matches. there was one moment when you were knocking down everybody on screen with birdo. that last half of the second game was a lot of fun. no one was on their feet for long.

The scores were too tragic to post - thanks for sparing me ;)

You are really good at stealing lob passes. I have no idea how to do it and you repeatedly stole my fully charged ball and then blasted it into my goal. The second game I had to keep the ball on the ground and I took a little less of a pounding - although not much less.

Good games.

I echo all of the previous statements that the single player cup experience is essentially broken. I really don't have too much of a problem with having to replay the entire cup over when you lose, but having to start all the way at the first cup when you want to change your team's lineup is bullshit.

Once you beat the Fire Cup, it should be an OPTION to go back and play through it again. If I want to change my team's lineup (which is pretty awful at the moment) after losing the Crystal Cup for the 10th time, I should be able to do that and still start at the Crystal Cup again.

I really enjoy the online play, but I am seriously thinking about trading it in towards MP3 next week.

[buttle]

The scores were too tragic to post - thanks for sparing me ;)

You are really good at stealing lob passes. I have no idea how to do it and you repeatedly stole my fully charged ball and then blasted it into my goal. The second game I had to keep the ball on the ground and I took a little less of a pounding - although not much less.

Good games.

I echo all of the previous statements that the single player cup experience is essentially broken. I really don't have too much of a problem with having to replay the entire cup over when you lose, but having to start all the way at the first cup when you want to change your team's lineup is bullshit.

Once you beat the Fire Cup, it should be an OPTION to go back and play through it again. If I want to change my team's lineup (which is pretty awful at the moment) after losing the Crystal Cup for the 10th time, I should be able to do that and still start at the Crystal Cup again.

I really enjoy the online play, but I am seriously thinking about trading it in towards MP3 next week.

yea, you don't put too much thought into what your original team should be. i am very tempted to switch characters and then start over, but man i'm so close. and as for stealing the ball. i've heard that a lot of people hold Z and tap A. (after you've got yourself in a good position.) but since A is also the button to switch players, i find this too confusing. so i just tap B. this clears the ball instead of passing the ball. but i think that's alright.

[snipegod]

In the quarterfinal match of snipegod (DannyBoy) vs. ep2011 (Eric), I won 2-0. The breakdown was (6-1, 2-0).

[ep2011]

In the quarterfinal match of snipegod (DannyBoy) vs. ep2011 (Eric), I won 2-0. The breakdown was (6-1, 2-0).

Good Game. You did great.

[snipegod]

Yeah, good games, man.

[io]

Actually, io, I'm assuming that the data copied is the single-player stuff adn you lose the multiplayer stats (thus the file cannot be hacked to give you like 1000 to 1 win/loss ratio). I've not tried it myself, but you can download saved games from wiisave.com which makes me assume that getting you through the horribly designed single-player is something you can save-spoof.

http://www.wiisave.com/index.php?cid=111 Just make sure to not get the PAL versions ;)

That's interesting. I hadn't thought of the multiplayer stats. I suppose downloading a save wipes your friend list then too?

I figured the downloaded saves would have unlocked items (which you get from all the cups, etc). I thought maybe the SD card copy only had that stuff on it and not cup progress. At this point I don't care about my multiplayer stats, so maybe I could give it a shot. I'd like to beat Diddy and I think I can do it, but I just don't want to have to play the damn qualifiers every time.

[KhaosX]

Like I mentioned before with mine. At any time in which you delete your save, your online record AND your entire friendlist for MSC is deleted and you have to readd everyone. You are also given a new FC for other people. Once you delete the save from the data manager(weither its to copy over a complete save or start over again) and you connect online, you are treated as a completely new person.

[trip1eX]

trip1ex 2-0 over seanr1221 (2-1 and 4-1)

We were a bit laggy, but good games.

[snipegod]

trip1ex 2-0 over seanr1221 (2-1 and 4-1)

We were a bit laggy, but good games.

An interesting situation arises since you were forfeited, then the match was played, and you won.

I wonder how Sean feels about the lag. :lol:

Edit: I would also like to declare my intention to add everyone who recently posted their friendcode (so go ahead and add me, please -- my code is in the OP), but it appears the OP list recently stopped having the added on date. I'll look through the last few pages and pick you guys up ... after groceries.

[botticus]

Ha, I guess the match supercedes the forfeit, sorry Sean!

[buttle]

i finally beat the striker cup. how exhasting. i'm far too tired to go look at the stadium i unlocked. it's funny, they challenged me to go through it with another character. that will not happen. and i would have prefered to have switched teams every now and then between between cups.

i checked my trophies and it looks like i need to go back and get the golden foot (or whatever) in the christal cup. but that shouldn't be too hard. i'm looking forward to have this game complete.

and i have to tell the story of the elimination mode. i got early leads in the first two games and hugged the goalie. this method is still risky. things can still go wrong. in the final game i had to make hit two super strikes to get enough goals to beat wario. and then petey. the first game i got an early lead and hugged the goaly. he stole it once and scored, but i still kept the lead. the second game he got a big lead and i couldn't make anything happen. the final game i got the lead 3-1 but hugging the goaly was failing miserably. petey got two goals on me to tie it up. in sudden death on the final game i used my big mario weapon, i took a power shot to get a weapon. and then the ball bounced right to koopa troopa who was all alone. i took his speacial shot and knocked the goalie down. the ball went back to big mario, he took a shot and it bounced off croc but right back to big mario. i took another shot and that one went in. so happy. so good. so releived.

[drfunk85]

Since I broke my leg the other day, I've been playing a lot of strikers charged online co-op with a friend of mine. I'm decent now. My record is around .500. It would probably be more if it weren't for disconectors.

Anyway, this game has been my first non-PC online gaming experience other than playing here and there at a friends house. I like it a lot. There could be things better about it, but all in all, it's not bad.

I was playing this one guy who I beat in game 1 fairly badly. I think it was like 9-0. Anyway, in the second game, he scored on me and my friend fairly early to make it 1-0. He used the stupid toad flip over the goalie trick/glitch which I hate. Then he runs back to his goalie and hands the goalie the ball. This was the first I had encountered this stupid strategy of running out the clock. So eventually we start to surround his guys and after about 25 seconds end up stealing the ball from him and within 3 seconds of stealing the ball we tied the game up 1-1. So obviously we're laughing at whoever this guy was. Then, within probably 10 more seconds we go up 2-1. We decide to mess with the guy and do the same strategy where we run back and give the ball to our goalie. We hung around and did this for maybe 15 seconds and then passed the ball upfield and scored 4 or 5 goals on a super strike. We got the ball back and did the same thing, handed it off to our goalie for a little while and then passed the ball upfield and scored 2 or 3 on a super strike. We ended up repeating this and going up 11-1 when the douchebag disconnected with something like 30 seconds remaining. I couldn't stop laughing.

[io]

I really don't think of the toad flip as cheap or a glitch. It is very hard to pull off. I can do it about 1 out of every 3 or 4 times, and I've had 2 toads on my team the entire time I've been attempting the Crystal cup (6 or 7 times now). I've scored a fair number of them, but they aren't automatic. It seems Diddy can automatically Dry Bones deke into my goal whenever he wants though :bomb:. If that move didn't exist I would have beat him long ago.

And yes, goalie camping can go horribly wrong. I had Diddy all but beat - up 1 game to none and up 1-0 with 2 seconds left in the second game his Dry Bones stole it and deked a goal. It was horrible... (Of course he won the overtime with another deke and then I was so pissed the 3rd game wasn't even close).

[buttle]

Since I broke my leg the other day, I've been playing a lot of strikers charged online co-op with a friend of mine. I'm decent now. My record is around .500. It would probably be more if it weren't for disconectors.

Anyway, this game has been my first non-PC online gaming experience other than playing here and there at a friends house. I like it a lot. There could be things better about it, but all in all, it's not bad.

I was playing this one guy who I beat in game 1 fairly badly. I think it was like 9-0. Anyway, in the second game, he scored on me and my friend fairly early to make it 1-0. He used the stupid toad flip over the goalie trick/glitch which I hate. Then he runs back to his goalie and hands the goalie the ball. This was the first I had encountered this stupid strategy of running out the clock. So eventually we start to surround his guys and after about 25 seconds end up stealing the ball from him and within 3 seconds of stealing the ball we tied the game up 1-1. So obviously we're laughing at whoever this guy was. Then, within probably 10 more seconds we go up 2-1. We decide to mess with the guy and do the same strategy where we run back and give the ball to our goalie. We hung around and did this for maybe 15 seconds and then passed the ball upfield and scored 4 or 5 goals on a super strike. We got the ball back and did the same thing, handed it off to our goalie for a little while and then passed the ball upfield and scored 2 or 3 on a super strike. We ended up repeating this and going up 11-1 when the douchebag disconnected with something like 30 seconds remaining. I couldn't stop laughing.

that's a great story. it's good to see a coward like that going down.
i actually today had the cpu attempt the toad flip on me. so it's certainly not a glitch. i always keep a toad on my team and every time i get a mushroom, i pass it to toad and use the mushroom to score. but if i don't have the mushroom i can never get it to work.

i can still never do the dry bones score. i'd like to be able to do it so i might try and practice more.

[KhaosX]

you're talking about a uncharged dry bones deke right? A charged one can easily go 1/4th the distance of the entire court

Something they desperately need for this game, either a small chat session after each game, or the choice to add the FC of a stranger which you had just played against on rank to your friendlist after each game. I had one of the best matches ever in my online career. The game was so close and went into at least 3 minute OT twice on the 1st and 3rd game (2nd he scored a quick 1 and i couldnt score back). It was a perfect lagless game and the pressure was high on both sides with perfect megastrikes all being blocked on both sides.

[seanr1221]

Ha, I guess the match supercedes the forfeit, sorry Sean!

No problem. I'm pretty busy with school starting anyway, so it's all good.

[Mr. Beef]

Is anyone up for a game right now? I just need to enter a friend code, and we're good.

[drfunk85]

that's a great story. it's good to see a coward like that going down.
i actually today had the cpu attempt the toad flip on me. so it's certainly not a glitch. i always keep a toad on my team and every time i get a mushroom, i pass it to toad and use the mushroom to score. but if i don't have the mushroom i can never get it to work.

i can still never do the dry bones score. i'd like to be able to do it so i might try and practice more.

The toad move isn't really a glitch (that's why I said trick/glitch), but there is just something about it that seems cheap to me. I definitely hate the goalie camping more though. Obviously on your own machine when playing a single player game, it doesn't matter to me what you do, but online it is just cowardly.

[Mr. Beef]

So no one is up for a game?

[SpottedNigel]

Whats your # beefy?
-also, everyone listed on the first page is now entered. My fucking wrist hurts. I think Metroid may kill me...

[Mr. Beef]

Whats your # beefy?
-also, everyone listed on the first page is now entered. My fucking wrist hurts. I think Metroid may kill me...It's in my sig, but for the record, it's 2243 0036 3361 0443.

[SpottedNigel]

Thats your Wii code. Strikers has its own code when you go online. It shows you it on the friend roster

[Mr. Beef]

That's right, I just saw it now. For the REAL record, it's 133252 882780.

[buttle]

The toad move isn't really a glitch (that's why I said trick/glitch), but there is just something about it that seems cheap to me. I definitely hate the goalie camping more though. Obviously on your own machine when playing a single player game, it doesn't matter to me what you do, but online it is just cowardly.

agreed. it's amazing how much i cheat when playing the cpu. but with online it's a whole other story.

[buttle]

That's right, I just saw it now. For the REAL record, it's 133252 882780.

i'll enter you in at some point tonight. but i'm watching the mariners at the moment. i can't remember my #s but they're listed on the first page.

[SpottedNigel]

prepare to kick my ass!
EDIT: ...and then it kicks me off the internet
EDIT 2: Seriously, wtf
EDIT 3: Jesus tap-dancing christ!!!
EDIT 4: Let me invite you this time....just to try something different

[buttle]

you're talking about a uncharged dry bones deke right? A charged one can easily go 1/4th the distance of the entire court

Something they desperately need for this game, either a small chat session after each game, or the choice to add the FC of a stranger which you had just played against on rank to your friendlist after each game. I had one of the best matches ever in my online career. The game was so close and went into at least 3 minute OT twice on the 1st and 3rd game (2nd he scored a quick 1 and i couldnt score back). It was a perfect lagless game and the pressure was high on both sides with perfect megastrikes all being blocked on both sides.

i didn't know that. that makes a lot of sense. i'm going to try that tonight. do know if that works for all of the teleporting characters? including ghost?

[Mr. Beef]

Yeah, it booted me too. :/

I'll invite.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Ok, I FINALLY beat the Crystal Cup tonight. I just ran through the whole damn thing and it took about an hour. I think I went into the finals with a 5-5 record - pathetic. I don't even understand how I won since I usually get owned by Luigi in the semi-final round but it was on that sand level and his teammates kept getting crushed, etc. Made for quite a few Megastrikes for me.

I was finally able to Dry Bones deke my way into the goal a couple times against Diddy, although I never did it charged. I always did it right in the goalies face and would get tagged but the ball would go in. It felt good to give cheapass Diddy his own medicine back.

I also read an awesome strategy on the Nintendo message boards today. If you use Toad, this is an excellent fake-out move that works really well against the CPU and probably real players as well.

Shoot the ball to Toad and have him run up to the goal and perform his deke like you are going to goalie hop. Near the height of your jump, lob pass the ball to another teammate. The goalie will smash the crap out of Toad, but if you passed it in time, your teammate will have an easy shot at an open goal.

I was able to pull this off about 60% of the time (much better than my Toad goalie hop %) as long as I could get Toad down the field without getting slaughtered. Someone who is good at intercepting lobs (looks at buttle) could screw this strategy up, but against the CPU it is almost golden. The only problem is timing the pass but I think it is easier and more forgiving than doing the hop.

Beating the Crystal Cup just saved this game from being trade fodder for MP3. I was getting so frustrated I almost brought that bad boy to GameStop.

[SpottedNigel]

good game. I hate birdo :)

[Mr. Beef]

Good game, indeed. I <3 Birdo.

Don't quote me on that.

[SpottedNigel]

i saved at least one goal... :)

[Mr. Beef]

Heheh. I was scared to charge my shots with Birdo, because I figured you were getting wise to me.

[KhaosX]

i didn't know that. that makes a lot of sense. i'm going to try that tonight. do know if that works for all of the teleporting characters? including ghost?
Daisy, Dry bones and (i think) Waluigi off the top of my head rely on a charged ball for their deke distance. To offset that all three of them pause for a half a sec to start the deke first, which makes them vulnerable to get hit.
Boo however does NOT rely on the charge of the ball for his deke, as it will be the same distance no matter what charge its on. To offset that his deke is instant and has no delay when you use it.

I <3 Birdo. Sorry, had to be done ;)

Edit: I just added both of you Nigel and Beef.

[SpottedNigel]

17 shots on goal... 2 points. I am AWESOME!!

[SpottedNigel]

I think thats enough ass-getting-kicked for the evening. :)
At least for now....

[Mr. Beef]

Fun fun games, Nigel. Shame I couldn't jump over Luigi...

Added you, X.

My stomach is pretty empty, so I'm gonna leave for now.

[daroga]

js1, good games last night :)

Strell (and many other OP people) why haven't you added me? Do I smell? :(

[KhaosX]

Ive got you added. But i never seem to be on at the same time as you, and i dont keep my wiiconnect 24/7 on so thats probably why you dont see me and vice versa.

[js1]

js1, good games last night :)

Strell (and many other OP people) why haven't you added me? Do I smell? :(

Yeah, GG . Even though I got my but kicked. That lag was killing me! I also noticed that not everyone in OP has not added me as well, including my opponent in the tournament.

[Rocko]

I really need to add the few OTTers that got the game (nigel, Frisky, Strell, ryles) and Mistah Beef.


But I'm too lazy. Maybe tonight.

[js1]

bardiya if you want to play our tournament match. I'll be on tonight around 11-11:30 EST.

[Rocko]

Alright, I'm going to go and add the 5 I listed above, and delete everyone on my list that isn't connected that I don't recognize. I'll throw the names I recognized who are connecting on here.

Edit: Strell isn't in the OP it seems, but his FC is 077417-710340.

[KhaosX]

Story time:
This game officially pushed me to the edge of selling it, I decided to try out Petey as captain in single player cuz of his sheer power. I destroyed firecup in extreme difficulty. I thought this would be a good main from now on and tried to play ranked.
Get this, i lost three straight games in a row, and in all three games, every round i had AT LEAST 10 charged shots with petey. ALL BLOCKED. My opponent? had at MOST 5 shots, and most of them were uncharged with weak characters. I understand that a charged shot doesnt always go in, but come on! 10 shots and not 1 goes in? THATS BS.
To get the frustration out, i went back to my original main (Daisy). I played a rank where i forced the guy to dc after i scored 3 shots in 30 seconds. Then a 2nd ranked game where the score was 7-0 and 4-1 mine.

My lesson learned? Petey sucks! And im going to make sure i beat his ass down in SSBB when it comes out.

[Mr. Beef]

Man, it's all about Daisy and Waluigi in this game. I tried practicing with Diddy, and while I love his special, I hate the range he has with his slide and tackle.

EDIT: I'll get around to adding everyone else on the first page later.

[KhaosX]

ill be playing for about an hour from now if anyone wants to play. Ive already added everyone on the first page.

[Rocko]

<3 Diddy.

I added Strell, Mr. Beef, Frisky and SpottedNigel.

I have botticus, io, seanr, and rig still connecting to me. Add me, homies!

[botticus]

<3 Diddy.

I added Strell, Mr. Beef, Frisky and SpottedNigel.

I have botticus, io, seanr, and rig still connecting to me. Add me, homies!I'm pretty sure I added you, but I haven't logged in in quite a while. I'll have to add the rest of the list this weekend.

[Mr. Beef]

Added everyone I recognized in the OP.

[KhaosX]

<3 Diddy.

I added Strell, Mr. Beef, Frisky and SpottedNigel.

I have botticus, io, seanr, and rig still connecting to me. Add me, homies!
Hey Rocko, add my new FC. My old one got killed during the save swap. Its on the first page.

[KhaosX]

Hey beef, by chance are you getting an error when you invite/accept?

[Rocko]

I'll add it sometime tonight, Khaos.

[Mr. Beef]

Hey beef, by chance are you getting an error when you invite/accept?Yes I am, and it's getting annoying. It doesn't make sense, because I had just gotten done playing a ranked game before I accepted your invites.

[KhaosX]

i rebooted my wii. Dunno if that may help or not

[SteveDaWonder]

I'm really thinking about getting this game but I can't decide...

[Rocko]

Gonna go add ya now, khaos, and check if anyone else is on.

[Mr. Beef]

Well, at least I know this isn't my connection. I just played 4 ranked matches with no problems, save for one d/c, which I caused by beating my opponent 8-1.

[KhaosX]

Pretty sure its a server side problem. I played a few ranks also. Last time i had this problem i couldnt even play ranks and it was fixed after i logged off for a bit.

[js1]

I added mr beef, re added khaos x. If anyone has added me and it is still shown as connecting let me know so I can be sure to add you.

[drfunk85]

I'm really thinking about getting this game but I can't decide...

Playing online multiplayer on this with my roommate has been my most fun experience yet on the Wii. If you want it just for the singleplayer stuff and aren't going to use the online, I'd wait for a decent deal on it somewhere, but if you are going to play online, even single player online, it's a lot of fun.

[SteveDaWonder]

That's what I am thinking, but I am not totally sure. I'm waiting for a deal, or at least a used copy.

[Rocko]

Daroga, if you read this, I'm up for a match once your done with the match you seem to be playing now. :)

[criz120]

hey guys, i just got the game yerteday, so i relly dont have any friends on my list
my friend code is: 270-691-915-703
so..can some of u guys add me, im not relly good at it xD
please let me know if u add me, so i can add u back. thanks!

btw, whats the best captain? im using browser jr. :D

[daroga]

Rocko, great games. I think we find pretty even skill levels when playing each other. :)

If dinner wasn't on the table, I'd be up for a rematch ;)

[Rocko]

btw, whats the best captain? im using browser jr. :D
There are no real bests. Waluigi and DK are popular, but any captain is great if used correctly with the right sidekick. Pay attention to stats and try to make a balanced team. An all-speed or all-shooting team will fall to a fairly well-balanced team.

And daroga, man, all of our games are so close. We couldn't get more equal. I'd be up for another set later tonight or tomorrow. :)

[daroga]

I love when goals go in to tie the game while the warning beeps are going ;)

[Rocko]

Yeah, I couldn't believe that. Guess that made up for the one a few games ago where it went in just after the buzzer.

[Mr. Beef]

I'm not playing right now, but if someone wants to try and attempt to connect with me for a game, speak now. I may be busy later.

[ratzombie]

I have everyone added. So if I'm showing up as connecting, then it's you because my shit is straight yo!

[Rocko]

Showing as connecting, yukine, and I've deleted and re-added you twice.

Ho.

[daroga]

Wow.

Doing a ranked match I got paired up with someone who had played a TON of games. Like won 430+ lost 100. Then I notice, he's ranked #1.

First game was close to the end, when he poured it on a bit and won 7-4. Second game I played well and won 4-3. Last game he went ahead 3-0, but I tied it before time went out and a minute or so of overtime netted him a 4-3 win. But, wow. I'm amazed I faired as well as I did. They were great games, and he was legitimately good, not cheap.

[Rocko]

Nice.

I'm on a roll so far today, beat 4 people without a loss.

Everyone I've played in the top 1k use DK. Interesting.

[snipegod]

Any news on the two uncompleted Quarterfinal matches?

EAST
bardiya27 (bardiya) vs. js1 (js1)

NORTH
Legendaryhedgehog06 (Si) vs. trip1ex (Dad)

[trip1eX]

not yet. we're working on getting together.

[KhaosX]

Its wierd, back then the higher ranked people were the asses who dc on you all the time. Lately ive fought a few high ranks and beat them in some really good games. Then i played this really low rank guy who had 2x more losses than wins. After 5-0 he DC immediately. How do i know? After hitting a perfect megastrike, his cursor wasnt even anywhere near the ball when he dc.

[Rocko]

Back then? The game's only been out for like a month. :-k

[KhaosX]

Back then like the first and 2nd week.

[Legendaryhedgehog06]

Aight trip1ex and I have a match set up for tonight, with some luck we should have a score and a result before the night is done.

[Legendaryhedgehog06]

Legendaryhedgehog06 vs trip1ex

Tournament match
Game 1 Legendaryhedgehog06 10 - trip1ex 3
Game 2 Legendaryhedgehog06 2 - trip1ex 1
Winner Legendaryhedgehog06

Good games man, lol that last one was close.

Earlier today I played my 1st (surprised that it took so long considering how many there are) Naruto fanboy...Rock Lee. Firstly his mii looked like rehydrated cat shit. Second of all I annihilated him 11-0. Hmm..Ninja eh? Secret Ninja Art - Suck-at-Strikers Jutsu!!

p.s I do enjoy the show but I dont pretend to be characters from the show...yeah...

[bardiya27]

JS1 let me know when you can play our game!!

[snipegod]

JS1 let me know when you can play our game!!

You might try PMing him ...

[buttle]

i've got to practice up again for my next tournament game. i've been playing nothing but metroid these days. i just beat fusion, which i wanted to beat before corruption tomorrow. and i'm definitly going to want to spend some quality time with corruption the next couple of days.

but i'll have to find time for strikers. i'm assuming legendaryhedgehog will be my opponent. this should be touch. (edit) tough.

[botticus]

bardiya and js1, please let me know if you can schedule a game in the next day or two; I'd love to be able to get at least the semis done by the end of the week, if not the whole thing.

[js1]

bardiya what about tonight? Around 11:30PM/12 EST?

[js1]

Legendaryhedgehog06 vs trip1ex

Tournament match
Game 1 Legendaryhedgehog06 10 - trip1ex 3
Game 2 Legendaryhedgehog06 2 - trip1ex 1
Winner Legendaryhedgehog06

Good games man, lol that last one was close.

Earlier today I played my 1st (surprised that it took so long considering how many there are) Naruto fanboy...Rock Lee. Firstly his mii looked like rehydrated cat shit. Second of all I annihilated him 11-0. Hmm..Ninja eh? Secret Ninja Art - Suck-at-Strikers Jutsu!!

p.s I do enjoy the show but I dont pretend to be characters from the show...yeah...

I work with a guy that has rock lee as his mii. I wonder if it was him?

[bardiya27]

yo js1, i just got back from work. i'll be on in an hour.

if not tonight what time can you play tomorrow?

[SteveMcQ]

Damn, I suck. Anyone have any pointers? I started the Crystal Cup (I think...it's whatever the second cup is called) and I've lost both my first two matches. Lost 1-0 in the first and then 3-1 in OT. The damn Boos on the other team teleport all over the place (usually past my goalie) and I can barely charge up to white on power shots (?) for my sidekicks, let alone the megastrikes for the captains.

I picked Mario, Koopa Troopa, Dry Bones, and Hammer Bro for my teammates if that's any indication (I hope I got the names right).

[EXStrike]

Keep passing the ball. It's a hell of a lot easier to charge the ball that way.

[Legendaryhedgehog06]

One of the easiest ways to charge the ball is to charge up a shot, deke, charge up again, within 3-4 charges the ball should be white.

[SteveMcQ]

One of the easiest ways to charge the ball is to charge up a shot, deke, charge up again, within 3-4 charges the ball should be white.Thanks. I'd been wondering how charging really works. BTW, is there a way to get items on a consistent basis? It seems like I rarely get items now. It seems like I only get the captain abilities when I get hit rather than trying to be pro-active and going out and hitting/making moves on my own.

[Lan_Zer0]

Shooting a charged ball will net you items during a match.

What are your guys' method of playing? I've attempted Crystal Cup several times and have gotten pretty close to the win, but the computer likes to kick my ass when it counts. So far, I've resorted to Toad hopping, but I'd like to pick a less cheap method for when I go online.

[Mr. Beef]

I go with double Bones and a Birdo. Seems to work out well enough. Bones shocker shot into a lob into the goal is money. I don't really need to explain Birdo, she's mainly a ringer.

[Rocko]

Steve, for one thing, make sure you're not shooting with Dry Bones, for one thing. Also, you can charge the ball by holding Z for a bit (or is it B? The shooting button) then passing 2-3 of those and I get a white. Lob it to Mario or Hammer Bro and hope for a goal, or pass it to them, then charge for a sec and let go. Ideally, you'll want to charge it up to the blue sparks just before the special shot for max efficiency if you don't get the special shot off.

[munch]

Anyone getting tired of this game and want to trade it? :)

[bardiya27]

Quarter-Final:

Bardiya VS JS1: 2-1
Bardiya VS JS1: 3-1


Good game JS1!

I don't know if it was the same on your side, but I had a lot of lag in both game.

[SpottedNigel]

fucking birdo....
I go with double Bones and a Birdo. Seems to work out well enough. Bones shocker shot into a lob into the goal is money. I don't really need to explain Birdo, she's mainly a ringer.

[EXStrike]

I use Luigi, Hammer Bro, Shy Guy and Monty Mole, and pass and shoot alot. My ball possession percentage isn't usually that high, because I don't hold the ball for very long.

[botticus]

Quarter-Final:

Bardiya VS JS1: 2-1
Bardiya VS JS1: 3-1


Good game JS1!

I don't know if it was the same on your side, but I had a lot of lag in both game.Thanks guys. Semifinals are set, only 4 players left! Please complete matches by Wednesday!

[Rocko]

Finally broke the top 1000 for this season. I'm at 804 to be exact. wonder how much it takes to get in the top 100. :-k

I need to devote a day to doing nothing but playing this game. I could get Striker of the day... then probably never play it again. :lol:

[buttle]

man. very tough match Legendaryhedgehog06. i needed more time to rethink my plan to get the ball back on my half. well done.

[Rocko]

Took rank 640, and I'm getting close to surpassing Si in points. I gotta play him something, although I'm sure I'll be beat. Looks like we have the same amount of wins, but I have 5 more losses than he does. Hmm. :-k

[Legendaryhedgehog06]

Good games d00d. Um lol I don't wanna sound like a douhe or anything but I had some major controller problems game 1. Down on my nunchk was stucj as neutral so it screwed up my game big time. I'm not a possy little bitch or nothing so had I lost game 2 fair's fair. Luckily I got it back to normal for game 2.

Legendaryhedgehog06 vs buttle Semi Final Match

Game 1 3-2 Winner buttle
Game 2 6-2 Winner Legendaryhedgehog06
Game 3 6-2 Winner Legendaryhedgehog06

GO ME! FINALS BAY-UH-BAY!!! OOH YEEEEEE-AAYYYYYYYY-UUHHHHH!!

*ahem*

Metroid Prime 3 is the only reason why I'm not higher in the ranks. Normally I have around 100 games down by the end of the week. God that game kicks ass.

[Rocko]

Good games, Koopa, even though you stole my character ;)