[odhranus]

Well after day two of play, I'm hooked! You know them times when you're playing a game and before you know it, time has flown by and its early hours of the morning.

Now that I have gotten the hang of the game it is fun and addictive.

Graphics: OK so it is for the Wii but these have impressed me. Some nice textures and it all runs very smoothly.

Gameplay is very quick, you need to have your wits about you in the game that only lasts about 3 minutes. The controls are tricky to get used to at first but as with any football game become second nature after a while - the only movement you make with the wiimote is when you want to tackle someone.

I have completed one of the cups so far after being hooked to it 'one more game...' did it in just about an hour on medium difficulty and won every game.

The online aspect can be improved IMO, you add friends to play friendly matches and you can have a leaderboard of just your friends. Or you can play a ranked match against any random player online - sadly there is no chat feature at all in the online aspect and Nintendo seem to be experiencing problems with their network ATM because of high traffic volume.

I don't know what else to say - It's a Mario themed footie game where the play is dirty and fun and is always keeping you on your toes as you never know whats going to happen next with all the special moves available and how each different pitch has aspects of the environment that interfere with play (e.g. thunder island is a pitch where every so often all the players get struck by lightning)

Any questions on anything I've left out feel free to ask.