It Appears Daisy Will Not Appear In Mario Strikers Battle League, And Nintendo Fans Have Their Torches And Pitchforks

As Nintendo preps Mario Strikers: Battle League, yet another competitive sports simulator with a wide variety of their original characters, it seems it was another character's turn to be sacrificed on the chopping block: Princess Daisy.

Here's how the squad lines up in #MarioStrikers: Battle League Football… pic.twitter.com/YggLROtc4U

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) May 9, 2022

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— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) May 9, 2022

The above series of tweets from Nintendo Europe shows the base cast for the upcoming reboot of Mario Strikers, and Daisy, who appeared in the 2005 original, is conspicuously absent. Instead, Rosalina of the Super Mario Galaxy series appears to fill the "Princess who isn't Peach" role.

Daisy's absence angered many Nintendo fans, who came out en masse on social media to let Nintendo know that Daisy was the true Nintendo princess of their hearts.

How the fuck is Daisy not in the new Mario Strikers

She IS Strikers wtf

— USA | BlueZone (@mintedcombo) May 9, 2022

*Daisy's exclusion from Mario Strikers Battle League pic.twitter.com/HrUsNOuHhD

— Urban Livin 🪐 (@BouncyTheBoi) May 10, 2022

Not putting Daisy in Mario strikers is illegal Nintendo pic.twitter.com/s6tYLUGiBV

— Peach (@softp3ach_) May 14, 2022

Anyone who buys Mario Strikers Battle League supports lazy developers and Nintendo’s recent culture of Daisy erasure.

— LilRat (@NotAnEmolga) May 16, 2022

I've been waiting YEARS for a new Mario Strikers! But the lack of Daisy is really awful.

Like I WANT to buy this game but if Daisy isn't confirmed then I have no interest. This is Daisy's game. She's the main character to me. I really don't want to support Daisy-less Strikers.

— The GEL (@GeltonZ) May 13, 2022

At the moment, it's unclear why Daisy isn't included in the base roster for Strikers: Battle League. It's possible that she will eventually make it into the game and simply hasn't been announced yet, or she could be released as part of the DLC rollout of new playable characters, as Nintendo has done with recent sports titles Mario Tennis Aces and Mario Golf: Super Rush. It's also possible Nintendo could have simply given up trying to differentiate Daisy from Peach, as the pair are often given similar stats in these titles, or in the case of Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, the exact same moveset.

Whatever the case may be, the lack of Daisy has Nintendo fans up in arms about a missing character yet again.