Mario Super Sluggers - Aug 25, 2008

[quote name='Vinny']Yeesh, count me out then... I don't have much faith in them anymore.[/QUOTE]
Namco did a fine job with the Mario Kart arcade games. Give them a chance :D

Though many hold resentment for Star Fox Assault's ground game.
 
Just bear in mind that Namco was behind the first Mario Baseball game as well. For better or worse, depending upon your opinion of that game.
 
i'm not a fan of baseball, in fact i hate when it's on TV, but Mario has a weird way of attracting me to his games....i may pick this up if its good
 
Is this a true sequel to the Mario Baseball game on the Gamecube, or just a mini-game? I missed the Gamecube game, but it looked pretty cool. I'm a sucker for Mario games, and it sounded like it had really fun RPG/adventure-style progression where you traveled and beat other teams, etc. Looked like my kind of sports game.

I'm hoping this is just as deep for single player, but worried it's just a Wii-sports esque thing (ugh...I do NOT want to have to wave the controller to hit a ball, in addition to wanting a full game).
 
I'm a little concerned with the reference to Wii Sports Baseball. That was a fantastic mini-game when compiled with four others, but if it's just going to be that with fielding and Mario characters, I'm going to need another hook to get me to lay down the $. I found the baseball a little awkward/shallow...now Mario Bowling...sign me up. :D
 
[quote name='Fishercat']I'm a little concerned with the reference to Wii Sports Baseball. That was a fantastic mini-game when compiled with four others, but if it's just going to be that with fielding and Mario characters, I'm going to need another hook to get me to lay down the $. I found the baseball a little awkward/shallow...now Mario Bowling...sign me up. :D[/quote]

I'd actually prefer if they just took Wii Sports Baseball and just fleshed it out a little. Even if they tried to make it more of a sim, which they won't, I've got MLB 08 on the PS3 and there's no way this is ever gonna compare to that. It doesn't seem to me that there's much of a market for a deep baseball sim starring Mario. They'd be better off sticking with the party game format. I always wanted to be able to play a full 9 innings on Wii Sports anyway.
 
Modern sports games are way too hard for me. I prefer the 8-bit and early 16-bit stuff. Just the right complexity. I'd like something like that, married to some RPG elements, and throwing the Mario characters in on top of that would be great.

Sounds like that's what the Gamecube Mario baseball game was, and I missed it. Oh well.
 
[quote name='Wolfpup']Modern sports games are way too hard for me. I prefer the 8-bit and early 16-bit stuff. Just the right complexity. I'd like something like that, married to some RPG elements, and throwing the Mario characters in on top of that would be great.

Sounds like that's what the Gamecube Mario baseball game was, and I missed it. Oh well.[/QUOTE]

If you're still interested, though with the new one on the way, maybe not, but Circuit City has the Cube version clearanced for 8.96 I believe.
 
Thanks, but unfortunately my Circuit City doesn't have any good 'Cube games left. I'm really hoping this game is very similar to (if not improved from) that 'Cube game though! I'm scared by the thought that it's just going to be mini-games, or force you to use accelerometer controls or whatever.
 
http://wii.ign.com/articles/866/866553p1.html

Someone may have already posted this, but here are IGN's impressions. It sounds pretty terrible unfortunately. I'm still not a fan of the Wii's controls (with few minor exceptions) and the line up this fall for my tastes sounds weak. Boom Blox sounds interesting though. EDIT: And that Paintin' De Town game sounds really interesting too...so I guess there is some good stuff coming from the third parties.
 
[quote name='Wolfpup']Modern sports games are way too hard for me. I prefer the 8-bit and early 16-bit stuff. Just the right complexity. I'd like something like that, married to some RPG elements, and throwing the Mario characters in on top of that would be great.

Sounds like that's what the Gamecube Mario baseball game was, and I missed it. Oh well.[/quote]

I'm right there with you on that. I like the old stuff, too.

Mario Baseball on the GameCube I thought was tremendously fun. Kind of a crazy baseball-like game that you could just pick up and play and it had all the Nintendo characters in it. Mario Strikers was also that way (even more so).

Both had very arcade-like fun.
 
[quote name='Mr. Anderson']Wow, I'm really getting tired of all the Mario rehashes.[/quote]
As am I. I don't have any particular attachment to the Mario characters. Yes, there have been plenty of Mario games I have enjoyed, but I would probably be more inclined to buy this if it used a new cast of characters. Like robots. Or anything really. My wife and I were even playing Mario Kart last night and she said "why does this have to have the stupid Mario characters anyway? Why couldn't it be Miis or some other people?" I didn't have a good answer, and it made me realize that I am excited for things like Boom Blox because they are creating a new universe from scratch. Sometimes Mario feels like a crutch.
 
I hope it's better than the Gamecube one.

I'm fine with the Mario rehashes because the underlying games are always fun apart from the characters, and the art style is always appealing to me. As long as it's a solid game, they can keep making them for all I care.

The GC Mario Baseball was terrible.
 
Oh FYI Nintendo, Rosalina is now apart of your party games. If not, then we will have some problems.
Take care.
-LB
 
[quote name='Brad Bishop']I'm right there with you on that. I like the old stuff, too.

Mario Baseball on the GameCube I thought was tremendously fun. Kind of a crazy baseball-like game that you could just pick up and play and it had all the Nintendo characters in it. Mario Strikers was also that way (even more so).

Both had very arcade-like fun.[/QUOTE]

Darn, that sounds great. Oh well, I can always hope this Wii one turns out similarly...

[quote name='Mr. Anderson']Wow, I'm really getting tired of all the Mario rehashes.[/QUOTE]

How is this a Mario rehash? It's just using the Mario characters.

[quote name='mephitical']As am I. I don't have any particular attachment to the Mario characters. Yes, there have been plenty of Mario games I have enjoyed, but I would probably be more inclined to buy this if it used a new cast of characters. Like robots. Or anything really. My wife and I were even playing Mario Kart last night and she said "why does this have to have the stupid Mario characters anyway? Why couldn't it be Miis or some other people?" I didn't have a good answer, and it made me realize that I am excited for things like Boom Blox because they are creating a new universe from scratch. Sometimes Mario feels like a crutch.[/QUOTE]

While I like new universes too, I do like the Mario universe, so I do like when they use it here. Anything else they use would be more generic, and wouldn't really improve anything (although I'd be against it if it held the gameplay back somehow).
 
The nice thing about using the Marioverse for stuff like this is that it gives you an immediate excuse to do all sorts of crazy power-up insanity. Get some sort of star or mushroom or item, and the next thing you know you're throwing 500MPH Bullet Bill pitches, or running the bases as Mega Luigi as he stomps the infielders...

--R.J.
 
my biggest complaint about the gc one was that you couldn't play a standard game with more then 2 players. the only way i'll buy this one is if they make it fun for 4 players.

even then, i'm just not sure.
 
seems there's a campeign mode that is very damn robust as well. So far I'm sold. I've never bought a non-platformer mario game other than the kart games so this may be a first for me.
 
Played this today. Fun stuff. Pretty much Wii Sports Baseball 2.0 but less emphasis on the motion control and more on the overall game. Detailed impressions later. Any questions, just ask.
 
[quote name='WiiGame']hope this is good. it looks like a definite pick-up for me[/quote]

I'm already sold. It looks to be improved from the original, which was one of my favorite GC games. I can't think of many 2-player games that I've had more fun with.

I just hope they've fixed the base stealing glitch. I'm not sure how many people noticed, but it was almost impossible to get caught stealing bases against a computer opponent. You could run back to the base you came from and the other team would not throw the ball to that base until you were safely back. I couldn't believe that they missed that the first time around.
 
I'm interested in this, but am saddened to find out there is no wifi. I don't play online a lot, but it gives more life to any game.
 
[quote name='DestroVega']wouldn't MLB Power Pros 2008 be the better purchase?[/QUOTE]

I'm wondering the same...

I don't like baseball games, but I had a blast with Wii Sports baseball, so whatever one is better and less stat/manage crazy I'd like.
 
[quote name='yukine']If you don't like management then you would hate MLB Power Pros.[/QUOTE]

I don't know how true that is; after all, you can limit the actual playing experience down to however simple you want.
 
I suppose, but the biggest selling point of it is how in depth it is despite its cartoony graphics. I just don't think Power Pros would be all that fun if you broke it down to its simplest gameplay, but that's just my opinion.

I think for the casual baseball fan Super Sluggers would most likely be a bit more suitable. But by all means, give it a rental Rolento you might end up liking it. I know I do, but I love tweaking stats and micro management stuff.

Anyway, I watched the video and I'm pretty excited for Sluggers. Hopefully it improves on some of the more glaring flaws that the original had. Also, for the love of god give me a Mario Hockey and a Mario Basketball on a console!
 
not only that but MLB power pros would feel outdated once the mlb 2009 season kicks in.
whereas super sluggers would never be outdated since they dont rely on actual mlb rosters
 
So, this game comes out in a few days and there hasn't been a post here in 2 months... Nice!

Well, I'm excited for it in any case. Next week is big - Tales of Vesperia on the 360 which will take up most of my time and then this game. I'll put a little time into Mario Super Sluggers as a change of pace. I never got that far into the Gamecube one, though I did enjoy it.

Overall, though, this has been yet another very quiet launch from Nintendo. I see the preorder boxes in Gamestop but that's about it. I preordered it at Blockbuster and they claim they have 3 on the way but won't have them till Friday. Oh well, I can wait.

The advance reviews are OK (8/10 or so from 2 sources on Metacritic so far) so it's not like they are hiding it because it stinks... But we'll see I guess.
 
i'm going to wait till i read a review of this game. but i'm hoping to buy it.
mostly because there is so little else to play. but also because i had a pretty good time with the last one.

has anyone heard anything about the online play? i haven't heard anything.
 
I was kinda lookin forward to this game. I usually buy anything with Mario slapped on the cover, but c'mon. No wifi?
That's not what pisses me off; this game should have waited for the Wii MotionPlus :bomb:
HOPEFULLY when the inevitable Mario Tennis comes out, it uses MotionPlus.
 
I've had this since June and only played a few games here and there to show people the game. Its fun, I've never played the last Mario Baseball but its fun.

I do think this has a very lengthy single player mode though. Can't tell the details though cause its in Japanese but there seems to be a lot to do! :lol: Lots of cool minigames as well.
 
I'm pretty excited for this game. The videos I've seen look great. Of course it all depends on how it plays, but usually Nintendo does it right, so I have high hopes for it. I actually don't mind that it doesn't have WiFi, which is not to say that I wouldn't want it to have WiFi, just that it isn't critical for me, perhaps because I'm usually pretty lousy at sports games, and so losing over and over online doesn't have a lot of appeal for me. I'd rather crush my 5 and 7 year old boys. ;^) No, no, believe me, I do let them win. Sometimes. :)
 
Yes but this game WOULD have been so much better with Wii MotionPlus. There's really no excuse for it now. With the WMP, at least it would take some skill.. versus..shaking the remote at the right time.
Hopefully games post-motion plus will be a lot better.
 
You can compare the way this uses motion controls to that of Mario Strikers, its obviously not necessary but it adds just a tiny bit of charm to the experience.
 
The next game I buy will be wii sports resort with motion plus. I was going to get this but I got a ps3 and can't see myself spending more than 30 bones on any wii game. All my best wii games are vc games. If I didn't have a few of those I would sell the wii. Right now i have 4 systems I like better than it. Hopefully this game will be half price in a year.
 
[quote name='CouRageouS']You can compare the way this uses motion controls to that of Mario Strikers, its obviously not necessary but it adds just a tiny bit of charm to the experience.[/QUOTE]

Yeah that's fine because Strikers played really well and the MotionPlus wouldn't really had done anything for that game. That is where "motion control" is good. A baseball game of any kind SHOULD be 1:1 to make it more realistic and require more skill. Waggle works well with mini games "shake the remote for a ridiculous amount of time" "flick the remote at the right time"..ETC. That works. This is one of the reasons why everyone went "YAAAAAWN" at Red Steel..because the waggle was not for that game. That game SHOULD be 1:1. This Clone Wars game coming out SHOULD be 1:1.

Hopefully they get Mario Tennis and Golf right. :bomb:
 
I always assumed Sluggers was basically Wii Sports baseball but more in depth and better?

Can you rotate your wrists and have the bat mimic the motion for example?
 
I was watching the video on the Nintendo Channel and it shows that you can twist it, but it only sets up the kind of pitch? Like if you have it turned to your left it's a curve ball. Holding A does a fastball I think?

Regardless. No MotionPlus = :nottalking:
 
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