Gaming Mario Superstar Baseball

[BlueYoshi]

[color=darkred]Yet again, another wacky sport related Mario game hits the scene. Namco are developing it, so it should be interesting,

The game offers a range of characters, as in Mario Power Tennis and Mario Golf, each with their own special skills and attributes to balance it out, though there is said to have been some complaints relating to how broke the game actually is regarding certain characters.

Obviously, there will be a range of different pitches, each with stipulations and added "craziness", and a wide variety of mini games, which is usually the selling point of the genre.

I'm not a fan of baseball at all, and I've got absolutely no idea how the sport works, but one thing that I know for sure, is that Mario Superstar Baseball will soften the blow for me, seeing as how user-friendly these games seem to be, so my incompetence in Baseball shouldn't and hopefully won't be an issue for me.[/color]

[2010DigitalBoy]

Hm... it worries me that it may be to easy. If its anything like Mario Power Tennis, Home Runs will be way to easy to get. Who knows, they might be able to pull it off. Two player mode is the real selling point of the series, so if Home Runs are easy to get, multiplayer will get boring quick. Ill wait till I read some revies. Mario Strikers (soccer) looks promising.

[celestialcharm]

[QUOTE=Bombu][color=darkred]
I'm not a fan of baseball at all, and I've got absolutely no idea how the sport works, but one thing that I know for sure, is that Mario Superstar Baseball will soften the blow for me, seeing as how user-friendly these games seem to be, so my incompetence in Baseball shouldn't and hopefully won't be an issue for me.[/color][/QUOTE]

[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]My brother learned how to play golf with Mario golf...So, I'm sure you'd be fine.

I think I'll try this game just to try it. I'm not too into Mario sport games, but I play them occasionally.[/COLOR]

[Kaze]

[font=Times]I don't know if I'll try this one, but I'll definitely try "Mario Bareknuckle Power Boxing" when that comes out (they've done all the other sports).[/font]

[BlueYoshi]

[quote name='ThoraxtheImpaler']Hm... it worries me that it may be to easy. If its anything like Mario Power Tennis, Home Runs will be way to easy to get. Who knows, they might be able to pull it off. Two player mode is the real selling point of the series, so if Home Runs are easy to get, multiplayer will get boring quick. Ill wait till I read some revies. Mario Strikers (soccer) looks promising.[/quote]

[color=darkred]Yeah, I see what you mean about it being too easy. Double Dash!! was incredibly easy in terms of difficulty, and was a great let down for me. I'll always put gameplay before anything when judging a game, which is why I prefer Mario Kart: Super Circuit over Double Dash!!, and Mario Tennis over Mario Power Tennis.

The thing is, though, Mario Superstar Baseball is a fresh attempt at innovation. Unlike Double Dash!! and Power Tennis, there are no games that precede Superstar Baseball which can be used as a sort of "skeleton" on which to base the game on, as it's a first attempt. Looking at the GameCube Mario sporting games, they've been disappointing so far, but with a bit of effort, perhaps Superstar Baseball could pose as the turning point for them and other games to come.[/color]