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Batter Up!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 43 / 54
Date: September 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Arguably, Nintendo really knows exactly how to put the Mario franchise within the worlds of sports extraordinarily well. It first started with the status of the fast and furious Mario Kart series. Then, it was more laid back towards the putters with the wild and wacky Mario Golf series. After that, it took a turn towards aces with the Mario Tennis games for the Nintendo 64, and last year with the Gamecube. Still, there are a few other sports that are going to have the Mario bandwagon soon. Within the next year, there will be the European football, or soccer hyped Super Mario Strikers. But in the meantime, a Spring and Boys Of Summer tradition called baseball.

Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo Gamecube, is a fast paced and eclectic gamers paradise through the world of baseball. The game really goes a lot deeper from the Super Mario Briothers series past and present with so many characters like Yoshi, Luigi, Mario, Peach. Also, some old favorites like the flying goombas, and dry bones from Super Mario Brothers 3, Koopa Troopa, and so many others. Arguably, the graphics are just delightful, and the gameplay and control is very easy to learn for some characfters, whether it is in the pitching, or the batting, and simply within the outfield. The fields also blend within each unique feeling of the Mario worlds with courses from the Princess Castle, and even the wild and wooly jungle worlds of Donkey Kong. The musical score is as cutesy, but not over the top for the game, but that arguably doesn't matter at all.

Mario Superstar baseball is a great addition for any fan of Mario, and baseball alone. While, there have been so few baseball games for the Nintendo Gamecube, this happens to really be one of the very few that does stand alone. This is a great sports game, and one of the few that really does hit a home run.

Graphics: B+

Sound: B-

Control: B+

Fun & Enjoyment: B- if you're playing solo; A- if you're playing with others

Overall: B

Excellent Game. Well Done . Great Fun for kids

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: September 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The wait was worth it. This game is great . My son is learning how to play baseball by playing this game. The parks look so good you can't believe it. Mini Games and so much more. Well worth the purchase price.

Worst baseball game ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 31
Date: September 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I watched this video called lets play baseball i noticed this game is very dum GIRLY KIDDISH GAME SO NEVER BY THIS BASEBALL GAME!! That dumb looking cloud guy does not ref propely at all. And when you throw a strike it says straaaiiike in a stupid voice. And they are stupid impossible catches in this game and if it hits some stupid building block it is a homerun. And if you make a catch some very kiddish thing happens. You get hit by a chain chomp and the fielder loses the ball and the batter is safe. It is a dumb kiddy,boring,crazy,girlish and unrealistic video game. Only type of baseball worse than this is Monkey Baseball in Super Monkey Ball 2.

Hands down the worst "baseball" game I've ever played.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 22 / 45
Date: September 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Those who've played the other Mario sports titles will know that these games tend to bury the actual 'sport' beneath a pile of special moves and crazy locales.

Mario Baseball takes that attitude and pushes it to the absolute extreme. Stadiums are filled with obstacles which can turn an easy out into a double, a routine single into a triple, and can send a foul ball back into play so that it winds up fifty feet fair (and probably in your opponent's glove).

Pitchers can throw special pitches which are largely unhittable (such as Donkey Kong's banana pitch which breaks so sharply that it practically crosses the plate going the wrong direction). Batters supposedly have special hits as well, but I've never actually seen one of them work. (I was irritated far too quickly to keep trying).

And even the actual 'baseball' qualities of the game are suspect. When one first turns on the game, there is no power whatsoever. Homeruns, which are usually the break and butter of arcade style baseball, were few and far between in my experience.

The fielding leaves a great deal to be desired as well. Many fly balls turn into double plays simply because the player couldn't tell whether or not it was going to be caught.

I have no gripes about the "lack of depth" in the game, which many professional reviews have written about. Arcade style sports games usually have a lack of depth. They are supposed to be pick-up-and-play games. But that's the problem, Mario Baseball is not a pick-up-and-play game. It is incredibly annoying by ANY baseball standards... The few hours which I gave to this game were certainly anything but an enjoyable diversion. From winning by seven runs in three innings to an extra inning tie, no result in this game feels like anything more than dumb luck. Whoever hits fewer balls into the 'special feature' catastrophes will probably win.

One of the most frustrating game experiences I've ever had. Certainly the most frustrating sports game I've ever played.

Not recommended in the slightest...

Everyone Makes a Mistake

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 17 / 25
Date: September 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am a Mario fanboy. I admit it! But I'm not obsessed enough to think that everyone that pertains to Mario is the best thing since sliced bread. Mario Superstar Baseball is a fluke. Hey, everyone makes mistakes once in a while!
The graphics of this game are quite good. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Bowser, DK, Wario, and the rest of the gang are all present, along with many others, including the newly playable Toadsworth, Magikoopa, Goomba, and others. They look as realistic as ever. The baseball diamonds flourish with nice landscapes and backgrounds.
The sound is anything you'd expect in a Mario game. Since the gang isn't too chatty, you usually only hear grunts or sounds of celebration. BGut, i absolutely HATE the umpire's voice. That annoying, high-pitched, "Strike!" gets on anybody nerves. I want to strangle whoever did that voiceover.
Pitching is perfect. Namco put a lot of depth into the pitching, and I'm pleased with the result. I also love the star shots concerning each of the 12 captains' personalities.
Batting an be a challenge at first, but batting is simple, but not too easy that an experienced player will never strike out. I also like the different bats for each character.
Fielding is flawed. The controls are clumsy, and you can sometimes accidentally push the analog stick in the wrong direction, causing it to go to the wrong base.
Baserunning is HORRIBLE! I. Hate. IT!!! Every time a ball flies in the air, the idiotic AI on your team tries to run to the next base. When someone catches the ball, they almost ALWAYS get out while trying to get back to the base. Also, the diagram of the diamond in the upper right-hand corner is a poor reprenstative of how close or far you are from the base.
It seems that Namco put so much depth and fun challenge into pitching and batting, they skimpily added controls for baserunning and fielding.
Let's get this straight. I can honestly say that this is one of the worst Mario spin-off games in recent years. Seriously, some of the minigames in Mario Party 5 (the only Mario Party I dislike) are more entertaining and satisfying than getting a homerun in Mario Superstar Baseball.
I AM a Mario fanboy. But, all of fellow fanboys out there, please don't push the "unhelpful" button just because I'm giving this a negative review.
For you Mario newbies, don't start your Mario collection with a mistake. Try Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour or Mario Power Tennis by the superior-to-Namco Camelot Ltd. Or maybe even try the surprisingly good Mario Party 6.
Leave Mario Superstar Baseball to collect dust on the game racks.

make it stop

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: September 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i,melisa, love mario party and mario sports and i want them all. but there is too much why cant they just put all the sports in one. to have every sport and party it will be 500 dollars. so its not fair and aint waisting my money. but more on the game. its pretty fun and its not like great but its a good game filled with special baseball games and tournements. in other words just like the other mario sports!! i personally hate baseball but i thought since it had the name mario in it id get it. it was fun for a week but then i forgot about it because after 2 or 3 days it becomes super easy and you wind up winning every game. its way to easy not enough things to do but there is a massive load of characters to choose from. bye(plaese no more mario half of walmart is covered with the name mario! im starting to like this guy in my school named mario.weird!!!)

Absolute Mario Madness!!! =)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: September 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played this game at Best Buy and it was impossible to resist!
Here are why I liked this game: (thank you, nintendo!)
- easy hitting, pitching, fielding, etc.
- familliar field backgrounds (like yoshi's field)

Of course the mini games (my favorite is 'wall ball') totally rock. The Mush Room (that's what it's actually said) on the bob-omb is hard. (hint: the high score in the beginning is 1000)

Yup! This game is a 5 star indeed!

I can't finish it because it's soooo fun!

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: September 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This mario game is pretty decent. It has loads of characters to choose from and differnt stadiums that fit the characters personailty .

4 players simultaneously? Nope, not really.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: September 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was looking for a game that my family could play TOGETHER, and as the back of the package said "1-4 players simultaneous" I wrongly assumed that we could ALL play a GAME OF BASEBALL at the same time. Nope. Although you can play some ridiculous mini-games (such as Toy Field) with 4 people, you cannot play an actual game baseball game with 4 players. This is ridiculous.

Why Nintendo did not make is so that you could have 2 players on each team (as opposed to just being the "captain" of the team, I do not know. They should have made it so that each team could have one person pitching, and another playing a field position, and then when batting, simply take turns being the hitter.

We don't find the game controls too bad (other than running, which we always put on "auto". But if I had known that I could not be on the same team with my 8 year old daughter, and either play against others, or against the computer, I would not have bought this game.

Just Plain Ole FUN!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: September 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Forget the criticle reviews. They can't be Mario fans. Anyway,this game is awesome. I watch my 8 year old triplet boys having a ball playing it. It's Mario baseball, with all the characters. Mini-games too. If you like Mario Golf and Tennis, then you will like this as well.
The only reason I gave it 4 stars overall is because you can't play the regular baseball game with 4 players. Only 2. Mini-games are 4 players.
Just buy it.....it's a game. Not a new invention to master cold fusion.

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