Mario Superstar Baseball

Mario Superstar Baseball
Developer	Namco
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Nintendo Gamecube
Release Date	JP July 21, 2005 US August 29, 2005 EU November 11, 2005
Genre	Sports
Gallery	GH Gallery
Rating	ESRB: E

Mario Superstar Baseball (known in Japan as Super Mario Stadium Miracle Baseball) is a baseball game featuring various Mario characters.

Gameplay

The main part of the game is playing baseball and not much has changed from the real sport. Players take turns batting and fielding. Three outs and the teams switch positions. The player with the most points at the end of nine innings is the winner.

There are some special features. Sweet spots let characters hit the ball farther than normal, star power lets them use special pitches, and star abilities helps them make spectacular catches. Another interesting aspect is team chemistry. If two players have good chemistry, the ball moves faster when one throws it to another. For example, the ball will move faster if Mario throws to Luigi and slower if he throws to Bowser.

The game has several different modes. Exhibition lets the player play a single game. In Challenge Mode, players play agianst other teams to recruit players and ultimately go against Bowser's team. Toy Field lets the player play for coins on a field similar to old "Pitch and Bat" machines. Minigames let players play a series of minigames. Practice Mode lets players practice various controls.

Teams

All player are divided into 6 teams. Each team, except for Bowser's team at the start of the game, can be chosen in Challenge Mode to wander around the stadiums recluting new members from other teams. Each reclutable member from other teams has a count of the times they were amazed by the baseball abilities of the selected team a white flag will be given. The better the character the more flags it needs to change teams. However, if the leader gets all the flags before their team members then the other members will be sent to Bowser Jr.'s team.

Characters

• Character Information in Mario Superstar Baseball

Captains

Mario

Peach

Yoshi

Wario

Donkey Kong

Bowser

Sub-Captains

Luigi

Daisy

Birdo

Waluigi

Diddy Kong

Bowser Jr.

Players

Monty Mole	Toadsworth	Baby Mario	Petey Piranha	Dixie Kong	White Dry Bones
Blue Pianta	Toadette	Baby Luigi	Boo	Goomba	Green Dry Bones
Red Pianta	Red Toad	Red Shy Guy	King Boo	Paragoomba	Red Dry Bones
Yellow Pianta	Blue Toad	Blue Shy Guy	Blue Magikoopa	Green Koopa Troopa	Blue Dry Bones
Blue Noki	Green Toad	Yellow Shy Guy	Red Magikoopa	Red Koopa Troopa	Hammer Bro.
Green Noki	Yellow Toad	Green Shy Guy	Yellow Magikoopa	Red Paratroopa	Boomerang Bro.
Red Noki	Purple Toad	Black Shy Guy	Green Magikoopa	Green Paratroopa	Fire Bro.

Legacy

Sequels

In 2008, it was followed by Mario Super Sluggers for the Wii. The sequel adds more characters, new stages and an item system as new features.