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 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.

The teams consist of 9 members, green for Balance, yellow for Technique, blue for Speed and red for Power.

Mario		Peach		Yoshi		Wario		Donkey Kong		Bowser
Luigi		Daisy		Birdo		Waluigi		Diddy Kong		Bowser Jr.
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		Bomerang Bro.
Red Noki		Purple Toad		Black Shy Guy		Green Magikoopa		Green Paratroopa		Fire Bro.

Legacy

Sequels

• Mario Super Sluggers is currently in development.