Mario Loves Baseball

[Dances in Undergarments]

cube.ign.com/articles/613/613034p1.html

Some cool information on the now very badly named new Mario Sports spin-off, Mario (Loves) Baseball.

Interesting points noted:

- Japan release currently July 21

- Mario, Luigi, Wario, Bowser, Peach, Yoshi, DK, Koopa and Monty(!!) all playable. (Waluigi isn't mention but is in one of the original shots) Each character has different strengths/weaknesses (like in every Mario sports title). Mario = Well Balanced, Yoshi = Fast, DK = Strong

- "Personal Touches" on characters. Monty uses a palm tree (so is this Monty the mole or not?), DK uses Boxing Gloves instead of a bat (huh?). (orignal screens also show Bowser's bat looks like a Bullet Bill)

- Like Mario Power Tennis, there are special moves for different characters (mentioned are pitches - one that makes the ball catch on fire, on that makes it curve). Special moves require holding down a button to charge a power metre.

- Not yet known if stages are like in MPT, but there are apparently "interactive fireworks shows" when a home-run is hit. What that means, I don't know.



Looks good to me. Hopefully I'll love this as much as Mario Loves Baseball. Seriously, that is a terrible sounding name.

[Fryguy64]

Is the the ENGLISH name? The Japanese name is Mario Stadium: Miracle Baseball.

[The Almighty Narf]

Monty?!

[nocturnal YL]

Fryguy64 said:

Is the the ENGLISH name? The Japanese name is Mario Stadium: Miracle Baseball.

I can't confirm it. Japan is always the first to reveal title names.

But there IS a chance of it being called just "Mario Baseball"...





What I know about this title is that it is being developed by NAMCO.
(Why NAMCO!? What is Nintendo doing now with it? Donkey Konga games, Mario Kart Arcade GP, and now....?)

[Fryguy64]

Don't forget StarFox Assault!

But seriously... I doubt Nintendo of America would choose that as a suitable name for the game. Even Japan's name makes more sense. But then IGN are weird sometimes.

[Smashchu]

Most of the time dont trust Ign(If you remember these are the same ppl who think RE4 is better then LoZ:OoT).

[missingno.is back?]

Mario Loves Baseball..

MLB...

Makes sense.

[icymatt]

I still think Mario Soccer (or Mario Football to you European types) would've been a better idea. Baseball is kinda dull and not nearly arcadey enough, but that's just my thoughts.

[Andronicus]

Yeah, Mario Soccer would have been better...

Or better yet - stop making spin-offs altogether!

[Dances in Undergarments]

Smashchu said:

Most of the time dont trust Ign(If you remember these are the same ppl who think RE4 is better then LoZ: OoT).

Incorrect. The readers thought RE4 was better than OoT and were responsible for that atrocius list.



IMO, Baseball would make a better game than soccer. And Andronicus, you need to shut up.

[nocturnal YL]

Mario,soccer, soccer, SOCCER!!!!!!!



First of all, I never trust IGN or NoA for any information about future games.


Also. I've checked that "Monty" is not Moty Mole - instead, it refers to "Monte" from Super Mario Sunshine.

[Dances in Undergarments]

And who is "Monte"? That makes more sense, with the palm tree, but who is he?

Also worth noting the apparent title "Mario Stadium: Miracle Baseball" seems to be leading the way for future Mario Stadium titles. Basketball? Soccer? Syncronised Swimming? Who knows?

EDIT: A quick search tells me that "Monte" seems to be Pianta. So its just a regular Pianta? Aww... the Mole is a zillion times better than that. They could have at least used Il Piantismo or whatever his name was.

[nocturnal YL]

DancesInUnderwear said:

And who is "Monte"? That makes more sense, with the palm tree, but who is he?

EDIT: A quick search tells me that "Monte" seems to be Pianta. So its just a regular Pianta? Aww... the Mole is a zillion times better than that. They could have at least used Il Piantismo or whatever his name was.

Right, Monte means Pianta.

There are even screenshots of him...
img16.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc231&image=02b_scan01.jpg

[Blueberry_pie]

Ooh, a Pianta, huh...
What's that thing he's using as a baseball bat though?

[Fryguy64]

Heh heh... IGN must've got the name off that page. They didn't realise it was just a good ol' Japanese joke

The pianta is using an uprooted tree... you can see the leaves at the bottom.