MLB Power Pros Review

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(More customer reviews)Power Pro is the first american version of japan's top baseball game. At first glance I'm sure a lot of you think this is a stupid kiddie game and a waste of time. Well "hardcore" gamers and casual fans alike will love this game and I'll break it down for noth camps.

Casual Gamers: Ever wanted an indepth wii sports baseball? Want to create yuor own Mii team to play against the yankees? Now you can. With it's exclusive Mii games you can swing the wii mote just like a bat and take on the best of the MLB with your family and friends. Assign positions and play in actual mlb parks for a full 9 inning game. This will take family fun night to a new level as the whole family can brag aobut beating the yankees or lie about losing to the Devil Rays.

Hardcore Baseball fans: This is the best baseball simulator ever. That's right. The level of detail is amazing. Also for those of you against motion controls you can use a classic controler, gamecube controller, or just nunchuck and wiimote. Success mode is a full rpg where you are a college prospect that must balance practice, school work, dating, and a job all while trying to beocme team captaina nd get a spot on a major league team. Every action raising your stas and makes you into a future hall of famer. Those of us who prefer a season/manager mode then you are in luck as this is probablly the best season mode I have ever seen.

This game has so much more that I can't do justice describing it. This game is the perfect game to get any baseball fan form your 5 year old who loves swinging a bat to the most cynical Yankee fan. This is my highest recomendation for any wii game. Forget the Bigs, this is where the heart and soul of baseball cna be found.

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Introducing MLB Power Pros, Japan's top-selling MLB series available for the first time in the U.S. MLB Power Pros delivers a unique flair to America's favorite pastime with an original visual style, pick-up-and-play gameplay mechanics, and deep gameplay modes. Available for the PlayStation2 and Nintendo Wii this fall, MLB Power Pros is sure to be a hit with gamers of all ages.
Features:

An original "Power Pros" visual style in which cartoon-like version of MLB players are brought to life with player-specific facial details and expressions.
Stunning MLB ballparks are brought to life with famous landmarks, bringing authenticity to every game.
Amazing animations with incredible double plays, diving catches, and even home-run-robbing wall catches.
Easy pick-up-and-play mechanics in both pitching and batting, allowing both novices and gamers a game of instant fun.
Game Modes:
MLB Power Pros features several different game modes including Practice, League, Season, Home Run Challenge, Wii Remote Mode (for Nintendo Wii), Success Mode, and more!

Season Mode: Players become an MLB team manager with the goal of winning the World Series Championship by controlling all aspects of the team, whether it be training players, purchasing better equipment, or making trades.
Success Mode: Assumes the role of a college baseball player trying to reach the Big Leagues by training in games while dealing with real-world situations like academics and part-time jobs.

Nintendo Wii Features:

Power Pro via Wii Remote: Play Home Run Challenge or Match-up Mode utilizing the Wii remote. Hit and pitch with the motions of the Wii remote.
Import your Miis! Select Miis stored on your console or Wii remote to bring into your game! Players can choose a single Mii to play on a team or populate a team with up to 10 Miis!

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MLB 08: The Show Review

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(More customer reviews)How does the saying go?The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Well, that's pretty much the mantra of this latest installment of the MLB franchise.With some new tweaks (and some new bugs), MLB 08 has crash landed on the PS2 console with a few changes that may either excite or disenfranchise some gamers.

First of all, the biggest change is the Guess Pitch feature, which no longer gives you the help of an exact location of pitches as last year's version did.For some, this change makes the game more difficult, as they could always hold back and wait for that perfect fastball in the lower half that you could rocket over the wall with relative ease.Now, should you select the new option for the Guess Pitch feature, you are only given an indication that the pitch will be in the area you guess.So, if a low and inside fastball is thrown by John Lackey, and you're clever enough to have selected the area you think the pitch will go, you can no longer rest assured that your guess will lead to an automatic base hit because the pitch could be low and waaaaaaaaay inside.You swing, you miss, or you chop the ball into the dirt.This, of course, adds to the realism of the game more and creates situations that n longer hinge on your habit of always guessing low and down the middle (Which was what I did all the time in MLB 07).

Another improvement is the Rob Home Run feature.I particularly love this because timing the jump was always the most difficult thing to do in any of the baseball games.Now, this doesn't mean that you'll have any more luck at robbing the home run, it just means that you can.Still, the ball may be too high, or your player might not be too fast, but the added excitement of snagging a foul ball in the stands or a home run from over the fence increases the playability factor exponentially.

Other than those things, not much else has changed between versions of this game.There are still bugs-a-plenty...outfielders that continue to run against the wall even though the ball has ricochet back into the field of play.Shortstops that inexplicably snag sure-fire homeruns out of thin air, and the plethora of foul balls the CPU hits even after getting a batter to an 0-2 count on off-speed pitches.

The umpire feature never seems to be of any prominence.I remember the advertising for this series that bragged how an umpire's strike zone varies depending on the ump's personality.Well, that is a crock because the strike zone variable seems wholly random.Sometimes, an ump will call an outside pitch a strike, but later on that same ump will call an inside pitch a ball.The probability is wholly random, as I see it.

Base running is still an incredible blunder.It is impossible to send a runner to steal a base.it is reliant on the computer, and taking the CPU option off results in a confusing button configuration that never seems to be wholly accurate or effective.I long for the days of EA Sports easy stealing and base running system...want your runner to advance to third on a slow roller up the middle?Just press the Left directional button and they're off to the races.In MLB 08, the controls are incomprehensibly convoluted, and having to memorize button procedures takes away from the fun of the game.

As always, the announcer team is morbidly banal...many of the same one-liners and comments were just repackaged into this game.It's gotten to the point now where whenever I hear "The 3rd base coach had to do a skip-to-my-lou", my body instantly seizes and my bowels release.OK< not really, but it's as annoying as listening to Tim McCarver in the playoffs.Either get new announcers or write new scripts for these guys cause recycling these "gems" demeans my intelligence.

Things that are missing:Fan interference!?How about a little love for the guys who lean over and try to snag foul balls?Also, an easier way to manually update rosters during the course of a season would be preferable then having to do it before starting a franchise by adjusting the rosters for those unfortunate enough not to have a PS2 with internet capabilities.And those bugs!Ugh!I'm not talking about the ones that swarm Joba...I'm talking about the others.Like a pop-up skied up the middle beyond second base that the catcher has to run through the infield to get?What's up with that?

Anyway, those points I raised are more nit-picky than anything.MLB 08 is still a quality baseball game, better than 2K's.The gameplay is smoother and the myriad of options regarding gameplay blows the lid off of the shell that is 2K.I would recommend this game for the hardcore baseball fans.Especially if you have an internet connection for your PS2 so you can get updated rosters, because as fun as it is to reflect on the times when Santana was on the Twins, it's extremely annoying to have to face him in the course of a season in the American league.

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Little League World Series Baseball '08 Review

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(More customer reviews)My 4 year old son has had this game for about 3 weeks now, and absolutely loves it.The controls are very intuitive and he was hitting home runs in no time (I actually had to turn the difficulty up for him!) Also, in my opinion, Activision did not "dumb down" this game for kids---there's lots of nice little touches for adults (in-jokes, beautiful background scenery, etc.).The pitching and fielding is almost certainly too simplistic for a "seasoned" gamer, but again, for kids between the ages of 4 and, I'd say, 13, this game is perfect.Lots of mini-games on here (which are quite fun) and if it's too easy you can certainly turn the difficulty up.Very satisfied with this one.

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Little League World Series is the perfect game to play with your friends and family. Bat, pitch and field your way from local sandlot slugger to Little League World Series Champion using intuitive controls. Featuring eight U.S. and eight international teams, extraordinarily deep character customization, World Series Mode, and various skill based challenges, Little League World Series offers an exciting, authentic baseball experience. Various skill based challenges

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MLB 07: The Show Review

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(More customer reviews)I had that other baseball game (2K7) but did not like the out of focus look.For example when you are at the plate, the stands in the outfield are blurry and out of focus.I hated that so much that I sold the game right away. That also happens when the camera is on the batter.In that case, the fans in the stands to the sides and back of home plate are very blurry looking.I know that happens in real games but it looked dumb in a video game and should have been left out.

Compared to 2K7, MLB The Show has better graphics, better animations and an a very adequate play-by-play team.It was easy to get into the game play also.I only played a couple of games but I liked what I saw heard and liked the control scheme.A couple of things bugged me though.First, I once had MLB 05 on the PS2 and when you hit a home run, you would get fireworks and/or animation from objects like the rising apple in NY, the swinging bell in Philly or the rotating pin wheels and fireworks in White Sox Park (I know it's Cellular Field but I prefer to call it White Sox Park).In the PS3 version, I didn't see any of that and was very dissapointed.How can they have it in a lesser version and not include it in the latest generation machine's software.Did someone forget to put it in?It takes some of the fun out of hitting home runs.Also, the AI (artificial intelligence) can be suspect.I had a man on third and a ball was hit to the first baseman.Instead of trying to cut down the runner at the plate, he instead ran to touch first base to get the hitter and then threw to home.As a result the run scored when it should have been contested.I've heard of other like mistakes and while no video game yet has proved to be perfect those are mistakes that should have been corrected in testing.

The crowd in this game looks great from every angle and is the best looking crown in any major sports video game.I read promotional material that said the crowd would interact by going for foul balls but that must have not made the final cut as I didn't see any instance where that happened.I hope they put back the fireworks and animations for home runs and implement the interactive crowd animation for chasing foul balls in next years game.Otherwise between this and the only other game in town (2K7), I would pick MLB The Show 07 for the PS3.

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MLB 07: The Show delivers online baseball action the way it should be. The franchise now introduces the all-new Road to The Show mode, enabling gamers to play both offense and defense from the created player's perspective. With the Adaptive Pitching Intelligence (API) feature, catchers will call the game based on the individual strengths and weaknesses of each pitcher as well as analyze tendencies of batters. Gamers will now have the ability to either trust the pitches called by the catcher or shake them off. Online League Play offers customizable leagues with up to 30 teams, complete with full stat tracking, point benefits and rewards. The My Sliders feature allows users to create their perfect game settings and upload them to the MLB 07 The Show server for others to try out.

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MVP 07 NCAA Baseball Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been looking forward to this game since the end of the College World Series last year, hoping that EA would really buckle down and fix the few minor problems with last year's release. Though the graphics are still mediocre and not much has changed as far as gameplay goes, it's still a great game. One complaint I have is that after the stellar soundtrack from last year this year they only have fight songs from schools. I think the idea is great, but there should still be some normal tracks as well. Definitely worth the $30 you'll pay for it, but don't expect much more than the last one.

Looking forward to starting a new franchise this year after getting through 4 seasons with the previous game!

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MVP 07 NCAA Baseball delivers real-time baseball features. It's got everything you'd see if you were watching a college baseball game on ESPN. You'll enjoy an ESPN ticker and live ESPN Sportscenter radio updates. Cheerleaders, crowd chants, and team fight songs add to the atmosphere and realism of this year's title. Plus, there are now an increased number of conferences, teams and authentic stadiums, creating a true-to-life NCAA baseball experience.

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MLB 08: The Show Review

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(More customer reviews)I was a huge fan of MLB The Show 07, and didn't think Sony could really improve upon itself.Boy was I wrong!Here are just some of the improvements made.....

1.Improved graphics - not as much of a cartoony look.Amazing looking fields, background animation (people playing with beach balls in the stands, just as examples) And this time people actually go for foul balls hit into the stands.

2.Improved stats - This game track EVERYTHING, including how your player fares at the plate with various pitches, locations, pitchers, etc.It also has a better "training" mode in my opinion.Similiar to last year's, but a little more specific.

3.You can import your own soundtrack to play in the game.And the manual makes it very easy to do so.

The only thing that I found that was a negative so far is when you are fielding.If the batter takes a ball or strike, many times the at-bat starts over, with a 0-0 count.

They did say that you can play an entire game, and even save the game before a full game is completed.However, this DOES NOT APPLY to the "Road to the Show" mode.

If you want a baseball game that is realistic in just about every aspect, you need to buy this game.I played 07 until today, when I bought 08.And I am certain I will be playing this one until 09 comes out.

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MLB 07 The Show Review

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(More customer reviews)When I bought this game I was just looking for a baseball game to play. Now everyday I'm playing this game and I never get sick of it. Amazing game, great graphics, overall just fun to play.So much variety in game modes that you will never get bored.Easy to learn to play, but still realistic because you won't destroy every team you play.

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Major League Baseball 2K8 Review

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(More customer reviews)Wow...this game could have been absolutely fantastic for the Wii.However, there are some MAJOR components missing or severely lacking with this game.

1)The graphics are Playstation 2 quality...and that's being nice.I understand the Wii isn't a graphics powerhouse like the 360 or PS3, but after playing Super Mario Galaxy and seeing screenshots of Super Smash Brothers, it's obvious that the 2K team on this project dropped the ball.

2)Hitting is insanely difficult.I have played seven exhibition games now and am having a rather difficult time with it.

3)No online multiplayer.I don't get that decision.

4)No minor leagues.I've checked and can't find it...although the box has the official minor league sticker on the case.Not really a big deal in my opinion.There are some good points to the game...

1)The commentators are insanely good.Actually the best in any sports game that I have played.

2)The pitching controls are really good.You choose a type of pitch, then point your remote to where you want the ball to go, then flick your wrist to begin the pitch...a bullseye will appear with red, yellow, and green areas.You want to get it in the green area.You use a throwing motion to lock in that bullseye location.

3)Defense motion is very realistic.I've had my shortstop dive at a ground ball and then make the throw to first from his knees.I've had several double play balls that are just crazy realistic.

If you can get over the pathetic graphics and lack of online play, then my guess is that you would really enjoy this game.I have a feeling that I will improve on the hitting over time...so I can't dog that too much.If the graphics were better I would have given this four stars.Add the online play, and I would give it five stars.

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Major League Baseball 2K8 returns to the diamond.

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MLB Power Pros Review

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(More customer reviews)I just got this game a week ago.THE best baseball game on the market.It doesn't matter if you're a die - hard baseball fan or just learning the game, because its simple pick up and play controls and options make you look like you've been playing baseball all your life.The looks of the players are hilarious with just a head, torso and HUGE feet.The stadiums look almost exactly like in real life.Plus, the fast gameplay makes a 9 inning game fly by.Also, for a cartoon-ish like game, it has incredibly deep game modes.So, if your looking for some good, old-fashioned fun, this game is for YOU!

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