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Mario Loves Baseball
Topic Started: Thursday May 19 2005, 08:53 PM (90 Views)
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Following last November's surprise announcement of Mario Baseball for the GameCube, Nintendo went quiet on the title (we've actually heard more about the plumber's basketball debut recently). At last, development seems to be wrapping up. The latest issue of Japan's Coro Coro Comics reveals a new name and a release date for the Japanese version of the game. GameCube importers can look forward to Mario Loves Baseball on July 21.

In addition to the name and date, we have a few additional details on the game. Nintendo and developer Namco plan on including a number of your favorite Nintendo characters, with Mario, Wario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser, Monty, Koopa and Donkey Kong currently being confirmed for inclusion. Each character has his own strengths, with Mario being well balanced, Yoshi being fast and Donkey Kong offering strength.

Characters also have some nice personal touches. Monty, for instance, uses a palm tree as a bat. Donkey Kong doesn't even use a bat when hitting! Instead, the original Miyamoto villain sports a boxing glove, which he uses to pound pitches into the outfield.

As with the GameCube rendition of Mario Tennis, the brand of baseball offered in Mario Loves Baseball will be a bit different from your standard Major League Baseball licensed title. Characters have special moves which are performed by first holding down a button to charge up a power meter. So far, we've only seen special pitching moves involving the ball catching on fire and performing impossible curves during delivery.

You can also expect fun to be had from the stadiums in which you play. We've seen some nifty graphical effects, with home runs causing what seems to be an interactive fire works show. Will the stages be filled with traps and pitfalls similar to Mario Tennis? We'll have to wait to get our hands on the title to see.

While today's release date concerns the Japanese version of Mario Baseball, a US release shouldn't be too far behind (and may even end up preceding the Japanese version). Expect more on the title as we bring you coverage from E3 next week.

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This looks quite intersting. I think I might get this.
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Mario, Wario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser, Monty, Koopa and Donkey Kong currently being confirmed for inclusion.


Also, in the E3 trailer you can see Paragoomba, Toad, Toadsworth, Dixie Kong, Birdo, Daisy, Shyguy, Baby Mario & Luigi, Pianta, Magikoopa (it could be Kamek), and Dry Bones.
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Also, in the E3 trailer you can see Paragoomba, Toad, Toadsworth, Dixie Kong, Birdo, Daisy, Shyguy, Baby Mario & Luigi, Pianta, Magikoopa (it could be Kamek), and Dry Bones.

I heard there's going to be 50 playable characters.
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I wonder if they will be on certain teams. :unsure:
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Well being the baseball fan I am...of course I'll buy this game. 50 characters...that would own.
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