Mario Superstar Baseball

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Wild power-ups enhance your character's fielding and pitching controls
• Try out Challenge Mode, where you'll wander the land clearing baseball trials
• Go to the Toy Field, where you can hit balls at targets to earn coins and other prizes
• More than 50 characters from the Mario universe to play with, or against
• Crazy mini-games and four-person multiplayer action

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009XEC0C
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 5.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 30, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,919 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Mario Baseball delivers terrific arcade sports gaming, combined with classic Mario game action! All the challenges of the popular sport combined with the weird, wacky fun of Mario's world come together, for laughs and thrills.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Batter Up!, September 1, 2005

By 

Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mario Superstar Baseball (Video Game)

Arguably, Nintendo really knows exactly how to put the Mario franchise within the worlds of sports extraordinarily well. It first started with the status of the fast and furious Mario Kart series. Then, it was more laid back towards the putters with the wild and wacky Mario Golf series. After that, it took a turn towards aces with the Mario Tennis games for the Nintendo 64, and last year with the Gamecube. Still, there are a few other sports that are going to have the Mario bandwagon soon. Within the next year, there will be the European football, or soccer hyped Super Mario Strikers. But in the meantime, a Spring and Boys Of Summer tradition called baseball.

Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo Gamecube, is a fast paced and eclectic gamers paradise through the world of baseball. The game really goes a lot deeper from the Super Mario Briothers series past and present with so many characters like Yoshi, Luigi, Mario, Peach. Also, some old favorites like the flying goombas, and dry bones from Super Mario Brothers 3, Koopa Troopa, and so many others. Arguably, the graphics are just delightful, and the gameplay and control is very easy to learn for some characfters, whether it is in the pitching, or the batting, and simply within the outfield. The fields also blend within each unique feeling of the Mario worlds with courses from the Princess Castle, and even the wild and wooly jungle worlds of Donkey Kong. The musical score is as cutesy, but not over the top for the game, but that arguably doesn't matter at all.

Mario Superstar baseball is a great addition for any fan of Mario, and baseball alone. While, there have been so few baseball games for the Nintendo Gamecube, this happens to really be one of the very few that does stand alone. This is a great sports game, and one of the few that really does hit a home run.

Graphics: B+

Sound: B-

Control: B+

Fun & Enjoyment: B- if you're playing solo; A- if you're playing with others

Overall: B

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun at First, February 12, 2006

By 

Joyce Green "Adam John" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mario Superstar Baseball (Video Game)

Mario Baseball is a entertaning game that is tons of fun at first. Anyone who buys the game will love so many of the intresting features like powerups mini-games, and fields. However you will find yourself very frustrated at times with the fact that you did not make the right play because the feilding controls are herd to master. Also after a while the game is not fun ro play for many then about 1/2 hour at atime.
Pros
*So many diffrent charcters to make up your team with
*Mini-games help to master some of your playing skills and are also fun
*Graphics and Sounds are good as always
*More characters can be unlocked
*Each character has a special ability that can be used when pitching or hiting

Cons
*Can get boring after a while
*The controls while on the feild can be hard to master

Overall
If you are a Mario sports fan it is exactly what you would expect. If you are a baseball fan this game might be alittle to crazy for you. However I think that it is worth a purchase because the game is entertaining even though it is not one of the best Mario sports games on the market.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahoyay, January 31, 2006

By 

Matthew D. Tanner "MDTanner" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mario Superstar Baseball (Video Game)

This is the most fun I've had playing a baseball game in a while. You need to have a friend or two that you can play baseball games with and you will be whisked back to the good old days when games made you so mad you wanted to throw your controller and kill your friends. They should have made the A.I. better and there should have been more characters if you ask me but still, you have to love the addictive/destructive nature of Mario Baseball!