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Mario Super Sluggers
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Developer(s)Namco Bandai
Publisher(s)Nintendo
SeriesMario sports series
Platform(s)Wii
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)Single-player and multiplayer

Mario Super Sluggers ("Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball" in Japan) is a sports video game for the Wii developed by Namco Bandai and published by Nintendo. It was previously known by the working title, Super Mario Stadium Baseball. It is part of the Mario Sports series, and the sequel to Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo GameCube. Super Mario Sluggers was released in Japan on June 19, 2008 and in North America on August 25, 2008.

Game modes

Mario Super Sluggers features game modes that are similar to those of Mario Superstar Baseball.

Exhibition Mode

A simple baseball game where players choose their captain and players. Players will choose how many innings to play and batting order is determined by a coin. Players can also choose to play a stadium morning.

Challenge Mode

The Player starts as Mario and must recruit all the characters. This is also where to unlock all characters and stadiums.

Minigames

Some minigames can only be played in day or night time. There are 9 minigames in total. Some minigames only play with the Wii Remote with Nunchuk and the Wii Remote sideways.

Day Time

  • Blooper Baserun
  • Piranha Panic
  • Gem Catch
  • Barrel Basher
  • Graffiti Runner

Night Time

  • Bob-omb Derby
  • Wall Ball
  • Ghost K
  • Bowser Pinball

Toy Field

Players try to hit baseballs to point spaces all around the field. The other players try to catch the ball. If a player catches a ball, it is their turn to bat. At the end of the game, the player with the most points will win. Toy field can only be played with the Wii Remote with Nunchuk or the Wii Remote sideways.

Practice

Players new to the game learn to bat, pitch, fielding, special moves and base running.

Records

Shows MVPs of exhibition games, star players in challenge mode and high scores of the minigames. When the game is completed, the records will show the ending movie.

Gameplay

A pre-release screenshot of Yoshi up at bat against Bowser Jr.

The gameplay of Mario Super Sluggers is similar to that of its predecessor; the main difference being the controls, with the Wii Remote adding immersion using a control scheme similar to the Baseball sub-game in Wii Sports.[4] There are three control methods available: Wii Remote by itself, Wii Remote and the Nunchuk, and the Wii Remote held sideways.

  • Batting and pitching is similar to Wii Sports.
  • Each captain has a star pitch similar to Mario Superstar Baseball.
  • Items can be thrown at fielders in an attempt to keep them from catching the ball.

Stadiums

The following stages were seen in various screenshots or the overhead map of all the stadiums; these stages have all been confirmed by game play videos. There are 10 stages, and most can be played in either a day or night setting.

  • Mario Stadium[5] [6]
  • Peach Ice Garden (Peach Rink in other countries) [6]
  • Wario City[6]
  • Yoshi Park[7][6]
  • DK Jungle[7][6]
  • Daisy Crusier (unlockable)[6]
  • Luigi's Mansion (unlockable)(night only)[6]
  • Bowser Jr's Room (day)[6]/Bowser Castle (night)[6]
  • Toy Field[6]

Characters

Many different characters have been spotted on the field in screenshots or artwork. Apparently, all characters will return from Mario Superstar Baseball, and there will be a total of 41 playable characters.[8].

Reception

IGN gave Mario Super Sluggers 7.4/10. IGN explained that the game is indeed fun but it is just the same game they played 3 years ago. Gamespot gave the game 6.5/10.[10]

Promotion

On August 24, 2008, Charles Martinet, who does the voice of Mario, made a special appearance at the Nintendo World Store in New York City to promote the release of Mario Super Sluggers a day earlier than the official August 25 release date. People who purchased the game received a free baseball with the game's logo on it and were granted permission to see and talk to Martinet.

Mario Super Sluggers Cards

As part of the North American marketing launch, Nintendo created a series of collectible online cards along with mariosupersluggerscards.com, a website that served as a virtual collector’s album. The site promises that the series will include a card for each of the forty-one characters featured in Mario Super Sluggers.

The cards began appearing in banner ads on popular kids websites on August 18, 2008, but have since begun to appear as embedded hyperlinks in other, less obvious locations.


On 9/2/08 it was revealed there had been a breech in the site's password system. [11]

On 9/3/08 the Moderator on supersluggerscards.com posted this response:

“Game on! We've fixed the leak and shored up our security again. Now we can get back to the business of hiding cards...”


There are more than just character cards. Making double plays get you downloads such as wallpapers or gameplay videos. Although the most interesting double play is unlocking different level cards. For example, combining a Yoshi and Wiggler card will give you the Yoshi Star Swing card. Level three cards consists of team card. When you combine the Yoshi Star Pitch and the Yoshi Star Swing it will unlock the Yoshi Eggs team card. The final level (as discovered so far) is the Stadium cards and to get these ones you have to mix the Birdo Bows team card with the Yoshi Eggs team card and you will get the Yoshi Stadium card.

References

  1. ^ GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Famitsu - two more Japanese Wii release dates- What are you waiting for?
  2. ^ Nintendo dates DS, Wii games - Wii News at GameSpot
  3. ^ Mario Super Sluggers (Nintendo Wii) - Game Details - Australia's PAL Gaming Network
  4. ^ Nintendo Hits a Home Run with Mario Super Sluggers
  5. ^ JEUXFRANCE.COM Japanese Scan,accessed 6/5/08
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nintendo Power Issue 232
  7. ^ a b JEUXFRANCE.COM Japanese Scan,accessed 6/5/08
  8. ^ JEUXFRANCE.COM Images, accessed 6/2/08
  9. ^ Greg Ford (2008). "Power Surge". Electronic Gaming Monthly (233): 80. ISSN 1058-918X. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  10. ^ "Mario Super Sluggers Wii at Gamespot.com". gamespot.com. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  11. ^ http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=945802&topic=45020342&page=23
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