Rusty's Real Deal Baseball
| Rusty's Real Deal Baseball | |
|---|---|
 Rusty's Real Deal Baseball title screen | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Katsuhiko Kanno |
| Producer(s) | Koichi Kawamoto |
| Designer(s) | Ryosuke Suzuki, Tadashi Matsushita |
| Programmer(s) | Shinji Kitihara, Kazuki Yoshihara |
| Composer(s) | Kenji Yamamoto |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball[a] is a free baseball video game published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS eShop. It was released in Japan in August 2013 and in North America in April 2014.[1]
Gameplay
The game revolves around the player purchasing baseball themed mini-games from Rusty Slugger's Sport Shack, a shop owned by Rusty. Through the purchased mini-games, which are paid for with real-life money, the player may find various items, like a bouquet of flowers, which can be used to haggle the prices of the products at Rusty's shop. The player has the option to pay the full price, which the game attempts to prevent them from accomplishing, by pushing them towards haggling. When paying for full price, however, (after Rusty loses his mind that you are paying for full price) the player learns the backstory of Rusty's friendship with Pappy Van Poodle, his old mentor (and boss of the nearby shōtengai, if you have the Japanese version).[2] The game also features StreetPass and SpotPass functionality.
Development
The game was first announced on a Nintendo Direct in February 2014.[3]
Notes
References
- ^ http://www.gaming-age.com/2014/04/nintendo-download-update-rustys-real-deal-baseball-batman-ao-blackgate-de/
- ^ Farrell, Paul (16 May 2019). "Pappy Van Poodle: Rusty Slugger's Long Lost Friend". Heavy. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Nintendo Direct February: Here's everything you missed".