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Title: Mario Baseball Announced for GC!
Post by: Mario on November 23, 2004, 04:47:53 PM: Pics at IGN

http://media.cube.ign.com/media/716/716495/imgs_1.html

Looks fun.
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Post by: Bill Aurion on November 23, 2004, 04:49:14 PM: Better have zany Mario additions if it wants my purchase, since I'm not a huge fan of the sport...
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Post by: Ian Sane on November 23, 2004, 04:59:25 PM: How did you find this? I can't see a link on the main page. Maybe it's caching on me or something.

Anyhoo it's another Mario game. Yee haw. Now unlike the new Mario Golf and Tennis this is at least something that Mario hasn't done before. I should be excited about this but Nintendo's recent insane sequelitis has completely numbed my interest in any Mario games. This will probably be fun and I might buy it. I don't know yet. But Nintendo's got to give Mario a rest for at least a year or so. At this rate no one is going to care when the Revolution launches with a new Mario platformer (even though they should).

And if Camelot is working on this may I ask why they aren't working on an RPG or SOMETHING that might actually sell some systems? If you're going to have them work on yet another "safe" title at least make it a Golden Sun title for the Cube.
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Post by: Caillan on November 23, 2004, 05:19:33 PM: I completely agree with Ian. Tennis and golf have always been good games with a good reputation; they could be justified with the assured sales, but a baseball game would be a complete waste of Camelot. A Golden Sun RPG would do wonders for the Cube, possibly even making it a 'must get' system, along with the PS2 for RPG fans.
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Post by: Infernal Monkey on November 23, 2004, 05:26:31 PM: It'll probably be huge in Japan. I could care less about baseball, though. Where's Mario Hockey?
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Post by: Pale on November 23, 2004, 07:15:08 PM: Mario Basketball!
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Post by: MaleficentOgre on November 23, 2004, 08:06:31 PM: They need to add all nintendo characters. Team sports would get real repetitive with just the mario franchise characters. The more players the better the game.
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Post by: 3rdrocket on November 23, 2004, 10:49:42 PM: Mario + sports = win
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Post by: Deguello on November 23, 2004, 11:58:02 PM: I also expect this game to have the most realistic Baseball physics ever because they don't have to worry with bothersome things like Derek Jeter's face-map and shoe size or if Fenway park's seats were adjusted a little higher this year and acutally work on the BASEBALL portion of the Baseball game.
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Post by: Mario on November 24, 2004, 01:42:03 AM: In an interview in Famitsu it's confirmed that Namco are co-developing this game.
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Post by: kennyb27 on November 24, 2004, 02:35:37 AM: Actually, it's not entirely true that Mario has never been in a baseball game before. There was a game called (look at this, it's ingenious) Baseball for the original Gameboy that had Mario as one of the characters. Granted it wasn't named Mario Baseball, but it did include the famous plumber.

On a personal note, I had mixed emotions when I saw this. Like Ian there was a part of me that was disappointed; however, I think it'll be great.
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Post by: NintendoPiccolo on November 24, 2004, 03:12:22 AM: Lol.. Mario baseball..what a good idea. Gamecube has such funny and awesome sports games with Mario, DK,Luigi etc. Just imagine "HOME RUN FOR MARIO" and "DK Steals 3rd base" haha.. wait one more.."Princess hits it over the ballpark" haha can't wait (:

Happy Thankgiving to all on the Forums
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Post by: WackerJr on November 24, 2004, 04:11:04 AM: I dunno what I should be more shocked about: the fact that Mario Baseball has been announced or that Nintendo of Europe actually managed to get a world exclusive as they were the ones to reveal the game!!!
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Post by: WackerJr on November 24, 2004, 05:35:21 AM: Ok, my bad, guess I shouldn't be so surprised. It was actually Nintendo of Japan that released the details, and NOE got it from them!
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Post by: vudu on November 24, 2004, 06:39:27 AM: People are always complaining that Nintendo needs to create sports titles to draw the mainstream gamer. Now Nintendo starts creating sports titles and people complain that Nintendo needs to focus its time on creating other types of games.

This is what's wrong with Nintendo's fanbase.
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Post by: Ian Sane on November 24, 2004, 06:51:01 AM: "People are always complaining that Nintendo needs to create sports titles to draw the mainstream gamer."

When people ask for sports they don't mean Mario sports games. Those aren't going to draw the mainstream gamer.
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Post by: Bill Aurion on November 24, 2004, 07:05:43 AM: When people ask for sports they don't mean Mario sports games.

Then they are stupid...If you want a sports sim go outside and play the real sport...
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Post by: UncleBob on November 24, 2004, 08:08:48 AM: Umm... then it wouldn't be a sim...
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Post by: SgtShiversBen on November 24, 2004, 08:11:13 AM: See Bill, I have to argue with you now.....sigh. I disagree with that because in the past, Nintendo has made some pretty damn good sports games. Sure this is when Nintendo (well their President) owned a stock of the Seattle Mariners. Those Ken Griffey games were some fun as hell baseball games and were pretty good when it came to everything else. Stunt Trax FX (if y'all remember that) was a very very fun racing game, as was Uniracers. Also there was Excitebike. Sure that game was mediocre compared to THE MATURE sports games of nowadays, but it's a sport game nonetheless. Oh yeah, can't forget about WaveRace and 1080, but people complained about those too. We're too spoiled and shut snobs when it comes to games, which is why I like being a Nintendoite.
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Post by: Perfect Cell on November 24, 2004, 08:43:50 AM: yeah but those sims are some of the best selling games ever... Madden ?

But i like it though.... I like Baseball more than Tennis or Golf... So ill be picking this up for sure regardless
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Post by: The Omen on November 24, 2004, 10:49:13 AM: Didn't baseball for the NES feature Mario? Not called Mario, but I thought every player looked like him. And in Golf on the NES as well. Maybe I'm becoming senile in my old age.
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Post by: Mop it up on November 24, 2004, 10:52:43 AM: I'm still waiting for a Mario football game. Could you imagine that? I guess it might be too violent of a sport, but then again, Mario characters are in a fighting game. I wonder if a cross between Smash Bros. and football would work.
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Post by: vudu on November 24, 2004, 10:52:50 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: The Omen
Didn't baseball for the NES feature Mario? Not called Mario, but I thought every player looked like him. And in Golf on the NES as well. Maybe I'm becoming senile in my old age.
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Originally posted by: kennyb27
Actually, it's not entirely true that Mario has never been in a baseball game before. There was a game called (look at this, it's ingenious) Baseball for the original Gameboy that had Mario as one of the characters. Granted it wasn't named Mario Baseball, but it did include the famous plumber.
Somebody already said that. Thanks for bringing it up again, though. As I too am senile, it helps to have information repeated numerous times.
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Post by: mjbd on November 24, 2004, 12:55:33 PM: I really like Mario sports games, so I am really interested to see how this one turns out. Funny how people are complaining that there are so many Mario sports games coming out lately, but no one seems to mind that a new Madden comes out every year. Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, and now Mario Baseball; three Mario sports titles, but atleast there are 3 differant sports. If there were three Mario Tennis games, then I would agree that Nintendo is overdoing it.
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Post by: Ian Sane on November 24, 2004, 01:51:58 PM: "Funny how people are complaining that there are so many Mario sports games coming out lately, but no one seems to mind that a new Madden comes out every year."

What are you talking about? A lot of us complain about Madden being released every year (and being one of the year's top sellers each time as well).
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Post by: The Omen on November 24, 2004, 02:28:06 PM: Quote

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Originally posted by: The Omen
Didn't baseball for the NES feature Mario? Not called Mario, but I thought every player looked like him. And in Golf on the NES as well. Maybe I'm becoming senile in my old age.
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Originally posted by: kennyb27
Actually, it's not entirely true that Mario has never been in a baseball game before. There was a game called (look at this, it's ingenious) Baseball for the original Gameboy that had Mario as one of the characters. Granted it wasn't named Mario Baseball, but it did include the famous plumber.
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Somebody already said that. Thanks for bringing it up again, though. As I too am senile, it helps to have information repeated numerous times.

That's funny. I never realized the NES and Gameboy were in fact the same system! Thanks for clearing that up!
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Post by: vudu on November 24, 2004, 03:07:18 PM: You miss the point; I was just trying to point out that someone had already mentioned that there was a baseball game that featured Mario, that's all.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go play Silicon Knights Presents: Nightmare On Elm Street.
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Post by: The Omen on November 24, 2004, 04:12:48 PM: I didn't miss the point, you were being an a-hole, which is quite the norm for you.

And mocking my ideas doesn't bother me in the slightest. There's a reason I'm a screenwriter and you follow me around like a puppy dog. :-)

Now go implore for help with Paper Mario as it seems too hard for you.
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Post by: vudu on November 24, 2004, 05:05:01 PM: Wow. A failing screen writer from New Jersey. Color me impressed. Written anything I'd have heard of?
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Post by: The Omen on November 24, 2004, 05:54:53 PM: I have a script being considered by Paramount and Section Eight productions(George Clooney s production company) as well as Bruce Campbell right now, mr 'vudu'. I hardly call doing what you want with your life failing, by the way. And I'm not in NJ anymore , despite what my profile says. Anymore foolishness you wish to bring to the table?

By the way, I like this new Mario Baseball. I just hope it plays as crazy as Mario Tennis and you can save stats.
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Post by: Deguello on November 24, 2004, 06:30:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: Perfect Cell
yeah but those sims are some of the best selling games ever... Madden ?

I bet you Mario games have overall sold more than Madden AND don't get traded in after exactly one year.
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Post by: Gremio on November 25, 2004, 04:53:05 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: Mario
Pics at IGN

http://media.cube.ign.com/media/716/716495/imgs_1.html

Looks fun.

Ack! I'm actually really excited about this one. I was hoping for a Mario Baseball game... :-)
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Post by: couchmonkey on November 25, 2004, 05:45:09 AM: I agree with Ian, Nintendo has taken Mario too far. In the past year we've had at least eight games starring Mario, and over the next 12 months we will see Mario Party 6, 2 Yoshi games, one Princess Peach game, Super Mario DS, Mario Party Advance, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Baseball: eight more, and I'm willing to bet Nintendo will announce a couple of others at E3.

To me this is some serious Mario overload. It makes each new game feel a little less special. Nintendo needs sports games, but I'm not convinced that more Mario sports are going to sell GameCubes. This will probably be a good game, and I'm sure Mario/Baseball fans will love it, but I'm not very interested.
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Post by: KDR_11k on November 25, 2004, 06:15:21 AM: The "don't play sims, go outside and play!" argument fails once you take reality into account. You need two people and perhaps ten minutes for a multiplayer match in Madden, you need a whole lot of people (sorry, I don't know how many people are involved in American Rugby), a lot of room and time to play the real thing. Or let's add military sims to that. Sure, you could say I could join the military and go to iraq instead of playing counterstrike but reality says I'm unfit for service at least for two years (though Counterstrike and armed forces rank about equal in the stress factor). I just can't do that.
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Post by: Pale on November 25, 2004, 05:07:41 PM: This has been mentioned already in some form or another, but this game does seriously need the other franchises.....That would be sweet...Zelda team, mario team, kirby team, pikmin team (somehow), pokemon team (again somehow), star fox team, f-zero team, and so on and so forth. Could be very very cool. And instead of Mario Baseball, it should be called Super Smash Baseball. =P
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Post by: D-Mac Double on November 25, 2004, 07:25:20 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: PaleZer0
This has been mentioned already in some form or another, but this game does seriously need the other franchises.....That would be sweet...Zelda team, mario team, kirby team, pikmin team (somehow), pokemon team (again somehow), star fox team, f-zero team, and so on and so forth. Could be very very cool. And instead of Mario Baseball, it should be called Super Smash Baseball. =P

I would buy that. I seriously would.

Nintendo is now the primary shareholder in the Seattle Mariners, and have just announced a Mario Baseball game. I wonder if it's more than a coincidence.
OMG ichiro can be playable

Source: IGN
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Post by: Perfect Cell on November 26, 2004, 02:52:24 AM: Actually they would be smart and make Ichiro presents MLB Baseball... a way to bring in the mainstream sports gamer... IMO
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Post by: MaleficentOgre on November 26, 2004, 08:31:17 AM: I've been saying that. take it a step further and just let the hounds loose. Kid icarus as a pitchure, the animal crossing gang in the crowd. Nintnedo owns a lot more characters than most people realise. They should capatilise on that and use all of their characters. It'd be the best selling baseball game ever.
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Post by: D-Mac Double on November 26, 2004, 09:31:38 AM: Also found on IGN, this game is being developed by Namco, not by EAD or Camelot.
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Post by: mjbd on November 28, 2004, 08:27:12 AM: Wow, Namco is making this one. I guess the relationship between Namco and Nintendo is pretty darn good. It wasnt that long ago when there was no relationship between the two.
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Post by: Ghisy on December 03, 2004, 10:45:20 AM: Oh duuuuude! a Mario Baseball game!!!
That's awesome! just when I wanted to get myself a baseball game! thank you Big N!
Does anyone know when it comes out in the US?
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Post by: Hostile Creation on December 03, 2004, 11:42:20 AM: SgtShiversBen, if you check the PGC main page, Nintendo now owns 67% of the Mariners, which was more than ever before

Yay Mario Baseball! I won't get it, but it looks fun.
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Post by: Procession on December 03, 2004, 07:25:40 PM: Wow, how long can Nintendo keep pimping Mario? Honestly, the Mario in every game thang rang old 5 years ago, if not longer.

How about a new franchise, Nintendo, or is that too radical? Honestly, it's wearing very thin.
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Post by: King of Twitch on December 03, 2004, 09:05:32 PM: They buy the Mariners and a movie studio, yet sold Rare and let Silicon Knights go