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Mario Superstar Baseball
Developer(s)	Namco
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	July 21, 2005 August 29, 2005 November 11, 2005
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	CERO: All Ages ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+ OFLC: G
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Media	1 × GameCube Optical Disc

Mario Superstar Baseball, released as Super Mario Stadium Miracle Baseball (スーパーマリオスタジアム ミラクルベースボール Sūpā Mario Sutajiamu Mirakuru Bēsubōru) in Japan, and also known to some fans as Super Mario Baseball is a sports game that was developed by Namco and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2005. The game was created in the vein of other Mario sports games such as Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis. This game is now a Player's Choice title. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... -1... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Namco Ltd ) is a amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on thier gameplay. ... A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... PEGIs logo Pan European Game Information, or more commonly PEGI, is a European system for rating the content of computer and video games, and other entertainment software. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Namco Ltd ) is a amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mario ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. ... A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. ... Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour is video game made for the Nintendo GameCube and a sequel to 1999s Mario Golf. ... Mario Power Tennis, known in Japan as Mario Tennis GC (マリオテニスGC), is a sports video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2004. ... The NTSC Players Choice release of the GameCube title, Star Fox Adventures. ...

Characters

Captains have four team names each, varying depending on who is in the team. Some sub-characters have different colors which can be changed before the match (for example, Toad's red dots and red vest can be changed into purple dots and a purple vest), and some sub-characters must be unlocked by completing Challenge Mode with Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Wario, DK and Bowser.

Balance

These players are neither particularly good or bad in any specific area.

Captains

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Sub-Players

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Technique

These players are good at pitching and/or fielding, but aren't strong batters.

Captains

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Sub-Players

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Speed

These players are good at fielding and running but not good at pitching or batting.

Captains

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Sub-Players

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Power

These characters are good at batting and/or pitching but generally lack in other areas.

Captains

Wario ) is a video game character created by Nintendo. ... This article is about the video game character. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bowser Jr. ...

Sub-Players

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Player Chemistry

A feature unique to Mario Superstar Baseball is "player chemistry". Player chemistry puts emphasis on character relationships and compatibility while playing. There are two types of player chemistry: good and bad. Good chemistry occurs when two "buddy" players throw to each other while fielding. The ball travels faster when one character throws to a buddy, improving teamwork. On offense, a player's batting abilities increase if he/she has a buddy on base. A few examples of buddy players are Peach & Daisy, Mario & Luigi, Donkey Kong & Diddy Kong, Yoshi & Birdo, Bowser & Bowser Jr., and Wario & Waluigi. Good chemistry is symbolized by an eighth note, and is displayed to show which characters are friends. If other characters share this note when one is highlighted, they are buddies. Figure 1. ...

Conversely, bad chemistry occurs when one character throws to another character he/she dislikes. The ball travels much slower, and is wildly off-line, which may result in misplays that are usually routine (Such as throwing a runner out at first base). Examples of characters who have bad chemistry with each other are Mario & Bowser, Toad & Wario, and Luigi & Boo. Bad chemistry occurs less often than good chemistry, however.

Game Modes

Exhibition Game

Mario at bat while Bowser pitches

A single game of baseball, players choose the Team Captain and a roster of players, and play one game. Players can also choose how many innings the game will last, and pick their choice out of six unique stadiums. Screenshot from Mario Baseball from www. ... Screenshot from Mario Baseball from www. ...

Challenge

The heart of Mario Superstar Baseball is the Challenge Mode. It is a single-player mode where the player selects a pre-built team and must defeat all the other teams; at first Bowser's team is the last team to beat for the cup, and must be unlocked before the player can use him. There are six teams, each led by one of the Captains (Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario and Bowser), features a secondary captain (Luigi, Daisy, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Waluigi and Bowser Jr.), and is filled with a mix of sub characters, some of which are duplicated within a team, but do not appear on any other team. For example, Mario's team consists of Mario, Luigi, Monty Mole, 3 Piantas and 3 Nokis, Princess Peach's team consists of Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Toadette, Toadsworth, and 5 Toads, Wario's team consists of Wario, Waluigi, Boo, King Boo, Petey Pirahna, and 4 Magikoopas, Yoshi's team consists of Yoshi, Birdo, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and 5 Shy Guys, Donkey Kong's team consists of Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Goomba, Paragoomba, 2 Koopa Troopas, and 2 Koopa Paratroopas and Bowser's team consists of Bowser, Bowser Jr., 4 Dry Bones, Hammer Bro, Fire Bro, and Boomerang Bro.

Players challenge the other teams, beating the other four opens the path to Bowser's castle. The secondary purpose of defeating other teams is to recruit other characters to improve ones team. On opposing teams, each character has a set of scouting flags. During the game players will have mission objectives like "Strike 'em out", or "Score a run", that earn flags; if one gets all the flags of a particular character and wins the game, that character will be recruited. Flags are cumulative, so if the player doesn't get all the flags in a game, or loses the game after getting all the flags, the flags earned will remain when the team is challenged again; a team can be challenged as long as the captain of the team is not recruited. Players of a different color (such as Purple Toad & Yellow Magikoopa) can't be recruited and can only be played in minigames and playing with the teams they start on (ex. Green Toad with Peach).

If the team captain is recruited, his or her team will disband; any characters from that team that were not recruited will join a team led by Bowser Jr. Another way to recruit characters is by a mercy win; if either team is leading by at least 10 runs at the end of an inning, the game is called out of mercy to the losing team. If the player wins a game in this fashion, all characters on the opposing team will be so impressed that they will immediately join.

After every game or minigame, Bowser Jr. will wander around the map; if the player challenges him, they will play a game in the bottom of the 9th inning, with the player randomly chosen as visitor or home. If the player's team is the visiting team, then they will have the lead and must stop Bowser Jr. from mounting a comeback; otherwise, it is the player's job to mount a comeback. Beating Bowser Jr. earns the player 100 coins to use in the shop, while losing costs the player half their coins. It should be noted that if you have an odd coin count and you challenge Bowser Jr. and lose, your coins will be rounded up (ex: if you have 463 coins and lose, you will have 232 coins, not 231). Bowser Jr.'s team also has players from disbanded teams that the player can recruit; in which case the only mission objective is "Win the game.".

There is a shop located on the map for purchasing power-ups, each worth a certain number of coins that the player earns from the minigames or Bowser Jr. In order for a Captain to use their special abilities, they must be purchased from the shop; these power-ups are permanent, and can be carried over into other Challenge Mode games by continuing from a previously cleared game. Other power-ups offer a temporary boost to a stat for all characters on their team, but they only last for one game, win or lose.

Another goal during Challenge Mode is the Superstar quest; each character has a set of requirement that earn stars. If a character meets all of his or her requirements, then the character upgrades to a Superstar, and gets a boost in all their abilities. Also, once a character becomes a Superstar, the Superstar version of the character can be used in other game modes. There's a simple way to figure out the number of superstar missions per player. The captain of the team has 10 missions. The 2nd captain has eight. Minor characters have six. And characters of race (excluding Monty Mole who has six) have four. Note that players like Red Koopa and Black Shy Guy can be unlocked by completing the main changing color player like Blue Pianta & Blue Noki.

There are four difficulty settings for challenge mode that are similar to those of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Mushroom (easy), Flower (medium), Star (hard), and Special (very hard). On Mushroom, Flower, and Star difficulty setting, you challenge four other teams that you will play three innings and beat Bowser's team that you will play five innings. On Special difficulty setting, the innings change: you challenge four other teams that you will play 5 innings and beat Bowser's team that you will play seven innings. Once the player clears Special difficulty, then Bowser is selectable as a team captain. When using him as a team captain, the rules slightly change: Bowser has to beat the initial five teams, then face a team composed of Mario and eight other captains (One character is exempt at random); Bowser can still recruit other characters, except the captains and sub-captains; and Bowser Jr. does not wander the map to challenge a player. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube video game console. ...

Toy Field

Using four players and a metallic field decked with large buttons (reminiscent of the old "pitch and bat" machines), players will either gain or lose coins depending on where the ball lands. There are several types of spaces:

• HIT - batter gets 10 coins
• 2B HIT - batter gets 20 coins
• 3B HIT - batter gets 30 coins
• COIN - 30 Coins appear for the defenders to collect
• HR - batter gets 40 coins, defenders lose 20 coins each
• ? - a slot machine is spun and the effect depends on the outcome

When the ball is put into play, the player that retrieves the ball before it runs out of momentum will bat next. If the batters strikes out, the pitcher bats next. If the batter is struck out, they must give the pitcher 30 coins. If a batter is directly caught out, they must give the catcher 50 coins. If the ball is not caught before it runs out of momentum or 4 ball results are pitched, the batter gets another turn. The player with the most coins at the end of the game is the winner. The player gets to choose how many turns the game will last.

Minigames

Bob-omb Derby- Hit homers with Bob-ombs using a charged swing to gain points. Anything other than a homer is worth nothing. Get enough points to win. This is for 1-4 players. Note that FLUDD (Super Mario Sunshine) is pitching. A Bob-omb , Bomhei) is a robotic bomb character or item, featured in Nintendos Mario series of video games. ... Super Mario Sunshine ) is a 3-D platforming video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. ...

Wall Ball- Pitch balls to break walls. The walls with musical notes on them are worth the most points, and hitting one of the Bowser walls last causes the player to lose points. The player with the most points after three pitching rounds wins. This is for 1-4 players.

Chain Chomp Sprint- Collect as many diamonds as you can by running around the bases. Make sure you stop moving when the Chain Chomp wakes up. If you're caught, the Chain Chomp will steal some of your diamonds. The player with the most diamonds wins. This is for 1-4 players. This Chain Chomp, from Super Mario Brothers 3, is lunging at Mario, who is safely out of range The Chain Chomp is a video game character from Nintendos Mario series of games. ...

Piranha Panic- Throw the colored eggs to its correctly colored Piranha Plant. Any egg can be thrown at the purple plant. Be careful of the fire the plants spit out and other player's Bob-ombs. The player with the most points wins. This is for 1-4 players.

Barrel Batter- Hit as many barrels as possible to gain points. After a certain number of barrels are blown, a special barrel appears for one pitch only. Hitting it destroys all the barrels. Get enough points to win. This is for 1-4 players.

Star Dash- (unlocked by beating challenge mode once on any level) Collect as many coins as you can as they are shot out of a Coin Generator. Mushrooms sometimes come out, too. Red ones give you a speed boost, while purple ones slow you down. Stars will also sometimes appear. Anybody who touches a star becomes temporarily invincible, and can run into other characters to knock them out and steal their coins. The player with the most coins wins. This is for 1-4 players.

Grand Prix- (unlocked by beating almost all of the minigames in single-player special mode) All minigames are randomly chosen for player to place first out of four. First place is 10 points, second place is 7 points, third place is 3 points, and last place is zero points. If playing against a computer, it is automatically on special difficulty. The winner who ever has the most points after all minigames are played.

Practice

This is where players can practice the various controls for Mario Superstar Baseball. This includes batting, pitching, running, and fielding.

Playing as Bowser

When playing as Bowser the other teams invade your castle, and you must beat them in a game of baseball to win your castle back. Bowser may mean: Bowser, British Columbia, an unincorporated community on Vancouver Island Bowser and Blue Bowser and Blitz from King Bowser, a Nintendo character The above characters enhanced form, Giga Bowser The above characters youngest apparent son, Bowser, Jr. ...

Voice Acting

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Awards

• GPhoria's Best Alternative Sports Game

External links

• Official Mario Superstar Baseball website
• Mario Superstar Baseball at Nintendo.com
• Mario Superstar Baseball at MobyGames
• Mario Superstar Baseball on GameFaqs
• Mario Superstar Baseball on Gamespot