Baseball was a very successful title in Japan and North America, two regions where the sport is highly popular. At the time, it was considered one of the best sports simulations available because of its accessibility and cute graphics. It remains a good introduction to the rules of this enjoyable sport.
The game allows you to pick between six teams. In Japan, they represented the full roster of the Central League, which hosts some of the most popular teams in the country. In the international version, those teams were replaced by the six most popular teams of the North-American league at the time of the game's release.
1. Bass X0
23 Feb 2007, 01:41 GMT
No reason for anyone to download this when they have Baseball with Wii Sports.
2. Manaman
25 Feb 2007, 17:00 GMT
lol Baseball.
Another one also found in Animal Crossing.
3. Badspeller
19 May 2007, 08:15 BST
This game was bad even when it was new. I can appreciate Nintendo wanting it on the vc for sake of completeness, but there is no way this thing is worth 500 points. They should just make it free (along with a few others like it) just to demo how the VC works
4. SKTTR
12 Jun 2007, 03:41 BST
It's on VC for the one's that loved it.
Baseball-Fans got Baseball.
And many people loved its slow paced simple gameplay and it's (now for most eyes invisible) charm back then.
For todays standards play Wii Sports Baseball instead and forget about this.
Nintendo's first attempt on an baseball game? I rate it: Too Retro! But I enjoyed some matches.. a few.. with my brother. It could grow if you have nothing else! 2 Stars
5. Kevin
25 Jun 2007, 20:58 BST
Possibly the worst baseball game you could play.
6. Mendez
02 Jul 2007, 10:55 BST
Wow, judging by the video that 1* rating was well and truly deserved! I'm just glad I've never had the mispleasure of playing it
7. Mark
25 Jul 2007, 06:15 BST
I remember getting this game when I was real young. I was so disappointed that I had wasted my hard earned allowance money on it. What a sad day it was indeed. My brother liked it though. Only worth 100 points max on the VC.
8. superBBQ
12 Sep 2007, 21:25 BST
Why did they use a pixely picture for even the box art. I played this once, my friend paid a whole 500 points...HA! It was good for laughing at the pathetic play but it really failed too much to warrant a rematch.
9. sir.turds.alot
24 Oct 2007, 16:48 BST
this game is awome! i have it on the origanal nes
10. jmac
11 Nov 2007, 14:39 GMT
Aww, had lots of fun playing this with my older brother back when we didn't know any better.
I will always remember the one time I played with my dad and he got (rightfully) upset by how laughably slow the outfielders were as they lurched around to pick up deep grounders, turning real-world base hits into triples. He said something like "Aw, come on, they're running like they got chowder down their pants!"
11. Beau Skunk
25 Nov 2007, 04:25 GMT
Boooooooooooring...
Normally I love old-school 8-bit Nintendo games like this, but this game is in no way entertaining. (Not even for it's day's standards.)
Purchase it if you want a cure for insomnia.
12. learn japanese ds
07 Jan 2008, 22:03 GMT
Did anybody notice how nintendo released their old school counter parts to the Wii sports games?
13. MasterMario
01 Mar 2008, 03:00 GMT
Believe it or not, I acually was excited of getting this game in Animal Crossing because I love baseball. I really hated this game because I didn't understand the controls in this game and the innings take forever to end. So don't get this game.
14. slangman
04 Mar 2008, 13:36 GMT
Played this when it was unlocked on Animal Crossing, Kinda unremarkable, i only played for 5 mins then i just switched it off again due to the dullness of not batting.
15. Karyyk
16 Mar 2008, 20:19 GMT
This one is still good fun if you played it as a kid. I used to play this for hours with my brothers and cousins, into the morning (at least until RBI Baseball came out).
16. Mickeymac
24 Jul 2008, 06:40 BST
I played this in animal crossing with my brother, we actually had fun. However, since I can play it in that whenever I want, I think I'll pass on Downloading it.
17. LordJamak
10 Aug 2008, 02:51 BST
Gee... a 500 point baseball game. We have Baseball or... um... Bases Loaded. What ever shall we do???
Okay hang on... we have Baseball and Soccer and Ice Hockey but no Pro Wrestling or 10 yard fight??? What the hell is going on here??
18. carson
17 Aug 2008, 08:32 BST
bring BASEBALL SIMULATOR 1000 to Wii VC. its the 2nd greatest Baseball game ever (right after MVP)
19. The Fox
29 Nov 2008, 21:06 GMT
Wow...totally not worth even 100 wii points. This is a perfect example of a game that hasn't aged well at all.
20. Ferret75
31 Jan 2009, 19:41 GMT
It's not the best sports game ever, but it still is pretty fun to play.
I'd give it a 2 or 3.
21. Pepe
24 Jul 2009, 22:31 BST
It was a fine game but I prefer Base Wars!!!
22. Segasonic
22 Oct 2009, 21:01 BST
The Atari 2600 baseball is A LOT better
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