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Mario Super Sluggers
- Nintendo Wii
- Price: $49.99
- Genre: Sports
Common Sense Media says
Charming baseball title that's easy to play.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Mario's foray into baseball is harmless, sporting fun. The worst thing players will do in this game is thwart defensive plays by tossing objects like turtle shells, banana peels, or bombs.
What's it about?
Mario has always been known as the sporting type. The Nintendo icon flashes his athletic prowess on the diamond in MARIO SUPER SLUGGERS, an easy-to-learn baseball title ideal for younger gamers. The main challenge requires players to field a baseball squad to take on Bowser and his minions. To do this, you must visit different baseball stadiums and convince players to join your team. Most times, characters want you to complete a skills test before they hop aboard.
A sequel to GameCube's Mario Superstars Baseball, Sluggers includes mostly minor adjustments. Among the key changes is the incorporation of motion controls. Using only the remote, you can pitch, hit, and throw. To pitch, you'll flick the remote back then quickly forward. Unlike in Wii Sports, where you hold the remote like a bat, here you're told to flick the remote across to hit (although you can hold the remote as bat, but if you do, you seem to lose a little accuracy). If you prefer more complexity, you can attach the nunchuk for more precise control and player movement.
Is it any good?
The best part of Sluggers is actually playing the baseball games. You choose a captain and then eight teammates based on hitting, pitching, and other attributes. Recruiting players with the right special "talents" allows you to thwart opponents' efforts by tossing turtle shells and other objects. Chemistry also comes in handy on the field, in the form of blistering Buddy Tosses and high-flying Buddy Jumps to rob homeruns.
While this simple baseball game is good for kids, it won't satisfy more sophisticated Mario fans. The Challenge Mode only requires you play two games: One against Bowser and one against Bowser Jr. Most other activity involves smaller skill tests. An online mode is not available. Fortunately, you do get a ton of minigames from pitching events to a variation of the homerun derby. While Sluggers isn't as thrilling as Mario Kart or Wii Sports, it's a solid Mario-centric title.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about baseball video games. Do you prefer simple games like this or more robust experiences like Major League Baseball simulations? Did Mario and his friends make playing this game fun?
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Totally Fun!!!
This game is really fun for Family and Kids.
i would suggest this game for everybody out there
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ok game
I think it is an ok game that is hard to play sometimes it is also hard to understand at times but other times i have a blast
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I agree
Here my Team
Yoshi, Diddy Kong, Toadette, Koopa, Shy Guy, Tiny Kong, Wiggler, Blooper, & King K. Rool
& There you go
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Mario Super Sluggers
Mario Super Sluggers is a fun baseball game where you take up a role as Mario and his many friends to once again stop Bowser. The game has very little violence and the only violence is playing pranks on the opposite team. The game is fun but after a while I got a little bored. Good for any baseball fans 7+.
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Fun game, but lacks some of good stuff in the gamecube version
This is a good remake of the gamecube version (Mario superstar baseball). It has most of the same stuff. Players can bat by swinging the Wii remote but not on the toy field. However, this game does lack some stuff the part when you can be pichter on the toy field, but it's not a big issue the game is fun anyway
But the messages aren't always positive. For example, when a player gets a strike they don't respond to it to well, and when you lose a game to the CPU everyone is very upset, which kinda throws away the whole "winning isn't everything" saying. But as long as your child is mature enough to understand, than it should be fine. 7+ should be a good age.
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great game
it rocks any age if you know how to play the system
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My Opinion!
I love this game! My team is Peach, Toadette, Baby peach, dixie kong, Green toad, purple toad,Yellow toad, and Birdo.
This game is awesome! I love the challenge mode, too!! There is mini games and Toy Box mode. I love it!It's easy for my 7 year old sis! Here's some more games that i reccomand:
Mario strikers charged, Mario party 8, Super Smash BROS. brawl, and MARIO SUPER SLUGGERS! All of these games rock!
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Kid, 12 years old
July 13, 2011
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simple, easy to play game
if you know what baseball is, and you can hold a wii remote, you can definitely play this game and it has nothing violent enought to be worried about. It may get harder to play if you change the controls, though.
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| Platforms: | Nintendo Wii |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Sports |
| Developer: | Nintendo |
| Release date: | August 26, 2008 |
| Price: | $49.99 |
| ESRB rating: | E for Comic Mischief |
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