Mario Baseball

[MVS]

New Brands
-Advance Wars (IntSys) 2001
-Custom Robo (Noise) 2004
-Doshin the Giant (EAD) 2002

Weren't these on the NES, N64 and N64 DD respectively?

[jarrod]

Weren't these on the NES, N64 and N64 DD respectively?

Not in the western world. Reread my post.

[Curtis]

Why can't they stop putting Mario in every general-genre game that they make?

Because they were stupid enough to try Diddy Kong once and took the results as "People want Mario" rather than "People don't want Diddy Kong."

[kingoffighters]

C'mon, there is no justice in this world. Where is my Mario Rugby? How about Mario Cricket? Or Mario Gymnastics, heck, I am been screaming for a Mario Rock-Paper-Scissor for decades....

[MVS]

Not in the western world. Reread my post.

Right. Old new games.

[jarrod]

Right. Old new games.

Well that's where CowDisease took the discussion. If you'd like I can list 10 new Japanese series in their place?

[RedCoKid]

Be careful what you wish for, you'll probably end up with Mario Boxing.

Though, come to think of it, the ability to beat the tar out of Mario is something I could get behind.

More likely, Mario would replace Little Mac.

[jarrod]

More likely, Mario would replace Little Mac.

Naw, PunchOut!! is already established as it's own IP, with a pretty faithful following actually. If a new game were to appear with Mario in it, he'd likely just be the ref again. I could see Donkey Kong in there somewhere as an opponent too.

[Cowdisease]

heck, I am been screaming for a Mario Rock-Paper-Scissor for decades....

That's one of the mini-games in Wario Ware GBA.

But your point of Mario [keep inserting sports until we have to actually start making them up] is duly noted.

[Opaque]

They are? Where?

Halo 2, Half Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Grand Theft Auto: Sand Adreas, Burnout 3 and the soon to be released Prince of Persia 2.

All exciting, all innovative and some edgy in terms of content.

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I don't know how to feel about this Mario Baseball game, though. On the one hand I'm happy Nintendo is trying something new, but then I think for a minute and I realise that this kind of "new" is no different from when they add a new minigame to Mario Party. Yes it's something thay haven't done before, but really it's very much more of the same. Besides, baseball? What the fuck?

I know I'll buy it, I know I'll probably even like it, but I'm still not happy that I'm getting this instead of Mario 128 or something new and original in all senses of the meaning.