Mario Baseball (series)

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“Lets-a play ball! Woo-hoo!”

—Mario, Mario Super Sluggers

The Mario Baseball series is a spin-off series of the Mario series that revolves around the concept of baseball. Only two games have been released to date, the first one, Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo GameCube, and the second one, Mario Super Sluggers for the Wii. Unlike previous spinoffs, the player could recruit people via completing scout missions to get enough scout flags to recruit the player on one of the four opposite teams. Another unique feature is chemistry, which effects how well the player's teammates cooperate. Even though there are only two baseball games, this series features more playable characters than other spinoff titles in the Mario series.

Installments

Mario Superstar Baseball

“Let's Play Baseball!”

—Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Superstar Baseball

The boxart for Mario Superstar Baseball.

Mario Superstar Baseball was the first installment in the Mario Baseball series. It featured a total of thirty-two playable characters, six of which could be unlocked; these characters were divided into four different groups.The groups were balance, technique, speed, and power. The game also featured three characters from the Donkey Kong series: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Dixie Kong. The game also had a unique feature called 'Chemistry'. Chemistry was the relationship status found between the team captain and its players. The better the chemistry between the characters, the better that team will likely perform. Should a team have bad chemistry, they may perform poorly in the game. Six mini-games were also featured in the game, one of which was unlockable.

Mario Super Sluggers

The boxart for Mario Super Sluggers.

“We love Baseball!”

—Mario Super Sluggers, Mario Super Sluggers

Mario Super Sluggers is the second and most recent installment to the Mario Baseball series; it was released for the Wii in 2008 in Japan and North America; however, it was never released for the European and Australian regions for unknown reasons. The game takes place in the Baseball Kingdom. The game featured a total of forty-one playable characters. Nine more than the original. All of the previous game's characters were reunited in the sequel, and they were all default. The nine new ones must be unlocked. There were a total of nine stadiums to play in, four of which had to be unlocked; each stadium, unlockables included, had their own unique mini-game for the player to engage in. The game also featured many cutscenes, each of which told a story to give the game a more involved aspect of gameplay.The Challenge Mode was changed from going around playing other teams to recruiting players by clearing special missions for more of a RPG feel. This game can switch between day and night. This is useful because Bowser Jr. Playroom can only be played in during the day and Luigi's Mansion and Bowser's Castle can only be played in at night.

Playable Characters

Team Captains

Character	MSB	MSS
Birdo	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Bowser	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Bowser Jr.	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Daisy	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Diddy Kong	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Donkey Kong	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Luigi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Mario	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Princess Peach	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Waluigi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Wario	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png

Team Players

Character	MSB	MSS
Baby Daisy	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Baby DK	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Baby Luigi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Baby Mario	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Baby Peach	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Blooper	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Boo	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Boomerang Bro.	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Dixie Kong	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Dry Bones	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Dry Bones (Blue)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Dry Bones (Dark)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Dry Bones (Green)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Dry Bones (Red)	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Fire Bro.	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Funky Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Goomba	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Hammer Bro.	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
King Boo	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
King K. Rool	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Koopa Troopa	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Koopa Troopa (Red)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Koopa Paratroopa	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Koopa Paratroopa (Green)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Kritter	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kritter (Blue)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kritter (Brown)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kritter (Red)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Magikoopa	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Magikoopa (Green)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Magikoopa (Red)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Magikoopa (Yellow)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Mii	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Noki (Blue)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Noki (Green)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Noki (Red)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Paragoomba	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Petey Piranha	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Pianta (Blue)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Pianta (Red)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Pianta (Yellow)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Shy Guy	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Shy Guy (Black)	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Shy Guy (Blue)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Shy Guy (Gray)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Shy Guy (Green)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Shy Guy (Yellow)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Tiny Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Toad	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Toad (Blue)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Toad (Green)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Toad (Purple)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Toad (Yellow)	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Toadette	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Toadsworth	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Wiggler	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi (Blue)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi (Cyan)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi (Pink)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi (Red)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi (Yellow)	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png

Stadiums

Character Stadium	MSB	MSS
Birdo	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
Bowser	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Bowser Jr.	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Daisy	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Diddy Kong	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
Donkey Kong	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Luigi	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Mario	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Peach	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Waluigi	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
Wario	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Yoshi	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png

Mario Superstar Baseball

• Bowser - Bowser Castle
• Donkey Kong - Donkey Kong Jungle
• Mario - Mario Stadium
• Peach - Peach Garden
• Wario - Wario Palace
• Yoshi - Yoshi Park

Mario Super Sluggers

• Bowser - Bowser Castle
• Bowser Jr. - Bowser Jr. Playroom
• Daisy - Daisy Cruiser
• Donkey Kong - DK Jungle
• Luigi - Luigi's Mansion
• Mario - Mario Stadium
• Peach - Peach Ice Garden
• Wario - Wario City
• Yoshi - Yoshi Park

Chemistry

Main article: Chemistry

File:GoodChemistry.PNG

An example of Chemistry.

A unique feature in the Mario baseball series is chemistry, which decides how well the teams play. For example Mario and Luigi have good chemistry so when they throw a ball at each other it travels fast. An example of bad chemistry is Mario and Bowser: if they throw to one another, the ball moves slowly and off course. If two characters have no chemistry, like Mario and Diddy Kong, the ball would fly at normal speed. Chemistry also affects the number of Star Skill units; good chemistry with the captain increases the number of units while bad chemistry decreases it. The maximum number of stars is five. The quantity of the available Star Skills sometimes affects the name of the team. For example a team led by Mario with five stars would be called the Mario Fireballs.

Star Skills

Birdo, using her Cannon Swing as a Star Skill in Mario Super Sluggers.

A new feature in these games are the ability to use a Star Skill. Star Skills can be activated either while pitching or while batting. Anyone in this game can use a Star Skill, but a team captain's Star Skill is superior to a sub-character's Star Skill. Team Captains have mostly different Star Skills, however, captains that usually pair with each other (Mario and Luigi, Peach and Daisy) have similar Star Skills. The amount of Star Skills that can be used is represented by five Team Stars in a meter. The amount of starting Team Stars depend on the sub-characters' chemistry with the team captain.

Mario, using his Fireball as a Star Skill in Mario Superstar Baseball.

Star Skills can be replenished by hitting ball park features. They can also be replenished by striking a player out or making a batter reach a base safely when the words, "Star Chance!" appear. Team captains use up one Team Star, sub-characters use up one Team Star, and captains as members use up two Team Stars.

They return in Mario Super Sluggers, however some characters now have different star skills. Such as Luigi. The window at the bottom that shows star skills is different.

Gallery

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  Mario Superstar Baseball logo.
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  Mario Super Sluggers logo.
• Groupsluggyz.JPG

  Peach, Mario, and Luigi.
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  Overhead view of the Baseball Kingdom.
• MSSBBpromo.PNG

  Group Picture from Mario Superstar Baseball.
• Groupsluggers.PNG

  Group Picture from Mario Super Sluggers.
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  Mario
• 1186557-mario superstar baseball title screen super.jpeg

  The title screen for Mario Superstar Baseball.
• MarioSuperSluggers-TitleScreen.png

  The title screen for Mario Super Sluggers.
• ExhibitionModeMSB.PNG

  Selecting characters in Mario Superstar Baseball.
• MVPScreen.PNG

  MVPs in Mario Superstar Baseball.
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  The Captain Select screen from Mario Super Sluggers.
• MarioSuperSluggers-TeamSetup.png

  The Team Setup screen from Mario Super Sluggers.
• GreedyToadShop.PNG

  The shop in Mario Superstar Baseball.