Advertising Blurbs
"Nintendo Winter 2002" promotional booklet - GameCube:
Coming this Spring, play as the top Major League Players of today, as well as history's greatest in the latest version of the award-winning All-Star Baseball featuring Derek Jeter. Go to bat as Derek, or any of your other favorite stars vs. all-time immortals such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, or Jackie Robinson. Experience the most realistic baseball game ever directly on your Nintendo GameCube or online with a friend! Look for all new features such as Pick-Up Game Mode where you get to choose new teams at all new stadiums!
Contributed by Joshua J. Slone  (4625) on Feb 26, 2006.
www.nintendo.com:
I love baseball!
Acclaim's flagship baseball franchise is back with tons of new features and improvements.
Features
- Overhauled front-end, with easy-to-navigate menus
- Innovative, all-new storyline
- All major league teams, players, uniforms and stadiums
- 110 retired Legends of MLB and the Negro Leagues, including Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Cal Ripken and Satchel Paige
Good performances unlock a collection of player cards and other features like stadium tours, old-time teams and historic uniforms. You can even unlock interviews with baseball legends that are sure to pluck at the heartstrings of devout fans.
Scenario mode is your chance to re-live baseball moments from the 2002 season and even change the outcome of key games. For example, take control of Mariano Rivera and close out the game July 14 against the Indians or try to crank Mike Cameron's fifth homer on May 2, 2002.
Quickplay mode lets you jump right into a game. Swing for the fences in Home Run Derby. In Pick-up Game, each side chooses favorite players to form a roster, then plays on an imaginary field such as a cornfield, city park or sandlot. You can take over all aspects of an MLB team in Franchise Mode or just play for the world championship in Series mode. Expansion mode lets you make your own custom team, from choosing a home city and mascot to drafting your squad. A complete spring training schedule can be played prior to each season. All-Star Baseball 2004 extensively tracks stats.
The controls and interface remain mostly unchanged from past games in the series. You can choose from four different batting interfaces and toggle the pitching aid and strike zone on or off. This game is so realistic that umpires will sometimes call balls and strikes wrong! You also have a choice of three difficulty levels. As many as four players can participate in a game.
Fielding is handled well as you are almost always in control of the proper fielder. The L and R Buttons advance or return all runners respectively. To control individual runners you must deftly select them using the Control Pad.
Each of the 200 uniforms included in the game is nicely detailed. The 75 stadiums appear in full 3D glory. The automatic replays showcase the spot-on player animations. You can choose for pitches to be displayed with normal or exaggerated motion. Authentic touches include sliding catches, evasive slides and dramatic double plays. Player faces have been scanned, and each has his characteristic batting stance. Accurate slay-by-play commentary can be heard in English or Spanish. Other audible touches include organ music, batter walk-up music and stadium-specific cheers.
Bottom Line
All-Star Baseball 2004 is dripping with baseball history. The many subtle improvements and unlockable extras make it worth a look even if you already have last year's version.
Contributed by Xoleras (66998) on May 08, 2005.
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