Well whaddaya know another milk-off of Nintendo characters.

It looks good, graphically, but you can pretty much replace the Nintendo characters with ANY other characters...but would it sell as well?

Just my 2 cents.

JuanMontoya

I'll be waiting on Mario Rugby...

Master Saji

Is it just me, or does Mario's voice sound a bit...off? I wonder if Martinet didn't do the Japanese voice for this one.

Neo_Deus

@CHU BOI: I'm still waiting for Mario Football...

DannKnee

@CHU BOI: Yeah, I agree. It seems like that would be one of the first games on the Wii. But Nintendo's thumbs? Right up their asses.

Thorax

@CHU BOI:
Those were always the best Mario sport related spinoffs.

hk458

Man...I wish the Wii would come out with more quality game than quanity....More Wii shovelware!!! Hooray!!!

themadman123

Wow, the graphics look pretty great.

Ping5000

Where's my Mario Tennis?

CHU BOI

Shame Shame...messing around with Daisy while Peach supporst him.

Sooo...whats the next sport he will play...Hoop and Stick???

hk458

Doesn't look too bad. Here's hoping that there's a courtesy Classic Controller or GCN option for those of us who don't like hurting themselves from waving their arms around constantly.

Archaotic

Gotta love brand recognition.

MrGlass

This looks like it could be really fun or really really not fun. I wish I could play more games with friends, that always makes it fun.
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Channing

Looks pretty good, but I'm much more interested in Mario Golf Wii. Online please:)

silkylove

So... you don't do anything outside of pitching/hitting? The CPU plays as the fielders? Can you steal bases or turn double plays?

@DannKnee: I can see that game competing directly against Madden. However, instead of a truck/hit stick you summon a landmaster to roll over your opponents.

UmeShoryu

Is it going to do splitscreen for multiplayer when someone's pitching and someone else is batting at the same time?

... does this have multiplayer?

Mit

@Neo_Deus: I think I've been noticing a gradual change in Martinet's voicing of Mario lately. Go back and start up 7 or 8 of the Mario games from the last few years on the DS, Cube, and Wii, and you'll likely hear that he sounds very different in some games than others. The games in which he sounds the same seem to be games in development near the same time frames.

It's not exactly important, but it's interesting.

And yeah, he might not be doing the voice in this one, but I've thought the same about other recent games until checking.

Auhim

I agree that Mario sounds a bit off, but on a far more obvious note what the hell has happened to Toad's voice?

awkward91

Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball! I love SMSFB!

deathwombat

Im buiyng it. Bought the GameCube one, so this si a no brainer. I dont even like sports games, but Mario makes it all allright. Good fun for parties.

Shiryu

That's a pretty well-made video. For a second there, I though I was suddenly fluent in Japanese.

Sadly, the "baseball" segments in No More Heroes were about as much as I'm willing to dislodge my arm.
I know that if I played this game, I couldn't refrain from hitting like a madman - I tend to get carried away, 've always been a bit of an idiot that way.
Then I'd scoff at the tutorial for telling me it's not necessary to make ample or violent movements.
And finally, I'd wonder why the hell the game won't properly register my stupidly exaggerated strikes.

Antiterra

I hated the baseball off Wii sports. especially when people would only use those splitters. this will be a pass for me.

juliopalio

Looks like it's built greatly on the crap Wii Sports Baseball tech demo. Which is never ever played.

Maybe it's just my British-ness coming through but I'm still not sure I'd purchase a full Mario-themed Baseball game (if it even makes it over here). I mean, Mario Strikers Charged was so zany it was hardly football anymore.

Josh*

@Josh*:That's the point of Mario Themed sports games you know? You don't buy them for realism and if you do, well..I weep for you, yanno? Also how can you compare Sluggers to Wii Sports Baseball when you haven't played it at all yet? Don't do that.

@Archaotic:Very unlikely. Mario Kart only had it because like Strikers, it's Mario Kart. Strikers was Wiimote/Nunchuck only.

Foxstar Sixtail

@themadman123:Not a single Mario Sports title has -ever- been shovelware. Not one. You need to step back and go relearn what the term is.

Foxstar Sixtail

@themadman123: We all want more quality games for the Wii, but who's to say this isn't one of them?

Mario Sports titles almost *always* play well, and they're a lot of fun, especially with friends. I don't think this is shovelware. It's no AAA, but definitely not shovelware.

phinehas

I think I've seen those characters somewhere before...

If this is as well executed as Strikers I'll definitely give it a look, but all I got from that video was 'charge shot' and 'challenge mode'...

cheeseboybeans

Where is my Mario TENNIS...
thats truly the only one that i want redone for me to play some beautiful tennis.

Go Team Venture

Dont we already have this with Wii sports?
I love pretty much all of the Mario Sports titles, but I dont like baseball anyways.

okrangerbob

Looks like some fun. Mario going super and charging Bowser at home plate is comedy gold.

@themadman123: Shovelware? You're kidding, right? Mario games as shovelware? You should seriously find out what shovelware actually means.

KM91

I'm sure this will be good. Never did play the baseball one for GC, but I did want to. Hopefully this has online play.

But I'm also waiting for Mario Golf and Mario Tennis Wii. Shovelware they are not. One of the things I loved most about the N64 version of Mario Golf, was that some of the courses were simply the kind of thing you would never find in ANY other golf game. Like having a giant stone Bob-omb as a course hazard.

SilverStar95

Apparently I'm retarded.

Where is this video? I clicked the link and all I'm seeing are screenshots from the video and two video buttons (video details and share video).

nastysquared

@Channing:
"This looks like it could be really fun or really really not fun."

What.

megaStryke

looks boring as hell

waza

I thought this was going to be a crappy game when I first heard about it, just like the GC one was. But I really think the trailer makes it look fun. I just wish Nintendo would stopmaking sooo many sports games with it's IP's.

I want Animal Crossing Wii!! :-)

JTmunny82

This does look boring, though I'll say this.

I hate Mario Party games and Mario Kart and pretty much every Mario Spinoff game.

BUT I played Mario Strikers Charged as a demo in Gamestop and it was so good I bought it on the spot. It is an AWESOME game and it looked stupid until I actually played it. The game is hilarious, hardcore, and addictive.

WiNG

Ahem! Baseball IS boring, compared to most sports, including Bass Fishing. But you have to give Nintendo credit for (seemingly) coming up with extremely creative twists to a standard hit the ball and run game. I'll be buying this, it looks like it could be fun.

totoro

Woo, Wii Folder linked by Kotaku, giving Josh slightly more legitimacy as a game journalist. Yay.

BradOFarrell

every time i see some game like this; mario baseball, mario soccer, etc. i think "maybe nintendo can't make "new" games anymore". sure, there's a new mario or zelda or metroid every three to five years, but i'm kind of over it at this point. i wouldn't even mind them milking some other character or brand in the roster like kid icarus or earthbound. i'd even take another donkey kong at this point. i'm saying i don't want to wait five years in between quality wii games. third party developers aren't going to being the good stuff on any kind of consistent basis. just more games geared for your mom.

(pause - before people start jumping my shit about fanboy this and the wii has games that, i'm speaking about ME. i don't give a fuck about you or what your mom plays. i like hard games and long RPGs, and would like to see games like that, at least, still have a corner of the market. the wii already has the stigma of being the game console for the "casual" gamer, but ii want to see at least a balance. ok end rant. continue post.... )

i'd like nothing better then to be proven wrong. but, the wii line up just doesn't interest me as of late. maybe wiiware will brighten up an otherwise boring next couple of months. word is that there won't be any "huge" game out at E3, unless you're into animal crossing. i don't know. i don't want to be down on the wii. i really don't.....

jfx316

omg. this game looks epic. so much work put into this, even if it has the classic set mini games that I'm probably not going to touch.

I've loved playing baseball with friends during the Nes, snes days. it's WAY more fun with friends. as I got older people didn't even wanna give multiplayer baseball a try. It could also be because how complicated and simulated the games have gotten.

I think this game has great potential to be as fun as mario tennis with my friends. I just hope its not TOO easy to hit a homer. those pitches seemed pretty slow. I don't want to master the game in a day or two.

orangeclover

@CHU BOI: Seriously. Mario Tennis for the N64 was one of the greatest games ever, and Tennis for the GCN was sweet too (even if they didn't include my Baby Mario :( ) but I found solace in Koopa. I just didn't like the power shots in the GCN version cause it forced you to watch those stupid cut scenes over and over and over and over... if I had to watch Waluigi swim across the fucking court one more time I was going to drown something cute and cuddly.

@okrangerbob: Um no we don't already have this with Wii Sports... have you played Wii Baseball? You swing and pitch, that's all. At the very least, there are no power shots in Wii Baseball, so that alone makes it different.

My only hope for this game is that the AI is smarter... nothing like having a man on second, having an infield popfly and the damn computer turning a double play every single time because the moron on second started running for third. YOU DON'T RUN ON INFIELD POP FLYS! That was so frustrating...

amazinglarry

If it includes Classic/Gamecube controls, I'm buying it first day. If not, not so much.

devomania

SIGH....
Let's hope that Nintendo doesn't disappoint with Animal Crossing Wii (fingers crossed for MMO style gameplay).

crumb

waay more exciting than wii sports baseball.

dArk_stAr

People need to understand something:

Nintendo's prime demographics have always been Japan and America. Baseball's always been big in America and it's been getting a steady growth the last ten years. Meanwhile, baseball is absolutely HUGE in Japan recently. It's probably bigger over there than it is here, at this point. Is it any wonder Nintendo's going to put out another Mario baseball game? Especially considering how much fun it was for anyone who enjoys baseball to begin with. People need to piece together that not every single game out there is aimed at them. This is a baseball game with Mario characters. It is, I should think obviously, aimed at baseball fans who dig Mario. You may be surprised by this, but that's a pretty damn large demographic.

0bsessions

Looks promising. I am going to have to keep my eyes out for this when it launches and see how well it's received.

Might get it, looks like a lot of fun.
Me and my friend loved the Wii Sports baseball.

dantemustdie

If it's anything like the GCN title, it can stay on the shelf. Man, I hated that game.

Furysetzer

I was worried that they'd try to simplify it a huge amount from the original Gamecube one. But after seeing this, that doesn't seem to be the case which is awesome news.

Samos42

Looks like a good party game. I'll keep my eye on this one.

I'm sure Nintendo is hard at work on Mario Tennis for the Wii...that game is going to be huge.

crazyorloco

This game looks great! I'm excited for this one.

dizzywulf

This main game looks boring as sin, as most baseball games are, but this one has nowhere near the depth of real ones. The mini games look like itll be the only redeeming quality to this title. People need to stop automatically accepting ever Mario title as a gift sent down from the gaming gods.

Metropolis

It's looking great. Now I only wish strikers had Mii support too. Oh well next version I'm sure it will. Mii support=great party game.

Gunloc

This game looks like it could be a lot of fun. I'll recommend it to my brother when it is released in the US. The Nintendo Channel seems to be very similar to what Sony is trying to do with their "Qore" video subscription service. It'll be interesting to see if both services prosper and widely used by the gaming community.

-oG-ShAdY

Looks fun, but kinda looks like it's more luck based then skill based. Oh well though it's still a Mario game which means it's going to be fun.

D-Sovereignty

The game looks great! Better than I expected...

Wa-Keen

I don't know why I've never thought about this before, but... instead of just Mario, why not make a Super Smash Bros. Sluggers?

Every Mario multiplayer game franchise should be made to include ALL of the Nintendo characters. I want more Legend of Zelda with my Mario. :D

Final Smash homerun!!

TwilitSky

looks like you can field the ball because it shows where it's going to land by the little icon as the ball is coming down. If you couldn't field it would just show the shadow of the ball but hey who knows for sure right?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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