Official MLB Power Pros thread!

[Marinerss]

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Looks like i will be trading mlb the show for this .

[Skyboxer]

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Looks like i will be trading mlb the show for this .

No freaking way....but to each his own I guess.

[blackpuppy]

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Makes me soo mad!

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163299

MLB Power Pros (PS2, Wii) -- This awww-inducing kid-focused baseball game is the latest in a long-running Konami series from Japan. Now, thanks to 2K Games, North American residents can also experience Japan's love for baseball filtered through creepy child-like players.

[ComfortablyLomb]

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Remember, it's not about the games, it's about the image. There's a reason that Dwarf Fortress isn't widely recognized as one of the greatest games ever made.

[bcruise]

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I'm now showing a delivery date of the 8th, shipping on the 5th (Friday).

Talk about a buzzkill going from thinking I could have it tomorrow to not getting it until next week. I think I'm going to cancel and re-order with less shipping cost.

[blackpuppy]

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I'm now showing a delivery date of the 8th, shipping on the 5th (Friday).

Talk about a buzzkill going from thinking I could have it tomorrow to not getting it until next week. I think I'm going to cancel and re-order with less shipping cost.

You might be better off just reserving it at a local store.

By the way, who's everyone playing as? I'm gonna do a season with the Yanks and a season with the DRays.

[bluengold34_OS]

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I'm now showing a delivery date of the 8th, shipping on the 5th (Friday).

Talk about a buzzkill going from thinking I could have it tomorrow to not getting it until next week. I think I'm going to cancel and re-order with less shipping cost.

When I picked up 2k8 this morning from my EB, the manager said at the latest it would be tmrw. she also said check back this afternoon as they may get it today, but most likely tmrw.

[bluengold34_OS]

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You might be better off just reserving it at a local store.

By the way, who's everyone playing as? I'm gonna do a season with the Yanks and a season with the DRays.

Avatar says it all, and I may do one as the Red Sox also.

[bcruise]

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You might be better off just reserving it at a local store.

By the way, who's everyone playing as? I'm gonna do a season with the Yanks and a season with the DRays.

Wally World's the only option around here, and the game isn't even listed on their website yet. That why I order online so much - even as big of a Wal-Mart as it is, they often get things late. Plus the clerks would probably just give me a blank stare if I asked about this one...

I'll be playing as the Cubs all the way - hopefully the real thing is still playing in October by the time I get the game.

[blackpuppy]

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Wally World's the only option around here, and the game isn't even listed on their website yet. That why I order online so much - even as big of a Wal-Mart as it is, they often get things late. Plus the clerks would probably just give me a blank stare if I asked about this one...

I'll be playing as the Cubs all the way - hopefully the real thing is still playing in October by the time I get the game.

Keep in mind you can also order online from Toys R Us. It might be listed on their site.

[CMH]

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You might be better off just reserving it at a local store.

By the way, who's everyone playing as? I'm gonna do a season with the Yanks and a season with the DRays.

The Yankees.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Keep in mind you can also order online from Toys R Us. It might be listed on their site.

It is listed on their site: Back ordered, wow who would have thought that.

[ComfortablyLomb]

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Huge ads for it on IGN's Wii page.

[XiaNaphryz]

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First impressions on the Japanese PS2 version from http://www.japanesebaseball.com/foru...eo game forums.

Remember, these are from the Japanese version of the game, I'm hoping we may still see some of the stat issues fixed in the US version.

I've been playing PawaMajor 2 for a short while now. I won't be able to play the American version, MLB Power Pros, until it releases in the US in a day or two. Honestly, as bad as some of the stats are, I'm pleasantly surprised by how solid PawaMajor 2 is so far. Let me run down the goods and bads.

First the bads to get them out of the way...

1. English commentary is absolutely horrific with awkward editing, mispronounced names, and poor grasp of American terms. For example, he'll claim a ball is "hit" for a foul out when you'd usually say "make contact" in baseball terms. You'll understand when you play.

2. Not much of a design change from the first. Guess we all expected this when we saw the few videos uploaded by Gamespot. Menus and such are identical to the first.

3. Player stats are god awful. Some good examples can be found just on the Mariners roster. Brandon Morrow has a fastball that tops out in the mid-80s when he regularly throws 95-98 in real life. Adrian Beltre has D arm strength while Raul Ibanez, Jose Vidro, and Willie Bloomquist have B. JJ Putz throws a level 1 splitter while having a better curve and hard slider. He doesn't even throw the latter two pitches. MLB The Show did the same thing. George Sherrill has no slider. You'll find things like this on every team. Konami clearly needs to bring in a handful of people schooled in MLB if they want to make a third MLB game. You can tell that they rely on some computer stat system, but that doesn't fly. Yes, they even gave Hideki Matsui E meet, C power, and 2 arch. Their craptastic stats show no bias.

4. Simulating a season takes forever, just like last year. I'm simming right now. I should have enough time to write this all, take a shower, and go to the store to pick up some muffins by the time it ends. I'm not kidding.

5. No My Life mode. If you ask me, this was a big mistake. My Life is the one great thing that English speaking fans are really missing out on. You know Japanese fans would like a My Life in America and the majors, too.

6. I haven't touched Success yet, but I'm reserving this space for yet another crappy installment of making all A fielders and 105 MPH aces.

Now, here's the good...

1. Physics and AI seem really solid. This surprised me a lot, since the NPB Pawapuros have been so awful for the past few years. I was used to putting the game into my PS2, having CPU batters swing at every first pitch, end a game with no Ks and a 40 pitch shut out, baseballs seem like they're made out of iron, etc. PawaMajor 2 has solid AI so far, realistic Ks, nice difficulty, and shockingly good physics. I found myself struggling to hit homers with analog control, but yet it didn't feel cheap at all. I also fouled pitches off, which I really like.

2. In addition to the preset difficulty of normal and rookie, there is a new expert difficulty. I liked this a lot. You can't see your own pitch cursor, fielding cursor is off, etc. Very nice change of pace to just hit expert difficulty and get right into a game without tweaking everything like crazy.

3. Graphics look better. I was very impressed with how smooth and pretty the SafeCo Field roof looked. I can only imagine how great the other parks look(especially the ones with water).

4. Much tighter presentation. Cut scenes in between innings are very smooth and don't suffer drops in framerate like Pawapuro 13 and 14 had. PawaMajor has a different programmer from Pawapuro(some guy simply named "O"), so I'm not surprised by this. They also added MLB2K style instant replays with American TV style presentation. Very nice touch from the dated and boring Pawapuro replays.

5. A lot more options. So in addition to the new gameplay options of Pro Yakyu Spirits style timing(which kinda sucks, since you can't tap X to make pitches go faster) and ball cursor, there are more pregame options. Some examples of these are replay frequency and mixed weather patterns. The addition of the new difficulty level between hard and powerful is a nice touch, too.

6. Sound. I like the fact that sounds are very different from Pawapuro. The sound of the ball cracking the bat, the Americanized smooth music played during selection screens, bilingual commentary, etc. all separate this series from it's slumping NPB counterpart.

7. This is something a lot of longtime fans love about this series. They still have the feature of pressing triangle on player names to bring up the in depth player attribute screen.

8. Player cards seem like a bit less of a waste of time, since they've added little career blurbs to them all. For example, Chase Utley's mentions his recent contract signing and how he's arguably the best second baseman in the majors. This is a nice feature for MLB newbies in Japan who don't know players well.

That's all I can think of for now. If anyone has any questions, fire away. I'm still very interested in playing MLB Power Pros, since I want to check out the facial graphics, translation, any modifications made for the American market, and whether it has an edit or not.

[ComfortablyLomb]

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It sounds like the rosters are broken but the game play is fantastic. I'll be happy but I'm sure there will be some very annoyed people.