Happy Tenth Anniversary, MLB Power Pros 2008!

[dishnetkid]

Today is a momentous day in Power Pros history.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of MLB Power Pros 2008. It's amazing how this game, this niche baseball video game (which I still contend is the best baseball game ever released for the Wii, second only to Mario Super Sluggers) has survived among some of us for this long. I remember thinking when I first bought this game that this was a very unique baseball video game with players I knew about decently well already (that, and it was a sequel to a game I really liked in the first place). Who knew that this has became the baseball game of choice for some of us for so long (and that we would never get another one in the US?)

So, on this glorious day in Power Pros history, I'd love to hear your first memories/impressions of playing this game!

Happy Birthday, Power Pros 08.

[Blzer]

Re: Happy Tenth Anniversary, MLB Power Pros 2008!

I didn't have this one, but I had the 2007 version simply called MLB Power Pros.

This game was glorious and very cute. The faces after looking strikeouts, the overzealous announcer, fun menus and music, good pick-up-and-play vibes, easy to read player morale, tight simulation gameplay packaged in a cartooney, legless environment... all of it was just great.

I didn't have as much fun playing unless I did fantasy drafts though for some reason. I also never enjoyed the fact that you couldn't homer with the contact swing. Also, pitchers lit me up when they hit.

Great game though, and I would continue to purchase future iterations if they made them for PS4. I wouldn't mind getting the Japanese version instead of MLB, but I would need an English translation. I have PYS 2013 and outside of playing a handful of exhibition games I never really advanced any further because of the language barrier.

[inkcil]

Re: Happy Tenth Anniversary, MLB Power Pros 2008!

I still own the PS2 version...hoping Sony makes the PS5 backwards compatible with previous generations.

This was a great game...wish a new version had been made of this instead of games like Super Mega Baseball and RBI '18 (which are good games in their own right).

[tinpanalley]

Re: Happy Tenth Anniversary, MLB Power Pros 2008!

Is it true that there is a community that updates the game to today's rosters? I'd love to try that.

[Peter_OS]

Re: Happy Tenth Anniversary, MLB Power Pros 2008!

Wouldn't it be great if they brought this game to the Nintendo switch with updated rosters? Definite buy for me.

[dishnetkid]

Re: Happy Tenth Anniversary, MLB Power Pros 2008!

Is it true that there is a community that updates the game to today's rosters? I'd love to try that.

Yeah, the MLB Power Pros World forum has roster "updates" for the emulated version of the Wii version.