(Japan) Power Pro 2010 announced for PS3/PSP

[MukaMuka]

Release Date: July 15, 2010
Price: PSP 5250 Yen PS3 6980 Yen


Official Site: http://www.konami.jp/pawa/2010/
Official trailer with gameplay clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxNG9BmBiOU


Feature 1: Dynamic Camera/Presentation - different angles and close-ups on big plays
Feature 2: Success Mode will feature 12 stories, 1 for each real life team
Feature 3: Improved Pennat Mode - cant read anything but it mentions something about using Cards to improve players
Feature 4: You can put faces and features on characters like Major League Power Pro

PS3 will support PSN assumably for online play. PSP will feature adhoc and stuff like that (sorry i dont know much about PSP)

This is huge news for me as I still have/will always have a soft spot for the Power Pro series. Looks like Konami is finally saying goodbye to PS2 and they are not developing a Wii version either since sales have been pretty bad on both systems the last few years. They can only blame themselves though for destroying the gameplay and everything Power Pro stood for. FYI, the game was so bad that for 3 years you weren't able to strike out a CPU opponent because they would always hit the first strike in play. We are talking about MLB 2K level bad. As long as they get the gameplay right (read: simlike) this would be a nice alternative once you get tired of PYS by July!

[commanderdeek]

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Oh My God!!!! I need this. I've only been able to play the recent psp releases (pawapuro pocket 2-4) because my wii doesn't play jpn games. This is going to be awesome!

And yeah, I too have a soft spot for this series. I remember playing it a lot on the super famicom with my cousin when I was a kid. Good times! I was then re-introduced to it when I went on exchange to Japan a few years ago by my housemate and it was still sooo much fun. I've been wanting a ps3 release ever since I got the psp versions cos I couldn't be bothered going through the trouble of modding my ps2 or wii to play the console versions. I'm so excited it's not funny lol

Btw, looks like you might have some more translatin' to do Muka haha

[jvalverde88]

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Hopefully this Power Pros is good, from what I heard the series hasn't been good for the past few years. I have Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 11 Chou Ketteiban and I love it unfortunately I never was able to play it that much because of the lack translations for it.

[MukaMuka]

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hey commander, if i buy this, i would definitely do some translations. i might give in to the nostalgic factor and preorder, but realisticly with PYS2010 being able to occupy me for the whole year, i will most likely have to watch extensive play videos from japanese fans to confirm that the gameplay is not complete crap like it has been in the last 3 or 4 years before I will give them my 7000 yen again.

[commanderdeek]

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hey commander, if i buy this, i would definitely do some translations. i might give in to the nostalgic factor and preorder, but realisticly with PYS2010 being able to occupy me for the whole year, i will most likely have to watch extensive play videos from japanese fans to confirm that the gameplay is not complete crap like it has been in the last 3 or 4 years before I will give them my 7000 yen again.

I was relying on you to buy it and tell me if it's good lol. But yeah, I'll definitely be on the look out for gameplay vids.

[MukaMuka]

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I was relying on you to buy it and tell me if it's good lol.

HAHA!! that gave me a really good laugh but with my financial state, probably not...maybe someone else here with some extra dough would like to do the honor...?

[hort22]

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hey muka good news!

wonder the odds on a 2011 US release of some kind from 2k?

so if i import i can play a japan ps3 game on my ps3 correct fellas?

[MukaMuka]

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hey muka good news!

wonder the odds on a 2011 US release of some kind from 2k?

so if i import i can play a japan ps3 game on my ps3 correct fellas?

hey hort, wasup buddy. actually I wish konami made a PS3 Major League Power Pro instead. it seems redundant for the same company and the same studio to put out another Japanese league baseball game just 3 months after the release of PYS 2010. are they targeting the same group of customers or do they believe more kids will get power pro? a Major League power pro would've been perfect for us english speakers who watch MLB and it would lead to a much easier US port. i guess we will just have to wait and see if the Major League power pro spin-offs are truly dead. even though ichiro and matsui are still mega popular in japan the MLB power pro games do not sell as much as the local power pro games so if the MLB series is dead it is likely a $$$ reason

[simgamer0005]

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Looks like Konami is finally saying goodbye to PS2 and they are not developing a Wii version either since sales have been pretty bad on both systems the last few years.

Well, I hope that Konami isn't saying goodbye to the PS2. They just released PYS2010 on the PS2 and it is awesome. This could just be a change to the Power Pro brand lineup. Maybe the Power Pro brand is abandoning the PS2, but maybe the PYS series will stay on PS2 for another few seasons. Sure it's wishful thinking, but to me after playing a quality PS2 game like PYS2010, why wouldn't they keep releasing games for PS2 for another few years? Better yet, why not release another game for PS2 with online??

PYS2010 is one of the best looking PS2 games and one of the best looking games on any console ever released. Sure the PS3 is higher resolution and more detail, but the PS2 engine is great also.

[commanderdeek]

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An ps3 MLB power pros would also be great! I'd finally be able to understand what's going on in success mode rather than just mindlessly creating new guys.

[MukaMuka]

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added Direct Feed Pictures and Preview to opening post:

http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1234563_1407.html

(If clicking the link doesn't work, just go to the URL and press Enter again, Famitsu has some hotlink protection thing)

To be honest the screens don't look very hot...my first thought was, wow, this looks like 1 of those $5 or $10 downloadable titles. Power Pro has a unique but simplistic art style so when you blow it up in HD it just looks really plain and boring especially when you are used to the "real things" like PYS and MLB the Show. and they are charging full price for it so I am not sure if this is wise considering how most gamers these days are pretty spoiled

[commanderdeek]

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Well, there's really only so much you can do with those super deformed characters. If they looked any more "real" it would be creepy.

[testa889]

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i am going to buy the ps3 version for sure when its out. huge fan of this series, and i love the success and life mode from it.

[MukaMuka]

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thank u for volunteering to be the guinea pig

although i have a feeling that i wont be able to resist anyway lol

[zionfarm]

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i am going to buy the ps3 version for sure when its out. huge fan of this series, and i love the success and life mode from it.

I'm new to this forum but not new to the Power Pro franchise. I agree with you 100% on getting the PS3 version when it hits japan been a big Power Pro fan for the past 5 years.