Translating the Best Japanese Baseball Games into English (Pro Yakyuu Spirits Series)

[Steve_OS]

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Not many Americans know about Pro Yakyuu Spirits Baseball. Why? Because it's a Japanese baseball game and a lot of people are too lazy to weed through the menus to get a game going. Based on feedback from our Other Baseball Games Forum, the series is the best, baseball has to offer. Check out the Spirits Translation website, which translates the Japanese text in the game, into English. If you are patient, you will be surprised at just how deep this game is.

[jyoung]

To borrow a line from the great Sammy Sosa:

It's so real!

Awesome-looking game.

[rman]

Maybe Americans don't care for Japanese baseball, not lazy?

[bms715]

the animations are definitely not as smooth but it does seem to be physics based...pretty cool

[hatersgonnahate]

is this only for PS3? if so, thats a bummer. It looks really good and probably the most simulated baseball game ever?

[Cyphre]

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KUDOS!!! to the STT (Spirits Translation Team) for such a wonderful job putting that video together (great detail in breaking it down) and for their hard work at www.spiritstranslation.com.....their site has come a long way in such short time......GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!!!!

[thaSLAB]

is this only for PS3? if so, thats a bummer. It looks really good and probably the most simulated baseball game ever?

As far as consoles, yes. It is available on PSP and 3DS as well tho.

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[Cyphre]

Re: Translating the Best Japanese Baseball Games into English (Pro Yakyuu Spirits Ser

is this only for PS3? if so, thats a bummer. It looks really good and probably the most simulated baseball game ever?

I'm afraid so, at least for home consoles (there is a 3DS and PSP version)....Funny thing is when this game first "jumped" on the next gen scene it was on the 360 shortly after launch (PYS3) which was cool because still today it is playable online over xbox live...yet POOR sales for the big M in Japan made it a 1 and out for Konami on the 360

The following year it was moved over to PS3, and has found a home on that system ever since.

Sad, cause I really liked to play it over xbox live.....on the PS3 (for whatever reason) Konami shuts down online play for previous year games once the new one releases.

[Super Glock]

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IMO this is the best baseball game out there. It is amazing!!!

[thaSLAB]

Sad, cause I really liked to play it over xbox live.....on the PS3 (for whatever reason) Konami shuts down online play for previous year games once the new one releases.

Yeah, never quite understood Konami's decision there. They are definitely different when it comes to online play (darn Konami ID's LOL)

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[Eman5805]

MLB The Show could stand to use a few ideas from this game.

[JerseySuave4]

itd be interesting to see the Show with the bat cursor, physics this game has, camera staying on the batter after the swing, more unique stats and attributes, AI that will consider who is batting and who is on deck. The Show has some of those things but i hear this game does them better. That being said, i'd still take The Show over this because its in American, its the MLB which is what i care about playing, and because it does play just as good as this game appears to.

[tvman]

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I just love how the cursor changes size depending on the count in your AB. I also really like the "special skills" in the game that can make your player better or worse depending on the situation!

[MukaMuka]

Re: Translating the Best Japanese Baseball Games into English (Pro Yakyuu Spirits Ser

In a perfect world, 2KSports would work with Konami and localized Pro Yakyu Spirits with a MLB license AND WITHOUT MESSING WITH THE GAMEPLAY (honestly, do you trust 2K?) but in the real world I guess they are too busy working on Nickolodeon Baseball for that

[swaldo]

Re: Translating the Best Japanese Baseball Games into English (Pro Yakyuu Spirits Ser

In a perfect world, 2KSports would work with Konami and localized Pro Yakyu Spirits with a MLB license AND WITHOUT MESSING WITH THE GAMEPLAY (honestly, do you trust 2K?) but in the real world I guess they are too busy working on Nickolodeon Baseball for that

Yep, all 2K would have to do is send a few guys to Japan to oversee everything and let the Japanese devs take care of the rest. Wouldn't it be so much cheaper to collaborate with them - and have a better product to boot?