Pro Spirits Baseball

[Slumberland]

Still having a great time with it... the ratings are just so varied and uncompressed that from game to game it can feel like someone has switched the difficulty around. And ratings matter so much in the field, you can get a sense of an infielder's range very quickly when you hit to them, and then take advantage accordingly. I played against a flat-footed shortstop some games back that just couldn't get to anything, and I racked up the hits. And then there are other guys who will get to everything up the middle and generally drive you nuts.

Walks didn't seem to be there initially but then I had a game where I drew four. Go figure. The power game has slowly started to come along, as I've got three guys now with dingers, including one (Aoki, the Swallows best player) who has five so far, I think.

I don't have it in front of me but I think my record is 15-13-3 so far.

There's still a lot of stuff that's lost on me, especially with regards to player management, but the game is ultra-engrossing.

[FifaInspected]

With the MLB exclusive expiring, wouldn't it be nice if Konami brought this to the states next year as Pro Spirits MLB.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22qdwlznuR4/url]

[FifaInspected]

Pro Spirits 2011 sold 179,000 units in Japan. The Show:11 sold just under 500,000.

Imagine a world where we'd multi baseball games to choose from.... Pro Spirits, The Show, MVP and 2K.

[Aristo]

Do they still do cursor hitting? I remember when I thought that was awesome. Until I tried it.

The game looks great, but there wasn't any actual gameplay shots.

[FifaInspected]

Yes.. Still cursor.

[Slumberland]

There's a zone hitting option as well.

[fsquid]

I enjoyed the hell out of the one for Wii. Can't remember the name of the game, but played it a ton.

[FifaInspected]

gameplay video's from the new 2012 version:

http://ja.justin.tv/rx_888/b/313131719

[Aristo]

I enjoyed the hell out of the one for Wii. Can't remember the name of the game, but played it a ton.

MLB Power Pros

[FifaInspected]

My copy of Pro Spirits 2010 arrived yesterday. Been playing it for 6 hours straight. I've never had more fun playing a baseball game in my life.

[F308GTB]

Heading to Japan Sunday. Anyone want a baseball game? Glad to pick up your choice as long as I get paid! The older versions are usually dirt cheap (anywhere from a few hundred to few thousand yen). New one are ~7000 yen, or $70+.

[Pete]

My copy of Pro Spirits 2010 arrived yesterday. Been playing it for 6 hours straight. I've never had more fun playing a baseball game in my life.

What makes it so fun?

Can you compare it to The Show?

[FifaInspected]

What makes it so fun.. My initial response would be to take the fun factor that a lot of people like about the 2k series and marry it with the depth and realism of The Show. The presentation is also top notch. There are so many ways to customize the game in regards to difficulty rating. I started at easy and worked my way up until I found myself losing 13-0 in a game. I then back it down one notch. After a handful of games at that level I upped the CPU pitching difficulty for my last game and hitting was a real challenge.

I also like the fact that when something good happens, it's because I did something correctly. The opposite is true as well.. In over a day of playing I never had to ask myself why something happened. If I hit a pop-up it's because my cursor was too low. (batting is cursor based)

Being made by Konami it's no surprise that this feels like the baseball equivalent of Winning Eleven Soccer. The games are really exciting. I've seen more close plays at the plate in a day of playing than i've seen in The Show since it was released over a month ago.

The language barrier is not a big issue in regards to game play. I was up and playing an exhibition game in a matter of moments with the help of the spiritstranslation.com website. The language barrier only impacts me when it comes to looking at my roster, league news etc. Player names are in english on the jersey so that helps. That being said I set my game to auto subs so I don't have to worry about adjusting my lineup.. That's a great feature.

really, really good fun.

[orthostud23]

Heading to Japan Sunday. Anyone want a baseball game? Glad to pick up your choice as long as I get paid! The older versions are usually dirt cheap (anywhere from a few hundred to few thousand yen). New one are ~7000 yen, or $70+.

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