Bozon writes for IGN:
"Not much has changed since last year, but what has was done so for the better. The graphics remain nearly the same (which is a shame… why not push the Wii harder, specifically?),but there's even more varied commentary this time around, and the new MLB Life mode adds even more into the mix. You'll get more options, a bit more on the stat tracking side, even more create-a-player options (both in general, and worked into the very different Success Mode and MLB Life created players) and can still rock well over 100 hours should you so choose. Wii fans may be discouraged to find that their game hasn't come nearly as far as some expected from year to year – no online for either version, no Wii modes improved over last year, and no added Mii integration or remote play for all extra modes – but the core game is still extremely impressive, and a value that'll kick the crap out of nearly every other sports game on the market."
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WorthPlaying writes: "If you're yearning for the days of earlier sports titles like Tecmo Bowl and haven't been able to get into current- or last-gen sports titles due to their complexity, you might find something to love in MLB Power Pros on the PS2. It's not as deceptively simple as the cover art seems to suggest, and there are still some hardcore elements to the season setup (i.e., the trades system, overall managerial duties), but the core gameplay is about as simple as you can get. The pitching, batting and fielding mechanics are easy to figure out, which make this a pretty solid introduction to the sport for new players, and players jaded by the sheer amount of options that most sports titles bombard you with nowadays."
GamingTrend writes: "Baseball is a weird sport. There really shouldn't be anything too exciting about it, in all honesty. There's only so many things that can happen on the field, and a very strict template as to how the game should be played. There isn't half the strategy of football, the pure athleticism of soccer and basketball, or the brutality of hockey, but there's still something charming about baseball that's missing in many other sports.
For those reasons, there's something about baseball that always eludes game developers as well. What do people like about baseball? The home run? The ballpark ambiance? 100 mile-per-hour fastballs? There are very few games that get baseball right, and I'm happy to say that MLB Power Pros 2008 is one of them. Where does it excel? Where does it fall short? And why does a game with such cartoonish graphics feel more like baseball than a lot of more "realistic" baseball games?"
It might be so far, though that isn't saying much. 2k's other efforts for the Wii (MLB2k8 and Top Spin) both have their moments, but both feel unfinished. EA's NCAA Football 09 is absolute garbage. EA's heavy hitters are still to be released (Tiger Woods and Madden), but the All-Play version of NCAA is bad enough to make you skeptical.
Really, the only competition is Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. The great thing is that neither has a full $49.99 price tag. The choice is yours, Wii owners. You can pick up *both* MLBPP and Pro Evo 08 new for about $70 and have two great, and completely different, Wii sports games, or you can spend $30 more on two wretched (if NCAA is any guide) "All-Play" titles and help enable the corporate laziness that is EA Sports.