GameSpot: MLB Power Pros 2008 Hands-On

The problem with baseball games is that they can be nearly as stoic and serious-minded as the real sport itself. Although games like Sony’s MLB: The Show and 2K’s MLB 2K series do a good (and sometimes great) job of re-creating America’s pastime, they can get so mired in staying true to the sport that some of the fun of being a video game gets leached away in the process.

Enter another 2K baseball series: MLB Power Pros. Developed out of the engine of the popular Japanese Jikkyo Powerful Pro Yakyu baseball series from Konami, the game came stateside last year with MLB Power Pros. Last week, GameSpot got a chance to see the sequel, MLB Power Pros 2008, which is coming to the PlayStation 2, Wii and, later this year, the Nintendo DS.