Wired Writes: "I was sent a copy of Backyard Baseball '09 for the Wii to review. You want to know what I do when I get a free copy of a game to review? Do I spend hours working my way through every minute of gameplay? Do I push it to the limits, marking down every small graphical hiccup and long load time? Do I play it to the end to see just how complete it is, and whether it's worthy of my blogerly attention?
Nope.
I give it to my kids to play.
And I have to report that within a dozen minutes of starting Backyard Baseball '09 for the Wii, my kids were having a lot of fun."
With most of the professional athletes taking intermission, or in recess, or whatever it’s called. Summer vacation! That’s it. With most athletes on summer vacation, and with the Olympics over, there isn’t enough exciting sports action to keep us fans entertained. Yeah, it’s baseball season, and this will probably come off as very un-American, but I think baseball is dreadfully boring. It’s hard for me to stay awake when a vast majority of the players are either standing around the field, picking their noses waiting for the ball to be hit towards them, or are sitting on the bench waiting for their turn to swing (batter, batter). And growing up on the north side of Chicago, one could describe my relationship with baseball as a constant dose of depression. But fortunately, us gamers can turn to our games to fill that void in our hearts that only sports can fill. That, or go outside and actually play some sports, but we all know that’s not fucking likely. So let’s look at the top sport...
IGN don't get to say this often, but there are literally thousands of better options when deciding what to pick up for younger gamers. Backyard Baseball '09 is just as bland and uninspired as the series has been for years now, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a worse game on Wii. They're out there, but they're few in number. Seriously, if you own a Wii, that means you've got Wii Sports already. That's already five sports games that you own that are better than Backyard Baseball '09 by a long, long shot. Spend $2 bucks, buy a lighter, and burn the other $38 out on your front porch. Just don't support this franchise.
Presentation - 1.5
Graphics - 1.0
Sound - 1.5
Gameplay - 1.0
Lasting Appeal - 0
Overall -
oh my god
I just don't believe it
I thought wii gonna only have like 3 or 4 horrible games
I lost how many they are,more than 20 games that are absolutely pure crap
nintendo,where's the snes,where's the n64 and its amazing and unforgeable games
the wii has just fall in a city of trash
every week,another game gets 1 or 2 or 0
sad really sad
PLAYING IS BELIEVING
PSX Extreme writes: "The Backyard sports games for kids have turned out to be moderate success for Atari, which is the reason why we now have Backyard Baseball 09. It features real-life stars along with regular ol' fictional kids, and all of you head out to a variety of – you guessed it – backyards to compete in pickup games of our glorious pastime. But there is some depth, as you can start up a Season or a Tournament, and you can also track player performance along with a variety of other relevant statistics. Unfortunately, due to the numerous and sometimes severe technical glitches, this year's Backyard Baseball will only appeal to the youngest gamers; those who just want to knock the ball around in a simple baseball game. For everyone else, it can be entertaining for a while, but there's really not enough here to appeal to a wide demographic, just because the gameplay suffers from issues that can't be excused just because it's a PS2 game."
