As can be expected on the Wii, there are plenty of mini-games on hand as well, and most of them are fun, if not just a tad on the forgettable side, with the exception of Toy Field, which returns from the Gamecube iteration. You may opt to play through them once on your own, but after that, unless you've got young kids, you're likely not to go back and play against the AI which can be ego-bruising and tough on the higher difficulties, unless you really like a challenge.
Bottom Line:
If you're new to the series, love all things Mario, or are just curious about how the great game of baseball is given a new twist in the Mushroom Kingdom, then by all means, give "Mario Super Sluggers" a chance, as it does offer some great fun in both multiplayer and single player games. However, if you've already got "Mario Superstar Baseball" for the Gamecube, the Wii version just doesn't add enough to warrant a purchase outright.
The regular season of Major League Baseballis over. Washington took the cup, and the boys of summer are off to hibernate until spring. For the baseball superfan, this means many long months without their sport of choice, so they've turned to the virtual world. And rather than the super-sims or manager games, a Mario spin-off baseball series seems to have captured people's attention.
Mario Superstar Baseball hit the GameCube in 2005, and its sequel Mario Super Sluggers landed on the Wii in 2008. There hasn't been a new baseball spinoff since developer Now Production's closure, unless you count Super Mario Party's baseball toybox, but the decline in Mario sports games hasn't deterred the dejected baseball fans of the r/baseball subreddit from picking the game apart.
Nintendo trademarks four new titles. The names of the titles are Wrecking Crew, Rhythm Heaven, Mario Super Sluggers, and Golden Sun. Let us hope something new will come from these trademarks, either a remake or a new title.
Wrecking Crew and Rhythm Heaven sound like they could be cool new IPs.
Newegg has released a 72 hour sale.
Deals begin at 12:01am PT on Friday 15th June.