Mario Baseball (series)

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Mario Baseball
MSB Logo.jpg
First installment Mario Superstar Baseball (2005)
Latest installment Mario Super Sluggers (2008)
Number of installments 2
Parent franchise Mario
“Lets-a play ball! Woo-hoo!”
—Mario, Mario Super Sluggers

The Mario Baseball series is a spin-off series of the Mario franchise that revolves around the concept of baseball. Only two games have been released to date: the first one, Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo GameCube, and the second one, Mario Super Sluggers for the Wii. Unlike previous spinoffs, the player could recruit people via completing scout missions to get enough scout flags to recruit the player on one of the four opposite teams. Another unique feature is chemistry, which affects how well the player's teammates cooperate. Even though there are only two baseball games, this series features more playable characters than other spinoff titles in the Mario franchise.

Installments[edit]

Direct[edit]

Title
Cover, original release, and system Synopsis
Mario Superstar Baseball
MarioBaseball.jpg
Japan July 21, 2005
Nintendo GameCube
“Let's Play Baseball!”
—Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Superstar Baseball

Mario Superstar Baseball is the first installment in the Mario Baseball series. It features a total of thirty-two playable characters (not counting alternate characters), six of which can be unlocked. These characters are divided into four different groups: balance, technique, speed, and power. The game also features three characters from the Donkey Kong franchise: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Dixie Kong. The game also has a unique feature called chemistry. Chemistry is the relationship status found between the team captain and its players. The better the chemistry between the characters, the better that team will likely perform. Should a team have bad chemistry, they may perform poorly in the game. Six mini-games were also featured in the game, one of which is unlockable.

Mario Super Sluggers
MSuperSluggersart.jpg
Japan June 19, 2008
Wii
“We love Baseball!”
—Mario Super Sluggers, Mario Super Sluggers

Mario Super Sluggers is the second and most recent installment to the Mario Baseball series; it was released for the Wii in 2008 in Japan, South Africa, and North America; however, it was never released for the European, Australian, and South Korean regions. The game takes place in the Baseball Kingdom. The game features a total of forty-one playable characters (not counting alternate characters), nine more than the original. All of the previous game's characters were reunited in the sequel, and they were all default. The nine new ones must be unlocked. There were a total of nine stadiums to play in, four of which had to be unlocked; each stadium, unlockables included, had their own unique mini-game for the player to engage in. The game also featured many cutscenes, each of which told a story to give the game a more involved aspect of gameplay.The Challenge Mode was changed from going around playing other teams to recruiting players by clearing special missions for more of a RPG feel. This game can switch between day and night. This is useful because Bowser Jr. Playroom can only be played in during the day and Luigi's Mansion and Bowser's Castle can only be played in at night.

Indirect[edit]

Title
Cover, original release, and system Synopsis
Mario Sports Superstars
MarioSportsSuperstarsBoxArt.png
Europe March 10, 2017
Nintendo 3DS 		Mario Sports Superstars is a 3DS game released on March 10, 2017 in Europe. Baseball, developed by Bandai Namco Studios like the main series, is included as one of the five sports available.

Playable Characters[edit]

Team Captains[edit]

Character Mario Superstar Baseball Mario Super Sluggers
Birdo Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Bowser Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Bowser Jr. Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Princess Daisy Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Diddy Kong Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Donkey Kong Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Luigi Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Mario Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Princess Peach Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Waluigi Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Wario Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Yoshi Check mark.svg Check mark.svg

Team Players[edit]

Character Mario Superstar Baseball Mario Super Sluggers
Baby Daisy X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Baby Donkey Kong X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Baby Luigi Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Baby Mario Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Baby Peach X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Blooper X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Boo Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Boomerang Bro Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Dixie Kong Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Dry Bones Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Dry Bones (Blue) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Dry Bones (Red) / Dry Bones (Dark) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Dry Bones (Green) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Fire Bro Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Funky Kong X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Goomba Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Hammer Bro Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
King Boo Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
King K. Rool X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Koopa Troopa Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Koopa Troopa (Red) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Koopa Paratroopa Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Koopa Paratroopa (Green) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Kritter X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Kritter (Blue) X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Kritter (Brown) X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Kritter (Red) X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Magikoopa Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Magikoopa (Green) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Magikoopa (Red) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Magikoopa (Yellow) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Mii X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Monty Mole Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Noki (Blue) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Noki (Green) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Noki (Red) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Paragoomba Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Petey Piranha Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Pianta (Blue) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Pianta (Red) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Pianta (Yellow) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Shy Guy Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Shy Guy (Gray) / Shy Guy (Black) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Shy Guy (Blue) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Shy Guy (Green) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Shy Guy (Yellow) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Tiny Kong X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Toad Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Toad (Blue) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Toad (Green) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Toad (Purple) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Toad (Yellow) Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Toadette Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Toadsworth Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Wiggler X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Yoshi (Blue) X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Yoshi (Light Blue) X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Yoshi (Pink) X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Yoshi (Red) X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Yoshi (Yellow) X mark.svg Check mark.svg

Stadiums[edit]

Character Stadium Mario Superstar Baseball Mario Super Sluggers
Bowser Castle Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Bowser Jr. Playroom X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Daisy Cruiser X mark.svg Check mark.svg
DK Jungle Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Luigi's Mansion X mark.svg Check mark.svg
Mario Stadium Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Peach Garden Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Wario City Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Yoshi Park Check mark.svg Check mark.svg

Mario Superstar Baseball[edit]

Mario Super Sluggers[edit]

Chemistry[edit]

Main article: Chemistry
An example of Chemistry

A unique feature in the Mario Baseball series is chemistry, which decides how well the teams play. For example Mario and Luigi have good chemistry so when they throw a ball at each other it travels fast. An example of bad chemistry is Mario and Bowser: if they throw to one another, the ball moves slowly and off course. If two characters have no chemistry, like Mario and Diddy Kong, the ball would fly at normal speed. Chemistry also affects the number of Star Skill units; good chemistry with the captain increases the number of units while bad chemistry decreases it. The maximum number of stars is five. The quantity of the available Star Skills sometimes affects the name of the team. For example a team led by Mario with five stars would be called the Mario Fireballs.

Star Skills[edit]

Main article: Star Skill
Birdo, using her Cannon Swing as a Star Skill in Mario Super Sluggers.

A new feature in these games are the ability to use a Star Skill. Star Skills can be activated either while pitching or while batting. Anyone in this game can use a Star Skill, but a team captain's Star Skill is superior to a sub-character's Star Skill. Team Captains have mostly different Star Skills, however, captains that usually pair with each other (Mario and Luigi, Peach and Daisy) have similar Star Skills. The amount of Star Skills that can be used is represented by five Team Stars in a meter. The amount of starting Team Stars depend on the sub-characters' chemistry with the team captain.

Mario, using his Fireball as a Star Skill in Mario Superstar Baseball.

Star Skills can be replenished by hitting ball park features. They can also be replenished by striking a player out or making a batter reach a base safely when the words, "Star Chance!" appear. Team captains use up one Team Star, sub-characters use up one Team Star, and captains as members use up two Team Stars.

They return in Mario Super Sluggers, however some characters, especially the sub-captains, like Luigi, now have different star skills. The window at the bottom that shows star skills is different.

Gallery[edit]

  • Peach, Mario, and Luigi

  • Overhead view of the Baseball Kingdom

  • Group Picture from Mario Superstar Baseball

  • Group Picture from Mario Super Sluggers

  • Mario

  • The title screen for Mario Superstar Baseball

  • The title screen for Mario Super Sluggers

  • Selecting characters in Mario Superstar Baseball

  • MVPs in Mario Superstar Baseball

  • The Captain Select screen from Mario Super Sluggers

  • The Team Setup screen from Mario Super Sluggers

  • The shop in Mario Superstar Baseball

Mario games
Platformers Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FCD) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, NDS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U) • Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Run (2016, iOS/Android) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017, NS) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019, NS)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
Other Donkey Kong (1981, Arcade) • Mario Bros. (1983, Arcade) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, PC88) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, PC88) • VS. Wrecking Crew (1984, Arcade) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, PC88) • Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Hotel Mario (1994, Philips CD-i) • Donkey Kong (1994, Game Boy) • Mario Clash (1995, VB) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC) • Super Princess Peach (2005, DS)
Ports and remakes Crazy Kong (1981, Arcade) • Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986, Arcade) • All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (1986, FCD) • Super Mario Bros. (1987, G&W) • Kaettekita Mario Bros. (1988, FCD) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1996, SNES) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2002, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003, GBA) • Famicom Mini Series (2004, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, NDS) • Virtual Console (2006-current, Wii/3DS/Wii U) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • New Super Luigi U (2013, Wii U) • Luigi Bros. (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019, NS)
Role-playing games Paper Mario series Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U)
Mario & Luigi series Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, NDS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, NDS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS)
Other Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES)
Remakes Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018, 3DS)
Dr. Mario series Main Dr. Mario (1990, NES) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001, N64) • Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008, WiiWare) • Dr. Mario Express (2008, DSiWare) • Dr. Luigi (2013, Wii U) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015, 3DS) • Dr. Mario World (2019, iOS/Android)
Other VS. Dr. Mario (1990, Arcade)
Remakes Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994, SNES) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003, GCN) • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005, GBA)
Mario Kart series Main Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart 64 (slot machine) (1997, Arcade) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN) • Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, Arcade) • Mario Kart DS (2005, NDS) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, Arcade) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, Arcade) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, Arcade) • Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/Android)
Remakes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, NS)
Mario Party series Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party-e (2003, GBA) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004, Arcade) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005, Arcade) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party DS (2007, NDS) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009, Arcade) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012, Arcade) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013, Arcade) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016, Arcade) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS) • Super Mario Party (2018, NS)
Luigi's Mansion series Main Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015, Arcade) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, NS)
Remakes Luigi's Mansion (2018, 3DS)
Sports games Mario Baseball series Mario Superstar Baseball (2005, GCN) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, Wii)
Mario Golf series Golf (1984, NES) • Family Computer Golf: Japan Course (1987, FCD) • Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course (1987, FCD) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mario Golf (1999, N64) • Mario Golf (1999, GBC) • Mobile Golf (2001, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003, GCN) • Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004, GBA) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014, 3DS)
Mario Strikers series Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii)
Mario Tennis series Mario's Tennis (1995, VB) • Mario Tennis (2000, N64) • Mario Tennis (2000, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis (2004, GCN) • Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, GBA) • Mario Tennis Open (2012, 3DS) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015, Wii U) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018, NS)
Ports New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (2009, Wii)
Other NBA Street V3 (2005, GCN) • SSX on Tour (2005, GCN) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, NDS) • Mario Sports Mix (2010, Wii) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017, 3DS)
Crossovers Mario & Sonic series Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008, NDS) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, NDS) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016, Arcade) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, NS/Arcade)
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, NS)
Other Itadaki Street‎ DS (2007, NDS) • Fortune Street‎ (2011, Wii) • Nintendo Land (2012, Wii U) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015, 3DS) • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017, NS)
Edutainment games Mario Discovery series Mario is Missing! (1993, MS-DOS/SNES/NES) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, MS-DOS/SNES/NES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994, MS-DOS/SNES)
Other Mario Teaches Typing (1991, MS-DOS) • Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996, MS-DOS)
Ports Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1995, PC)
Art utilities Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Paint (1992, SNES) • Super Mario Collection Screen Saver (1997, PC) • Mario no Photopi (1998, N64) • Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000, N64DD)
Miscellaneous Main Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • Undake30 Same Game (1995, SFC) • Mario's Game Gallery (1995, MS-DOS) • Mario's Picross (1995, GB) • Mario's Super Picross (1995, SFC) • Donkey Kong (slot machine) (1996, Arcade) • Picross 2 (1996, GB) • Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium (1997, Satellaview) • Mario's FUNdamentals (1998, Windows) • Picross NP (1999-2000, SFC) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003, Arcade) • Mario Pinball Land (2004, GBA) • Yakuman DS (2005, NDS) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005, GCN) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014, Wii U)
Ports Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018, NS/3DS)
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