Mario Baseball (series)

"Let's Play Baseball!"

- Mario Superstar Baseball

The Mario Baseball series is a spin-off series of the Mario series that revolves around the concept of baseball. Only two games have been released to date, one being for the Nintendo GameCube, and the other for the Wii. Unlike previous spinoffs the player could recruit people via completeing scout missions to get enough scout flags to recruit the player on one of the opposite teams.

Mario Superstar Baseball
Mario Superstar Baseball was the first installment in the Mario Baseball series. It featured a total of 32 playable characters, six of which could be unlocked; these characters were divided into four different groups.The groups were balance, technique, speed, and power. The game also featured three characters from the Donkey Kong series: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Dixie Kong. The game also had a unique feature called 'Chemistry'. Chemistry was 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 was unlockable.

Characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Yoshi
 * Birdo
 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong
 * Bowser
 * Bowser Jr.
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Pianta (available in Blue, Red, and Yellow)
 * Montey Mole
 * Noki (available in Blue, Red, and green)
 * Baby Mario
 * Baby Luigi
 * Toad (available in red, yellow, green, blue, and purple
 * Toadette
 * Toadsworth
 * Petey Piranha
 * Shy Guy (available in Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and gray/black)
 * Dixie Kong
 * Goomba
 * Paragoomba
 * Koopa Troopa (available in Green and Red)
 * Koopa Paratroopa (available in red and green)
 * Boo
 * King Boo
 * Hammer Bro. (also available as Fire Bro. and Boomerang Bro.
 * Dry Bones (available in white, green, red, and blue)
 * Magikoopa (available in blue, red, yellow, and green)

Mario Super Sluggers
"Batter Up!"

- 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 and North America; however, no release dates have been announced for the European and Australian regions.The game takes place in the Baseball Kingdom. The game featured a total of 41 playable 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 recruting players by clearing special missions for more of a RPG feel.

Characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Yoshi (available in red, yellow, green, blue, light blue, and pink)
 * Birdo
 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong
 * Bowser
 * Bowser Jr.
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Pianta (available in blue, red, and yellow)
 * Montey Mole
 * Noki (available in blue, red, and green)
 * Baby Mario
 * Baby Luigi
 * Blooper
 * Toad (available in red, yellow, green, blue, and purple)
 * Toadette
 * Toadsworth
 * Baby Peach
 * Baby Daisy
 * Petey Piranha
 * Shy Guy (available in red, yellow, green, blue, and black/gray)
 * Wiggler
 * Dixie Kong
 * Funky Kong
 * Tiny Kong
 * Baby DK
 * Kritter (available in green, red, blue, and brown)
 * King K. Rool
 * Goomba
 * Paragoomba
 * Koopa Troopa (available in green and red)
 * Koopa Paratroopa (available in red and green)
 * Boo
 * King Boo
 * Hammer Bro. (also available as Fire Bro. and Boomerang Bro.)
 * Dry Bones (available in white, red, green, and blue)
 * Magikoopa (available in blue, red, green, and yellow)

Trivia

 * Despite having only two games in the series, this series featurers more playable characters than any other spinoff series in the Marioverse.