Mario Baseball (series): Difference between revisions

The '''''Mario Baseball''''' series is a spin-off series of the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise that revolves around the concept of [[wikipedia:Baseball|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.

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.