Mario Super Sluggers

Mario Super Sluggers (Japanese: スーパーマリオスタジアム ファミリーベースボール, Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball) is the sequel to Mario Superstar Baseball, released on the Wii console. The game was announced on October 9, 2007, at a Nintendo conference. It was released in Japan on June 19, 2008 and will be expected in North America on August 25, 2008. However, since Nintendo hasn't announced an official release date, it is also rumored to come out on August 1, 2008.

Intro

Mario Super Sluggers begins with Toad, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Birdo on a small cruiser riding to the baseball island. The cruiser arrives, and they meet up with Peach and Toadsworth at the entrance. They then follow to the lighthouse located at the Daisy Cruiser, which shows an overview of the whole island. From there, they run into the Mario Stadium holding Wii Remotes, and gazing out. Daisy takes her Wiimote and swings it, turning it into her bat. Luigi follows and Mario turns his into his ball and glove. Mario pitches to Daisy right away, and she makes a hit.

The scenes begin switching from stadium to stadium. Daisy's ball is chased after by Toads in the Peach Rink, where they run into Freezies. The ball then rolls onto Wario City, where Wario chases after it to find it shoot into the air from a manhole water spout. The ball lands on Wario's head, causing him to fall backwards, and causing the ball to fly into Yoshi Park. Yoshi jumps over a pipe to catch the ball, realizing he is going to fall, he flutters around, but falls in with the ball. The ball flies to Diddy Kong at DK Jungle, where he is about to be run over by a barrel, when Donkey Kong comes to Diddy's rescue by smashing it.

The view switches back to Mario Stadium, where Mario pitches to DK, who then makes a hit. Yoshi goes for the catch, but both Wario and Waluigi bombard him with bob-ombs. Yoshi slides to the catch regardless, throws it to Peach, who throws it to Mario, and then to Luigi on base. DK slams into Luigi, sending him into the field wall. As Daisy and Toad stand in alarm, the crowd follows suit, only to see Luigi stand and reveal that he has caught the ball. Lakitu calls it out, and everyone rushes to Luigi and Mario's side.

Gameplay

Mario Super Sluggers can be played using three different control methods:

• Wii Remote (vertical)
• Wii Remote (horizontal)
• Wii Remote + Nunchuk combo

In order to bat or pitch, the A button must be held and then the Wii Remote must be swung at the appropriate time. The more precise the hit/pitch, the further/faster the ball will go. The player can do curve balls as well by twisting the Wii Remote, while pitching. Once the ball is in a fielder's hand, the Remote must be swung so that the fielder can pitch the ball at one of the basemen. Some fielders can throw fast balls or Laser Balls in order to get to one of the basemen faster.

Star Skills will reappear in Super Sluggers as well. Any player can pitch or bat using Star Skills, however only Team Captains can use special hits/pitches. Team Players can only use Star skills that will make the ball go faster or slower.

Stadiums

There are 9 stadiums (excluding Toy Field) in all. All 9 of them can be played in daytime or nighttime. Mario Stadium is the only stadium not to feature any gimmicks.

• Mario Stadium – No gimmicks appear in this particular stadium.
• Luigi's Mansion – If the ball reaches the bushes in the field, the ball will be harder to find. Also, if players touch one of the gravestones they'll get attacked by one of the generic ghosts from Luigi's Mansion.
• Peach Rink – The stadium floor is slippery and touching one of the Freezies will freeze players for a short time.
• Daisy Cruiser – Dinning tables are scattered everywhere in the stadium, making it harder for the player to catch the ball.
• Yoshi Park – A train passes by every now and then making-it harder for the player to catch the ball. Also, hitting one of the Piranha Plants will give you a Star.
• Wario City – Every now and then, the manholes will burst up water making the ball rebound high.
• DK Jungle – DK Barrels pass by every now and then, making-it harder to catch the ball.
• Bowser Jr.'s Room – Chain Chomps roam the stadium's field and might crush the player if the ball gets too go close to a Chain Chomp.
• Bowser Castle – Unknown.

Playable Characters

File:Mss FullRoster.png

All the characters.

All of the characters from the last game will appear in Super Sluggers, along with some other new appearances as well.

Team Captains

• Mario
• Luigi
• Peach
• Daisy
• Yoshi Color Changes: Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Cyan, and Pink.
• Birdo
• Wario
• Waluigi
• Donkey Kong
• Diddy Kong
• Bowser
• Bowser Jr.

Team Players

Babies

• Baby Mario
• Baby Luigi
• Baby Peach
• Baby Daisy
• Baby DK

Donkey Kong

• Dixie Kong
• Funky Kong
• Tiny Kong
• King K. Rool
• Kritter Color Changes: Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow.

Mario Company

• Toad Color Changes: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, and Purple.
• Toadette
• Toadsworth
• Pianta Color Changes: Blue, Red, and Yellow.
• Noki Color Changes: Blue, Red, and Green.

Mario Enemies

• Koopa Troopa Color Changes: Green and Red.
• Paratroopa Color Changes: Red and Green.
• Magikoopa Color Changes: Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow.
• Hammer Bro. Color Changes: Green (Hammer Bro.), Blue (Boomerang Bro.), and Red (Fire Bro.).
• Dry Bones Color Changes: White, Blue, Red, and Green.
• Boo
• King Boo
• Petey Piranha
• Wiggler
• Goomba
• Paragoomba
• Monty Mole
• Shy Guy Color Changes: Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, and Black.
• Blooper

Misc.

• Mii

Team Names

There are also team names in Sluggers just like its previous game. But this time, instead of your team players' chemistry to decide the name, it's your selected captain. Some team names are new, and some are used from the previous game.

• Bowser Monsters - Bowser
• Koopa Rookies - Bowser Jr.
• Waluigi Smarts - Waluigi
• Yoshi Eggs - Yoshi
• Peach Royals - Peach
• Mario Fireballs - Mario
• Luigi Knights - Luigi
• Daisy Flowers - Daisy
• Birdo Lips - Birdo
• Wario Muscles - Wario
• Diddy Monkeys - Diddy Kong
• DK Wilds - Donkey Kong

Chemistry

Like Mario Superstar Baseball, the characters will have good and bad relations with anyone character. However, the characters will can make special abilities with another character when show good chemistry. You can revice items with chemistry. If you are a slugger and the next player shares chemistry you will get an item.

Items

There will be items in Mario Super Sluggers, much like to Mario Strikers Charged. However, only a few items have been confirmed as of now.

• Green Shell - Shoot a player and daze them if hit.
• Fire Ball - Some fireballs will bounce around to burn someone.
• Boos - Make the ball invisable.
• Bob-omb - Throw one and the player loses the ball and is hurt.
• POW-Ball - Similar to the Bob-omb. It will shake the ground instead of making a explosion.
• Banana Peel - Shoot 3-6 bananas to trip the player.
• Bullet Bill - Follows the player chosen and blows up on him/her.

Challenge Mode

Challenge Mode will reappear in Mario Super Sluggers. This one, unlike Mario Superstar Baseball, features a more in-depth story and overall map screen. A few obstacles were seen, like a puzzle to get to the next part of the path. Not much else is known for now. In a recent trailer, a star pointer (similar to Super Mario Galaxy) was seen in the challenge mode.Template:Refneeded

Unique Bats

Just like in Mario Superstar Baseball, some characters will have unique bats. Below is a list of known unique bats:

• Funky Kong- Surfboard
• Donkey Kong - Boxing Glove
• Baby Peach and Baby Daisy - Rattles
• Baby DK - Banana
• Hammer Bro - Hammer
  • Boomerang Bro - Boomerang
• Kritter - A Spiked Club
• Bowser - Spiked Bat
• Bowser Jr. - Paintbrush
• Dry Bones - Bone
• Petey - His own Leaf arm
• Pianta - Tree Bat
• Noki - Shell Bat
• Magikoopa - Magic Wand
• Toadsworth - Staff
• King K. Rool - Jewels Rod
• Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong - Sticks

Characters Artwork

• 

  Mario
• MarioSS mario.png

  Mario
• Luigi super sluggers.png

  Luigi
• PeachMSS.PNG

  Peach
• DaisyMSSart.PNG

  Daisy
• Yoshi Sluggers.png

  Yoshi
• Birdo Sluggers2.JPG

  Birdo
• DK Sluggers.png

  Donkey Kong
• Diddy sluggers.jpg

  Diddy Kong
• Wario sluggers.png

  Wario
• Waluigi Sluggers.jpg

  Waluigi
• Bowserslugg.jpg

  Bowser
• Jr sluggers.jpg

  Bowser Jr.
• Petey sluggers.JPG

  Petey Piranha
• Blue Noki sluggers.JPG

  Noki
• Sluggerbaseball.jpg

  Group

Links

• Official Japanese Website
• IGN.