The mental aspect
Added 3/29/2009
This game does an incredible job of simulating the decision making processes involved when you play baseball. If you want to do the physical aspects of the sport such as swinging the bat or throwing the ball, this is not the game for you. If you do love the strategic aspects of the game, then by all means purchase this and you will really enjoy it. You will have more choices than you know what to do with but those of us who love the game know that this is best part. Take time to practice all the different maneuvers possible and you'll only have more fun.
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Great game
Added 11/13/2008
This is a fun game. Its a little long if you play the career mode though.
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mlb power pros
Added 8/17/2008
i did buy the older version by mistake and that may be the reason i didn't like the game as much. the teams were a year behind, makes it kinda confusing.....this is a great kids game. some friends brought their kids over the other day while they visited and the kids had an absolute blast with it.....it helped that they were all boys, who liked baseball, but they loved it none-the-less.....a simplified version of baseball with cartoonish characters that incredibly resembled their namesakes! it is a cute game and please don't take my score too literally. i was ranking it as how much fun "I" had with it. i am use to the mlb games and this kinda took me by surprise. you can make it as hard as you want by increasing the difficulty but at the end of the day, you are still fooling around with a kids game. for kids or adults who don't understand the complexities of baseball but like playing video games, this game is for you. for baseball fans, stick with EA sports version or something similar.....
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Best baseball game on the market
Added 7/25/2008
If you like baseball, you will love this game! Very detailed. Although it is animated and appears to be just a "kids" game, everything from the players abilities to the dimensions of the different stadiums, it is extremely accurate. You will have fun with this game. It's very addictive! :)
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Could do much better for the Wii
Added 7/22/2008
This game could have been made much better by integrating the Wii controls into a league/season format. I'm not sure what's the hold up on getting season play with Wii controls. With that said this game is worth the $10-$20 you can buy it for. It's a fun baseball game with many different modes. You can use Wii motion controls to play in one mode, but I would have liked to see them integrate the Wii motion controls into the game more. I hope the next edition does that.
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Power Pros is simply AWESOME !
Added 9/26/2008
I haven't played a baseball game for the PS2 since All Star Baseball 2003 by Aklaim (remember that?) What made that game great was the realistic action, 900 players (both living and dead) and 50 stadiums, including classics like the Polo Grounds, Ebbet's Field, and the original Yankee Stadium (before they ruined it with blue vinyl siding).
Well Power Pros takes all the realistic physics and action from recent simulation baseball games, and presents it as fun anime-style game. But don't be fooled into thinking that this is an arcade or platform game. It is just as deep as simulation titles a few years back (think EA MVP Baseball 05, which I hear is EA's last great baseball title before it degraded as MVP NCAA Baseball 06/07).
Apparently, Power Pros has been enjoyed by Japanese gamers for 14 years. In some ways, it is the successor of SNK's Baseball Stars 2 (1992), a cartoonish baseball arcade game. The current version for the Japanese Wii and PS2 is 'Jikky Powerful Pro Yaky' 14, which features the licensed teams of the NPB. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jikky%C5%8D_Powerful_Pro_Yaky%C5%AB_series ). We're fortunate that this hit game has finally come to North America with the blessing of MLB to feature its teams and players in the same goofy, fun format.
While Power Pros lacks historic ballparks (like All Star Baseball) or the ability to build a custom ballpark (like MVP Baseball), it gives players as little or as much control over a team as they want, just like the simulators for the PS2 today. They can create a league for online or multiplayer action. They can create a college player and develop him through the NCAA, AA, AAA, and the majors (the 'life' mode is very challenging - it usually takes multiple ties to get a player to advance into the minors). They can take control of a real MLB team as GM/manager for a full season in role-playing mode. Or they can use the practice, home run, or exhibition game mode for instant MLB action. The action can be fast - 9-inning games are almost always 30 minutes long. So mastering the fielding and base running controls is crucial if you want to get the most out the games. There's a lot to do, but in my opinion, it is all fun.
Power Pros can be forgiving, too. So it is friendly to casual gamers and younger kids. Every aspect of the action (batting, fielding, defense, pinch hitting & running, pitching changes, etc.) can be set to automatic, semi-automatic, or full-manual. You can play a game just controlling pitching and batting location, or go full-manual and control fielding depth, hit & run tactics, and how your base runners lead off the bag. And with every game played, either exhibition, life, or season, the stats in your profile only grow richer. As many reviewers have noted, this is a kids game with a remarkable amount of grown-up statistical depth.
In just a couple of days of exhibition play, I've noticed that the stats are highly realistic in how my left-handed and right-handed pitchers perform. They fall into patterns I see in the real-life statistics of today. For example, the 2006 Red Sox in this game have a team ERA in the 4-5 range, and their left-handed pitchers paint the outside corners better, while the righties are far more effective inside. I'm not statistics nut, but I know my Red Sox history, and these little guys are performing as I would expect. Schilling is often hurt. Matsusaka is shaky. Papelbon and Beckett are nails. And Lester has promise, but can only go 2 innings. And so far, the easiest batter to strike out is Griffy (poor Ken).
And if that wasn't enough, how about the art direction and the welcome arcade aspects? The style is bubbly Japanese anime. The career (life) mode is goofy, with your player attending college classes and experiencing a kind of tamagotchi-like social life. In game and season mode, each player has a 'mood' icon, which improves or degrades within a game or during the course of the season. Remember when one of your players in NBA Jam caught fire? That sort of happens here when your pitcher strikes out a side, or wins a few games in a row. These aspects lose some realism, but they make this game a lot of fun for kids and adults of all ages.
I'm sure this game is wicked awesome on the Wii. But it is a blast on the PlayStation 2. Discover sports games again and add this to your collection. The PS2 platform is far from dead, and Power Pros (and Madden 08 & 09) helps prove that.
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good fun..
Added 9/17/2008
This is a game with a low learning curve that is extremely fun to play. I admit, i really haven't cared about a baseball game since Baseball Stars on my nes, but this game is fun!!!
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MLB Power Pros
Added 4/20/2008
I purchased this game to play with my grandson (he is 6) who loves baseball but I didn't want to get one that was to hard to play or learn how to play. This game was the perfect game. It is fun for the young and the old. It has all of the Major League teams with their players. You can pick which team you want to be and play against each other with your favorite teams. I didn't really read the directions before we started so it took us about 45 minutes to get all of the plays down (pitching, hitting, catching....). Once my grandson learned how to hit home runs there was no stoping him. My son-in-law is in Iraq and is to be home soon, so I bought another MLB Power Pros (they have a Wii) for my grandson to take home, so when his dad gets back they can play. If you are looking for a game that is a REAL challenge then this is not the game for you. But if you are looking for a game to just play and have fun with then this is a good one.
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