Mario Super Sluggers Steps Up To The Plate

by John Robertson on April 11, 2008 at 2:50 pm

With the new MLB season now fully up and running, Nintendo announced yesterday a new sports game for their upcoming Wii line-up. Mario Super Sluggers is a baseball game featuring the weird and wonderful characters of the Nintendo universe, due for release sometime later this year in the US, and this is another title sure to get Wii owners excited.

As with Mario’s other sports based outings like Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and, most recently, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Super Sluggers will feature easy to grasp gameplay mechanics combined with the colourful, bold and unique characters that make up Nintendo’s portfolio of games.

In a press release, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Cammie Dunaway had this to say:

Mario is truly a one-of-a-kind character; clearly fans can’t get enough of him and his friends. We’re giving Wii users brilliant new ways to enjoy him while expanding our series of active-play games.

Featuring full use of the Wii-mote, Mario Super Sluggers will allow players to swing, pitch and field just like you would in the real world. With Wii Sports such a smash hit -a staple in all Wii owners collections- Nintendo seems like it’s on to a homerun (sorry – couldn’t resist) with this latest Mario spin-off.

No definitive release date has been announced for either the US or Europe, but the game is set to hit retail stores in Japan this June. Hopefully, the other regions won’t have to wait too long.

One other interesting piece of information worth noting is that on the foot of the press release from Nintendo, Namco Bandai Games have their copyright mark included. Namco developed the arcade version of Mario Kart, which was released back in October 2005 in the US. Another collaboration here, perhaps? Let’s hope so.

Source: Yahoo

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