Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. is a blast of pure arcade baseball nostalgia. The gameplay's fast and fluid, hitting dingers with Griffey is always satisfying, and the soundtrack is a classic. It definitely lacks the depth of modern sims: there are few customization options, and season modes feel a bit bare-bones. But if you want to pick up and play some classic N64 baseball with friends, this is still a home run!
"Call call call me Junior"
The C-buttons. are. the bases. [head explodes]
The C-buttons. are. the bases. [head explodes]
With this being published by Nintendo, you would hope for a fun and solid portrayal of Baseball, similar to how NBA Courtside did the same for Basketball. Unfortunately, while this does go for a more arcade-style format, it’s rather clunky and messy by comparison.
This features a similar system than most of the other N64 baseball games, and this seems to be the easiest to hit the ball – but still almost impossible to actually do anything with it, struggling to land a hit that doesn’t go straight to an opponent, while the CPU hit a home run first try.
One thing I do like is that the games seem snappier and go by much quicker, so you can get through a match in a decent time, but this is just an average baseball game.
This features a similar system than most of the other N64 baseball games, and this seems to be the easiest to hit the ball – but still almost impossible to actually do anything with it, struggling to land a hit that doesn’t go straight to an opponent, while the CPU hit a home run first try.
One thing I do like is that the games seem snappier and go by much quicker, so you can get through a match in a decent time, but this is just an average baseball game.