it's staggering how much I suck at this game. I'm so bad at it that I dont even know if its fair for me to rate it, I feel like it should rate ME instead. maybe this game is just a reflection of who I truly am....
Baseball, or ベースボール, developed and distributed by Nintendo. This version of the game is basically a port of the original NES game, and plays just like it.
It's a very simple baseball game, where you control batting and pitching and don't have much of a goal other than to win the game, over and over again.
Technically it's pretty bad; the game is awkward to control and cumbersome, and the computer's intelligence is terrible. Like, it's one of the easiest games I've ever played, especially considering older games tended to be harder. This one is really easy; it's almost impossible to lose here.
And I really didn't like it, not even to pick it up once in a while and play a game.
Having said all that, my rating is: 1 star.
It's a very simple baseball game, where you control batting and pitching and don't have much of a goal other than to win the game, over and over again.
Technically it's pretty bad; the game is awkward to control and cumbersome, and the computer's intelligence is terrible. Like, it's one of the easiest games I've ever played, especially considering older games tended to be harder. This one is really easy; it's almost impossible to lose here.
And I really didn't like it, not even to pick it up once in a while and play a game.
Having said all that, my rating is: 1 star.
Aesthetically kind of fun in a classic way, but managing to control your players here is unintuitive and frustrating even after looking up the manual.
El juego es simple, puedes jugar una partida de Baseball solo o con un amigo. El gameplay no es la gran cosa la verdad, solo puedes moverte y batear de 3 formas diferentes sí eres bateador o lanzar la bola con diferente dirección sí eres pitcher. No puedes moverte durante el lanzamiento de la bola y es más suerte que nada. Aburrido y un poco sin gracia.
-Jugado en Nintendo Switch ✅️
-Jugado en Nintendo Switch ✅️
It just felt deeply frustrating and unintuitive compared to anything else I've played so far. I found myself asking questions that simply just didn't have answers...
and then I realized, even if I did get the answers to those questions, would I even care enough to enjoy this that much more?
It's just... not my thing, simple as, but I suppose it's a decently impressive conversion for the time.
If you're willing to get to grips with the mechanics, perhaps there's something more enjoyable here under the hood, but I don't think I'm going to get rocks tossed at me for decrying Baseball on the Gameboy.
and then I realized, even if I did get the answers to those questions, would I even care enough to enjoy this that much more?
It's just... not my thing, simple as, but I suppose it's a decently impressive conversion for the time.
If you're willing to get to grips with the mechanics, perhaps there's something more enjoyable here under the hood, but I don't think I'm going to get rocks tossed at me for decrying Baseball on the Gameboy.
Actually read the manual and it kinda clicks; the buttons on the d-pad correspond to the bases you’re throwing/running to. It’s more playable than most 8-bit baseball I’ve tried, but like every early baseball game the computer plays flawlessly. I’d like to try this one multiplayer.
This would be playable if you only had to bat and not pitch
Primitive and boring. The game sucks too.
During the beginning of the Game Boy's life, Nintendo was trying to bring over a lot of their NES experiences to the handheld. And many of the NES' sport games Nintendo developed were ported onto the system.
Baseball is no different, and it was the first one to get that treatment, as it was one of the Game Boy's launch titles, alongside Super Mario Land, Alleyway and the Japanese-exclusive Yakuman.
But interestingly enough, Baseball on the Game Boy is a bit more complex than its NES counterpart, and some could even call it a better version of the game.
To start things off, just like Baseball on the NES, I recommend reading the instruction manual. For the NES version, I'd recommend that to know what the controls were. For the Game Boy version, that also holds true, but now each player in a team has their own unique stats!
Things like stamina, batting, speed and skill are to be considered when choosing who's going to pitch and who's going to bat. By pressing the Start button twice, you can switch between some of the players.
Truth be told, when I first started playing this version of this game, I had no idea many of these things were even a thing. It was nice seeing players with names this time around (there's even a Mario and Luigi in the USA teams), but I didn't think much of it. However, when looking at the instruction manual, I was surprised to see that there's more strategy required this time around.
Feels a bit like a prototype for more modern sport games, I'd say.
Outside of that, while there are less teams to choose from compared to the NES version, the game has an actual soundtrack that you can choose to turn on and off at the start of a game.
There are also some interesting rules they added to this version, to increase the startegy element. For example, if, by the end of a round/inning, you have more than 10 points compared to the opposing team, the game ends prematurely and you win! Considering we're on a portable system, allowing skilled players to end games faster so that you can play the game in shorter bursts helps a bit.
But the other rule they added was not exactly my cup of tea. So, in baseball, whenever you pitch a ball, many of the players from the other team will try to catch it. If one of those players catches the ball before it hits the ground, it will not matter if you landed on a base or not, you are out.
This happened to me a lot and, honestly, I preferred it when that wasn't the case.
At least you have some extra options to counter-act this. I already mentioned the player stats before, but after a ball is pitched by the opponent, if you press a button, you can control the players on your team trying to catch the ball. If you don't, the CPU will try to catch it for you.
Giving the player that freedom allows for more strategy to occur when playing the game.
In addition, when you're playing as the pitcher, you can also move him a bit to the left or right, to adjust your shot better.
These features all make the game stand out to its NES counterpart, and make this version more in-depth.
Alongside this, before a game starts, you can select either JPN Mode or USA Mode. The differences between are minor, as they only switch player names, the ball count indicator, the metric system used for the ball speed, and the music being played. Still, it's nice to have that options.
Overall, in spite of some small gripes I have with this version, the Game Boy version of Baseball is much more in-depth and strategic than the NES counterpart, which helps the game stand out and be a bit more fun, even if it's still a simple baseball video game.
Baseball is no different, and it was the first one to get that treatment, as it was one of the Game Boy's launch titles, alongside Super Mario Land, Alleyway and the Japanese-exclusive Yakuman.
But interestingly enough, Baseball on the Game Boy is a bit more complex than its NES counterpart, and some could even call it a better version of the game.
To start things off, just like Baseball on the NES, I recommend reading the instruction manual. For the NES version, I'd recommend that to know what the controls were. For the Game Boy version, that also holds true, but now each player in a team has their own unique stats!
Things like stamina, batting, speed and skill are to be considered when choosing who's going to pitch and who's going to bat. By pressing the Start button twice, you can switch between some of the players.
Truth be told, when I first started playing this version of this game, I had no idea many of these things were even a thing. It was nice seeing players with names this time around (there's even a Mario and Luigi in the USA teams), but I didn't think much of it. However, when looking at the instruction manual, I was surprised to see that there's more strategy required this time around.
Feels a bit like a prototype for more modern sport games, I'd say.
Outside of that, while there are less teams to choose from compared to the NES version, the game has an actual soundtrack that you can choose to turn on and off at the start of a game.
There are also some interesting rules they added to this version, to increase the startegy element. For example, if, by the end of a round/inning, you have more than 10 points compared to the opposing team, the game ends prematurely and you win! Considering we're on a portable system, allowing skilled players to end games faster so that you can play the game in shorter bursts helps a bit.
But the other rule they added was not exactly my cup of tea. So, in baseball, whenever you pitch a ball, many of the players from the other team will try to catch it. If one of those players catches the ball before it hits the ground, it will not matter if you landed on a base or not, you are out.
This happened to me a lot and, honestly, I preferred it when that wasn't the case.
At least you have some extra options to counter-act this. I already mentioned the player stats before, but after a ball is pitched by the opponent, if you press a button, you can control the players on your team trying to catch the ball. If you don't, the CPU will try to catch it for you.
Giving the player that freedom allows for more strategy to occur when playing the game.
In addition, when you're playing as the pitcher, you can also move him a bit to the left or right, to adjust your shot better.
These features all make the game stand out to its NES counterpart, and make this version more in-depth.
Alongside this, before a game starts, you can select either JPN Mode or USA Mode. The differences between are minor, as they only switch player names, the ball count indicator, the metric system used for the ball speed, and the music being played. Still, it's nice to have that options.
Overall, in spite of some small gripes I have with this version, the Game Boy version of Baseball is much more in-depth and strategic than the NES counterpart, which helps the game stand out and be a bit more fun, even if it's still a simple baseball video game.
Truly awful