Editing Chemistry

[[File:GoodChemistry.png|thumb|Mario has positive chemistry with Luigi, marked with a ♪ symbol in a pink speech bubble]]
'''Chemistry''' is a feature in the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]]. It refers to how well characters get along, which affects how well they work together. An example of good chemistry is when a character throws the ball to their buddy, the ball travels faster than normal, glows purple, and leaves a purple trail. The character who throws the ball also emits a happy sound while throwing. Chemistry is also useful in batting because a character hits better when one of their buddies is on base (and they will hit even better if two or three of their buddies are on base). Good chemistry is referenced by a musical note.
 
There is also bad chemistry, which is in contrast to good chemistry. When a character throws the ball to another character with whom they share bad chemistry, the ball travels much slower and in a slanted direction from where the ball was directed. The throwing character also emits an unhappy noise while throwing the ball. Bad chemistry is referenced by a black squiggly line that resembles a tornado. Bad chemistry will nearly always result in a messed-up play which allows the opposing team to score and/or advance on the bases. Unlike good chemistry, bad chemistry only occurs in the field and does not occur all the time.

In the Challenge Mode of both games, there is an item called the Buddy Emblem that improves chemistry relations, so that nearly everyone on the team will have good chemistry with each other.

There exist chemistry tables in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' which determine the above features and more. Each character has a chemistry value, from 0 to 100, with every other character in the game. 90 and above indicates good chemistry, whereas 15 and below indicates bad chemistry. These values are also used in calculating Team Stars pre-game. The game will average each player's chemistry with the captain and convert the average to Team Stars.<ref>{{cite|url=docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRVUxlpm8jj8FLNfboz9j5kwCtw5I6NcTiWvOyHVa85gNaszOTFL-TPxAMlwr29eEUqXkn6e5NLygEF/pubhtml?gid=1560396594&single=true|title=Color-coded spreadsheet of the in-game chemistry tables|publisher=Google Docs|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}</ref> The key is as follows (x̄ = average captain chemistry):
*5 star team: x̄ ≥ 70
*4 star team: 70 > x̄ ≥ 55
*3 star team: 55 > x̄ ≥ 35
*2 star team: 35 > x̄ ≥ 15
*1 star team: 15 > x̄ > 0
*0 star team: x̄ = 0 (occurs with a team of 9 of the same character; only possible with cheats)

==Charts==
===''Mario Superstar Baseball''===
{|style="margin:0 auto" class=wikitable
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|width=82px|[[Mario]]||width=82px style=background:lightgreen|Luigi||width=82px style=background:lightgreen|Peach||width=82px style=background:lightgreen|Yoshi||width=82px style=background:#FA8072|Wario||width=82px style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||colspan=8|
|-
|[[Luigi]]||style=background:lightgreen|Mario||style=background:lightgreen|Peach||style=background:lightgreen|Daisy||style=background:#FA8072|Waluigi||style=background:#FA8072|Boo||width=82px style=background:#FA8072|King Boo||colspan=8|
|-
|[[Princess Peach|Peach]]||style=background:lightgreen|Mario||style=background:lightgreen|Luigi||style=background:lightgreen|Daisy||style=background:lightgreen|Toad||style=background:lightgreen|Toadette||style=background:lightgreen|Toadsworth||width=82px style=background:#FA8072|Wario||width=82px style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||width=82px style=background:#FA8072|Petey Piranha||colspan=9|
|-
|[[Daisy]]||style=background:lightgreen|Peach||style=background:lightgreen|Luigi||style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||style=background:#FA8072|Waluigi||style=background:#FA8072|Petey Piranha||colspan=8|
|-
|[[Yoshi]]||style=background:lightgreen|Mario||style=background:lightgreen|Birdo||style=background:lightgreen|Baby Mario||style=background:lightgreen|Baby Luigi||colspan=9|
|-
|[[Birdo]]||style=background:lightgreen|Yoshi||style=background:lightgreen|Shy Guy||style=background:lightgreen|Petey Piranha||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Wario]]||style=background:lightgreen|Waluigi||style=background:lightgreen|Boo||style=background:#FA8072|Mario||style=background:#FA8072|Peach||style=background:#FA8072|Toad||style=background:#FA8072|Toadette||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Mario||colspan=6|
|-
|[[Waluigi]]||style=background:lightgreen|Wario||style=background:lightgreen|Magikoopa||style=background:#FA8072|Luigi||style=background:#FA8072|Daisy||style=background:#FA8072|Toad||style=background:#FA8072|Toadette||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Luigi||colspan=6|
|-
|[[Donkey Kong]]||style=background:lightgreen|Diddy Kong||style=background:lightgreen|Dixie Kong||style=background:lightgreen|Petey Piranha||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Diddy Kong]]||style=background:lightgreen|Donkey Kong||style=background:lightgreen|Dixie Kong||style=background:lightgreen|Goomba||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Bowser]]||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser Jr.||style=background:lightgreen|Hammer Bro||style=background:lightgreen|Dry Bones||style=background:lightgreen|Koopa Troopa||style=background:lightgreen|Paratroopa||style=background:#FA8072|Mario||style=background:#FA8072|Peach||style=background:#FA8072|Daisy||style=background:#FA8072|Toad||style=background:#FA8072|Toadette||style=background:#FA8072|Toadsworth||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Mario||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Luigi
|-
|[[Bowser Jr.]]||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser||style=background:lightgreen|Hammer Bro||style=background:lightgreen|Magikoopa||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Toad]]||style=background:lightgreen|Peach||style=background:lightgreen|Toadette||style=background:lightgreen|Toadsworth||style=background:#FA8072|Wario||style=background:#FA8072|Waluigi||style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||colspan=8|
|-
|[[Toadette]]||style=background:lightgreen|Toad||style=background:lightgreen|Toadsworth||style=background:lightgreen|Peach||style=background:#FA8072|Wario||style=background:#FA8072|Waluigi||style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||colspan=8|
|-
|[[Toadsworth]]||style=background:lightgreen|Peach||style=background:lightgreen|Toad||style=background:lightgreen|Toadette||style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||colspan=11|
|-
|[[Goomba]]||style=background:lightgreen|Diddy Kong||style=background:lightgreen|Paragoomba||style=background:lightgreen|Monty Mole||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Paragoomba]]||style=background:lightgreen|Goomba||style=background:lightgreen|Monty Mole||style=background:lightgreen|Paratroopa||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Shy Guy]]||style=background:lightgreen|Birdo||style=background:lightgreen|Monty Mole||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Mario||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Luigi||colspan=9|
|-
|[[Dixie Kong]]||style=background:lightgreen|Donkey Kong||style=background:lightgreen|Diddy Kong||colspan=11|
|-
|[[Baby Mario]]||style=background:lightgreen|Yoshi||style=background:lightgreen|Baby Luigi||style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||style=background:#FA8072|Wario||style=background:#FA8072|Shy Guy||style=background:#FA8072|Boo||colspan=7|
|-
|[[Baby Luigi]]||style=background:lightgreen|Yoshi||style=background:lightgreen|Baby Mario||style=background:#FA8072|Bowser||style=background:#FA8072|Waluigi||style=background:#FA8072|Shy Guy||style=background:#FA8072|Boo||width=82px style=background:#FA8072|King Boo||colspan=6|
|-
|[[Boo]]||style=background:lightgreen|King Boo||style=background:lightgreen|Wario||style=background:lightgreen|Magikoopa||style=background:#FA8072|Luigi||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Mario||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Luigi||colspan=7|
|-
|[[King Boo]]||style=background:lightgreen|Boo||style=background:lightgreen|Petey Piranha||style=background:#FA8072|Luigi||style=background:#FA8072|Baby Luigi||colspan=9|
|-
|[[Dry Bones]]||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser||style=background:lightgreen|Koopa Troopa||colspan=11|
|-
|[[Koopa Troopa]]||style=background:lightgreen|Paratroopa||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser||style=background:lightgreen|Dry Bones||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]||style=background:lightgreen|Koopa Troopa||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser||style=background:lightgreen|Paragoomba||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Hammer Bro]]||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser Jr.||colspan=11|
|-
|[[Magikoopa]]||style=background:lightgreen|Boo||style=background:lightgreen|Waluigi||style=background:lightgreen|Bowser Jr.||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Petey Piranha]]||style=background:lightgreen|King Boo||style=background:lightgreen|Donkey Kong||style=background:lightgreen|Birdo||style=background:#FA8072|Peach||style=background:#FA8072|Daisy||style=background:#FA8072|Pianta||style=background:#FA8072|Noki||colspan=6|
|-
|[[Monty Mole]]||style=background:lightgreen|Goomba||style=background:lightgreen|Paragoomba||style=background:lightgreen|Shy Guy||colspan=10|
|-
|[[Pianta]]||style=background:lightgreen|Noki||style=background:#FA8072|Petey Piranha||colspan=11|
|-
|[[Noki]]||style=background:lightgreen|Pianta||style=background:#FA8072|Petey Piranha||colspan=11|
|}

===''Mario Super Sluggers''===
{|style="margin:0 auto;width:100%"class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
!width="33.4%"|Character
!width="33.3%"|Good chemistry 
!width="33.3%"|Bad chemistry
|-
|[[Mario]]
|Luigi<br>Peach<br>Yoshi<br>Pianta<br>Noki<br>Red Mii
|Bowser<br>Wario<br>Bowser Jr.<br>King Boo
|-
|[[Luigi]]
|Mario<br>Daisy<br>Dark Green Mii
|Waluigi<br>Boo<br>King Boo<br>Dry Bones<br>Bowser
|-
|[[Princess Peach|Peach]]
|Daisy<br>Mario<br>Toad<br>Toadette<br>Toadsworth<br>Pink Mii
|Bowser<br>Birdo
|-
|[[Daisy]]
|Peach<br>Luigi<br>Birdo<br>Orange Mii
|Hammer Bro
|-
|[[Yoshi]]
|Birdo<br>Mario<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy<br>Baby DK<br>Mii (according to Yoshi's color)
|Magikoopa<br>Shy Guy<br>Boo<br>King Boo
|-
|[[Birdo]]
|Yoshi<br>Daisy<br>Shy Guy<br>Toadette<br>Petey Piranha<br>Pink Mii
|Peach<br>Tiny Kong<br>Wario<br>Blooper<br>Waluigi
|-
|[[Wario]]
|Waluigi<br>Yellow Mii
|Mario<br>Birdo
|-
|[[Waluigi]]
|Wario<br>Purple Mii
|Luigi<br>Birdo
|-
|[[Donkey Kong]]
|Diddy Kong<br>Dixie Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Tiny Kong<br>Brown Mii
|rowspan="2"|Kritter<br>King K. Rool
|-
|[[Diddy Kong]]
|Donkey Kong<br>Dixie Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Tiny Kong
|-
|[[Bowser]]
|Bowser Jr.<br>Dry Bones<br>Hammer Bro<br>Koopa Troopa<br>Paratroopa<br>Magikoopa<br>Black Mii
|Mario<br>Luigi<br>Peach<br>Toad<br>Toadsworth<br>Toadette<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby DK<br>King K. Rool
|-
|[[Bowser Jr.]]
|Bowser<br>Koopa Troopa<br>Hammer Bro<br>Magikoopa<br>Black Mii
|Mario<br>Pianta<br>Noki
|-
|[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
|Peach<br>Toadette<br>Toadsworth<br>Pianta<br>Baby Peach<br>Mii (according to Toad's color)
|rowspan="2"|Bowser<br>Goomba<br>Paragoomba
|-
|[[Toadette]]
|Peach<br>Birdo<br>Toad<br>Toadsworth<br>Noki<br>Pink Mii
|-
|[[Toadsworth]]
|Peach<br>Toad<br>Toadette<br>Pianta<br>Baby Peach<br>Brown Mii
|Paratroopa<br>Goomba<br>Paragoomba<br>Bowser
|-
|[[Pianta]]
|Mario<br>Noki<br>Toad<br>Toadsworth<br>Mii (according to Pianta's color)
|Petey Piranha<br>Bowser Jr.<br>Goomba
|-
|[[Noki]]
|Mario<br>Pianta<br>Toadette<br>Mii (according to Noki's color)
|Bowser Jr.<br>Petey Piranha<br>Hammer Bro
|-
|[[Baby Mario]]
|Yoshi<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy<br>Baby DK<br>Red Mii
|rowspan="2"|Magikoopa<br>Shy Guy<br>Boo<br>King Boo<br>Bowser<br>Petey Piranha
|-
|[[Baby Luigi]]
|Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy<br>Baby DK<br>Dark Green Mii
|-
|[[Baby Peach]]
|Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Daisy<br>Baby DK<br>Toad<br>Toadsworth<br>Pink Mii
|Petey Piranha<br>Shy Guy<br>Boo<br>King Boo<br>Dry Bones<br>Bowser
|-
|[[Baby Daisy]]
|Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby DK<br>Orange Mii 
|Bowser<br>Petey Piranha<br>Boo<br>King Boo<br>Dry Bones
|-
|[[Baby DK]]
|Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy<br>Dixie Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Tiny Kong<br>Brown Mii
|Bowser<br>King K. Rool<br>Kritter<br>Shy Guy<br>Petey Piranha 
|-
|[[Dixie Kong]]
|Donkey Kong<br>Diddy Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Tiny Kong<br>Baby DK<br>Pink Mii
|King K. Rool<br>Kritter<br>Dry Bones
|-
|[[Funky Kong]]
|Donkey Kong<br>Diddy Kong<br>Dixie Kong<br>Tiny Kong<br>Baby DK<br>Light Blue Mii
|King K. Rool<br>Kritter
|-
|[[Tiny Kong]]
|Donkey Kong<br>Diddy Kong<br>Dixie Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Baby DK<br>Light Blue Mii
|Birdo<br>King K. Rool<br>Kritter
|-
|[[King K. Rool]]
|Kritter<br>King Boo<br>Dark Green Mii
|Bowser<br>Donkey Kong<br>Diddy Kong<br>Dixie Kong<br>Tiny Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Baby DK
|-
|[[Kritter]]
|King K. Rool<br>Mii (according to Kritter's color)
|Donkey Kong<br>Diddy Kong<br>Dixie Kong<br>Tiny Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Baby DK
|-
|[[Koopa Troopa]]
|Bowser<br>Bowser Jr.<br>Paratroopa<br>Goomba<br>Dry Bones<br>Mii (according to Koopa Troopa's color)
|None
|-
|[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]
|Bowser<br>Koopa Troopa<br>Paragoomba<br>Mii (according to Paratroopa's color)
|Toadsworth
|-
|[[Goomba]]
|Paragoomba<br>Monty Mole<br>Koopa Troopa<br>Brown Mii
|Toad<br>Toadette<br>Toadsworth<br>Pianta
|-
|[[Paragoomba]]
|Goomba<br>Monty Mole<br>Paratroopa<br>Brown Mii
|Toad<br>Toadette<br>Toadsworth
|-
|[[Boo]]
|King Boo<br>Shy Guy<br>Magikoopa<br>Blooper<br>White Mii
|Luigi<br>Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy
|-
|[[Dry Bones]]
|Bowser<br>Koopa Troopa<br>Mii (according to Dry Bones' color)
|Luigi<br>Dixie Kong<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy
|-
|[[Hammer Bro]]
|Bowser<br>Bowser Jr.<br>Magikoopa<br>Mii (according to Hammer Bro's color)
|Daisy<br>Noki
|-
|[[Magikoopa]]
|Bowser<br>Bowser Jr.<br>Hammer Bro<br>Boo<br>Mii (according to Magikoopa's color)
|Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi
|-
|[[Shy Guy]]
|Birdo<br>Boo<br>Monty Mole<br>Mii (according to Shy Guy's color)
|Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby DK
|-
|[[Monty Mole]]
|Goomba<br>Shy Guy<br>Paragoomba<br>Brown Mii
|None
|-
|[[Blooper]]
|Boo<br>Petey Piranha<br>Wiggler<br>White Mii
|Birdo
|-
|[[King Boo]]
|Petey Piranha<br>Boo<br>King K. Rool<br>Wiggler<br>White Mii
|Mario<br>Luigi<br>Yoshi<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy
|-
|[[Petey Piranha]]
|Birdo<br>King Boo<br>Wiggler<br>Blooper<br>Light Green Mii
|Pianta<br>Noki<br>Baby Mario<br>Baby Luigi<br>Baby Peach<br>Baby Daisy<br>Baby DK
|-
|[[Wiggler]]
|Blooper<br>Petey Piranha<br>King Boo<br>Yellow Mii
|rowspan="13"|None
|-
|Red Mii
|Mario<br>Baby Mario<br>Red Shy Guy<br>Red Toad<br>Red Magikoopa<br>Red Pianta<br>Dark Bones<br>Fire Bro<br>Red Kritter<br>Red Koopa<br>Red Paratroopa<br>Red Noki<br>Red Yoshi<br>Red Mii
|-
|Orange Mii
|Daisy<br>Baby Daisy<br>Orange Mii
|-
|Yellow Mii
|Yellow Yoshi<br>Wario<br>Yellow Toad<br>Yellow Pianta<br>Wiggler<br>Yellow Shy Guy<br>Yellow Magikoopa<br>Yellow Mii
|-
|Light Green Mii
|Yoshi<br>Petey Piranha<br>Light Green Mii
|-
|Dark Green Mii
|Luigi<br>Baby Luigi<br>King K. Rool<br>Green Shy Guy<br>Green Toad<br>Green Magikoopa<br>Green Dry Bones<br>Hammer Bro<br>Green Kritter<br>Green Koopa<br>Green Paratroopa<br>Green Noki<br>Dark Green Mii
|-
|Light Blue Mii
|Tiny Kong<br>Funky Kong<br>Light Blue Yoshi<br>Light Blue Mii
|-
|Dark Blue Mii
|Blue Shy Guy<br>Blue Toad<br>Blue Magikoopa<br>Blue Pianta<br>Blue Dry Bones<br>Boomerang Bro<br>Blue Kritter<br>Blue Noki<br>Blue Yoshi<br>Dark Blue Mii
|-
|Pink Mii
|Peach<br>Birdo<br>Baby Peach<br>Toadette<br>Dixie Kong<br>Pink Yoshi<br>Pink Mii
|-
|Purple Mii
|Waluigi<br>Purple Toad<br>Purple Mii
|-
|Brown Mii 
|Donkey Kong<br>Toadsworth<br>Goomba<br>Paragoomba<br>Monty Mole<br>Baby DK<br>Brown Kritter<br>Brown Mii
|-
|White Mii
|Boo<br>King Boo<br>Blooper<br>Dry Bones<br>White Mii
|-
|Black Mii
|Bowser<br>Bowser Jr.<br>Gray Shy Guy<br>Black Mii
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=あいしょう
|JpnR=Aishō
|JpnM=Compatibility
|Spa=Química
|SpaM=Chemistry
}}

==Notes==
*The instruction booklet from ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' has several errors regarding chemistry. Some of them include the following:
**Bowser's good and bad chemistry with Baby Mario and Paratroopa is swapped.
**Wario's bad and neutral chemistry with Baby Mario and Pianta is swapped.
**Bowser Jr. is listed as having bad chemistry with Pianta (this is true in ''Mario Super Sluggers''). 
*In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', Baby Peach and Bowser are tied for having good chemistry with the highest number of characters (including alternate colors) at seventeen. Bowser also has bad chemistry with the highest number of characters (including alternate colors) at sixteen.
*The Kritters, Wario, and Waluigi are tied for having the least amount of good chemistry in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' with them having good chemistry with only Miis of their color and one other character (King K. Rool for the Kritters; Wario and Waluigi for each other).

==References==
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