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'''''Mario Super Sluggers''''' is the [[Wii]] follow-up to the 2005 [[Nintendo GameCube]] game ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' | '''''Mario Super Sluggers''''' is the [[Wii]] installment follow-up to the 2005 [[Nintendo GameCube]] game ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and is the second game in the ''[[Mario Baseball (series)|Mario Baseball]]'' series. This game borrows many elements from the previous game, but it also includes new elements as well, including a variety of gameplay controls, such as taking advantage of the motion sensor controls that the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] provides. The game also has a more in-depth and more narrative-driven Challenge Mode, where, rather than only facing off against a Team Captain and a team of opponents, players interact with more characters, including a variety of various sub-characters, and play various small challenges to recruit them for their team. Up to four players can play this title, and a new feature is that players can choose which of the two team sides to be on. | ||
''Mario Super Sluggers'' was released in Japan and | ''Mario Super Sluggers'' was released in Japan and North America in 2008 and had a [[Nintendo Selects#Wii|Nintendo Selects]] re-release in North America in 2011. ''Mario Super Sluggers'' is the only ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game for the Wii that never released in Europe and Australia in physical form. The game was re-released on the [[Wii U]] [[Nintendo eShop#Wii U|eShop]] in North America on March 31, 2016, and in Japan on August 17, 2016; however, it was eventually removed after its discontinuation on March 27, 2023. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
[[File:MSScontrols.jpg|thumb|400px|The three control types, as shown in the instruction booklet enclosed with the game.]] | [[File:MSScontrols.jpg|thumb|400px|The three control types, as shown in the instruction booklet enclosed with the game.]] | ||
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==Challenge mode== | ==Challenge mode== | ||
[[File:Challenge-MSS.png|thumb|300px|The Challenge Mode menu.]] | [[File:Challenge-MSS.png|thumb|300px|The Challenge Mode menu.]] | ||
Challenge Mode makes a return in ''Mario Super Sluggers'', returning as the Story Mode (and is the primary feature of this installment). The gameplay procedure for this mode includes a more in-depth story and an overall map screen involving the [[Baseball Kingdom]] locale. Along with recruiting players to go against Bowser's team, the players must solve from time to time certain puzzles and/or complete certain tasks in order to get to the main goals to proceed | Challenge Mode makes a return in ''Mario Super Sluggers'', returning as the Story Mode (and is the primary feature of this installment). The gameplay procedure for this mode includes a more in-depth story and an overall map screen involving the [[Baseball Kingdom]] locale. Along with recruiting players to go against Bowser's team, the players must solve from time to time certain puzzles and/or complete certain tasks in order to get to the main goals to proceed. | ||
===Captain abilities=== | ===Captain abilities=== | ||
While navigating the [[Baseball Kingdom]], depending on progress made in the Challenge Mode itself, the five Team Captains listed below can use unique abilities to help them do numerous events, including recruiting other Team Captains/Team Players, finding coins, and gaining access to certain areas they could not reach before. The abilities in question are as follows: | While navigating the [[Baseball Kingdom]], depending on progress made in the Challenge Mode itself, the five Team Captains listed below can use unique abilities to help them do numerous events, including recruiting other Team Captains/Team Players, finding coins, and gaining access to certain areas they could not reach before. The abilities in question are as follows: | ||
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*''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' - [[Yoshi Park|Yoshi Park's]] theme is an arrangement of the songs ''Yoshi's Story'' and ''Yoshi's Song'' from this game. | *''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' - [[Yoshi Park|Yoshi Park's]] theme is an arrangement of the songs ''Yoshi's Story'' and ''Yoshi's Song'' from this game. | ||
*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' - [[Luigi's Mansion (baseball stadium)|Luigi's Mansion]] appears as a stadium and uses an arrangement of the main theme from this game. [[Gold Ghost]]s appear on the field as obstacles, and other generic ghosts from the game appear in the minigame [[Ghost K]]. | *''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' - [[Luigi's Mansion (baseball stadium)|Luigi's Mansion]] appears as a stadium and uses an arrangement of the main theme from this game. [[Gold Ghost]]s appear on the field as obstacles, and other generic ghosts from the game appear in the minigame [[Ghost K]]. | ||
*''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' - [[Daisy Cruiser (baseball stadium)|Daisy Cruiser]] appears as a stadium. | *''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' - [[Daisy Cruiser (baseball stadium)|Daisy Cruiser]] appears as a stadium. Addtionally, the [[Piranha Pipes]] appear in the [[Piranha Panic]] minigame. | ||
*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' - [[Bowser Castle (baseball stadium)|Bowser Castle's]] theme is an arrangement of the castle theme from this game. | *''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' - [[Bowser Castle (baseball stadium)|Bowser Castle's]] theme is an arrangement of the castle theme from this game. | ||
*''[[Mario Party 8]]'' - Dry Bones, Hammer Bro, Boo, and Blooper's artwork is reused from this game. | *''[[Mario Party 8]]'' - Dry Bones, Hammer Bro, Boo, and Blooper's artwork is reused from this game. | ||
==References in later games== | ==References in later games== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rmbj/index.html Japanese website] | *[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rmbj/index.html Japanese website] | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110903151233/http://www.mariosupersluggers.com/ North American website] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110903151233/http://www.mariosupersluggers.com/ North American website] | ||
*[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/JPN/RMBJ/RMBJ_J.pdf Japanese manual] | *[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/JPN/RMBJ/RMBJ_J.pdf Japanese manual] | ||
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