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| | [[File:StarSkill.png|thumb|A '''Star Skill''' from ''Mario Superstar Baseball'']] |
| [[File:StarSkill.png|thumb|A Team Star from ''Mario Superstar Baseball'']] | | A '''Star Skill''' is a special hit or pitch that can be used by any player and is unique among the captains in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. Star Skills require a limited meter that can be used only a certain number of times; the meter drops whenever the player uses a Star Skill. The meter can be replenished when the players either hit the field features (such as hitting a yellow [[Piranha Plant]] with the ball in [[Yoshi Park]]) or when they get a hit or strike a player out when the words, "STAR CHANCE!" appear. Players start with a more filled meter if there are many subcharacters that have good [[Chemistry]] with the Team Captain. Team Captains and subcharacters use one Star Skill while Team Subcaptains use two. |
| A '''Star Skill''' is a special hit or pitch that can be used by any player and is unique among the captains in the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]]. Star Skills require a limited meter of '''Team Stars'''; at least one Team Star is used whenever the player uses a Star Skill. Team Stars are gained when the players either hit the field features (such as hitting a yellow [[Piranha Plant]] with the ball in [[Yoshi Park]]) or when they get a hit (for offense) or get the batter out (for defense) when the words, "STAR CHANCE!" appear. Players start with a more filled meter if there are many players on the team that have good [[Chemistry]] with each other; the meter can hold up to five Team Stars. A team's main captain and minor players use one Team Star while other captains on the team use two (though only one Team Star is consumed if a secondary captain gets a strike while attempting to hit with a Star Skill). Batting Star Skills all make better contact with the ball than normal hits, helping avoid strikeouts. | |
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| ==List of Star Skills==
| | Star Swings, which use the Star Skill, have one of the several possibilities that happen when a subcharacter uses them: |
| All team captains have their own unique Star Skills in both games, with some characters keeping their Star Skills through both games while other characters gain new Star Skills from ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' to ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. The lists below show each captain's Star Skills in both games. In ''Mario Superstar Baseball'', the pairs of captains tend to have generally the same Star Skill, with only minor differences in color and other attributes. For example, when Mario bats with his Fireball Star Skill, it is a line drive to the outfield, while Luigi's equivalent Green Fireball is a short-ranged grounder, but both skills have the same effect of burning fielders if they try to catch the ball. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', the captains all have unique Star Skills of their own, with some captains gaining completely new Star Skills, some captains having their Star Skills work differently, and some captains carrying over the same Star Skill they had in ''Mario Superstar Baseball''.
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| ===''Mario Superstar Baseball''===
| | *'''Ground Ball''': This Star Swing hits the ball, which, in many scenarios, gives the batter a hit. |
| *'''Mario''': [[Fireball]], '''Luigi''': [[Green Fireball]] | | *'''Fly Ball''': This Star Swing causes the ball to become a fly ball. |
| *'''Peach''': [[Heart Ball]], '''Daisy''': [[Flower Ball]] | | *'''Line Drive''': This Star Swing causes the ball to roll and is used to drive in runs. |
| *'''Yoshi''': [[Egg Ball]], '''Birdo''': [[Weird Ball]] | | *'''Instant Home Run:''' This Star Swing must be a "Perfect" swing and 5 Star Skill slots must be filled out, and this Star Swing is exclusive to ''Mario Superstar Baseball''. It makes the sound of an activated Star Swing, but has a high-pitched whistle as it flies through the air. |
| *'''Donkey Kong''': [[Banana Ball]], '''Diddy Kong''': [[Boomerang Ball]] | |
| *'''Wario''': [[Phony Ball]], '''Waluigi''': [[Liar Ball]]
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| *'''Bowser''': [[Killer Ball]], '''Bowser Jr.''': [[Killer Jr. Ball]]
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| ===''Mario Super Sluggers''===
| | Star Pitches also use Star Skills and also have their set of possibilities: |
| *'''Mario''': Fireball (pitching), [[Fire Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Luigi''': [[Tornado Ball]] (pitching), [[Tornado Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Peach''': Heart Ball (pitching), [[Heart Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Daisy''': Flower Ball (pitching), [[Flower Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Yoshi''': [[Rainbow Ball]] (pitching), [[Egg Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Birdo''': [[Suction Ball]] (pitching), [[Cannon Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Donkey Kong''': [[Barrel Ball]] (pitching), [[Barrel Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Diddy Kong''': Banana Ball (pitching), [[Banana Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Wario''': Phony Ball (pitching), [[Phony Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Waluigi''': Liar Ball (pitching), [[Liar Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Bowser''': Killer Ball (pitching), [[Breath Swing]] (batting)
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| *'''Bowser Jr.''': [[Graffiti Ball]] (pitching), [[Graffiti Swing]] (batting)
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| When minor, non-captain players use a batting Star Skill, the ball will fly in one of three predictable ways depending on the batting character, at a considerably higher velocity than ordinary hits of the same type:
| | *'''Fastball''': As its names implies, this Star Pitch causes the ball to have very high momentum. |
| | | *'''Change-Up''': This Star Pitch acts very much as a powered-up change-up; it first moves quickly, then slows down considerably. |
| *'''Ground Ball''': This Star Skill hits the ball as a grounder; at a low angle into the infield. | | *'''Breaking Ball''': This Star Pitch is a slow, floating pitch that can be easily curved. |
| *'''Fly Ball''': This Star Skill is a high-angled and fast fly ball hit into the outfield.
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| *'''Line Drive''': This Star Skill, the rarest of the three batting Star Skills, hits the ball in a straight line towards the outfield.
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| If any minor player uses a Star Skill to hit the ball with a charged swing, the ball will be hit as a relatively slow fly ball to the outfield, where it can very likely be caught out. Captains' Star Skills are the same regardless of whether the swing is charged. However, in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' only, if a Star Skill is used with a charged swing, the player has five Team Stars, and the batter makes perfect contact, the hit will become a guaranteed home run with extreme distance and power; however, this uses the player's entire stock of Team Stars and may be a foul ball.
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| Minor players also have one of three types of pitching Star Skills each:
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| *'''Fastball''': This Star Skill throws the ball with very high velocity similar to an ordinary fastball, but with greater speed and movement and no need to charge the pitch.
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| *'''Change-Up''': This Star Skill acts very much as a powered-up change-up; it first moves quickly, then slows down considerably, and does not need to be charged. | |
| *'''Breaking Ball''': This Star Skill is a slow, floating pitch that can be easily curved. | |
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| All pitching Star Skills are unchanged regardless of whether the pitch is charged.
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in other languages== |
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| [[Category:Mario Super Sluggers]] | | [[Category:Mario Super Sluggers]] |
| [[Category:Mario Superstar Baseball]] | | [[Category:Mario Superstar Baseball]] |
| [[Category:Star Swings|*]] | | [[Category:Star Swings]] |
| [[Category:Star Pitches|*]] | | [[Category:Star Pitches]] |
| [[Category:Sports moves]] | | [[Category:Sport Moves]] |
