Chemistry

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Chemistry is a new feature in the Mario sports titles that is so far exclusive to Mario Superstar Baseball. It extensively sparks the relationships between the different characters in the Marioverse and puts them to good use. Good chemistry occurs when a player throws a ball to his/her buddy, the ball travels faster than a normal throw would; it would glow purple and leave a purple trail, and the character throwing the ball would cry out happily. Chemistry's uses are even more useful because a player hits better when one of his/her buddies are on base; they'll hit even better if two or three of the character's buddies are on base. Positive chemistry is symbolized by a musical note.

Unfortunately, there is also bad chemistry which is obviously in contrast to good chemistry. When a character throws the ball to another character he or she has problems with or just doesn't like, the ball travels much slower and in a slanted direction than where the ball was directed to. Bad chemistry is symbolized by a black squiggly line that resembles a tornado and the character throwing the ball would cry unhappily. Luckily, if a character that has bad chemistry with the one who's batting will not affect him/her. Bad chemistry will nearly always result in a messed up play and allowing the opposing team to score and/or advance on the bases.

In the Story mode there is an item called the Buddy Emblem that improves chemistry relations, nearly everyone on the team will have chemistry with one another.

Although, just as good as chemistry can be, a huge majority of the fans who played the game critisised it negatively due to how badly the feature was made. A majority of the characters had no chemistry with characters they obviously should've had. Below is a list of the characters who are buddies with who:

Character Good Chemistry Bad Chemistry
Mario Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Wario
Bowser
Luigi Mario
Peach
Daisy
Waluigi
Boo
King Boo
Peach Mario
Luigi
Daisy
Toad
Toadette
Toadsworth
Wario
Bowser
Daisy Peach
Luigi
Waluigi
Petey Piranha
Bowser
Yoshi Mario
Birdo
Baby Mario
Baby Luigi
None
Birdo Yoshi
Shy Guy
Petey Piranha
None
Wario Waluigi
Boo
Mario
Peach
Toad
Baby Mario
Waluigi Wario
Magikoopa
Luigi
Daisy
Baby Luigi
Donkey Kong Diddy Kong
Dixie Kong
Petey Piranha
None
Diddy Kong Donkey Kong
Dixie Kong
Goomba
None
Bowser Bowser Jr.
Hammer Bro.
Dry Bones
Koopa Troopa
Paratroopa
Mario
Peach
Toad
Baby Mario
Daisy
Bowser Jr. Bowser
Hammer Bro.
Magikoopa
None
Toad Peach
Toadette
Toadsworth
Wario
Bowser
Toadette Toad
Toadsworth
Peach
None
Toadsworth Peach
Toad
Toadsworth
None
Goomba Diddy Kong
Paragoomba
Monty Mole
None
Paragoomba Goomba
Monty Mole
Paratroopa
None
Dixie Kong Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
None
Baby Mario Yoshi
Baby Luigi
Bowser
Wario
Baby Luigi Yoshi
Baby Mario
Waluigi
Boo King Boo
Wario
Luigi
King Boo Boo
Petey Piranha
Luigi
Dry Bones Bowser
Koopa Troopa
None
Koopa Troopa Paratroopa
Bowser
Dry Bones
None
Paratroopa Koopa Troopa
Bowser
Paragoomba
None
Hammer Bro. Bowser
Bowser Jr.
None
Magikoopa Boo
Waluigi
Bowser Jr.
None
Petey Piranha King Boo
Donkey Kong
Birdo
Daisy
Monty Mole Goomba
Paragoomba
Shy Guy
None
Pianta Noki None
Noki Pianta None