![]() From there, it's a matter of flicking the controller to throw the ball. When pitching, you can choose from a variety of different pitches in your hurler's arsenal, and can add right or left break to the pitch by pressing the plus or minus button, respectively. Playing with the remote is incredibly simple-you swing the remote when at the plate and shake the remote vigorously to either run the bases or field the ball. In the Wii version of the game, you'll be able to play either with the Wii Remote by itself or with the Nunchuk attachment. Secondly, when it comes to control, Power Pros is as straightforward an arcade baseball experience as you'll find. That said, the developer has gone to some lengths to make sure that big MLB stars are at least semirecognizable, such as giving Manny Ramirez a cartoon equivalent of his long dreads. Picture a Mii with a gland problem, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what the players in Power Pros look like. Instead, the player models in Power Pros are cartoonish to the extreme, with circles for hands, big heads and expressive eyes, and a complete absence of legs (though they do have feet, oddly enough). First, forget the meticulous level of graphical detail that you see in other baseball games. If you've never heard of Konami's arcade baseball efforts before, let's set some expectations. As we discovered during some hands-on time with the game today, Power Pros is utterly unlike any baseball game you'll likely have played before.īig heads, big eyes, no legs: Konami's Power Pro series finally gets the MLB makeover. Based on Konami's long-running, incredibly popular baseball game from Japan, Power Pros is now set to debut on American shores next month. ![]() ![]() One part arcade sports game, one part RPG, and one part stat-heavy baseball strategy game, 2K Sports' MLB Power Pros Baseball is nothing if not intriguing, and extremely Japanese. ![]()
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