From golf to tennis, it seems as though Mario has tackled nearly every sport in some way or another. Whether it be in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games or in a full-fledged release, Mario is more than just an Italian plumber who seems to be spend more time rescuing a princess than he does working.
In 2005, Mario and friends headed to the baseball diamond in Mario Superstar Baseball which received rave reviews. Like previous sport games that Mario starred in, aspects of the Mushroom Kingdom were thrown in the mix to give it a unique flavor. Now, three years later, Mario and friends return to the baseball diamond in Mario Super Sluggers, a sequel to Mario Superstar Baseball.
The regular season of Major League Baseballis over. Washington took the cup, and the boys of summer are off to hibernate until spring. For the baseball superfan, this means many long months without their sport of choice, so they've turned to the virtual world. And rather than the super-sims or manager games, a Mario spin-off baseball series seems to have captured people's attention.
Mario Superstar Baseball hit the GameCube in 2005, and its sequel Mario Super Sluggers landed on the Wii in 2008. There hasn't been a new baseball spinoff since developer Now Production's closure, unless you count Super Mario Party's baseball toybox, but the decline in Mario sports games hasn't deterred the dejected baseball fans of the r/baseball subreddit from picking the game apart.
Nintendo trademarks four new titles. The names of the titles are Wrecking Crew, Rhythm Heaven, Mario Super Sluggers, and Golden Sun. Let us hope something new will come from these trademarks, either a remake or a new title.
Wrecking Crew and Rhythm Heaven sound like they could be cool new IPs.
A.J. says: "I don't like sports but for some reason I love playing baseball video games. Here, I'll cover all the bases as to why this sport appeals to non-fans like me so let's get this ball game going."