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"Sandlot Sluggers is another entry into the Backyard Sports franchise. If you’ve played any of the Backyard Sports games then you should already know what type of game you’re in for. "
Backlog Quest is a month long special event on Clearance Bin Review featuring daily game reviews of the games that have sat on the shelf for simply too long; old and new.
From Day 19 – Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers, Tristan Rendo writes, "Backyard Sports as a series is built on taking popular sports and turning them into fairly simple but fun, family friendly kids games. Sandlot Sluggers is no different, taking baseball and putting it back into your backyard (or the neighborhood park, vacant lot, wherever you can find space to lay out four homemade bases). You, the new kid, must play a series of games in order to recruit all the best players in town to form a super team capable of beating The Bullies, who have ruined baseball for everyone."
Nintendo Okie reviews Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers Review.
They say, "Atari’s backyard sports newest baseball installment on the Wii, Sandlot Sluggers, is an interesting and challenging baseball game to say the least. Aimed at younger gamers, Sandlot Sluggers takes you into the world of little league once again to test your diamond skills against the best kid players from around the city."
Does this title hit it out of the park?
CSM: BACKYARD SPORTS: SANDLOT SLUGGERS, the latest title in the Backyard Sports series, takes the franchise in a new direction, including not just the typical pickup games and season modes, but a full-fledged story mode as well. In the story, a bunch of bullies has taken over the sandlot, forcing all the other kids in town to retire indoors and play video games (ironic, we know).
