DEN writes: "One of biggest issues I have with Wii games is when no effort is made to give the console an experience that is actually designed for it. This year's installment of MLB Power Pros is just such a game. If you picked up last year's baseball cum chibi animation, you know what to expect. Newer players will likely be drawn in by what seems to be a perfect marriage of Nintendo's overly cute world, and licensed sports games. Of course once you figure out that this is just the usual baseball action, there isn't really any reason to hang around. The Bigs showed off the power of the Wii for baseball games, and then there is N's own Mario Sluggers. MLB Power Pros 2008 could have bridged the gap between the two and made something of itself, instead it's an off and cute game that tried to meld that into charm."
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WorthPlaying writes: "If you're yearning for the days of earlier sports titles like Tecmo Bowl and haven't been able to get into current- or last-gen sports titles due to their complexity, you might find something to love in MLB Power Pros on the PS2. It's not as deceptively simple as the cover art seems to suggest, and there are still some hardcore elements to the season setup (i.e., the trades system, overall managerial duties), but the core gameplay is about as simple as you can get. The pitching, batting and fielding mechanics are easy to figure out, which make this a pretty solid introduction to the sport for new players, and players jaded by the sheer amount of options that most sports titles bombard you with nowadays."
GamingTrend writes: "Baseball is a weird sport. There really shouldn't be anything too exciting about it, in all honesty. There's only so many things that can happen on the field, and a very strict template as to how the game should be played. There isn't half the strategy of football, the pure athleticism of soccer and basketball, or the brutality of hockey, but there's still something charming about baseball that's missing in many other sports.
For those reasons, there's something about baseball that always eludes game developers as well. What do people like about baseball? The home run? The ballpark ambiance? 100 mile-per-hour fastballs? There are very few games that get baseball right, and I'm happy to say that MLB Power Pros 2008 is one of them. Where does it excel? Where does it fall short? And why does a game with such cartoonish graphics feel more like baseball than a lot of more "realistic" baseball games?"
I was never much of a baseball game fan- So when I was given MLB Power Pros (last years) for a gift it sat around for quite a while before I ever played it. It turns out that MLB Power Pros is probably the most in depth Baseball game ever made. You can play the kiddie mode and waggle but be warned that your just playing in the kiddie pool. This year MLB Power Pros 2008 came out and I had to have it. The controls are laid out well with no waggle, unless you play in kiddie/waggle mode, in season mode is impressive as you are not just playing with the team but also have to be the GM (Trades, roster changes, double switches, sending players to the minors, have them practice a different position, change pitcher's arm angle and many more options) . This game is truly a must buy, the graphics are cute/unique and the ball parks look very good. I am completely shocked that this game didn't get a score it deserves.