Mario Super Sluggers: Difference between revisions

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{{game infobox

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|release='''Wii (original release):'''<br>{{release|Japan|June 19, 2008|ROC|July 12, 2008|USA|August 25, 2008}} '''Wii ([[Nintendo Selects#Wii|Nintendo Selects]]):'''<br>{{release|USA|May 15, 2011}} '''Wii U (digital download):'''<br>{{release|USA|March 31, 2016|Japan|August 17, 2016<ref>[http://nintendoeverything.com/10-wii-games-coming-to-japanese-wii-u-eshop-over-coming-weeks-with-my-nintendo-discount/ 10 Wii games coming to Japanese Wii U eShop over coming weeks, with My Nintendo discount]. ''NintendoEverything''. Retrieved July 21, 2016.</ref>}}

|ratings={{ratings|esrb=E|cero=A}}

|platforms=[[Wii]], [[Wii U]]

|input={{input|wiimote=1|wmsideways=1|nunchuk=1}}

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'''''Mario Super Sluggers''''' is the [[Wii]] installment follow-up to the 2005 [[Nintendo GameCube]] game ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and is the second game in the ''[[Mario Baseball (series)|Mario Baseball]]'' series. This game borrows many elements from the previous game, but it also includes new elements as well, including a variety of gameplay controls, such as taking advantage of the motion sensor controls that the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] provides. The game also has a more in-depth and more narrative-driven Challenge Mode, where, rather than only facing off against a Team Captain and a team of opponents, players interact with more characters, including a variety of various sub-characters, and play various small challenges to recruit them for their team. Up to four players can play this title, and a new feature is that players can choose which of the two team sides to be on.

==Gameplay==

===Starting venues===

These stadiums are accessible when starting a new game file.

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Four stadiums can be made available in Exhibition Mode by advancing the story or completing tasks in Challenge Mode.

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All team captains listed below in this section are available to be selected in the game's Exhibition Mode. [[Luigi]], [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], [[Birdo]], [[Waluigi]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Bowser]], and [[Bowser Jr.]] are only selectable as Team Captains ''outside'' of Challenge Mode. Depending on progress made in the Challenge Mode gameplay itself, players are only able to choose [[Mario]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Yoshi]], [[Wario]], and [[Donkey Kong]] while navigating the [[Baseball Kingdom]].  

!colspan=5 style="background:red;color:white"|Team captains

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|Save her from the top of the rainbow bridge in Yoshi Park by beating a nearby Bowser Jr. in [[Piranha Panic]].

|Save him from a rooftop in Wario City by helping Goomba and Paratroopa with their troubles, then climbing the building using Donkey Kong.

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|Find all three pieces of the [[stone tablet (Mario Super Sluggers)|stone tablet]] around DK Jungle and set them in place.

|Defeat the Bowser Jr. Rookies at Bowser Jr. Playroom once, then the Bowser Monsters at Bowser Castle twice.

Certain Team Players can also be unlocked by playing the other available modes in the game. These Team Players are added to the overall roster for the entire game, once certain conditions are met.

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!colspan=5 style="background:red;color:white"|Default team players

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|Meet him in Mario Stadium's diamond entrance after recruiting Baby Luigi and defeating Bowser Jr. in a battle mission: "You're down 1-0. Comeback time!"

|Find her hiding in a topiary near the entrance to Peach Ice Garden using Peach, then complete her scout mission: "Get an out with a quick throw!"

|Find her crying in the covered walkway of Peach Ice Garden, accessible with Yoshi, and return her missing rattle.

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|Speak to him near the mushroom hedge maze after recruiting Peach.

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|Fix the mushroom hedge maze puzzle in Peach Ice Garden.

|Fix the neon sign on his shop in Wario City using the Wii Remote.

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|Find inside a wanted poster in Wario City using Peach, then complete his scout mission: "Get an out with a quick throw!"

|Talk to him in front of the dynamo in Wario City after recruiting Wario, then defeat Boomerang Bro in a battle mission: "Get an out with a buddy move!" then fix the dynamo with Wario's magnet.

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|Use baseballs to deal with the Piranha Plant infestation on Yoshi Park's ferris wheel.

|Recruit Shy Guy at Yoshi Park.

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|Find him hiding in the same pair of stumps near the diamond of Yoshi Park using Peach, then complete his scout mission: "Steal a home run with a buddy jump!"

|Find him in a crate in the shipping harbor of Wario City after recruiting Wario, then complete his scout mission: "Throw home with a laser beam!"

|Find him in front of Yoshi Park's shop and return the brush after recruiting Yellow Shy Guy.

|Meet him in front of the roller coaster control panel in Yoshi Park and complete a quiz to get it working correctly.

|Save him in central Yoshi Park by recruiting Yoshi, then beating Green Magikoopa in a battle mission: "Get the ball with a tongue catch!"

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|Find him hiding in a tree near Yoshi Park's shop using Yoshi, then beat his scout mission: "Get a hit to right!"

|Wake him up from napping under the sand of Mario Stadium's beach using Peach, then beat his scout mission: "Get an out with a quick throw!"

|Defeat the Bowser Jr. Rookies at Bowser Jr. Playroom once, then the Bowser Monsters at Bowser Castle twice.

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|Save him in the southern cliffs of DK Jungle by defeating Fire Bro in a battle mission: "Get an out with a charge pitch!"

|Recruit Diddy Kong in DK Jungle, then meet Bowser Jr. in front of the diamond entrance and defeat the Bowser Jr. Rookies in a match.

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|Rescue him from Mario Stadium's locked shop after recruiting Baby Mario by using the [[Sea Hut Key]] dropped by Bowser Jr.

|Find him hiding in a tree on Mario Stadium's beach using Yoshi, then complete his scout mission: "Get the ball with a tongue catch!"

|Speak to her hiding in her shell on the beach of Mario Stadium, then clear her scout mission: "Use different swings!"

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|Speak to her standing on a giant clamshell in the middle of Mario Stadium after recruiting Blue and Green Nokis.

|Find him in the giant flowerpot in Peach Ice Gardens using Peach, then complete his scout mission: "Hit to all fields!"

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====Default items====

====Unlockable items====

These are found in [[treasure chest]]s in challenge mode, though the locations vary by playthrough.

;Possible locations

*In the manhole-accessible covered walkway in Peach Ice Garden after recruiting both Peach and Yoshi for the overworld, and then Baby Daisy for baseball.

*On top of a building in Wario City after recruiting Donkey Kong, Wario, and Yoshi for the overworld, and then Waluigi for baseball.

These items are only used in events, often acting as keys.

===Shop Items===

These are items exclusive to Challenge Mode, and can be purchased at shops found within the stadium areas. They can be equipped on individual characters to provide a statistical boost during a game, after which it wears off.

<small>* - available only at Magikoopa's secret shop at Daisy Cruiser</small>

Players are able to earn badges by completing certain tasks in the game, which are listed on the following chart:

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|All Error Items must be available on the specified game file the player is using.

|All Team Captains/Team Players need to earn the "Star Player" rank (met by using those said characters in Challenge Mode during the final game against Bowser's team).

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|Anthony Dickens,<br>[http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wii/mario_super_sluggers Nintendo Life]

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{{main|List of Mario Super Sluggers glitches}}

==References to other games==

==References in later games==

*''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' -  Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Shy Guy, King Boo, Monty Mole, Petey Piranha, and Wiggler's artworks are reused from this game. All of the colored Shy Guy variants' artworks are based on Shy Guy's artwork from this game. Mario and Bowser's artworks from this game appear on screens in the stadium section of the [[Los Angeles Laps 3]] race track.

==Names in other languages==