Overview
- Number of Players
- 2
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii (Wii Shop)
- 1st Jan 2007, 500 points
- 29th Dec 2006, 500 points
- 2nd Dec 2006, 500 points
Wii U (Wii U eShop)
- 23rd Oct 2013, ¥500
Wii U eShop
- 24th Oct 2013, £3.49
- 24th Oct 2013, $4.99
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Reviews
Review Baseball (Wii U eShop / NES)
Not quite a grand slam
Originally released alongside the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System in the 1980s, Nintendo's Baseball is one of several simple, lean titles that, while primitive and slow by today's standards, still show a special Nintendo pedigree. Ideally these games would be released as a compilation; the content in Baseball,...
Review Baseball (Wii Virtual Console / NES)
Batter up!
Nintendo’s Baseball was actually a launch title for the NES way back in 1985. With unknown brands like Ice Climber and Gyromite it made perfect sense for Nintendo to have a representation of a popular sports game to attract sceptics to their new console. Predictably enough, it’s now horribly dated. The gameplay itself just focuses on...
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Baseball Guides
Guide Best First-Party NES Games
Nintendo-developed NES games, as ranked by you
Looking for a list of Nintendo's first-party NES games? Wonder what the best first-party NES game is? You've come to the right guide. Our ranked list of the Top 50 Best NES Games Ever covers every game on the system, but here we're looking specifically at Nintendo-developed NES games released in the...
Baseball News
News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Three More Classics
Japan receives one extra game
Nintendo has expanded the Switch Online Game Boy library today with three more classic titles today. The latest batch of titles includes the platformer Super Mario Land, the Breakout-like release Alleyway, and the sports game Baseball. All of these were released in 1989 and line up with the Game Boy's 35th anniversary...
Feature After Fire Emblem And Famicom Detective Club, What Comes Next From Nintendo's Vault?
Raiders Of The Lost Games
Between the eclectic selection of NES and SNES games served up as part of everyone’s Nintendo Switch Online subscription, Fire Emblem's long-awaited (if time-limited) English language release thirty years after its Japanese debut, and the upcoming remake of their Disc System adventure game Famicom Detective Club, it
Soapbox Why I'm Not Excited About Playing NES Games On The Nintendo Switch
All NES'ed out
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, Nintendo Life Operations Director Darren Calvert admits that he's not in the least bit excited about the prospect of playing NES games again in 2018... They say that...
Nintendo Download 7th August (Europe)
Mega Man times two, Xtreme Sports, Rabi Laby, discounts and more
It's Monday morning, which means it's time for the Nintendo Download Update news in Europe, as we're informed of the delights on the way this week. There's a double helping of Mega Man, more retro treats, a new title and a host of discounts. Let's get to the details. Wii U Virtual...
Nintendo Download 24th October (North America)
Destinies are fulfilled, retail big-hitters arrive and more
It's taken a little longer than normal to receive confirmation, but we finally have the North American download information for the week. This time around the focus is truly on retail downloads, though a much-anticipated download-only title arrives from Capcom. Let's get to it. Wii U...
Nintendo Download 24th October (Europe)
Phoenix Wright, Mighty Switching on Wii U and a ludicrous range of options
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News We Celebrate 25 Years of NES
We're throwing a hootenanny, and you're invited
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System's North American debut, and we're celebrating in style. This week, you can look forward to a menagerie of features that hearken back to the olden days of 8-bit glory. Twenty-five years ago today, every New Yorker sensed something magic...
About The Game
It’s the bottom of the ninth. You’re at the plate. Here comes the pitch. You swing… It’s a smash deep into centre-field. A home run!
In the NES classic BASEBALL, you control every action. The swing of the bat. The speed of the pitch. The hits, the steals, the double plays. Pit your skills against the computer or challenge a friend. All it’s missing is the smell of hotdogs!
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No reason for anyone to download this when they have Baseball with Wii Sports.
lol Baseball.
Another one also found in Animal Crossing.
This game was bad even when it was new. I can appreciate Nintendo wanting it on the vc for sake of completeness, but there is no way this thing is worth 500 points. They should just make it free (along with a few others like it) just to demo how the VC works
It's on VC for the one's that loved it.
Baseball-Fans got Baseball.
And many people loved its slow paced simple gameplay and it's (now for most eyes invisible) charm back then.
For todays standards play Wii Sports Baseball instead and forget about this.
Nintendo's first attempt on an baseball game? I rate it: Too Retro! But I enjoyed some matches.. a few.. with my brother. It could grow if you have nothing else! 2 Stars
Possibly the worst baseball game you could play.
Wow, judging by the video that 1* rating was well and truly deserved! I'm just glad I've never had the mispleasure of playing it
I remember getting this game when I was real young. I was so disappointed that I had wasted my hard earned allowance money on it. What a sad day it was indeed. My brother liked it though. Only worth 100 points max on the VC.
Why did they use a pixely picture for even the box art. I played this once, my friend paid a whole 500 points...HA! It was good for laughing at the pathetic play but it really failed too much to warrant a rematch.
this game is awome! i have it on the origanal nes
Aww, had lots of fun playing this with my older brother back when we didn't know any better.
I will always remember the one time I played with my dad and he got (rightfully) upset by how laughably slow the outfielders were as they lurched around to pick up deep grounders, turning real-world base hits into triples. He said something like "Aw, come on, they're running like they got chowder down their pants!"
Boooooooooooring...
Normally I love old-school 8-bit Nintendo games like this, but this game is in no way entertaining. (Not even for it's day's standards.)
Purchase it if you want a cure for insomnia.
Did anybody notice how nintendo released their old school counter parts to the Wii sports games?
Believe it or not, I acually was excited of getting this game in Animal Crossing because I love baseball. I really hated this game because I didn't understand the controls in this game and the innings take forever to end. So don't get this game.
Played this when it was unlocked on Animal Crossing, Kinda unremarkable, i only played for 5 mins then i just switched it off again due to the dullness of not batting.
This one is still good fun if you played it as a kid. I used to play this for hours with my brothers and cousins, into the morning (at least until RBI Baseball came out).
I played this in animal crossing with my brother, we actually had fun. However, since I can play it in that whenever I want, I think I'll pass on Downloading it.
Gee... a 500 point baseball game. We have Baseball or... um... Bases Loaded. What ever shall we do???
Okay hang on... we have Baseball and Soccer and Ice Hockey but no Pro Wrestling or 10 yard fight??? What the hell is going on here??
bring BASEBALL SIMULATOR 1000 to Wii VC. its the 2nd greatest Baseball game ever (right after MVP)
Wow...totally not worth even 100 wii points. This is a perfect example of a game that hasn't aged well at all.
It's not the best sports game ever, but it still is pretty fun to play.
I'd give it a 2 or 3.
It was a fine game but I prefer Base Wars!!!
The Atari 2600 baseball is A LOT better
it was a pretty good game for its time
i had this on a * in 1 cassette
i dont get why people always compare, it was entertaining for its time
come on, such bad rating for that time
sure there were better games, but this wasnt this bad
btw, i dont like this game, so i dont try to protect it, but its insane that if a game is bad in these times, it gets very bad rating
I wonder if this is bad as Tennis.
Segasonic- No way! This one's better!
Cheetaman91- I think I'd say no. At least this game has a bit more going on in it!
I had the original NES version, and I do kinda like it. Part because of its 8 bit charm, and it is good for a little change in pace. Kinda like Solitare!
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