Hey batter, batter, batter... please swing and miss my face! Baseball fans (with very, very loose regulations) rejoice for Hamster is bringing SNK's classic 2020 Super Baseball to Switch next week under the Arcade Archives label.
Going for the futuristic sports trifecta along with Soccer Brawl and Power Spikes II, this baseball counterpart showcases equal opportunity as teams made up of both male and female players take to the futuristic pitch known as Cyber Egg Stadium.
Players can get upgrades and even turn into robots with money made from outstanding plays when either pitching or batting. But since that wasn't exciting enough, Crackers (please read "land mines") are often unleashed onto the field randomly after each inning because... well, it's the future, so why not?
The game will be available on 8th February at the usual £6.29 / €6.99 / $7.99 price point. Will you take on the diamond or stay in the box and wait for the eventual release of the phenomenal Baseball Stars 2? Pitch those comments below.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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Looks like a more complex version of Base Wars!
This actually looks pretty cool!!! I’ll keep it in my radar!
@LinktotheFuture
My first thought seeing this was base wars.
Also MLB only has two years to make baseball this exciting. Better step up their game.
Judging by the title, in two years time, this variation of the sport will be a reality!
Another one for the wish list. What's coming next as I think this is the last game of the previously announced most recent batch of Neo Geo titles from Hamster.
@LinktotheFuture Base Wars! Was Base Wars ever released on any of the Virtual Consoles?
The year is 20XX
Batter-up
I heard of this one, but never played it. Looks alright, but I’ll wait for a review.
They’ve got it wrong at the first hurdle, Twenty-Twenty’s a form of cricket.
This is how to make a console baseball game. Look how the ball explodes off the bat and launches out of the fielders hands.
Baseball Stars Professional > 2020 Super Baseball > (the previously VC released) Baseball Stars 2. Seriously, did the Baseball Stars Professional master code get corrupted or something? What baseball gamer would not want an enhanced version of the NES classic?
Now they're just messing with us! (Those of us waiting for Baseball Stars 1 and/or 2). I'll still get it down the line, though, as it's pretty fun.
I wish I could get this and Soccer Brawl together for $9.99... maybe a Spring Sale soon?
So we are getting this after Samurai Shodown 2 right?
SSII is pretty much all I have been wanting as far as ACA games are concerned.
@indienapolis Base Wars never made it to the VC, as far as I know.
I prefer the NES version of baseball stars, but enjoyed this back in the day. I don't think I'd play it now with so many other options, but it's fun for a lark.
I'm still waiting for Crazy Climber!
Yyyaaaaaaaasssssssssss. Super excited for this. Get BSII on the Switch and I'll be a happy boy. Get the Mutant League games on there too, and I'll do flips.
This game is fun, and it accurately portrays what Baseball will look like in just 2 years.
I miss wacky games like this.
@SetupDisk @Ooyah @blackknight77 Forget baseball, Rollerball is set in 2018! Someone needs to turn that to reality, pronto!
I played it a lot back when I discovered SNES emulators, and loved it. But now I'll have the chance of playing the original version, because I own a Neo Geo AES, but games are expensive as hell.
And finally we get to the last game of the last batch of ACA Neo Geo titles. I've had to wait very long for my favorite one of the list. I'm excited that soon we'll have the usual announcement of the next batch. Please, let it include Windjammers!
@SepticLemon me too! I thought it was a few weeks ago...
I enjoyed this as a kid on the SNES.
I went back and played it on my Raspberry Pi and it was... not as good as I remembered it being.
Maybe the NEO-GEO version was better, but from the looks of the video I don't think so. Pass for me.
@joey302 True. But remember that Double Dragon was delayed for a few weeks.
@SepticLemon you’re correct on DD. I’m sure Crazy will show up at some point...
Finally a must have title for the Switch.
Switch has officially become a true Neo Geo Pocket.
Pass. Another boring sports game. Where's ACA Haunted Castle or Punch-Out!!!?
The arcade original rocked. Day one here
It's always entertainingly silly to see old sci-fi and how much people think tech is gonna change. In years baseball is gonna have body armor and jet packs? lol. And did you know Cowboy Bebop is only supposed to be around 2071? We better get busy if we're gonna go from jet pack baseball to colonizing the whole solar system in 50 years!
I was only thinking of this game a few days ago. I used to rent it from the store at the weekend.
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