Next week sees the launch of Super Mega Baseball 3's fourth update, and this one's a biggie.
The game is set to receive a brand new mode called Online Leagues, which will let you set up your very own league before inviting friends from other platforms to join in the fun. You can choose to play casually by opting for basic matchmaking within your league, or competitively by thinking up your own schedule and using the 'match-against-specific user' feature.
Online Leagues with default settings will allow usage of all Standard teams, full visual customisation, and user-controlled Ego settings. Here's a full rundown:
Features in Online Leagues:
- Use invite codes to set up private leagues to play cross-platform with friends.
- Play in short term or long term seasons, with statistics tracked throughout the
season.
- Customize settings and rules, such as Ego (difficulty) level and game length.
- Play with SMB3 standard teams or fully customized user teams.
- Create large leagues - up to 32 players.
- Queue for games against any opponent in the league, or queue against a specific user.
The update also brings with it a new 'Watch' mode, offering up a way for players to simulate AI versus AI games by letting you control various cameras around the stadiums. These camera angles will apparently let you watch the action from different dynamic viewpoints, which sounds ideal for grabbing cool screenshots and videos for social media, if you ask us.
These updates will go live on 29th September. If you don't already own the game, feel free to read our full review to see if it might be for you.
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Superb game - the Franchise mode really improved on SMB2. Leagues with mates is a great addition
@Shamrock It plays real good. It is highly customizable so you could make it as arcadey or realistic as you would like. For me it is an easy recommend for someone who likes sports or baseball videogames.
I’d say best sports game on Switch by quite a bit? Only thing it lacks is the MLB license and that’s probably to its benefit, because I’m sure there are a list of rules that come with that partnership. As it is, it plays brilliantly and one can just get lost for hours in the sheer amount of customization it allows. Highest recommendation I can give it - if Baseball is something you enjoy.
I had the first one on my Xbox, Super Mega 2 on PS4 and then double dipped and got it on Switch.
Here’s my question. I downloaded the demo for 3 a few months back. It may have been due to being real tired and late at night but after 15-20min of playing I deleted it and said what the heck it’s the same teams with a few new ones and hardly anything noticeably upgraded with exception to a couple animations. Can you explain what is truly “new”? I’d consider getting it. @Toshiro_Baloney
I love this game. Anyone notice it’s a bit harder to see the ball in handheld compared to SMB2? I wish they optimized it just a bit better for handheld play. Love the gameplay. Tight controls and a just a great game of baseball. Just wish it was a bit more crisp in the visuals.
@CTmatic For me, it was little things like base running (vastly improved) and hitting feeling more intuitive. Franchise mode and multiplayer are probably the biggest selling features for most though. I just found that the little things that picked at me about 2 are pretty much eliminated. I don’t know if that’s enough for you to invest, but seeing as though I’ve spent as much time as I have playing each of these games, I don’t feel I’ve overspent in the slightest.
Best sports game on the Switch, and it's not even close.
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