Mario Super Sluggers
Mario Super Sluggers, the sequel to Mario Superstar Baseball, continues the arcade-style gameplay of Mario sports games. Mario and friends are invited to the Baseball Kingdom to play games against each other…
Mario Super Sluggers is a sport developed by Namco Bandai Games, released 19 June 2008 on Wii U and Wii.
What Mario Super Sluggers is
Mario Super Sluggers is a sport game developed by Namco Bandai Games and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story takes place in the challenge mode of the game. Mario and friends travel to Baseball Kingdom for some relaxation and to play some baseball, when Bowser Jr. suddenly appears and throws the island into chaos. Mario must travel around the island and through each of the unique and specialized areas in order to recruit different characters and captains to challenge Bowser Jr. to a game of baseball. Once Bowser Jr. has been defeated, he retreats, but then Bowser appears to challenge Mario's team and take over the island. Upon defeating Bowser, Mario's team all celebrate and throw a huge party. Bowser and Jr. are invited to the party as well and Bowser ends up saving Mario from one of…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Mario Super Sluggers is the 441st of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Super Sluggers Cards in 2008. Its critic score of 65 is 12 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Super Sluggers holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Mario Super Sluggers launched on 19 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008) and Battlefield: Bad Company. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Super Sluggers yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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