This is despite the fact that the players have the capacity to play as real MLB players on legitimate MLB teams. The players are shown as anime characters, with enormous heads, feet, and hands but no arms or legs. The MLB license has been reimagined for a new video game called MLB Power Pros. It was released in North America and Europe in 2007 and in Japan in 2008. Metacritic.MLB Power Pros 2008 is a baseball simulation game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo DS and Wii consoles. ^ a b "MLB Power Pros 2008 for Wii Reviews".^ a b "MLB Power Pros 2008 for PlayStation 2 Reviews".^ a b "MLB Power Pros 2008 for DS Reviews".^ Nicksarlian, Greg (September 15, 2008).^ a b Grisham, Richard (August 6, 2008).^ Watters, Chris (September 12, 2008).^ a b c rawmeatcowboy (September 24, 2008).
The cover features 8 then-MLB stars: Chien-Ming Wang, Magglio Ordóñez, Jimmy Rollins, Prince Fielder, Derrek Lee, Francisco Rodríguez, Takashi Saito, and Josh Beckett. At that point, the player will have finished MLB Life on MLB Power Pros 2008. Once the player has played that day, his career will come to an end. After notifying the manager, a retirement date will be set. Finally, there is Chat option, where players can talk to fellow baseball players, agents, managers, ladies, and others.Īfter 20 years or if players are showing age and have put up the significant statistics, the player's time to retire will come. Another option is to rest, where players gain vitality and (in some cases) lower fatigue. Some would be hobbies like golf, driving, darts and reading. Most days there will be a period of time were users can choose what to do, called Free Time. When controlling a player, users will have a day planner every day. (This requires the user to enable the option of manual base running.) When the user plays as a pitcher, he or she will pitch only when the player is on the mound fielding is computer-controlled. Third, users can use a created player from success mode this player has made it to the major league level.ĭuring a game, instead of pitching and batting the whole game, users will bat and run the bases as the individual player, and control other players on the bases. Second, users can create a player and customize his skills. First, the player may already be in the majors or triple A. The new mode in MLB Power Pros 2008 is about carrying on a career as a professional player (for the purposes of this section, "users" are those playing the video game, whereas "players" are the in-game characters) this player can be one of three things. The game retains the same look, feel, and gameplay as its predecessor, but features updated rosters, new modes (such as MLB Life), new features (in-game bullpen control), among others. The game was released in 2008 and published by 2K. It is a baseball video game developed by Power Pros Production and published by 2K in North America and Konami in Japan for Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 2 video game consoles, as well as the Nintendo DS handheld, and is part of the traditionally Japan-only Power Pros series of video games. MLB Power Pros 2008 is the sequel to MLB Power Pros.