| GAME INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Game Name | Baseball Stars II |
| Region | USA |
| Console | NES |
| Game Release | 1989 (37 years ago) |
| Genre | Baseball, Sports |
| Publisher | Romstar, SNK |
| Developer | SNK |
| Languages | English |
| Downloads | 168 |
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Game Description:
Baseball Stars II is a Baseball/Sports video game published by Romstar, SNK and developed by SNK released on 1989 for the NES.
RB's Notes 1: The numerical sequel to Baseball Stars. Personally, I consider it inferior, as it removes aspects that made the first fun, like mixed teams and player and team name customization. Gameplay wise, it has some improvements, but the game feel is different.
Differences from the first Baseball Stars:
Spoiler ▶- Female players are no longer included in any form.
- Two additional batting stances. These additional stances are never used for players on custom teams. They will only appear on the pre-made teams' players
- Enhanced pitch control.
- Ability to shift field formations when playing defense.
- Ability to view player's team roster and ratings while in-game.
- Sidearm-style pitchers are never generated on custom teams. They can only be hired.
- Easier bunting controls; bunts are now retractable.
- Ability to see lead-offs while pitching/batting.
- Six pitchers and four bench players instead of five each.
- New music and home run animations. These include the "Power connect" graphic for a two-run home run, an animated graphic of the batter rounding the bases and pumping his fist for a 3-run home run or grand slam, and a similar (yet very rare) graphic including a West highland white terrier following the batter for a come-from-behind (usually game-ending) home run in a dramatic situation.
- Can no longer name custom teams or rename players on custom teams.
- The players can still upgrade the baseball player using the same 15-point system introduced in the original Baseball Stars. However, the random points the players gets to disperse to various skills each time they purchase a player upgrade changed from between 1 and 6 to between 1 and 5.
- Player upgrades overall are much more expensive while the money received during play has remained about the same. This makes it much more time-consuming to upgrade players to maximum.
- Users can still fire and hire players, although due to the fact that they cannot change the names of hired players the player's hired player will always be named generic names given by the game (examples 'STAR 5', 'ROOK 2', etc.). This can also lead to multiple players sharing the same name throughout the custom teams, even conceivably multiple players on the same team with the same name.
This has no relation to the Neo Geo game of the same name.
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