Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Just plain fun"

STORY
It seems Bowser Jr has attacked Peach's island, filled with baseball fields for everybody (Yes, the Mushroom Kingdom princess knows how to manage her money). So it's up to Mario and his friends to get teammates and challenge Bowser and his son in a baseball game.

GAMEPLAY
The gameplay is a little complicated to me. In multiplayer mode, it's fine because no player knows exactly how to play. But in single player mode, I constantly have to change from Wiimote to Nunchuck for some of the missions.

GRAPHICS
The graphics can be described as some of the best I've seen on the Wii, at least on the cutscenes.

CAMERA
I had no problem with the camera at all, so it's not a big issue, though it could've been a bit better.

MULTIPLAYER
The multiplayer is the main feature of the game, and it's seriously good. Looking at your friend's reaction every time you score a homerun, priceless.

REPLAY VALUE
Once you finish the Challenge Mode, there isn't much of a reason to play it constantly, but it's good enough to pick up once in a while.

===================BOTTOM LINE===================
If you're looking for a Mario Sports game, I'd suggest to get this one. But if you hate a control scheeme based almost compleatly in movement, you should skip it.