One of the greatest baseball games of all time! Easy to get started, tons of depth, awesome characters!

User Rating: 9.5 | Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 Wii WII
MLB Power Pros is a long running Japanese baseball series that has finally come to the states. I embrace and love the cartoon baseball players, for me its a throwback to RBI Baseball. This game is extremely easy to pick up and play, even with someone who knows little about baseball. The WiiMote play mode ensures that.

Once you get into the Franchise (10 seasons) mode, you will see how much depth this game offers. All of your standard franchise options are included, from free agents and injuries to player progression and draft. The game keeps track of all of your stats, achievements, and trophies. Sure, the rosters are from opening day. However, MLB Power Pros features a fully fleshed-out edit mode where you can change everything about a player, including his 2007 statistics! Arrange mode allows you get the rosters completely updated and play through in franchise mode.

Within the actual game of baseball, there are tons of options to set the difficulty just how you like it. As you progress and become a better player, there is plenty of room to increase the CPU's strengths. I sincerely hope that we continue to get MLB Power Pros games, and I think this will become an instant classic among veterans and rookies. For the next addition to this series, online play and better announcing should be the highest priorities.

Overall, a wonderful game. I have been playing baseball sims since the NES era, and would rate this as top 3 of all time!