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The season's over but the
boys of summer, in Japan, keep on swinging in this enjoyable baseball
simulation. A standard game mode pits one out of twelve professional Japanese
teams against another in full motion captured detail. Once you're at bat,
players may swing at bad pitches, switch players at will, and adjust batting
stances. Similar to strides made in Konami's Winning Eleven series, player
facial details and physique types are true to life with rotund players as well
as lanky types on the field. A full season may also be played and team rankings
are kept up to date to bring on some semblance of pennant race excitement as
the season comes to a close. A practice mode gives beginners some much needed
batting and pitching training and a team player mode profiles all 480 players
in the Japanese professional league. Television announcer Akira Kawamura
provides chattering play-by-play on the action as it unfolds.
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