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MLB Power Pros 2008 | 
 enlarge | From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $36.99
You Save: $3.00 (8%)
New (17) Used (3) from $25.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 337
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 34441
Model: 34441
UPC: 710425344411
EAN: 0710425344411
ASIN: B0019C6KBG
Release Date: July 28, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: New & Sealed!
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| Features:
| • | Exhibition Mode - Play a one-off match with your favorite team | | • | Success Mode - Work your way from the Minors all the way up to the Big Leagues | | • | Season Mode - Play through a full season and compete for the championship | | • | MLB Life Mode - Experience life as a Major Leaguer | | • | League Mode - Compete in a league with up to 6 players |
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Product Description
MLB Power Pros 2008 delivers a unique flair to America's favorite pastime with an original visual style, pick-up-and-play gameplay mechanics and several deep gameplay modes. Gamers also get the opportunity to act as general manager and control the destiny of their own franchise in Season mode, or engage in entertaining role-playing story modes such as Success and MLB Life modes. As general manager, gamers can trade, sign free agents, coordinate practice schedules, purchase new equipment, call up and send down players from the Minor Leagues; along with other management strategies to bring in fans, win play-off games, and eventually earn the title of World Series champion. In Success mode, fans can participate in a story-based career of rising players in the Double-A Minor League system trying to improve their baseball skills and make an impression on baseball scouts while also having to balance various situations in their personal lives. Through a variety of amusing training and game challenges, players who complete Success mode will also be able to take their created player files into MLB Life as well, or also play as either an existing Major League Baseball player in Dream Mode, or start as a rookie in Major League Career mode. While continuing to play in games through the regular baseball season, you will also participate in a number of realistic situations such as signing contracts, purchasing houses and cars, making charitable donations, building up relationships with friends and teammates, picking up hobbies and much more. With easy pick-up-and-play hitting and pitching controls, along with intuitive Wii functionality, other new features in MLB Power Pros 2008 include support of 40-man rosters, change of ball speed, adjustment of defensive shifts, along with a real-time bullpen check functionality for substituting pitchers. MLB Power Pros 2008 will also support the option for importing Miis, Wii-based character
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| Customer Reviews:
 Still great but essentially no changes August 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have to give this years version 4 stars only due to the fact that 99% of the game remains unchanged. While I can appreciate the developers taking the "if it ain't broke don't fix it approach", I still would've liked to see some additions/corrections. The game has all the elements that made last years a nearly perfect game, but, the same problems remain. The minor league system is still not done well, there are very few errors (especially throwing), and the computer throws strikes strikes and more strikes (good luck drawing a walk), and worst of all no online play to speak of.
Overall, the season mode is still great. The computer presents a strong challenge and the statistics are realistic. I would like to see a more expanded minor league system which might include AA and AAA rather than just a few guys that you can bring up whenever you feel like it. The MLB Life mode is fun for awhile but it quickly gets old when you have to conduct each at bat for your player over the course of 162 games with no way to skip ahead AT ALL!!
I hate to be petty as this is still my favorite baseball game, but I was hoping to join up with an online league or at least have single matches this year. Still a wonderful game with a lot of features, but not quite a 5-star delivery.
 Still a Great Game! August 1, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Hello,
Much anticipated follow up to last years debut. I played the Japanese version over 20 years ago. Still amazes me how little animated figures can be so fluid in game play.
Pitching is very similar to last year. Batting, however, is different. The Bat, not the player moves. It looks a little ackward at first but you kind of get the hang of it.
Major league life mode has been added to the already fun success and season mode. The life mode lets you be the ball player.
I will keep you posted as I continue to play.
Nana
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