Mario Superstar Baseball

Mario Superstar Baseball
Also known as: Super Mario Stadium: Miracle Baseball (JP) Developers: Namco, Nintendo SPD Group No. 4 Publisher: Nintendo Platform: GameCube Released in JP: July 21, 2005 Released in US: August 29, 2005 Released in EU: November 11, 2005 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused models. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

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To do: Toadsworth's character file has a duplicate head model labeled test. Is this unused? This unused set of graphics?

Mario Superstar Baseball is about Mario, Superstars, and Baseball.

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Prototype Info

Unused Models

Petey Piranha's Bat

Petey Piranha bats with his leaf arms during a game, but found among his character files is a bat. Note that the texture that appears on this bat may be the result of indexing a texture which no longer exists.

Build Date

The dol has a build date for the game in all versions.

Version	Build Date
JP	Ver.05/06/22-22:33:07
US	Ver.05/07/23-11:48:04
EU	Ver.05/09/23-17:32:56

Regional Differences

To do: Lakitu uses a different voice in the Japanese version, than in the North American/PAL versions. Add the team names that were changed in localization. Birdo makes a different sound when selecting her in the Japanese version.

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Title Screen

Super Mario Stadium	Mario Superstar Baseball

Aside from the name of the game, the design of the title screen is completely different for whatever reason. Interestingly, the international version's title screen uses the same image of Mario from the Japanese box art of the game.

Dictionary

To do: Add footage of the Dictionary mode showing how it works. Also, the Dictionary mode contains some music which isn't heard anywhere else in-game.

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Super Mario Stadium	Mario Superstar Baseball

A Dictionary mode is present in the Japanese version, which was removed in the localizations. The Japanese text for Dictionary mode reads: "You can look up word terms related to baseball"

Command Prompts

Many English text were rewritten in the international versions to make it more descriptive.

Main Menu

Japan	International
[main menu / Exhibition / Mini Game / Training / Record / Option]	[Main Menu / Exhibition Game / Minigames / Practice / Records / Options]

During Gameplay

Japan	International
[Data / Level / Captain / Member / Order / Character] select	Select [Data / Level / Team Captain / Teammates / Batting Order / Character]
[1P / COM]	[P1 / CPU]
[team mark / Game option / Position change]	[Team Mark / Game Options / Swap Positions]
A challenge between rivals!	Superstar Matchup!
JUSTMEET!	PERFECT!

Challenge Mode

Japan	International
[TEAM MEMBER / COIN / Member]	[Teammates / Coins / Team Members]

Barrel Batter Minigame

Japan	International
[#] BARRELES GET!	You got [#] barrels!

Wall Ball Minigame

Japan	International
JUST SHOT BONUS!	BINGO! BONUS!

Other Changes

The SBO Counter shown during gameplay had its order changed (from top to bottom) from Strike, Ball, Out in the Japanese version to Ball, Strike, Out in the international versions.