I Love Softball
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I Love Softball
| JP Title | I LOVE ソフトボール or アイラブソフトボール |
|---|---|
| Release Date | Japan: December 19 1989 |
| Platforms | Famicom |
| Developer | Coconuts Japan |
| Publisher | Coconuts Japan |
A cutesy 8-bit softball game by the studio that would later bring you Sleve McDichael’s Fighting Baseball.
Gameplay Video
Description
Gameplay is similar to other simple 8-bit baseball games like R.B.I. Baseball, with a few softball-specific elements: Games are seven innings long, pitchers throw underhand, and, saddest of all, the players’ arm strength is terrible. Running to cover a base is often as fast as throwing to it.
In one-player mode, players choose a high school team from a map of Japanese prefectures, taking them through a gauntlet of increasingly strong teams: Regional competition, national competition at the Koushien tournament, a game against the U.S. national team, games against professional Japanese teams, and then against a U.S. Major League team.
In two-player mode, players can choose to use high school teams, professional teams (themed after NPB teams), or all-star teams (draft a team of players from the professional teams).
Player names are fictional and follow themes: One team’s players are all named after Japanese historical eras (Sengoku, Heian, Showa). Another team’s players are named after game companies (Konyami = Konami, Sun = Sunsoft, Coconyatsu = Coconuts).
An anthropomorphic pachinko ball from Coconuts Japan’s many gambling-themed games appears on the scoreboard between half-innings.
Physical Media
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I Love Softball front box art
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I Love Softball back box art
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I Love Softball front of cartridge
Translation patch
An English translation patch was made by MrRichard999, TheMajinZenki, FlashPV, Proveaux, and Jink640.
