Fighting Baseball - Revision history

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	\| adaptedfrom = [[MLBPA Baseball]]		\| adaptedfrom = [[MLBPA Baseball]]
	\| image =		\| image = Fighting Baseball front manual.png
	\| releasedate = Japan: August 11 1995		\| releasedate = Japan: August 11 1995
	\| platforms = Super Famicom		\| platforms = Super Famicom

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	The strong minority of Russian-looking names reveals that the source for these names included hockey players as well as baseball players, and you may be able to pick out some football names as well. [https://twitter.com/lrgmnn/status/813635533658144768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A popular tweet] screencapped a page full of these names:<blockquote>fighting baseball for super famicom. some japanese guy had to come up with a whole league of fake american names pic.twitter.com/4lwzoBpg9f		The strong minority of Russian-looking names reveals that the source for these names included hockey players as well as baseball players, and you may be able to pick out some football names as well. [https://twitter.com/lrgmnn/status/813635533658144768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A popular tweet] screencapped a page full of these names:<blockquote>fighting baseball for super famicom. some japanese guy had to come up with a whole league of fake american names pic.twitter.com/4lwzoBpg9f
	— Largemann (@lrgmnn) December 27, 2016</blockquote>Among a certain crowd, Bobson Dugnutt and Todd Bonzalez are famous names thanks to this tweet. The commentary database in MLB The Show includes most of these names, so you can hear Matt Vasgersian introduce your create-a-player as Willie Dustice. You can even buy a Bobson Dugnutt t-shirt. Miketruk.com, created by @HexyLilith on Twitter, randomly generates more fake names like the ''Fighting Baseball'' roster screenshot, combining real MLB player names.		— Largemann (@lrgmnn) December 27, 2016</blockquote>Among a certain crowd, Bobson Dugnutt and Todd Bonzalez are famous names thanks to this tweet. The commentary database in MLB The Show includes most of these names, so you can hear Matt Vasgersian introduce your create-a-player as Willie Dustice. You can even buy a Bobson Dugnutt t-shirt. Miketruk.com, created by @HexyLilith on Twitter, randomly generates more fake names like the ''Fighting Baseball'' roster screenshot, combining real MLB player names.

			== Instruction Manual ==
			<pdf>Fighting Baseball.pdf</pdf>

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

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			\| jpntitle = ファイティングベースボール
	\| adaptedfrom = [[MLBPA Baseball]]		\| adaptedfrom = [[MLBPA Baseball]]
	\| image =		\| image =

MediaWikiAdmin: /* Localization, and the Viral Tweet About This Game */

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Localization, and the Viral Tweet About This Game

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	== ~~Localization, and the Viral Tweet About This Game~~ ==		== Roster ==
	Because the original release benefited from an MLBPA license, it contained rosters full of real MLB players. But the game did not benefit from that same license when it was released a year later in Japan as ''Fighting Baseball''. So the players needed new names.		Because the original release benefited from an MLBPA license, it contained rosters full of real MLB players. But the game did not benefit from that same license when it was released a year later in Japan as ''Fighting Baseball''. So the players needed new names.

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	There is a long tradition among Japanese baseball video games of rosters with “parody” names, usually replacing one consonant or vowel with a different consonant or vowel in each name, like Ogawa -> Okawa. ''Fighting'' ''Baseball'' opted for something a little more extreme, creating whole rosters of chopped and screwed versions of real athlete names. Plenty of names are recognizable shuffles of existing players on the team (For instance, the Atlanta roster includes Blavine, Redrosian, and McSriff, all playing different positions than actual Braves players Glavine, Bedrosian, and McGriff).		There is a long tradition among Japanese baseball video games of rosters with “parody” names, usually replacing one consonant or vowel with a different consonant or vowel in each name, like Ogawa -> Okawa. ''Fighting'' ''Baseball'' opted for something a little more extreme, creating whole rosters of chopped and screwed versions of real athlete names. Plenty of names are recognizable shuffles of existing players on the team (For instance, the Atlanta roster includes Blavine, Redrosian, and McSriff, all playing different positions than actual Braves players Glavine, Bedrosian, and McGriff).

	The strong minority of Russian-looking names reveals that the source for these names included hockey players as well as baseball players, and you may be able to pick out some football names as well. A popular tweet screencapped a page full of these names:<blockquote>fighting baseball for super famicom. some japanese guy had to come up with a whole league of fake american names pic.twitter.com/4lwzoBpg9f		The strong minority of Russian-looking names reveals that the source for these names included hockey players as well as baseball players, and you may be able to pick out some football names as well. [https://twitter.com/lrgmnn/status/813635533658144768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A popular tweet] screencapped a page full of these names:<blockquote>fighting baseball for super famicom. some japanese guy had to come up with a whole league of fake american names pic.twitter.com/4lwzoBpg9f
	— Largemann (@lrgmnn) December 27, 2016</blockquote>Among a certain crowd, Bobson Dugnutt and Todd Bonzalez are famous names thanks to this tweet. The commentary database in MLB The Show includes most of these names, so you can hear Matt Vasgersian introduce your create-a-player as Willie Dustice. You can even buy a Bobson Dugnutt t-shirt. Miketruk.com, created by @HexyLilith on Twitter, randomly generates more fake names like the ''Fighting Baseball'' roster screenshot, combining real MLB player names.		— Largemann (@lrgmnn) December 27, 2016</blockquote>Among a certain crowd, Bobson Dugnutt and Todd Bonzalez are famous names thanks to this tweet. The commentary database in MLB The Show includes most of these names, so you can hear Matt Vasgersian introduce your create-a-player as Willie Dustice. You can even buy a Bobson Dugnutt t-shirt. Miketruk.com, created by @HexyLilith on Twitter, randomly generates more fake names like the ''Fighting Baseball'' roster screenshot, combining real MLB player names.

	~~You can find~~ the full rosters from ''Fighting Baseball'' ~~here.~~		== External Links ==

			* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR80mYcpeLxV6_wFGrR987_Co_A1beprwTo_0pmacIZFdgyIIrbsvMpVhyibdGxcJX78js_3vZUEsCN/pubhtml A Google Sheet with the full rosters from the game]
			* [https://30-30.club/2023/09/25/fighting-baseball-mod-for-out-of-the-park-baseball-24/ A mod for ''Out of the Park Baseball 24'' that will add ''Fighting Baseball''<nowiki/>'s rosters and logos to the game]

	[[Category:Released in 1995]]		[[Category:Released in 1995]]
	[[Category:1990s]]		[[Category:1990s]]

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	}}~~Description~~		}}Adapted from [[MLBPA Baseball\|''MLBPA Baseball'']] for the Japanese market, '''''Fighting Baseball''''' replaces the original game's roster of real MLB player names with an internet-famous roster of jumbled versions of real athlete names.

	== Gameplay Video ==		== Gameplay Video ==
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	You can find the full rosters from ''Fighting Baseball'' here.		You can find the full rosters from ''Fighting Baseball'' here.
			[[Category:Released in 1995]]
			[[Category:1990s]]
			[[Category:Super Nintendo/Super Famicom games]]
			[[Category:Developed by High Score Productions]]
			[[Category:Developed by Visual Concepts]]
			[[Category:Published by Coconuts Japan]]
			[[Category:Pro baseball games]]

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	Description		{{GameInfobox
			\| title = Fighting Baseball
			\| adaptedfrom = [[MLBPA Baseball]]
			\| image =
			\| releasedate = Japan: August 11 1995
			\| platforms = Super Famicom
			\| developer = High Score Productions, Visual Concepts
			\| publisher = Coconuts Japan
			\| price =
			\| teamnames = City names only
			\| playernames = Fictional names
			}}Description

			== Gameplay Video ==
			<youtube>njux-NNWbPQ</youtube>

	== Localization, and the Viral Tweet About This Game ==		== Localization, and the Viral Tweet About This Game ==

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== Localization, and the Viral Tweet About This Game ==
Because the original release benefited from an MLBPA license, it contained rosters full of real MLB players. But the game did not benefit from that same license when it was released a year later in Japan as ''Fighting Baseball''. So the players needed new names.

There is a long tradition among Japanese baseball video games of rosters with “parody” names, usually replacing one consonant or vowel with a different consonant or vowel in each name, like Ogawa -> Okawa. ''Fighting'' ''Baseball'' opted for something a little more extreme, creating whole rosters of chopped and screwed versions of real athlete names. Plenty of names are recognizable shuffles of existing players on the team (For instance, the Atlanta roster includes Blavine, Redrosian, and McSriff, all playing different positions than actual Braves players Glavine, Bedrosian, and McGriff).

The strong minority of Russian-looking names reveals that the source for these names included hockey players as well as baseball players, and you may be able to pick out some football names as well. A popular tweet screencapped a page full of these names:<blockquote>fighting baseball for super famicom. some japanese guy had to come up with a whole league of fake american names pic.twitter.com/4lwzoBpg9f
— Largemann (@lrgmnn) December 27, 2016</blockquote>Among a certain crowd, Bobson Dugnutt and Todd Bonzalez are famous names thanks to this tweet. The commentary database in MLB The Show includes most of these names, so you can hear Matt Vasgersian introduce your create-a-player as Willie Dustice. You can even buy a Bobson Dugnutt t-shirt. Miketruk.com, created by @HexyLilith on Twitter, randomly generates more fake names like the ''Fighting Baseball'' roster screenshot, combining real MLB player names.

You can find the full rosters from ''Fighting Baseball'' here.