Necchuu! Pro Yakyuu 2002

Necchuu! Pro Yakyuu 2002

JP Title	熱チュー! プロ野球2002
Release Date	Japan: April 18 2002
Platforms	PlayStation 2, Arcade
Developer	Namco
Publisher	Namco
Original Price	6800 yen
Team Names	Real NPB teams
Player Names	Real NPB players

Namco ventured into a more realistic style of baseball game for the first time with Necchuu! Pro Yakyuu 2002, an arcade and PlayStation 2 title set in NPB.

The game's title is licensed from Fuji Television's baseball broadcasts, which from 2002-2004 were titled "Necchuu! Pro Yakyuu." The first word in the title is a portmanteau of the word for heat/fever and the word for broadcast or relay.

Description

This is the first realistic-styled game developed by Namco, released one year after the cartoon-styled World Stadium 5 for the original PlayStation. Masaharu Miyake provided play-by-play commentary.

Gameplay modes:

• Pennant - Play through one season as an NPB team. The season length is configurable at 5, 15, 30, 70, or a real 140 game length.
• Open - A single-game exhibition mode. Single-player, two-player, or CPU vs. CPU options are available.
• Training - A mode allowing repeated practice in a scenario you set, or a guided tutorial.
• Asunaro - A single-season create-a-player mode with missions and ability improvement mechanics. The title means something like "grow into tomorrow."
• Trade - Edit rosters for use in the other modes. Players created in Asunaro mode are available.
• Highlight - Results and highlights can be saved from matches in the Pennant and Open modes.

Intro

The opening theme song is "al di là" by HΛL.

Physical Media

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External Links

• Official website (JP)
• Baseball King column on the game's history (JP)
• A fan site with player data and info on hidden controls (JP)