Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball

Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball

Release Date	Unreleased (announced for 2005)
Platforms	GameCube
Developer	Exile Interactive
Publisher	Nintendo
Team Names	Real MLB teams
Player Names	Real MLB players
Cover Athlete(s)	David Ortiz

Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball is an unreleased action baseball game by Exile Interactive set in MLB, which was planned for release in 2005. Exile Interactive served as the development team for the game. The team had previously worked on Sega's World Series Baseball 2K2 and 2K3.

The game was originally announced for an April 4th release date, then delayed to June 13th. A trailer and gameplay was shown at E3 2005, which took place from May 18-20. On June 13th 2005, Nintendo announced the game was delayed indefinitely.

Description

The game features a Speed Play mode that can be enabled mid-game, focusing control to only the batter-pitcher matchup to allow a full game to played more quickly.

Rookie of the Year mode lets players control a single created character across a full season. Performance points earned in the mode can be spent to improve other players on the same team. Created characters that win the Rookie of the Year award are added to the free agent pool for Franchise Mode.

Franchise Mode allows for control of a single team for up to fifteen seasons.

A Home Field Evolution mode allows the player to earn upgrade points across various game modes to spend on their own custom park, including features not just of Major League parks but also sandlot and minor league-quality parks.

The play-by-play commentator is Rick Rizzs, then of the Seattle Mariners. The color guy is Bob Brenly, former Diamondbacks manager and then-Cubs broadcaster. The stadium announcer is Tom Hutyler, also of the Mariners.

"Greatest Day" by Bowling for Soup is the game's title track. E3 footage of the game also included the song "My Everything" by Goldfinger.

E3 Gameplay Video

From 2:44 to 4:22 in the video below includes footage of the game being played at E3 2005.

Producer Interview

Two interviews with Nintendo of America producer Henry Sterchi about the game, from IGN and GameSpot. Both interviews were performed at a Nintendo event surrounding the Opening Day Twins at Mariners game on April 5, 2005.

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  Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball logo

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Magazine Scans

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  Best Buy advertorial discussing Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball and Bowling for Soup - Electronic Gaming Monthly 191

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  Preview in Game Informer #144

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  GameSpot preview. Captured 2024.

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  Nintendo World Report preview. Captured 2024.

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  IGN preview. Captured 2024.

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  Nsider preview, page 1. Captured 2024.

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  Nsider preview, page 2. Captured 2024.

External Links

• Game preview by Nintendo World Report
• Siliconera story from 2010 with quotes from Senior Engineer Steve Snake indicating game was completed but never released
• GameSpot article covering the game's first delay from April to June
• IGN post about the game's indefinite delay announcement