Contents
1.Introduction
2.Translation Guide
3.Teams in the game
4.Your Strongest Team Guide
1.Introduction
Released on November 28th 1997, this is a Japanese only baseball game by Namco.
It is the 4th baseball game on the N64 and was overshadowed by the Power Pro
series. However it is one of the more entertaining baseball games on the N64 as
it features a story mode in which the player must travel around Japan to recruit
famous players to help them battle an invasion by a baseball loving alien race!
The N64 game is the 24th title in the Family Stadium series which began in 1986
with Pro Baseball: Family Stadium on the Famicom. The series pioneered most of
the features and style that the Power Pro series would borrow and make popular.
As you can tell from the title, this series is aimed at children and their
families.
As of 2021 the most recent release was Pro Baseball Family Stadium 2020 for the
Switch. The N64 game sold 43,881 copies and in total the series has sold in
excess of 15 million copies.
This game requires 123 pages on Controller Pak to save data.
The British publication N64 Magazine reviewed the game giving it 68% saying "It
is criminally, criminally slow...by the time one of your fielders has fished out
the ball from the hoardings, you will be drawing your pension...Probably as good
as baseball games are going to get, but you know, it's baseball.". They were
also disappoint that Namco's first game on the N64 was a baseball game, and as a
British mag they were mad about football games.
As a Brit I know nothing about Baseball, so please forgive any errors in terms I
may make. It's even possible that some cricket terminology might accidentally
slip in instead, sorry gov'ner.
I wish to thank Shellshocker18 for his help with this guide. He has been
tirelessly playing through Japanese N64 games in order to write a full history
of the N64. He has played and completed more Japanese games than anyone else,
and has an extensive wealth of knowledge about the N64 and it's games. Thank you
for preserving video game history through your writing and research! I highly
recommend you check out his youtube channel for obscure N64 game footage!
2.Translation Guide
Main game Controls
Batting
3D Stick - Change the swing angle
A Button Swing, run back to a base
B Button - Make a single runner run to a base indicated with the 3D Stick
R Button - Lock your feet in place, make all runners run
Z Trigger - Bunt
Pitching
3D Stick - change the throw speed and curve
A Button Pitch, pass the ball
B Button - Open the outfielder camera to assist in fielding
C Buttons - Taut
R Button - Lock your feet in place
Z Trigger -
Feilding
3D Stick - Move the fielder
Hold the A Button - Dive for the ball
Tap the A Button - Dash for a rolling ball, throw the ball to another fielder
3D Stick neutral and A Button - Jump straight up
B Button - When near a base to touch it
C Buttons - Taut
Z Trigger - Hold your mitt in front of you
Press B to fast forward the scoreboard between innings.
Your Strongest Team Mode Controls
D Pad - Moves players slightly faster on the map
A Button - Open the Command Window
R Button - Look at the map
Z Trigger - Stop time to look around the map
Pause menu options
Substitute a pitcher
Substitute an outfielder
Substitute a batter
Substitute a runner
Main Menu Options
Game
A quick game option against a friend or the CPU
League Match
A 6 team round robin tournament
Pennant
A 10 game or 135 game pennant mode. This has monthly events which can effect
team stamina or motivation.
All-Star
Play a game featuring the best players in the league against your friend or the
CPU. Then you must choose 3 characteristics from the following 12 options
Popularity
Batting distance
Young or veteran
Fast running
Your Strongest Team
The story mode, create and train your own team. See the guide below
Cooperative Play
4 players can play a cooperative game in the following ways
1P and 2P vs the CPU
1P vs 2P and 3P
1P and 2P vs 3P and 4P
Mini-game
Play any of the following 7 mini-games
Shortstop - stop the ball and throw it back to the home plate
Base race - Rapidly hit the A Button to run
Bomb targets - Bat the bombs to hit the targets
Home run contest
Balloon inflation - Push the stick up and down to inflate the balloon
Disappearing Image Trace
Snowball Fight - Curve balls in mid air using pitchers
Make a Foreign Player
Create up to 9 players and put them in one of the 12 teams (but not one of the
story mode teams), using the following stats
Which arm they use
Batting average
Home runs
Run Batted In stat
Running Strength
Pitch Strength
Shoulder Strength
Face (3 choices)
Batting posture (5 choices)
Results
Shows your game results from the above modes. Controller Pak data is necessary.
Options
Here the following options can be changed
Number of Innings
Errors
Game development
Automatic CPU controlled fielding and base running on or off
CPU difficulty
Next field selection
Display player names during fielding
3.Teams in the game
Here are the team as listed on the team selection screen.
Orix has Ichiro who is probably the best batter in the game but the Yakult
Swallows won the Japan series against Seibu Lions in 1997, and so likely have
the best team data in the game.
Top row
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Hiroshima Carps
Yokahama DeNe Bay Stars
Chunichi Dragons
Hanshin Tigers
Yomiuri Giants
Middle Row
Orix Blue Wave
Seibu Lions
Daiei
Nippon Ham Fighters
Chiba Lotte Marines
Bottom Row
(Secret team?)
Namco
Americans
(Secret team?)
4.Your Strongest Team Guide
Earth is invaded by baseball loving aliens. Travel across Japan and recruit
legendary players to your team to defeat the aliens.
First choose a home prefecture from the 47 prefectures in Japan
Then you can set the following
Team name
Home town
Stadium name
Stadium shape (12 options)
Team Logo (6 types)
Team uniforms (6 types)
Then you can begin creating your players using the following options
Uniform number
Which arm they bat with
Their batting posture
Their throwing arm
Their throwing posture
Their skin colour
Their birthday
What type of professional baseball player they are looking for
You can change these settings later so don't worry if you made a mistake.
Next travel Japan and beat the professional players in a mini game. The game
moves in real time and if you are not fast enough the aliens will capture
players, so you need to make sure of rickshaws, bullet trains and air-planes.
(Transportation moves in the direction it is facing). Much of your starting team
will be made up of 50 year-olds, so you need as many young fresh players as
possible.
The box in the top left shows the Year, month and day.
Under that is your current location.
Press the A Button to display the following commands
Ride a means of transportation (if you are near one)
Reports
Team Data
Transportation Roadmap
Your data
Team Data
EXIT
When scouts send you reports, 5 new players will appear on the map. These
reports will tell you their location, age, and characteristics. Using this
knowledge to guess their name you should aim to collect players you need before
the aliens get them.
On New Years day you must return to your home town to play against the aliens in
a 3 inning game. If you lose, one of your players will be randomly abducted by
the aliens. If you beat the aliens local players may join your team without
needing to play their mini-game. The vehicle locations will then change and you
can save your progress.
Occasionally flashing icons will appear on the map. If you visit these locations
event swill occur that will improve your players abilities.
Locations on the map
Osaka Sun Tower
Sakurajima volcano
Gassho-style house
Miyajima Shrine
Mount Aso
Mount Fuji
Mount Kōya Temple
Items
animals
pearls in the ocean
cups of Uji Tea
peach fields
konjac plants
Sanuki Udon noodles
If you beat the aliens 10 times you will clear this mode. You can save your
completed team to use in Game, League and Pennant modes.
