Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. It was introduced to Japan in 1872 by Horace Wilson, who taught at the Kaisei School in Tokyo. The first baseball team was called the Shimbashi Athletic Club and was established in 1878. Baseball has been a popular sport ever since. It is called yakyu in Japanese, combining the characters for fielding and ball.
The professional baseball association is called Nippon Professional Baseball. Japan has two leagues, as in the United States. The Central and Pacific Leagues each consist of six teams. The Pacific League uses the designated hitter style of play. The pro baseball season is eight months long with games beginning in April, and a Championship held in October. Teams play 144 games, as compared to the 162 games of the American major league teams.
The rules are essentially those of Major League Baseball. In the Nippon league, however, tie games are allowed, and technical elements are slightly different: a smaller baseball, strike zone, and playing field are used. The Japanese baseball is wound more tightly and is harder than an American baseball. The strike zone is narrower "inside" than away from the batter.
World Stadium 3 is the third game in Playstation of the World Stadium series. This version of the game features new game modes and the Pocketstation feature that allow the player to create his own characters, play mini games and bring two friends to play with each other.
The game features a lot of different modes even a music composser in which the player can select where to put the different notes and then listen to the melodies.
Game Modes:
- VS Mode: Play against another human player or against the computer.
- Season Mode: Choose a team and play a season.
- Free Mode: Create a tournament choosing 6 different teams and try to win the cup.
- Quest: Mode: In this mode the player controls a samurai in the Japan Medieval and try to defeat them in a baseball match to win his lands.
- Mini games: Choose a character and play different mini games of batting, throwing, etc.
- Training Mode: This mode lets the player practice batting, throwing and catching.
The game also features other game modes that will be unlocked playing the main modes.
Manufacturer's description:
Game "World Stadium" baseball classic equipped with the data at the time of opening of the 3rd fiscal 1999. Original and training of athletes, lots content! Even easier to play the traditional mode, "league theft Country" appeared in the popular previous edition in Edo. I'll come with all 9 different game modes, such as "composer-kun" "war" League "open war" familiar.
Features:
- Third person perspectives.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Baseball theme.
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