Am Not Japanese But Hey!

Yea friends I have had a lack of updates lately. Nothing really important to talk about. I have however made Yakisoba again and it turned out great. Pictures to following. Really right now not much to talk about. Hanshin Tigers are still disappointing, not much game wise to talk about but yesterday Melty Blood Actress Again was released. If you like the Melty Blood series it is something you want to pick up. Check it out.

Well I tried another recipe on the other day. This time it was Stir-Fry with beef and shrimp over rice.

Well first I fried the beef with garlic and then the shrimp with red peppers.








Then I took the veggies and stir fried them with soy. Then combine them all back together.





You then plate the rice.




and finally add your toppings.





1/2 lbs Beef steak
10-20 frozen shrimp
red pepper
garlic
2-4 tbls soy
12 oz frozen veggies
1 cup of rice
3 cups water (rice)

Well my friends it is has finally come. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6. I got the chance to play around with it finally getting last night. This game is a good as the last game and has some very good tweaks to the game play. But first I want to talk about the much anticipated part of the game WBC mode. Yes, Konami bought the rights to produce the WBC classic in their Japanese only game. Sad to say that this will probably never hit state side. WBC mode is water down from the game itself. You can not create or customize anything but they give a full on experience of WBC with Exhibition and Championship modes. You have all the teams from the classic Powerhouse Japan, Korea, USA. Even the lesser known team Netherlands, Taipei, South Africa (THEY PLAY BASEBALL ? ) are all here. Every team has the exact, yes my friends, the exact roster for the team. USA has Jeter, Oswalt, J.P. Howell, and everyone that made the roster. Japan of course sports Matsuzaka, Ichiro, Iwamura, Johjima. Even David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez and others have made the game. They all look like who they are supposed to be. Just some of the pointed out stars on this one. Classic has an interesting feel to it. They have names all in english except for the Japanese team which is great because you dont have look up their names in Japanese to translate to whatever. You can not mix NPB teams versus the WBC teams so that goes right out of the door but you can have full on head to head play with the worlds greatest. I give WBC mode a 9 only thing that could make it better is to have online play. But this is the PS2 version so they did not add it. On PS3 it would be a 10 with better graphics and online play.





Ok now onto the good stuff. All of the old stuff from the last version and has added some great tweaks. First of all lets start with the things that I noticed. Firstly they have added about 10-15 new animations with players. They also added something that was missing in the last game broken bats finally. BROKEN BATS ! wow. I did not get to check if they finally added check swings or not. They have also changed the sound of when he ball hits the catchers glove. One thing that is very noticeable is the pitch types. Curves has such a long curve on them now that it is funny. but you can change that feature in the options. They also have seemed to fix the AI. They swing away now more than ever. The hit animations are different with them changing how they look depending on where the ball is being hit to. All and all a good upgrade.

The menus are a different in the main menus the game is all white and grays with classy BGM. But when you are looking at a player in the utility screens they choose to go with silver and metallic colors. That I did not like that much but i am sure it will grow on me. They did however do something that I think is just awesome. They have added the faces of each player above their attribute card in the menus which is just great. Why? For the people who don't know what every players looks like or their number this helps. Way to go. One thing that is still missing that i wish they had done is character customize. That way when a pitcher gets a new pitch you can just add it or if someone dyes their hair you can change it.

The game has all of the NPB teams with their current jerseys and the 2 All Star Teams. The roster are all up to date (circa 5/30) so most of the teams have their orders set to how they was before release of the game. So that means no FUKUMORI for Rakuten but Hanshin has Brazell.

The game still has the same setup as before with Exhibition, Climax, Stardom, Spirits and Utilities. If you played the last version it is identical to that. I will give a better look at the Climax and Stardom mode later. But the Stardom has really changed. You have much more to play around with including the fact you start you career as either a HS player, college player or an amateur (independent league).

Climax is mostly the same as before but i will have to sim a season just to tell you how the end of the season goes now. Videos has shown that the new drafting system is different than before but what I am looking for is CAN YOU FINALLY USE FREE AGENTS! That has been one of my biggest pest about the game. There is no FA system at all. That sucks. Yes I know that mainly most of the players don't leave their teams but I would like the option to do so.

Well my review of this game is my opinion but once again I think that Konami has really out done themselves compared to games like MLB2k and Show this is by far the best game and with the addition of international play this makes this game one of the most complete baseball games of our time. For anyone who has not see or heard about it pick up it is a hands down buy if you love NPB or even just love baseball period.

9/10 ****

Not much to talk about lately. I have been have things on my mind and have had some issues. Well I will try to update soon but just wanted to say that I am still alive.


Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 should be out by tomorrow. I can not wait any longer but I hope that I can get my hands on it by later today. Let you know any updates!