The Most Underrated Mario Sports Series 

Definitely the most underrated. Super Sluggers was my childhood.

Honestly these games aged so well I still play them all the time

I absolutely love Mario Super Sluggers. It was my childhood! The story mode and recruiting lots of characters in it is why I love the game so much. Plus it’s huge cast of characters that’s literally the largest of any Mario game not counting MK Tour. So cool! I never actually played the GameCube one. Same for strikers as well actually.

Mario Baseball has the most fire rosters.

Want to throw out there, Mario Superstar baseball actually has a very active / thriving online and competitive community. They just had their biggest IRL tournament with around 50 entrants from across the US hosted in Long Island. They even have their own Dolphin client custom made for online play. It's a super cool community, I highly recommend checking them out.

You don’t need motion controls for super sluggers if you just hold the wii remote sideways. It plays even more like the original.

Super Sluggers was one of the first games I ever played but one day the disc got so messed up that we weren’t able to get it working again. Years later we got the game again where I 100% completed it. Because of this story I always liked sluggers more even after I got my GameCube and the original game mainly because I couldn’t get use to the controls and I thought the story mode was kinda short.

Mario Superstar Baseball is so nostalgic for me. I remember getting it for my gamecube when I was 8

One thing I feel like people always forget in super sluggers (although it makes sense since it's hidden in the midgame menu options) is that while motion controls are the default, you can play the game with sideways Wii remote (it's shown in page 6 of the manual, had to download the pdf from Nintendo just to make sure I wasn't misremembering) and it works almost exactly like the first game, but on a Wii remote, no motion controls included and I find it a lot more fun that way myself

Sluggers has what I would perhaps say would be the greatest roster of characters thanks to just how many characters are needed for the teams, and I think the other sports games and Mario Kart 9 (If that ever happens) should take inspiration from Mario Baseball to make their rosters better.

Considering how mario striekrs ended up Im not sure I want mario baseball to come back if its going to be treated the same.

Awesome vid as always Brad. By chance, were you aware of the online baseball cards you could collect as part of Mario Super Sluggers' marketing campaign? If you went to kids sites such as Nickelodeon, Teletoon, YTV, Disney Channel, etc. back in 2008, the advertisement banners would show baseball card collectibles for every character in Super Sluggers' roster. The cool thing is that if you clicked on the ad, it would bring you to Super Sluggers' site where you would add that card to your collection, and it kept track of how many card you picked up through visiting different sites. Some cards were more rare than others (King K. Rool was almost impossible to find) as ads on sites would load different character baseball cards every time you refreshed a page (with characters liek Mario appearing more than others). It's still one of the coolest marketing campaigns I've seen for a game, and I hope it returns when a Mario baseball game arrives on the Switch. - Kyle

Baseball is my favorite sport and I grew up playing Super Sluggers. Really wish they'd make a Switch version with online play, tournaments and seasons.

You forgot to mention the best part of Mario Superstar Baseball - the Star Missions in Challenge Mode :( They make the game stand out that much over its sequel (which is a really good game too) of course, there are a few missions like Baby Mario's "Catch a Booted Ball" BS that are painful and obnoxious if you're like me and try to 100% the game, but overall it's still such a nice touch that each character has unique missions to make them a star character.

So happy to see you cover these games! I grew up with Super Sluggers, my sister and I spent countless hours playing it together as kids.

I'm convinced that the next Mario baseball game gonna have lack of characters. I'm telling you. The roster is going to be like charged. Small at launched.

Since modern Nintendo can't seem to get their sports games right, I'd rather see a remake or HD port of these games on Switch than a sequel.

Loved playing Super Sluggers as a kid. I would play on the easiest difficulty sometimes and hit like 50 home runs lol.

Wii Remote Sideways is the only way to play Mario Super Sluggers. I used to play the hardest level computer everyday for awhile and then I maxed out the runs against them and realized I had peaked in life.

Mario Superstar Baseball is so sick, there's been a competitive community growing for it over the last couple of years. There was actually an offline tournament for it a couple of days ago! I recommend checking out Dinger City if you are interested in getting into competitive Mario Baseball

Been loving your content and I’ve been on a huge Mario baseball rabbit hole kick recently so this video goated

Just a couple of minutes in but man i have to say your editing and overall presentation is astounding! Love the little details you put in

Amazing quality as always!

Thank you so much for talking about these games. It feels like no one knows these games exist and if they do, they treat them as if they might as well not exist. These are my personal favorite sports games and some of my favorite games ever. I really hope that we get a return to this sport for Switch.

I actually have the wii version and still play it This game is so fun 🤩

I still can't believe that this was King K. Rool's last playable appearance before he just kinda disappeared... Until SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE BABY LET'S GOOOOOOO 🐊👑 The real question though: _WILL he and Kritter return someday?_ Um... Anyways, I probably spent more time on Toy Field than literally everything else in the original GC entry. XD I dunno why but it's just so addicting...! I guess when you have a whole bunch of silly effects and SLOTS, you're gonna have a wild time! 🤪 And... Yep. Daisy Cruiser repurposed to be a baseball stadium JUST sounds like what Daisy would do. Lol. I kinda miss when Nintendo got a bit wild with the arenas instead of... What we have with like Mario Strikers Battle League. 😅

Let me tell y’all the actual most under rated sports game is Mario hoops 3on3 that game was so fun and that’s the main Mario basketball only game that exists and it came out on the DS in 2005 Mario hoops is more forgotten cause they never made a Mario basketball only game again.

Mario sluggers was my childhood and one of my favorite Wii games, thanks for bringing more light to the series bro, good video!

Much love from the competitive Superstar Baseball community :)

Glad someone else enjoys super sluggers!

I loved both games as a kid, the story mode and the huge roster was something unlike anything I've seen before in a Mario game, it really blew my mind Great job on the video dude, keep up the good work

Amazing Video as always, Brad These games are my 2nd favorite series in Mario sports games

If you love this game you gotta check out Dinger City! That’s the esports channel that was in the video. I’ve been a player for a few years now and that channel is definitely a source for some incredibly fun and competitive content

There is a lot of underrated sport games in my opinion, but this is such a legendary video as always, I always enjoyed it and I hope your doing well! But have a great one 😁😁😁👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

My favorite Mario sports series. It was always overshadowed by Mario Strikers.

Mario Superstar Baseball I always played as a kid. I even go back from time to time

I remember getting Mario Superstar Baseball for my birthday back in 2005 (the year it was released) and I absolutely fell in love with it! I love the amount of depth and detail that went into this game series, especially the chemistry system. Sluggers is also really fun and amazing too!

So many other cool things you didn’t mention like every character having a unique bat, every character having a 1-100 chemistry rating with every other character, and the star missions.

Mario Super Sluggers at least remembered King K. Rool exists before Smash Ultimate happened.

I am getting SO MUCH nostalgia from the Super Sluggers music!!!

Other differences you didn’t mention are superstar baseball having a better star character system and overall having a harder cpu difficulty. Sluggers has the ability to use mii characters and multiple character variants in the same game which was a huge improvement

Mario Sports Mix was fantastic! They should bring that back.

Both of them are my favorites of the Mario Sports games, I've still got both. I remember I used to play together with a friend and was pretty good at them.

This is the best Mario sports series for me. I still play it here and there to this day and have a blast. I hope we get a modern version soon!

You forgot to mention how you can play with the wii remote sideways without the motion controls. This method gives you more options when it comes to running the bases and fielding.

i still play sluggers with friends, to this day. it’s still fun and it never gets old

Mario Super Sluggers was my childhood

13:55 wow 😲 i didn't know that, and I've had this game since 2005.

FYI you can use the wii remote sideways in sluggers

14:43 Sounds like intro to Queen's "We Will Rock You"!

I LOVE super sluggers and it’s a 10/10 game for me.

Man your almost at 30k so don't forget your promise of ranking sonic :)

Fun fact: The company that worked on these games NOW PRODUCTION inc. made the Bakugan video game. And also, raise your hand if you used Miis in Super Sluggers.

18:59 What do you mean "Whoever this is"? That's Tiny Kong.

Mario super sluggers was the only piece of media that ever succeeded in making me interested in baseball. Child me loved it and if I could find my wii I would probably still love it. (Its funny, I know exactly where all my wii games are, but not the console itself)

I honesty never played Superstar Baseball, but I did grow up with Super Sluggers. Super Sluggers was my freaking childhood ❤

I wish these were on Switch, this would work so well! HD rumble, IR sensor, etc

Great Video🔥

When’s your next ranking video, if u have one planned? Btw, your content has great quality, and I know one day you’ll reach 100k and/or 1m

My childhood! Thanks for the video!

Super sluggers😍

You should've shown some of the super shots in Sluggers! Those are one of the best things in that game

Me and my older siblings played the hell out of these in the old days, Toy field was always my favorite

My favorite? The one with Tiny Kong and K Rool. Also the fact a big time Nintendo guy doesn't know who she is just further shows Nintendo needs to use more of the DK crew again these days, as I'm pretty sure this was her last playable appearance, at the time of typing this

Another banger vid man

It's funny watching videos like these in retrospect, mainly in the Sluggers section where items didn't feel that useful. When if it turns out, items are very important to disrupt the opponent and synergies in general become more important than what the best players you can get is. That and it was interesting you didn't bring up how much team composition in Sluggers

Thankyou infinite bits

I can't believe I got half way through the video without realizing you were in front of a green screen the entire time!!

Super Sluggers story mode was awesome and fun in my opinion. The fact that you belittle it is probably why we never get good story modes from Mario sport games anymore.

I consider mario sports superstars as a semi revival of the series, but i really loved this game as a child and would love to see it return on the switch

HI! I have a Wii and I was thinking of getting one of these games but I'm not sure which one I should get. I can see why Superstar Baseball's single player campaign is considered better by many and the hub world looks nicer there. Also, I read you can chose to use button controls in Super Sluggers when you hold the Wii remote sideways, but the controls still might not be as good compared to Superstar Baseball. I also read that in Superstar Baseball, you can move the batter forwards or backwards and be able to control the direction of the ball by holding the direction on the stick. Are those not being in Super Sluggers a big loss or not that significant? Right now, I think Superstar Baseball is more expensive than Super Sluggers and I don't even have a single Gamecube controller so it will cost more. Could you please tell me which game you would recommend for me to get?

Don’t worry, they’ll make a new one with 5 characters, 2 stadiums, and no single player mode.

another awesome video!!!!!!!!!!!

I grew up with super sluggers and I remember getting most of my home runs with King K Rool and Dark Bones who I think deserves to be in more games

I never hear people talk about these games but they are so much fun

Grew up with the GameCube version. Such a good game

It's crazy how much more is in these games vs. The games we are getting these days on switch... it's sad that all my childhood publishers that used to publish quality now churn out garbage 60 to 70% of the time

Mario supper sluggers was my childhood

2:14 I believe that's the ball bending on the impact with the bat, not some kind of clipping

The GameCube Mario baseball was the best, played it a ton as a kid

I loved these games! I wish they made more

I wish they still put this kind of time and love into the Mario Sports games…

I don't get how this series never continues in Japan only baseball is huge in Japan but kids didn't want to play it as mario

Jeez I remember in 2019 some people said we were “getting Mario Baseball: Fever Pitch” Oh well…

21:33 alright if you didn’t know if you collect all the characters from one stage you can vs that team like for example get all of yoshis players you can now play them

I am still playing super sluggers till this day

I first lets play theses games definitely underrated for nostalgia GameCube over wii classic bro solid

Btw super sluggers has an option to use buttons if you pause in the game

Nice to see these games get recognition (I prefer MSSB I always remember watching ShadowmarioXLI’s series good times

my ass was flabbergasted to hear the sluggers single player mode called a downgrade, that shit was my childhood and I literally have probably 100% it more times than I can count because I found it so fun, never really like superstar baseball's singleplayer mode

I’ve never played these games but they seem like fun

Me and my friends still have super slugger 1v1 tournaments, I want a new switch title but am afraid that it would just be empty and lifeless like some of the other new Mario sports (although I heard strikers was good)

14:27 the green screen is freaking out haha

I’m not a big sports game person but I loved Mario baseball

"This turns into a cool little game, where you guess what pitch they'll do" You mean be a batter? lol

The best part about these games is I'm not even into baseball. But I love these games Especially super sluggers

baseball was also featured in mario sports superstars for the 3ds

I actually really, really enjoyed super sluggers when I was younger

I loved Mario Super Sluggers as a kid. I actually liked the motion controls. I sold my Wii when I was younger so I haven’t played this game in years, but I loved it when I was younger. It can’t be Mario Super Sluggers without throwing your Wii remote at the TV 😂. I was playing the game at a friend’s house and I ended up doing that but he had a CRT TV so it didn’t do anything

Bro I spent so much time on Super Sluggers