May 8, 2008
2K Sports and Konami Swing into
Action with MLB® Power Pros 2008
Critically acclaimed baseball
franchise gets ready for another season of great family fun
2K Sports and Konami Digital
Entertainment, Inc., today announced the next iteration of the wildly popular
baseball franchise, MLB® Power Pros 2008, scheduled to be available for Wii™
home video game system from Nintendo and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system this July, as well as Nintendo DS™ later this fall. As the highest-rated
and top-selling baseball title in Japan, MLB Power Pros was available in North
America for the first time last year. Its comedic visual appeal of miniature
Major League Baseball player models has attracted a dedicated following through
its easy-to-use controls and addictively fun gameplay experience.
“We’re thrilled to partner with
Konami again, and with the Baseball™ season now in full swing, we’re proud to
offer our fans a refreshingly smart and exciting baseball game that is easily
accessible for all ages,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “Baseball
enthusiasts will appreciate the variety of newly added features, intuitive game
modes and improved overall feel, and we look forward to hitting one out of the
park this season with MLB Power Pros 2008.”
With over ten different exciting
game modes including the traditional Practice, Exhibition, League and Home Run
Challenge modes, MLB Power Pros 2008 will bring fans closer to the action than
ever before. Gamers also get the opportunity to act as general manager and
control the destiny of their own franchise in Season mode, or engage in
entertaining role-playing story modes such as Success and MLB® Life modes. As
general manager, gamers can trade, sign free agents, coordinate practice
schedules, purchase new equipment, call up and send down players from the Minor
Leagues™, along with other management options to bring in fans, win playoff
games and eventually, earn the title of World Series™ champion.
In Success mode, fans can
participate in a story-based career of rising players in the Double-A Minor
League system trying to improve their baseball skills and make an impression on
baseball scouts while also having to balance various situations in their
personal lives. Through a variety of amusing training and game challenges,
players who complete Success mode will also be able to take their created player
files into MLB Life as well, or also play as either an existing Major League
Baseball® player in Dream Mode, or start as a rookie in Major League Career
mode. As a new feature in MLB Power Pros 2008, MLB Life is another story-based
mode that will allow fans the possibility to simulate the exciting life and
experience of being a Major League Baseball player over the course of a 20-year
career. While continuing to play in games through the regular baseball season,
players will also participate in a number of realistic situations such as
signing contracts, purchasing houses and cars, making charitable donations,
building up relationships with friends and teammates, picking up hobbies and
much more.
With easy, pick-up-and-play hitting
and pitching controls, along with intuitive Wii functionality, other new
features in MLB Power Pros 2008 include support of 40-man rosters, change of
ball speed, adjustment of defensive shifts, along with a real-time bullpen check
functionality for substituting pitchers. MLB Power Pros 2008 will also support
the option for players to import their Wii-based characters, Miis™, from their
Wii or Wii Remote™ to become part of the exciting action!
MLB Power Pros 2008, developed by
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., is not yet rated by the ESRB, and will be
available for Wii and the PlayStation 2 system this July, as well as Nintendo DS
later this fall.
