Professional Baseball Spirits
| Pro Yakyū Spirits | |
|---|---|
 Standard cover art of Pro Yakyū Spirits 2019 | |
| Genre(s) | Sports simulation (baseball) Life simulation Visual novel |
| Developer(s) | Baseball Contents Production |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Platform(s) | Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows |
| First release | Pro Yakyū Spirits 2004 March 25, 2004 |
| Latest release | Pro Yakyū Spirits 2024-2025 September 19, 2024 |
Pro Yakyū Spirits (プロ野球スピリッツ, Puro Yakyū Supirittsu, lit. Professional Baseball Spirits) is a Japanese baseball sports simulation game series, developed by Baseball Contents Production and published by Konami. It is a spin-off series of the Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū (Power Pros) franchise.
While the main series Power Pros focuses on fast-paced but deep gameplay, the gameplay of Professional Baseball Spirits has a focus for realistic graphics and physics, similar to the Pro Evolution Soccer series. Just like Power Pros, most games in the series are developed under license from the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association (JPBPA), letting them use the league's team names, stadiums, colors, and players' names and likenesses.
Games
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2004
| Pro Yakyū Spirits 2004 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2004 (プロ野球スピリッツ2004, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2004) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami for the PlayStation 2 that was released on March 25, 2004.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2
| Pro Yakyū Spirits 2 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2 (プロ野球スピリッツ2, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami for the PlayStation 2 that was released on April 7, 2005.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 3
| Pro Yakyū Spirits 3 | |
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| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 3 (プロ野球スピリッツ3, Pro Yakyū Spirits 3) is a baseball simulation game designed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2[1] systems. The game was released on April 6, 2006 and is developed and published by Konami.[2]
Pro Yakyū Spirits 4
| Professional Baseball Spirits 4 | |
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| Series | Pro Yakyū Spirits |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Baseball |
Professional Baseball Spirits 4 (プロ野球スピリッツ4, Pro Yakyū Spirits 4) is a baseball video game published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 in Japan on May 1, 2007.[3][4] It is the sequel of Pro Yakyū Spirits 3.
Gameplay overview
The game features all 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams, and both the Pacific League and Central League All-Star teams (circa 2006, but with changes made for traded and/or retired players).
The difficulty level for the game is adjustable. The easiest mode will appeal to younger players who have probably never played a baseball game before in their lives, and the hardest mode—known as Spirits Mode—will give even the most experienced and advanced players a challenge with superior AI. Other modes can be selected in a sort of pseudo-gameplay sliders mode. For instance, gameplay speed can be increased, as well as pitch speed (which can be set to "real" speed).
The basic batting interface is a silhouette of a bat which influences how the ball will travel. Depending on when and where contact was made, that influences where the ball goes. The pitching is a 2-click system where the player selects his pitch around a grid, presses X to start his delivery, then pressing X as one circle converges on another to try and perfectly time the pitch.
Reception
Around the time of its release, it was the only PlayStation 3 video game that was among the top 50 best-selling video games in Japan.[5]
Pro Yakyū Spirits 5
| Professional Baseball Spirits 5 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2[7] |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Baseball Spirits 5 (プロ野球スピリッツ5, Pro Yakyū Spirits 5) is a baseball video game published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 in Japan on May 1, 2008.[3] It is the sequel to Professional Baseball Spirits 4.
Improvements and additions
On the PlayStation 3 version of Pro Yakyū Spirits 5, the game saw many small improvements. The graphics were enhanced further from the previous incarnation, but the major fixes were in the gameplay. The load times that plagued the previous game were fixed, meaning less of the "black screens" that were used for short load times in PYS4. The game also has more of a television-style presentation, new animations for slap hits, and a new meter that tells players what pitch the CPU batter is expecting.
The new mode in PYS5 which replaces the MVP Mode in the previous game is Stardom Mode. It plays like a full-fledged Career Mode, where a player can either take control of an existing player or create their own player to go through a maximum of 20 years of play. Experience points are distributed on how well the player does in his at-bat.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 5 Kanzenban
An updated version of Pro Yakyū Spirits 5 with the subtitle Kanzenban, which means Perfect Version, was released in December 2008. Released on both the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, Kanzenban touted many improvements over the original as a post-season version of the game. For instance, every player who appeared in a game in the 2008 NPB season for all 12 teams was included on each team's roster, there were new player animations, enhanced artificial intelligence, and also small improvements to graphics (foreign players, for example, no longer look generic and have their actual swings), online play, baserunning, and fielding.
Kanzenban marked the first time since Pro Yakyu Spirits 2004 Climax that a PYS game had been re-made for a post-season version, similar to that of the "Ketteiban" games in Pro Yakyu Spirits sister series, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 6
| Pro Yakyū Spirits 6 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 6 (プロ野球スピリッツ6, Pro Yakyū Spirits 6) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 that was released on July 16, 2009.[8]
New features
The new major mode in the game for this season is the World Baseball Classic mode. Upon booting the game, the first menu is to decide whether the player wants to play the WBC mode or the regular Pro Yakyuu Spirits game. The rosters are accurate for all WBC teams, and is possible to play an entire tournament as any of the 16 teams.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2010
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (プロ野球スピリッツ2010, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2010) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable that was released on April 1, 2010.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2011
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2011 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo 3DS |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2011 (プロ野球スピリッツ2011, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2011) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Nintendo 3DS that was released on April 14, 2011.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2012
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012(プロ野球スピリッツ2012, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2012) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami Digital Entertainment and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 that was released on March 29, 2012.
Resume
The previous version was released on the 3DS, but publishers have decided to give preference to PlayStation Vita.
The release date is the same for all platforms and was timed for the start of a new baseball season.
New features and updates
- The game has a completely redesigned graphics and the display changes were made to account for the display and the player's name.
- Roster could be online updated in the PlayStation Vita version.
- A new commentator for this version is Tsutomu Ito.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2013 (プロ野球スピリッツ2013, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita that was released on March 20, 2013.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2014
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2014 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2014 (プロ野球スピリッツ2014, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2014) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita that was released on March 20, 2014.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2015
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 | |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2015 (プロ野球スピリッツ2015, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2015) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita that was released on March 26, 2015.
Pro Yakyū Spirits A
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits A | |
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 Screenshot of gameplay on iOS 14 | |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android |
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Professional Yakyuu Spirits A (プロ野球スピリッツA, Pro Yakyū Spirits Ace) is a mobile baseball video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for iOS and Android that was released on October 21, 2015. As of September 2020, the game has received 22 million downloads.[9]
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2019
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2019 | |
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 Screenshot of gameplay on PlayStation 4 | |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2019 (プロ野球スピリッツ2019, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2019) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita that was released on July 18, 2019.
eBaseball Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2021: Grand Slam
| eBaseball Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2021: Grand Slam | |
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| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
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eBaseball Professional Yakyuu Spirits 2021: Grand Slam (eBaseball プロ野球スピリッツ2021, eBaseball Pro Yakyū Spirits 2021) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the Nintendo Switch that was released on July 8, 2021. This is the only game that uses the title eBaseball.
Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2024 - 2025
| Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2024 - 2025 | |
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| Engine | eBaseball Engine (based on Unreal Engine 5) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Sports, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Professional Baseball Spirits 2024 - 2025 (プロ野球スピリッツ2024 - 2025, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2024 - 2025) is a baseball simulation video game developed by Konami and PawaPuro Productions for the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows that was released on September 19, 2024.[10] The game was released in celebration of the series' 20th anniversary and 30th anniversary of Power Pros series, with Shohei Ohtani as the ambassador. It is also the first time in the series that the game title is written in two-year increments.
Although this was the first game of the series that no longer use the brand name eBaseball for the game title, the brand name eBaseball was used as the name of a new game engine for the ninth generation of video game consoles based on Unreal Engine 5, called as eBaseball Engine.
See also
References
- ^ "プロ野球スピリッツ3". Konami.jp. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Pro_Yakyuu_Spirits_3 game page". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ a b c "IGN: Pro Yakyuu Spirits 4 (Pro Baseball Spirits 4)". Uk.ps3.ign.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "PlayStation.com (Japan)｜ソフトウェアカタログ｜プロ野球スピリッツ4". Jp.playstation.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ Lai, Marcus (2007-04-20). "PS3 sales decrease 18 percent; No. 5 in Japan". Punch Jump. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
... the PS3 sold 11,948 units between Apr. 9 and Apr. 15. ... The PS3 ranked one game title in the top 50 game sales in the same period, Konami's Professional Baseball Spirits 4 at No. 35.
- ^ "PlayStation.com (Japan)｜ソフトウェアカタログ｜プロ野球スピリッツ５". Jp.playstation.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Professional Baseball Spirits 5". IGN. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Pro_Yakyuu_Spirits_6 game page". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
- ^ "PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SPIRITS 2024-2025". VGMdb. June 23, 2024.