 every time you go into a used game store you know one that actually has super Nintendo cartridges you're always gonna find the same set of games no matter where you go you're gonna see crap like balls 3d you're gonna see Mario is missing you'll probably see rival turf I'm sure and you'll definitely see like two dozen sports games always sports games that's a guarantee why is that well sports games have a short shelf life by nature from year to year players switch teams making the rosters outdated as a Minnesota Vikings fan there was nothing more annoying to me as a kid than playing as the 1994 roster in like 1997 more than half these guys aren't even on the team anymore at this point come on Warren moon Terry Allen screw these guys I want to play as Randy Moss and Randall Cunningham sports games also got incrementally better from year to year by adding more and more features they went from generic made-up teams to real teams to real players to full-season stats so most of the time the older sports game simply just got left behind the same way cassettes and VHS tapes did anyway the only real way for a sports game to stay relevant is to well you know actually be a good game on its own imagine that and by good I mean it's got to appeal in some way to people that don't give a crap about the sport I think good examples of this are games like NHL 94 Tecmo Super Bowl and Ken Griffey jr. presents major league baseball hey we finally got to the game after that long-ass preamble but anyway even if you don't give a crap about baseball this game still is a blast to play it's a perfect example of cartoony realism the players look like cartoons that they're overmuscled physiques which actually fits the era in which this game came out you know with steroids and all that kind of stuff but the physics behind the game itself is realistic hitting is all-timing there's no targeting a pitch or anything like that pitching is very straightforward as well I really like all the different batting stances and pitching motions Dennis Eckersley is in particular is badass plus he got a love when you strike a guy out he snaps his bat over his knee like a twig and sometimes a dude will actually yell at you what dude you swung and missed only don't yell at me asshole or sometimes he just kind of sighs totally defeated and sulks back to the dugout to go listen to some Morrissey or something whatever dude the game is paced really well you can get a 980 game completed in less than 20 minutes and it's got a season mode that lets you play through all 163 games if you want to and it keeps stats along the way or you can just skip right through the playoffs there's also a home run derby which is fun but really flawed if you're playing the one-player mode because you have to sit there and watch the computer go first which takes forever whose idea was this also I love the names that came up with some of the participants you got a look can o'corn and Nick no hard speaking of names the game has a major league baseball license so it's got real teams in real stadiums but one odd quirk is that while real players are included as in their likenesses but their names aren't for example this is clearly Kirby Puckett and this is clearly Kent Herbeck right down to their stats from 1993 and their batting stances but Nintendo for whatever reason was unable to get a license from the MLB PA to use real names the only real name used in the game is of course Ken Griffey Jr. they could use their likenesses though for some reason but not their names game does let you change all the names so it doesn't even matter anyway and yes when I was 12 years old you better believe I sat in front of a pile of newspapers looking up every single player from box scores and changing their fake name to the correct one it took me for like four hours but damn it it was worth it I was 12 what the hell else was I gonna do or you could be like my friend from junior high who changed all the names on one team to male porn stars when I asked how he knew the names of 20 different male porn stars he did not have an answer for me also it is worth noting that some of these fake names aren't just any fake names for example the Cincinnati Reds consist of authors like Bram Stoker and Philip K. Dick the Milwaukee Brewers have Peter Parker Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent it's pretty amusing I have a link in the description that has more information in case you're ever curious about some of these guys anyway this game is the best baseball game on the Super Nintendo because of the colorful artwork the personality and the pacing of the game stuff was right along it's never dull for too long it's totally worth picking up today I think because of like I said the cartoon like realism the game has a lot of personality and you just don't see much of that in modern baseball games sadly they dropped the cartoon aspect in the sequel Ken Griffey Junior's winning a run and the game just feels totally flat and dull as a result I think they're going for more realistic approach but it's just it's just not the colors aren't as bright everything looks kind of lifeless and listen to this music why so serious it's a freaking baseball game anyway yeah if you're looking for a one baseball game for the Super Nintendo that's worth playing today it's Griffey MLB