
Gameplay mainly focuses on the player assuming the role of any Mario series character to challenge any opposing teams compatible in the Challenge Mode, the final being Bowser, having baseball matches to see who will win the Cup of the mode. There are three control methods available: Wii Remote by itself, Wii Remote and the Nunchuk, and the Wii Remote held sideways. The game has a sequel, Mario Super Sluggers for the Wii. Sluggers primarily differs from Superstar Baseball with the addition of Wii controls akin to the Baseball sub-game in Wii Sports. The gameplay of Mario Super Sluggers is similar to that of its predecessor: an arcade-style baseball game with power ups, multiple gameplay modes, and minigames. It was unreleased in Europe and Australia, due to being in production at the same time as Mario Kart Wii that was released two months earlier. It is part of the Mario Sports series, and the sequel to Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo GameCube.


Mario Super Sluggers, known in Japan as Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball (スーパーマリオスタジアム ファミリーベースボール, Sūpā Mario Sutajiamu Famirī Bēsubōru), is a sports video game for the Wii developed by Namco Bandai Games and NOW Production, and published by Nintendo.
