Baseball

Ways to play

• Online, 1 vs 1: you join someone who's waiting, or open a park and practice against the NABU until someone joins. Then a fresh game starts. If your opponent leaves, the NABU takes over their team.
• Against the NABU: single-player practice.
• Two joysticks on one NABU: RED on joystick 1, BLUE on joystick 2.
• Press I on the title screen to pick 3, 5, 7 or 9 innings.

The free-range part

• Fielders: the stick runs the light-coloured fielder anywhere on the field. You can chase a runner into the outfield and tag him, or set up rundowns.
• Runners: they go wherever you push them once the ball is hit. A sends every runner to the next base and R sends them all back, which is how you lead off and steal.
• The rules still apply: force outs, tag outs, tagging up on fly balls, fair/foul, walks, strikeouts, home runs, walk-offs and extra innings.

Controls

• Pitching: the stick picks the pitch (up = fastball, down = change-up, left/right = curve). Left/right before the pitch slides the pitcher along the rubber.
• Batting: step in the box to line up with the pitch. Hold up while swinging for power, hold down to bunt.
• Throwing: fire with the stick right/up/left/down throws to 1st/2nd/3rd/home. Fire with no direction throws back to the pitcher.
• Picking a fielder: keys 1–9 pick one by scorebook number.