Mario Superstar Baseball Basics: Bowser

[@CritNick]

Do one on Sonic

[@zephyrxc4273]

I think it’s time we learn about the best pitcher in the game, and what makes them above the rest. Let’s see Boo!

[@Vysetron]

gotta admit I expected this to be under a minute long and consist of you chaining dingers while staring deadpan into the camera

[@PkKirby]

We need a PM (Pianta) Basics, gotta show people the sauce.

[@jaykay4116]

Drop the baby Luigi baseball basics, the people need to know he has sauce

[@pochocho8225]

My suggestion is pianta

[@UsingGorillaLogic]

I recently was introduced to the community around this game so I am glad to have videos like this so I have a clue why they pick the characters they do etc.

[@crocworks]

One thing I liked about Donkey Kong as a pitcher was that you could stand at the far left or far right edge of the mound, do a regular uncharged pitch, and hold the opposite direction DK from where started his pitch on and it'd be a guaranteed "paint the corner" strike which often tricks the AI. Obviously less useful against a human opponent, but this was my earliest memory of the game when I played as a kid.

[@wawaispro]

Oddly enough two of my friends who used to play MSB wanted to get back into it and this content is fueling us to get it setup faster, sick content hope the upswing of exposure keeps coming

[@okolo22000]

Flawless logic! I remember the Dinger City Classic; Jason needed to take notes while watching this video so incase there is a sequel, he’ll be better prepared.

[@jordanparks99]

I’d say Petey would be a good one to make a video about

[@PkKirby]

A man of his word! Another great Baseball Basics!

[@obiiieeee]

just want to point out that while, yes, Bowser is batting on the right side of the field he is left-handed and in the lefty's batter box

[@VicklessFalcon]

I really like the fielding visuals! Maybe for other characters you could show some of the chem connections and where they could be used at in the field? Bowser has some underrated chem connections in the field (Dry Bones/Bro CF to Bowser middle infield, Para LF to Bowser 3B, BJ RF to Bowser 1B, Para 3B to Bowser 1B)

[@armorbearer9702]

I am surprised Magikoopa does not have better chemistry with Bowser. He was Bowser's attendant when Bowser was young.

[@thebigbean8783]

The King of Koopas himself! Undisputed 2nd best player in the game! Good to see him

[@theradman9478]

Toad baseball basics next?

[@thebigbean8783]

@@theradman9478 it's gotta happen

[@canevas1017]

But this guy said best

[@theradman9478]

@@canevas1017 look, Joey KNOWS that Yellow Toad is an esteemed player

[@morimementos]

I’ve been super high on Wario recently. I play him at 2B, and his range in the field is crazy. I really enjoy him + DK as 2B/SS respectively. I’d be interested to see how someone good at the game assesses him though lol

[@michaelmccloskey8718]

Well produced content. I think it's a bit of a niche in the subject matter but you make it interesting to me who's never played the game.

[@evanherynk5863]

I think it's funny that in Mario Baseball we hide bad fielders in Center Field. Try that in a real game lol. It would be chaos.

[@Gibby560]

Boo would be great to see! Not sure if pitching stats are in the data mine but it would be cool to see the differences to other pitchers.

[@MrJoesBaseballShow]

They're in there!

[@DrDrao]

Highest curve stat in the game, and I believe 3rd or 4th highest overall curve in the game. His big claim to fame is that his balls are much faster than the other good pitchers, while curving almost as much. Also he has a great bat.

[@jimmyoutlaw9384]

I wanna see the lean, mean, pitching machine Waluigi!

[@1mrcow143]

I think a video about Birdo would be cool

[@scribble8447]

Love the show Mr. Joe, it's helping best my brother in netplay lmao. Hope we can see a Hammer Bro vid

[@jasminejohnston6393]

In the Japanese version of Super Mario Kart there’s a cut scene where Bowser drinks champagne which was censored in the west

[@iffy593]

I am wondering about the usefulness of making Bowser bat right-handed. This would increase his chances of hitting home runs to the opposite field, as you said right field wall is shallower. He would still be able to crush homers to left field, even though the wall is slightly deeper.

[@PkKirby]

An interesting theory, I do think that Bowser would lose that extra oomph to make bad contact swings still go over the right field wall, so I don't think it's a worthwhile maneuver.

[@JamboreeParrot]

Can you do one on petey and toadette. I dont understand why petey is top 3 other powers like boomerang always seem better. Also why does toadette so unique compared to other normal characters.

[@Hagot428]

Petey has two things- the same power stat as bowser (even if his bat is worse), and the strongest arm in the game. This makes him a fantastic catcher that's very hard to steal on. He's kind of a just worse bowser, which still makes you incredible. Toadette is.. weird. She is the tallest fielder in the game for some reason, one of the two 90 speed characters in the game (tied with yoshi for fastest), and she's the only non-captain with two abilities (wall jump and sliding catch).

[@zigaudrey]

The King of Baseball himself: Bowser! All Hail Baseball King! 7:28 Homerun Machine! OH YEAH! 7:48 Team of Bowsers FTW! (Stop on Double Cherries!) 12:07 Bowser is SS tier! 13:36 Why, out of the heroes, Luigi is on 21-49? There must be a depth here. 17:48 Ban him? Dang it, he is the Meta Knight of Baseball! We should name him Basser (Baseball Monster as Bowser is "Bowing Monster" in my theory)

[@OvermasterP]

Dinger city!!!!!!!!!!!

[@toddbonzalez947]

I'm just getting into this game and am curious why Bowser is considered a bad pitcher. He looks like he has good pitching ratings, what gives?

[@PkKirby]

The pitching stat in MSSB can be a bit misleading. His high pitching stat correlates with his fastball speed, it's one of the fastest in the game. However, you'll find that throwing only fastballs doesn't get you very far once the batter learns of the timing, and with Bowser's terrible curveball there is little that he can do to throw off an opponent. The meta for pitching focuses more on pitching curve, something that Boo and Diddy Kong excel at, more than fastballs, which is why Bowser and Waluigi aren't regarded as highly.

[@PkKirby]

@Bread And Circuses my comment is kinda outdated. Top 4 pitchers are Boo, Diddy, Dixie, and Waluigi in that order. Boo is the clear best, then the monkeys have their own tier, then Waluigi. Boo and the monkeys have better curve stats than Walu, and boo’s normal pitch is faster than Walu’s.

[@PkKirby]

@Bread And Circuses 5th best matters very little, if you can't pick up one of the Top 4 pitchers at some point in the draft you are doing it wrong. There isn't really a 5th best, Peach/Daisy works but characters like Green Noki, Green Paratroopa, and Toadsworth are serviceable too. All 5 of those options are better served somewhere else on the field, or in Peach/Daisy's case better off not being on the team.

[@Moj999_]

Petey

[@mr.joesr.7604]

“I asked for 350 subscribers” 1 month later, 2k subs.

[@samhat7020]

Baseball Basics: Stadiums

[@AceToast777]

If you lose a coin toss for picking captains, you just lose. My first 5 ranked games I lost all 5 coin tosses and my opponent picked Bowser. Winning the coin toss also gives you the first set of picking two characters so even if you take one of bowsers partners away, your opponent still gets to take two

[@MrJoesBaseballShow]

Pick order is 1-2-2-2... so if your opponent picks bowser 1st you get 2 picks. We're aware that 1st pick is a little better but it isn't a guaranteed win by any means

[@TBlingTheMilkman]

Are you sure the charge power stats are out of 100?

[@MrJoesBaseballShow]

As opposed to being out of 10 or out of something higher than 100? Because technically charge can go up to 160 but 95 is the highest assigned to a character

[@TBlingTheMilkman]

@@MrJoesBaseballShow I thought they were kind of arbitrary numbers and thought they didn’t have a cap. I think I heard that stars on add’s 50 to everyone’s charge power and with 3 chem partners on base, you get 1.5x your charge power which would put Bowser at 142.5.

[@TBlingTheMilkman]

What do you mean that it can go up to 160?

[@MrJoesBaseballShow]

@@TBlingTheMilkman My understanding is stars on caps stats at 100 and if you go too high the game can crash. The highest number I've seen used is 160 as a part of the random batting power mod.

[@TBlingTheMilkman]

@@MrJoesBaseballShow ah ok thanks

[@algar6616]

muahahhaha