実況パワフルプロ野球　４ Jikkyō Pawafuru Pro Yakyū 4 Live Powerful Pro Baseball 4 Contents 1.Introduction 2.Manual Translation 3.Success Mode Walkthrough 1.Introduction This is the 4th game in the Powerful Pro Baseball series which began on the Super Famicom in 1994. The game requires 112 pages to save. It sold around 180,000 copies at release, much less than the later PS1 game (480,000 copies). As a Brit I know nothing about Baseball, so please forgive any errors in terms I may make. It's even possible that some cricket terminology might accidentally slip in instead, sorry gov'ner. Because this game is so similar to others in the series, the manual is almost identical. So if you have played any of the other games feel free to skip parts you are already familiar with. This game bought the series into 3D and introduced the Success Mode, a story mode that is still included in the series to this day. The British publication, N64 magazine, reviewed the game, giving it 54 percent. But as a British magazine, they were usually more interested in football games. I would like to thank Ozidual. Without his hard work, this guide would not have been possible. He has been tirelessly scanning and uploading Japanese N64 game manuals at extremely high quality. He is also assisting in many N64 translation projects and fixed the trophy glitch in Space Station Silicon Valley. I am very grateful for your efforts towards preserving video game history. Back of the Box 2.Manual Translation The No.1 most complete! The baseball game with the No.1 sense of ambiance! Heat up again this year with Powerful Pros! The players in this game are based on the data of the players of the 96 series. Please understand that there are no foreign players available in this game. Powerful Pro Rules The basic rules are the same as normal baseball but with a few exceptions as written below. Game extensions A home team in the Central League = 15 times A home team in the Pacific League = 12 times Japan Series Home team in the Pacific League = 15 times Points Points are counted up to 99. Ties In the Central League Pennant Race and Success Mode, rematches will occur until a definitive result. Cold Games If a certain difference in points occurs, the game will be decided. Normally this only occurs in conditions such as rainy weather. In this game, the cold game point difference can be adjusted. Designated Hitter System In place of the pitcher an appointed batting specialist may be used in the Pacific League. In this game, when you choose your team, you can decide if you want to use this system in the Pacific League. Controls This game uses the 3D Stick and the D Pad. There are two types of controls, A and B types. The only main difference is how the pitcher orders the fielders to throw the ball and how the fielders catch the ball. Batting A button – Swing the bat (use the 3D Stick to move the bat whilst it is swinging) C down – Bunt (You can aim the bunt using the 3D stick) Start Button – Pause R Trigger – Change the cursor style (Normal or Hard swing) 3D Stick – Move the cursor Running A button and the 3D stick – run back to a determined base B button and 3D stick – Run towards a determined base C up – Make all runners run C right – Make all runners run back C up and C right – step whilst standing on a base Start Button – Game Start / display the menu Z Trigger – Cancel advancing to a base 3D Stick – Choose a base (using the 4 directions) Pitching A button – Start throwing the ball C buttons – Bunt shift Start Button – Pause C up/left/right – Make a throw to check/pickoff a runner R Trigger and any c button –move the defenders Z Trigger – Cancel a pitch type or cancel moving defenders 3D Stick - Choose a pitch type. During a throw it controls the catchers mitt and curves the ball 3D Stick forward – throw a straight ball 3D stick back in any direction - a curve ball Defending A button – Start throwing the ball B Button – Relay throw the ball C buttons – Jump catch in the direction press. If the 3D stick is neutral – jumps straight up C Right – Throw the ball to 1st base C Up – Throw the ball to 2nd base C Left – Throw the ball to 3rd base C Down – Throw the ball to home base R Trigger – Relay throw the ball 3D Stick – Moves the defenders Starting the game This game features 10 types of mode, depending on the mode the controls are different, please read each modes control instructions carefully to play correctly. Menu Controls 3D Stick / D Pad – Move the cursor A Button - Confirm B Button - Cancel C Buttons – Scroll the Screen L and R Trigger Buttons – Switch the menus Mode Select Scree After the title screen you will move to the mode select screen. It is laid out in the following way; Competition Mode Pennant Mode Success Mode League Mode Data Exchange Arrange Mode Camp Sound Competition Mode Choose a team you like and enjoy playing one game. You can play against the computer or a friend. Pennant Mode Choose a team you like and battle to win the pennant race. If you win the league, you can challenge the Japan Series. Success Mode As a newly drafted player try to be promoted to first string player status. If you are promoted, you can register your character in arrange mode and join games. League Mode For 1 to 6 players/teams. You can play against the computer or your friends. Data Exchange Copy your Arrange Mode team or player data to a controller pak, or enter a password. Arrange Mode Freely choose any players and make a team. This team can be used in the Competition, Pennant, League, and Camp modes. Camp Train the basic skills of attacking to defending. Sound Change the game play sound and commentary here. Competition Mode Choose a team from the original 14 or one from Arrange mode and enjoy playing a game, with your friend or the computer. 1 Choose from the following 4 options Single Player Two Player Spectator Mode Options In Spectator mode you can watch the computer play itself. You can change the controls in the options menu. 2 Select your team 3 Choose the first batter 先攻 and the Designated Hitter, using the 3D Stick, D Pad. Using the L and R Trigger Buttons you can set a handicap (players conditions). In single player and spectator mode press the Left and R C Buttons you can set a handicap for the opposing team. 4 Choose a stadium to play at. Push up or down to choose a day or night game. 5 Next confirm the following game options Computer Strength – Very weak, weak, normal, strong, powerful Number of innings Cold Game – The point difference needed to decide a cold game win/loss Wind – On or off Defence errors or careless pitches – On or Off 6 Check the player order 7 Start the game! 試開始! Game Screen At the top of the screen you can see first and second bases if you have a runner there. In the middle of the top of the screen you can see the pitchers point of view. On the left hand side of the screen you can see this information The innings count and score The count of balls and strikes A note telling you if your cursor is in normal or strong setting The data of the current batter: Their name and condition Their hit percentage and number of home runs Their number of runs (RBI) Their number of hits The defense position On the right hand side of the screen you can see this information The defenders shift display The wind direction and strength as a small arrow The data of the current pitcher: Their name and condition Their defence percentage The number of batters they have struck out today After the ball has been hit, the game will switch to the long screen. In the top left it will say the position of your pitcher if they are off screen. Under that, the number of Outs will be displayed. Under that the batting record is displayed In the top right the wind direction and strength is displayed. In the bottom right the bases and the current positions of the runners are shown. The fielder you can switch to is indicated by an arrow. The fielder you will relay the ball to is indicated by an empty arrow The pitchers expressions As the pitchers stamina reduces, their expressions will change. A bit tired Very tired – doubled over Dizzy – They were hit so hard by the ball, they are dizzy, they will recover if an OUT occurs How to Bat Match the mitt cursor to the pitchers mark and swing the bat with the right timing. R Trigger – Change the mitt cursor from normal swing to power swing. A power swing is harder to hit the ball with but it will fly further. 3D Stick / D Pad – Move the mitt cursor. If a start appears when you line them up, you will do a stronger swing and the ball with fly further. A Button – Swings the bat. Timing is key. OR C Down – Bunt the ball. Timing is key. If a star appears you will do a powerful bunt. You can then use the 3D Stick to aim your bunt. How to run the bases Rapidly tap the buttons (L,R and Z are recommended) to make your player run faster. C Up – Make all runners run to the next base C Right – Make all runners return to the previous base C Up and Right – Make all runners stop at the space between bases. 3D stick Up and B Button – Run to 2nd base 3D stick Left and B Button – Run to 3rd base 3D stick Down and B Button – Run to home base Z Trigger – Cancel running to a determined base 3D stick Right and A Button – Return to 1st base 3D stick Up and A Button – Return to 2nd base 3D stick Left and A Button – Return to 3rd base How to Field As a pitcher you can control the type of ball you throw and the movement of the fielders. 3D Stick – Decides what type of ball to throw, if your current pitcher cannot throw that type of ball, they will shake their head. Press the Z / L Trigger to cancel the throw type. Below are the types of ball you can throw and what direction they are. If you do not input any direction the pitcher will throw a slow ball. Up / Up Left / Up Right – Straight Right - Shoot Down Right - Sinker / Screw Down - Fork / Palm / SFF / Knuckle / V Slider / Change UP Down Left – Curve / Slow Curve Left – Slider / H Slider A Button – Start throwing the ball, rapidly tap the button to throw faster. Once the animation begins move the 3D Stick to change the course of the ball. A type controls C Right – Throw the ball to first base C Up – Throw the ball to second base C Right - Throw the ball to third base B Type controls B and right on the 3D Stick– Throw the ball to first base B and up on the 3D Stick – Throw the ball to second base B and left on the 3D Stick - Throw the ball to third base How to field You control the fielder with an arrow above them. 3D Stick – Move the fielder. Hold the R Trigger and move the stick to choose a pitcher. When you jump to catch the ball, if you leave the 3D Stick in the neutral position, you will jump straight upwards. A Type Controls C Buttons – Do a jumping catch. Or relay throw the ball to a specific base. (Imagine the C Buttons represent the bases with C Down being home base) B Type Controls A Button – Do a jumping catch. A Button and 3D Stick - Relay throw the ball to a specific base. (Imagine the 3D Stick directions represent the bases with Down being home base) R Trigger / B Button – Throw the ball to the pitcher How to shift the fielders Shifting the fielders is effective, so do it! Especially when a strong batter steps up! R Trigger and C Up / Right – Move them to the out field R Trigger and C Down / Left – Move them to the in field C Down – Bat shift Z / L Trigger – Cancel the fielder shifting. Options Change the following in game options, your choices are automatically saved. The screen lists the following positions 走塁 Runners 守備 Fielders 打撃 Batters 投球 Pitchers 監督 Coach You can change those positions to the following settings マニュアル Manual – you can control them totally オート Auto – the computer will control them for you. 走塁セミオート Semi Auto runners – Control the furthest runner only 守備セミオート Semi Auto Fielders – Controlling the catching part of fielding only] Using the left and right c buttons you can change between the difficulty of the auto control ミートカーソル Mitt Cursor 全真芯 Dead centre – If the ball comes within the centre of the cursor it will be hit strongly ロックオン Lock-on – The cursor will try to move automatically towards the ball 落下点表示 Display lost points as an X ミット移動 Mitt movement – Turn the movement of the cursor on or off. It is easy to hit the ball if you can see it, but in a two player game you might want to hide the movement from your opponent. 変化球表示 – Display the type of pitch you will do, useful for learning the pitches. Sound Here are the options from top to bottom Game sound – Mono or stero Commentary Volume Referee Volume Announcer Volume Restore to recommended settings Finish About the player order screen On the order screen you can look at the conditions of your players and switch players in and out using the A Button. The left hand column are the players on the field, the middle column is players on the bench and the right hand column are players who are absent from the game. The buttons at the top of the screen are as follows OK – finish adjusting you team 野手 – Look at your fielders data 投手 – Look at your pitchers data The players conditions are shown with a smiley face as follows Happy Purple – In perfect form Red – In good form Yellow – Normal condition Blue – In a bad condition Sad purple – In a very bad condition Grey - Resting Flat green with a number – Injured. The number represents the days need to recover. The defenders positions are also shown on this screen as follows 投 Pitcher DH Designated Hitter 捕 Catcher 一 First base 二 Second Base 三 Third Base 遊 Short 左 Left 右 Right 中 Middle Each player has a name plate which indicates their best position as follows 投手 pitcher 捕手 catcher 内野手 In fielder 外野手 Out fielder Some players may be suited to more than one position. Each player has individual stats, from A to G. A being good and G being bad. Fielder Data The fielder’s individual data is show as follows Left hand side Name Left or right handed throwing / batting Their power stat How fast they run the bases How fast they throw the ball How fast they move combined with their error percentage Right hand side How big their mitt cursor is Their hit percentage The number of home bases Number of hits Their position and sub position Pitcher Data The pitchers individual data is show as follows Right hand side Shows what types of balls they can throw and their power Top Their name Which arm they throw with Along the bottom, left to right Their stamina Their highest ball speed Their control Their defense percentage Time If you press the Start Button before the pitcher throws the ball you can call time and make changes on the following menus Batting Time Menu Play Score Change batter Pitcher Data Change runner Options Replay A Replay B Defending Time Menu Play Score Change Pitcher Pitcher Data Change Defenders Options Replay A Replay B Game Results Screen After a game is finished some results will be displayed under the innings table Winning pitcher scores Relief pitcher scores Losing pitcher scores Home base batter scores You can also see the results for every player on both teams Success Mode As a newly drafted player to your dream team, try to be promoted to first string player status within 3 years. If you are promoted, you can use your character in the pennant, league and camp modes. 1 Select either “start from the beginning” (top) or “erase / look at past character data” (bottom). The second option allows you to generate a password for your character in order to register them in Arrange mode or trade him with a friend without the need for a controller pak. 2 Select a save file. To delete a file use the けす command. 3 Enter a name for your character, you can scroll the characters using the C Buttons, then choose the 終了 button to confirm your name. 4 Next choose the following options What team you play for Your position Which arm your favor Where you are from What Japanese term you use to refer to yourself Your hobby Choose a face You can then choose how your character will develop About the “how your character will develop” option As a fielder if you set this option to マニュアル (manual) you can freely choose which skills to develop. If not, your skills will be automatically leveled up for you. If you are a pitcher, your pitching skill will be automatically developed but you will have to choose which other skills you will level up. How Success Mode is played Build up your skills through training. By using various menus, ensure your physical condition and motivation remains high. There are also many random events to enjoy! Depending on the results of your games, your promotion may become more likely! In order to become promoted you must gain your coaches approval. In order to do that, you should train hard in a way that your coach approves of. If you raise his approval you can play in the team games. Yearly Schedule (NB the months in the Japanese calendar do not have names as in English. Instead they are listed from 1 to 12, so 1月 is January and 12月 is December. School years, and most other things in Japan start in April, or 4月, when the cherry blossom blooms!.) 1月Voluntary Training Off Season ends 2月 Spring Camp (the start of the game) 3月 Open Competition 4月 The baseball season starts 5月 6月 7月 8月 9月The baseball season ends 10月 11月 Autumn camp 12月Contract Renewal Decision. Off season begins About game overs If you are not promoted to the 1st string player position by the third year, or your contract is not renewed in December you will get a game over. Your character data will then automatically be erased. How to level up Using the 3D Stick and the A Button select a stat and assign experience points to it, then press OK! Your current stats are displayed along the top of the screen, from left to right as follows Your mitt cursor size Your power Your running power Your throwing power Your defense stat (When you assign experience points you will see the resulting effect on your stats on the row below that one) Under that the next row displays the current experience points you have in each time, from left to right as follows Physical power experience points Swiftness experience points Technique experience points You can then assign these points to the stats below, which are as follows form top to bottom Mitt Cursor size Batting Power Running Power Throwing Power Defense Power Your stats You can look at your stats on the 個人データ screen, you can also look at the data on your various skills and ability here. It also displays the condition of your shoulder 肩 and your elbow ひじ, if there is a bomb next to them, it is possible that they will suffer an injury. How to ask other people’s opinions of you On the 評判 screen you can talk to various people, depending on the things they say, you can get a feeling of how they feel about you. (This dialog is effected by opinion stats which the game does not show you.) About registering a player If your character is promoted to 1st string player status at the end of Success Mode their you can register their data for use in Competition, Pennant, League and Camp modes. First you must register them to a team in Arrange mode before they can be used in the other modes. How to register, delete or create passwords for players On the Success Mode screen select the いままでつくった選手のデータをみるけす option. Using the 3D Stick / D Pad and the A button select a player. You can also use the L R and Z Triggers to cycle through positions. Once you have selected a player, the follow menu will appear 1 View an explanation of this characters abilities 2 Show the password for this character (avoids using the controller pak to trade data) 3 Delete this character Aim to make a whole team of Success mode players! Even if you fill up the 32 fielders / 20 pitchers data limit, if you register those players to an Arrange Mode team, they can safely be deleted from Success Mode. Success Mode characters 岩田　武二軍監督 Iwata Takeshi Second String Coach A main in a great position of power who commands the Second String players. Normally he is very quiet, but when he is angry, he is very scary. He is in charge of promoting players to the first string positions. ヤング　打撃コーチ Mr Young, the Batting Coach A bright hearty batting coach from America who used to play in the league. He does not get on with the defense coach. 戸田 守備走塁コーチ Defense and Running Coach Toda He used to be the number two batter and in fielder. His coaching is not good, so he is hated by players. He takes care of the player. ボブ　ピッチングコーチ Pitching Coach Bob A high speed pitcher who amassed a mountain of strikeouts when he was a league player. He dreams of training a strong pitcher like himself. 江島 ピッチングコーチ Pitching Coach Ejima When he was a player, he joined the team as first string player from the very beginning. He aims to train a head ache inducing pitcher. 花田 コンディショニングコーチ Conditioning Coach Hanada He studied training methods in America, but he has no records as a professional player. He hates training that does not take into account the body. 内本　育成コーチ　寮長 Training Coach / Dormitory Leader Uchimoto When he was a professional player, he worked his way up from the very bottom rank to the first string player position. He thinks you must avoid injuries in order to train as much as possible. 猪狩選手 Ikari He joined the team at the same time as the main character. He is your rival and fights for the same position. He is a smug guy who hates losing. 矢部選手 Yabe He joined the team at the same time as the main character. It is easy to tell he is a nice guy just by talking to him, and he is the main characters friend. His baseball skills are...somewhat lacking. 阿畑先輩 Abata-senpai He is 4 years older than the main character. He often takes care of those below him, and gives them various advice. He is an over the top guy from Kansai. 谷田先輩 Tanida-senpai He is 4 years older than the main character. He is an in-fielder. He often takes care of those below him, and gives them various advice. He often moves between being a first string and second string player. ダイジョーブ博士 Professor Daijoubu It seems he is an authority in sports medicine. He suddenly appeared, and began conducting various kinds of experimental medical therapy. He is a mysterious and suspicious man. (His name means "its alright!") Camp Mode Practice the basic skills of attacking and defending here. Learn the controls in order to play effectively in the main modes. 1 Choose a team 2 Select a type of training as follows Batting Practice Pitching practice Running Practice Fielding practice Attack Practice Defense practice Game Settings Options If you pause the game during training the following options appear Continue Quit Listen to an explanation Options About Batting Practice You can select any player to bat with. The pitcher will throw 10 balls at you, and you will be scored on your result. In the top left the timing meter is displayed. Next to that the distance the ball flew and the number of hits is displayed. In the top right of the screen are the number of remaining balls, the high score, and then your current score. In the bottom right the data of your player is displayed. Points are decided in the following way Home run – 7 points 3 bases – 6 points 2 bases – 5 points Hit – 4 points Checking the ball – 1 point Sacrifice bunt – 1 point About pitching practice You can select any pitcher, and see what balls they can throw. Using the catchers mit to aim your throw, throw 12 balls. You will be scored on your performance. In the top left, the types of balls you can throw is displayed. The strike zone is displayed as a red box, and the throwing area is displayed as yellow box. In the top right the number of balls left, your high score and the current score is displayed. Your pitchers data is displayed under that. Points are decided in the following way The ball passed through the throwing area – 2 The ball passed through the very center of the throwing area – plus 1 You threw a curve ball – plus 1 You threw a fast ball (you mashed the button enough) – plus 1 About base running practice You can choose any player and decide the order. If you press the Z Trigger your player will start running, the other controls are the same as the main game. About fielding practice You can choose any player and decide the order. In game you can push up and down on the 3D Stick or D Pad to choose the height of the ball, and left and right to choose the direction. You can press the left and right C Buttons to choose the ball speed. After you have decided the settings press the A button and the coach will hit the ball. If you press the B Button he will bunt the ball instead. With the R Trigger and a C button you can shift the fielders. With the L Trigger and C Buttons you can move the runners on the bases. A yellow arrow in front of the coach will show the ball direction. To the right of the coach the power meter is displayed, and to the right of that the height meter is shown. About Attack and Defense Practice You can decide the order and play that part of the game using the same controls as the main game. Pennant Mode Choose any team you like and fight to win the pennant. If you win the league you can join the Japan series. 1 On the Pennant main menu you can choose from the following options Start from the beginning Continue from a save Records – Team and individual player records are displayed here Delete Pennant Mode Data 2 Select a team, you can also use your team from arrange mode 3 Select which other teams will play 4 Decide the following game settings Number of games per team Wind effects Foul balls on or off Computer strength 5 Confirm the game options. If you set the top option, 操作, to MAN you will play the game. If you set it to COM, the computer will play it for you. 6 Advance to that day’s game. This screen shows the following information In the top right corner of the screen, from top to bottom Start the game Look at the results Change the options Under the teams of that day’s game is the daily game schedule, you can scroll through it using the L,R, or Z Triggers. You can speed up the scrolling with down C. Automatic games If you set your controls to COM in the options menu, games will be automatically played by the computer. On the automatic game screen, the game speed will be shown in the top left. The score board will be show at the top of the screen, along with the current players on the ground. 7 Start the game If you choose to play the games yourself, you can confirm the player order before starting the game. If your players are injured or in bad condition they cannot play. Before a computer vs computer game you can choose whether you want to watch the game or not. When the game is finished the results will be displayed. After this you will be able to save your game. You will be given four options Save and continue playing Don’t save, but continue playing Save and quit Don’t save, but quit On the Pennant data mode, you can choose to erase your save with the データをけす option. League Mode Six teams battle to win the league in this mode. You can play with your friend or the computer, up to 6 players can play. 1 The League Main menu gives you the following options Start from the beginning Continue from a save Records – Team and individual player records are displayed here Delete your League data 2 Choose which teams will enter 3 Confirm the following game settings Number of games Schedule type – simple games or up to 3 rematches Computer strength Injuries on or off 4 Enter a team name 5 Confirm the game options. If you set the top option, 操作, to MAN you will play the game. If you set it to COM, the computer will play it for you. 6 Advance to that day’s game. You can also look at the game results and change the options on this screen. You can scroll the game schedual with the L R and Z triggers, and press C Down to advance to the next game. 7 Start the game If you choose to play the games yourself, you can confirm the player order before starting the game. If your players are injured or in bad condition they cannot play. Before a computer vs computer game you can choose whether you want to watch the game or not. When the game is finished the results will be displayed. After this you will be able to save your game. On the League data mode, you can choose to erase your save with the データをけす option. Arrange Mode Freely build a team of your choosing, and use it in other modes. You can also register players which have completed Success Mode. 1 Choose a file, you can save up to 14 teams. 2 Choose a base team to work from. 3 Choose your players using the buttons on the left, from top to bottom: Fielders Pitchers Decide the player order Save 4 Save your team to register it for the other modes. How to use arrange mode Use the 3D Stick and D Pad and the A and B Buttons to switch players in and out of the team. The base team is shown at the top, and the players you can switch in are shown at the bottom. Use the L R and Z trigger buttons to scroll the list of available players. On the order screen you can select your Designated Hitter and decide the players order. If you wish to delete a team you have made in Arrange mode, press the C Right button on the file select screen to bring up the file deletion screen, select the file you wish to delete and press the A Button. Data Exchange Using a controller pak you can save players made in Success mode and Arrange mode teams. 112 pages are necessary. To edit your controller pak, hold the start button down as you turn the game on. To exchange data insert a controller pak into controller one and controller 2. The data Exchange menu is laid out in the following way Look at the player data Password Screen Exchange players Exchange teams If you enter a team/player password on the password screen, you do not need the controller pak to exchange teams or players. Player/Team Data exchange screen You are given three choices; いれかえるSwap in and out コピーするCopy データをみるView the Data If you choose to copy or to swap in and out data you will move to the next screen. On the left are players/teams on the 1st controller pak. On the right are players/teams on the 2nd controller pak. The players/teams are represented by their name, if there is a players head and the words あき (in the case of teams, just a number) that means there is no data in that slot. Blue spaces are fielder spaces, and red ones are pitcher spaces. Up to 32 fielders and 20 pitchers can be saved. In the middle are the following options from top to bottom Copy Switch in and take out View the data Delete 1996 Pro Baseball Official Scores Pennant Race Results Central League Games Wins Loses Ties Win% Difference Giants 130 77 53 0 .592 Chuunichi 130 72 58 0 .554 5 Hiroshima 130 71 59 0 .546 1 Yakult 130 61 69 0 .469 10 Yokohama 130 55 75 0 .423 6 Hanshin 130 54 76 0 .415 1 Pacific League Games Wins Loses Ratio Win% Difference Orix 130 74 50 6 .597 Nippon Ham 130 68 58 4 .540 7 Seibu 130 62 64 4 .492 6 Kintetsu 130 62 67 1 .481 1.5 Rotte 130 60 67 3 .472 1 Daie 130 54 74 2 .422 6.5 Player Awards Central League MVP Matsui Hideki, Giants, first time winner Best Batter Pauiru, Chunichi, 3rd time winner, 3/4 Home Base Batter Yamasaki Takeshi, Chuninichi first time winner, 39 home bases Points Batter Ropesu, Hiroshima, first time winner, 109 points Most Safety Hits Pauiru, Chunichi, first time winner, 176 hits Highest Times on Base Eto Akira, Hiroshima, firs time winner, 4/3/1 Stolen Bases Ogata Koichi, Hiroshima, 2nd time winner, 50 Most Wins Saito Masaki, Giants, 5th time winner, 16 wins Garubesu, Giants, first time winner, 16 wins Defending Percentage Saito Masaki, Giants,3rd time winner, 2.36 Best Rescues Sasaki Kazuhiro, Yokohama, 3rd time winner, 29SP Most Strike outs Saito Takashi, Yokohama, first time winner, 206 Pacific League MVP Ichiro, Orix, 3rd time winner Best Batter Ichiro, Orix, 3rd time winner, 3/5/6 Home Base Batter Niiru, Orix, first time winner, 32 home bases Points Batter Niiru, Orix, first time winner, 111 points Most Safety Hits Ichiro, Orix, 3rd time winner, 193 Highest Times on Base Ichiro, Orix, 3rd time winner, 4/2/2 Stolen Bases Muramatsu Arihito, Daei, first time winner, 58 bases Most Wins Gurosu, Nippon Ham, 2nd time winner, 17 wins Defending Percentage Irabu Hideki, Rotte, 2nd time winner, 2.402 Win Percentage Hashino Nobuyuki, Orix, 2nd time winner, 7/2/2 Best Rescues Narimoto Toshihide, Rotte, first time winner, 30SP Akabori Motoyuki, Kintetsu, 4th time winner, 30SP Most Strike outs Kudo Kimiyazu, Daie, first time winner, 178 Most Holds Shimazaki Takeshi, Nippon Ham, first time winner, 16 holds END OF THE MANUAL TRANSLATION 4.How to beat Success Mode Success Mode, or the story mode starts with you character being recruited as a second string player of your dream baseball team. To beat this mode you must be promoted to the first string player rank. You do this by raising your appraisal ranking with coach Iwata (岩田). When he thinks you are a good enough player you will be promoted and win the game. You need 112 pages needed to save your data for Success Mode. I have based this guide on the wonderful RTA speed run video by Soregashi ( 某（それがし）) on Nico Nico video. It contains a lot of detailed information about the game mechanics that must taken a very long time to research. However the video is completely in Japanese and features a lot of reaction images from the Japanese adult movie A Midsummer Night's Lewd Dream, which is a source of memes on the Japanese internet. So, please bare that in mind if you go looking for the video. Soregashi completes the game in 11 minutes I believe you only have three years in which to win a promotion, and each in game action uses up one week. This means if you are injured you are very likely to lose a lot of time as well as a lot of ability points and the opinion of your coaches. For this reason, if you get any kind of injury its best to simply restart the game. As many random events can cause you to get an injury, this makes the game extremely difficult. Good effects are written in blue coloured text and bad effects are written in red. The word of injury in Japanese is けが or ケガ depending on the writing system. So when you see that word in red, it is time to reset your N64 and start the game from the beginning! For example you may choose to rest at home after a hard practice, your well meaning team mate will then come over and give you some chocolate which will cause you to get a tooth ache. This tooth ache will then prevent you from practising properly and you will keep losing ability points and your in game play will be effected. If you try to recover from the tooth ache you will end up losing a lot of in game time as a result. At the start of the game you will be given several options to define your character. In this order; Your name – Anything is ok The team you will join – Anyone is ok Position – Any position but Pitcher – Soregashi chooses 捕手 Catcher Your origin – Anything is ok (younger means more stamina, older means better control) Hobby – Anything is ok (changes what presents you get) What you call yourself – Anything is ok Your body type – Anything is ok – Soregashi chooses おまかせ or “I'll leave it up to the game” Basically you can mash A to get through this menu but make sure you choose 捕手 as your position. At the start of the game you will be assigned either one of four in-game girlfriends or you will be single. If you have a girlfriend she will ask you about the future of your relationship as you join the baseball team. Amusingly it is most effective to choose to break up with her at this point (the 2nd option and then the 2nd option again) because this gives you a boost to your motivation as your character decide to focus only on baseball. Its possible that your character will sometimes feel depressed at being 19 and single, but it is highly likely that your girlfriend will break up with you anyway because you wont have time to call her during the strict practice regime that is necessary to beat the game. If you want to keep your girlfriend make sure you call her a lot and go on dates with her as soon as she asks. If you break up with her you can find a new girlfriend if you call your team mate and go out for a walk in the park with him. All the girlfriends in the game are basically the same, except for the movies they like and the gifts that they give you. After the conversation with your girlfriend (if you had one) you will move to the Success Mode screen. The current month is February (２月) which is shown on the left hand side along with the week and year number. This month our aim to training up to avoid an injury. In the top left of the screen your face and a smily face are displayed. Your face represents your current health/stamina and the smily face represents your motivation. If you are tired then you are more likely to get injured. If you lack motivation you are likely to develop insomnia and other health problems. To recover stamina you have to rest at home (First Aid Box, then the first option on the left.) To recover motivation you have to do your hobby (First Aid Box, then the second option). You can also recover stamina and motivation from other random events and by calling your family/teammates. However resting at home is least likely to cause random events which may be bad for you. So your first action should be to choose the training option on the main screen (the first on the left) and then choose to jog around the pitch (the 4th option). This raises your reputation with the coaches and is least likely to cause you to suffer an injury. After doing this your character will more than likely be tired which will be shown by their expression in the top left. You should immediately rest at home. Repeat this pattern until March (３月). You are likely to get some random events in this time, usually your team mates taking to you. You can select the first option without worry as this is the best option most of the time. The only exception is if one of your team mates asks if you have girl friend (彼女いますか). In this case you should say no (the second option) because he will then take you out on the town to cheer you up which will raise your motivation. But don't worry too much if you accidentally lie to him. When March arrives start dashing around the pitch (the 3rd option on the training screen) and also train your batting skill (the 1st option) twice so that you can hit the ball harder in the games. Make sure you keep resting after every training session because, while dashing raises your reputation stats much faster you are also much more likely to be injured by doing it. Do this until your coach decides to put you in a game, which he should very quickly. Once you are in the game you don't need to dash any more. So do your best in the games and just keep up your routine of jogging and resting at home. Once you have been picked for one game you will probably keep getting picked, unless you get an injury in which case you may as well reset. If you have not played the main game yet, the actual baseball games might be quite difficult. Basically when the pitcher throws the ball you have to line up your yellow reticle to the black and white cross that appears on the screen and then hit the A Button to swing at the right time. This can be very difficult, especially because your player has under leveled stats. (All he has been doing is running around the pitch for two months lol). Even if you do hit the ball you are likely to be caught out, but don't give up. If the pitcher throws the ball but then an exclamation mark appears near them don't swing for the ball because it's probably going to be a foul. Depending on your performance in the game the coaches opinion ratings of you will rise, so you need to do your best each time you are selected to play. Getting struck out on all your turns at the base is the worst possible result. Hitting the ball but being caught out is not good. Getting to first base each game is good enough to beat the story mode. Hitting a home run must be even better, but I never managed that myself. So you only need to get to first base a few times each game, and if you help some of your team mates score some runs, that's even better. If your playing is really bad, you might want to consider resetting because the longer you play badly the more time you will need to make up for. In his playthrough Soregashi played ok in 3 games and was promoted to first string player in less than a year. I cleared the game in the second year after suffering a bout of insomnia and a few bad games. Keep running, resting, and playing well in games and eventually Coach Iwata will promote you to first string and you will get to see your character on the front page of the newspaper, indicating you have cleared Success Mode. I feel like the way in which you have to go about winning this mode (intentionally?) says something about pro-baseball and the Japanese work ethic in general. You don't have to be a good player, you just need to flatter you old man coach, and look like you are putting a lot of effort in by jogging around the track every day. Well perhaps this is just the quickest and effective way of winning the game, but there really is no point trying to actually level up your baseball skills it seems. New Game plus If you complete a game put your cursor on the second file and then select the erase file option and press the A and B buttons at the same time to start a new game. Enter any name and then choose the manual growth type (any other player options are ok). If you do this you will start the game with all the stats and secret skills and relationship points with your girl friend that you had from the first time through.