{"id":377727,"date":"2023-05-08T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=377727"},"modified":"2023-05-08T09:28:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:28:19","slug":"super-mega-baseball-4-is-loading-the-bases-for-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/super-mega-baseball-4-is-loading-the-bases-for-june-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Mega Baseball 4 is loading the bases for June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Sirloins take the field<\/h2>\n<p>Electronic Arts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/games\/super-mega-baseball\/super-mega-baseball-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has announced<\/a> that the next game in Metalhead Software\u2019s franchise, <i>Super Mega Baseball 4<\/i>, is arriving June 2, 2023. While this is exciting, the fact that EA now owns the developer and property sticks in my craw.<\/p>\n<p>With EA\u2019s money pushing development, the presentation is getting upgraded for the new generation. The presser states that \u201cAll-Star character models have been refreshed, lighting has been updated, game cameras and cutscene animations have been overhauled, and audio has expanded and improved throughout the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re also touting the implementation of pro baseball players, which made me pause. With names like \u201cHammer Longballo\u201d on the usual roster, I\u2019m not sure where real players would fit in. I also don\u2019t want to see <i>Super Mega Baseball 4<\/i> guide the franchise into just being another MLB license. Thankfully, real-world baseball players are being relegated to just being older legends like Babe Ruth and Luis Tiant. I\u2019m still not jazzed, but I\u2019ll let it slide.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Mega Baseball 4 Official Reveal Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/alFTKIcYsRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re adding six new stadiums to the mix, bringing the franchise total up to 20. They have announced that three more will be coming down the line as DLC. They\u2019ve also expanded the traits system and increased customizability, but they haven\u2019t offered much as to the new career mode.<\/p>\n<h2>Super Mega Publisher<\/h2>\n<p>This is also going to be the first time the series has been localized in Japan. While this doesn\u2019t mean a whole lot to me as a Canadian, Japan is a huge baseball market.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I\u2019m excited to try out <i>Super Mega Baseball 4.<\/i> I\u2019m just having so much trouble getting over seeing EA\u2019s name pasted on the trailers. If they manage to get their hands on the MLB license, I can only imagine that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-super-mega-baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun and accessible<\/a> days of the property will be numbered. EA will always chase the biggest market, and more people look for the MLB name rather than just the best baseball game. I guess I\u2019ll just enjoy it while it\u2019s still fun.<\/p>\n<p><i>Super Mega Baseball 4 <\/i>is coming to PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and Switch on June 2, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sirloins take the field Electronic Arts has announced that the next game in Metalhead Software\u2019s franchise, Super Mega Baseball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":377740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[20863,246,478,19140,22592],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":17,"display_name":"Zoey Handley","user_nicename":"adzuken"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen_SMBaseball401cropped.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Zoey Handley","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/adzuken\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen_SMBaseball401cropped.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377746,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377727\/revisions\/377746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377727"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=377727"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=377727"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=377727"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=377727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}