Tag: Review

by Jacoby Nolnaho

Topps Now Review

Finally, my card came! I shipped in seven days but since I was one vacation for ten days, you get the idea. So anyway, I decided I would review it. So here it goes, my review for my Mark Teixeira 317 Topps Now Card review:

  • Pro: Free shipping and it came in seven days.
  • Pro: I got the right card.
  • Pro: Super high quality, it feels like you are there.
  • Pro: It came in a protective plastic sleeve and an Ultra Pro Sleeve just in case.
  • Con: Words describe the event, but no stats.
  • Overall Impression: Great product, Must buy for baseball fans.

The Bleacher Creature is not endorsed or associated with Topps or Topps Now by any means.

by Jacoby Nolnaho

MLB 2K Sports Baseball Review (DS)

In a previous post, I reviewed the pros and cons of 2K Sports Baseball Wii Edition. It is a great play and I highly recommend playing it. I liked the game so much that I ended up buying the DS edition of it. It wasn’t as I expected it to be. Here are the pros and cons of 2K Sports Major League Baseball on the Nintendo DS:

  • Pro: The broadcasters aren’t faulty like on the Wii.
  • Pro: The packaging art, as usual, is awesome.
  • Pro: There are more realistic ads.
  • Con: Every wears longs sleeves, knee socks, and no batting gloves. They all use unpainted wood bats.
  • Con: The stances aren’t as realistic.
  • Con: The players are represented by numbers on the field.
  • Con: Most of the options on the Wii such as Create A Player and Mini Diamond are not available on the DS.

The Bleacher Creature is not associated with 2K Sports by any means.

 

by Jacoby Nolnaho

MLB 2K Sports Baseball Review (Wii)

I have played every one of the games in the MLB 2K Sports baseball Wii series except for 2008. I have found them incredibly fun and entertaining. (2K Sports no longer carries their MLB games on their website.) I decided to write a review on the games since I’ve known them for so much.(Please note: due to my aging Wii console, some of the options are not available to me such as saving franchise mode, saving created players, and updating) Here goes nothing:

  • Pro: The batting stance and pitching windup for the players are extremely accurate. I can identify the players just by their stance.
  • Pro: The covers have been great. I honestly think the 2012 edition cover with Justin Verlander surrounded by fire is the best.
  • Pro: The park dimensions are accurate.
  • Pro: The Cooperstown Legends and the old ballparks are incredible. It is a great way to travel back in time and play as Ted Williams and Reggie Jackson.
  • Pro: The Mini Diamond feature is awesome. It’s basically bobbleheads of players playing ball in Egypt and in space.
  • Pro: Replay is awesome. Period.
  • Con: The broadcasters have some glitches. They will only say a players number if they don’t know how to prenounce the name. If a player makes a great grab in the first inning, Gary Thorne will say “What a way to end the ballgame!” What really gets on my nerves is when I am playing 2012 and call in Mark Melancon (pronounced Melan-Sin) in from the ‘pen. Thorne butchers his name by calling him Mark Melan-Con. Why can’t they pronounce Nolnaho?
  • Con: The numbers sometimes glitch out.
  • Con: I was playing the other night, and for some reason, Hanley Ramirez walked right through Mark Teixeira. At least once an inning, somebody (either an umpire or player), gets impaled by a baseball. Umpires matter too.

The Bleacher Creature is not associated with 2K Sports by any means.