World Class Baseball

World Class Baseball is a baseball video game originally released for the NEC PC Engine in 1988. It was re-released for the Wii Virtual Console service in North America on September 17, 2007, and in PAL regions on September 21, 2007.

World Class Baseball
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	JP: Hudson Soft NA: NEC
Composer(s)	Daisuke Inoue
Series	Power League
Platform(s)	TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, X68000
Release	TurboGrafx-16 JP: June 24, 1988 NA: August 29, 1989 X68000 JP: December 1988 Virtual Console NA: September 17, 2007 EU: September 21, 2007
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

World Class Baseball features 12 teams that must be defeated in the single player Pennant Mode, a knockout competition. Upon defeating all teams, the player faces off against the Turbo Tigers, a non-player selectable team of all-stars. The game also gives the option for players to compete in a one or two player versus exhibition game, or to watch two computer controlled teams play each other.

Teams

• Turbo Tigers (Hudson Bees in Japanese version)

North Division * Tokyo Ninjas * New York City Apples * L.A. Stars * Toronto Towers * Chicago Winds * London Lords

South Division * Paris Fries * Rome Togas * Moscow Bears * Peking Ducks * Bangkok Buddhas * Sydney Sharks

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Aktueller Software Markt	(TG-16) 9/12[1]
Eurogamer	(Wii) 7/10[2]
Famitsu	(TG-16) 5/10[3]
Nintendo Life	(Wii) [4]
TurboPlay	(TG-16) [5]

Award

Publication	Award
Electronic Gaming Monthly (1989)	Best Sports-Themed Video Game (TG-16)[6]

Reception

In November 1993, Famitsu magazine's Reader Cross Review gave the game a 5 out of 10.^[3]