PYS 2011 $39.99 on Amazon

[LucianoJJ]

For anyone out there who is curious about PYS but doesn't want to overpay or is concerned about shipping from Japan or other Asian locations, this is a good alternative. I don't have anything bad to say about any of those businesses, but $39.99 for a great baseball game is too good to pass up, and may cause some to consider future versions of PYS.

http://www.amazon.com/Konami-PROFESS...=operasport-20

Muka's Spirits Translations website makes it easy enough to get through. I have PYS6 as well. PYS 2011 is the last game with Darvish as a member of the Nippon Ham Fighters.

At this point they have three copies left. I bought mine earlier this month. PYS 2011 is well worth it.

[tvman]

That is a great price.

[giantsharks]

Does anyone know if john bowker is in 2011 on the yomuri giants?

[Blzer]

Is PYS 2012 much better than it or anything?

[Spirits Translation]

Quote: Originally Posted by giantsharks

Does anyone know if john bowker is in 2011 on the yomuri giants?

Bowker is in the 2012 version, and his ratings are lousy

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Is PYS 2012 much better than it or anything?

2010 the NPB was using a "light ball" so PYS had wide open scores but the graphics aren't as good.

2011 the NPB switched to a "heavy ball". The game had improved graphics but a couple nagging bugs at release. These were fixed, but player ratings in the roster updates were tweaked because scoring in the league went way down due to the heavy ball. Thus, it was like a mix of 2010 & 2012 versions.

2012 is very polished and Konami took every effort to properly reflect the lower scoring league. Personally I think they took it a bit too far but this is arguable, it was well received by hardcore players in Japan. You have to be ok with low scores, very challenging play and intense 1-run games.

Beginners may be better off with 2010 or 2011. My favorite is still 2010, very balanced and fun with no bugs or glitches. Also, it has all the star players that have since joined up with the MLB. 2011 also has the star players and comes with a totally re-done & simplified player progression system in pennant mode, so you can't go wrong there either.

[giantsharks]

[quote=Spirits Translation;2044654428]Bowker is in the 2012 version, and his ratings are lousy

As they should be! I just want to try and bat like 200 and hit homeruns with him

[Spirits Translation]

Here's the lowdown on Bowkers attributes (normally I wouldn't have time for this but am laid up on the couch with an injury so here you go)...

He can play 1B, LF, CF and RF. He's rated "D" defensively in those spots except CF where he sucks.

Contact vs Left: E 40
Contact vs Right: G 27
Power: D 59
Speed D 53
Glove Skill: E 46
Throwing Skill: E 45
Arm Strength: C 64
Fatigue recovery: D 52

SPECIAL SKILLS:

+ First Pitch Hitter: Contact & Power increase before 1st strike
+ Bases Loaded: Contact & Power increase with bases loaded

+/- Pull Hitter (power increased on pull hits, decreases in opp field hits)

- Below Avg bunter (-1)
- Contact greatly decreases with 2 strikes
- Poor at stealing (-2)

Here's his tendencies (green special skills) when the CPU bats with him...

Aggressive Hitter
Pull hitter
Mostly swings for power.

[Blzer]

ST, this might be a weird question if it doesn't make sense (because it might not be in the game), but MLB Power Pros for PS2 had two different batting cursor control options: analog and digital. Analog is like what I see in every video I've seen so far, where the cursor snaps back to the center of the strike zone if you let go of the analog stick. Digital would be like the old All Star Baseball or World Series Baseball games... if you move the cursor and let go, it doesn't reset anywhere, it just stays where it is.

Is there a "digital" option available in Pro Yakuu 2011? I know it was removed in MLB Bobblehead Pros, and that really unnerved me.