MLB 15 The Show Video & Blog - Universal Rewards & Licensed Equipment Detailed

[Steve_OS]

Check out the latest MLB 15 The Show video and blog with more details on universal rewards, licensed equipment and 30 Legends. At the end of the video, the team reveals 30 Legend cards included in the game.

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In the last couple years, we’ve added something we call your Universal Profile, which tracks your playstyle tendencies and passively rewards you with XP and Stubs while you play. This year, in addition to XP and Stubs, you’ll earn new Items usable throughout different game modes. Road to the Show is a mode focused on one player’s path to the majors and beyond. As you play, you’ll find different qualities of licensed equipment that can enhance your player’s attributes. Once you find them, you’ll equip them to your player for an instant boost to his skill. Your player has slots for a Bat, Batting Gloves, Fielding Glove, Cleats, and echoing the traditions of our sport, a Ritual item. Franchise is a mode focused on managing baseball organizations on every level. Periodically, you’ll find Brand Sponsorship contracts. Once you have the contract in hand, you can choose at any time to partner your Franchise team with the Brand. Doing so will add some Brand flavor to your interface during game broadcasts. The Sponsorship also earns your team budget incentives based on how you performance in a certain statistic. Diamond Dynasty is a fantasy baseball card mode where you build a custom team and assemble players you find into a squad. Diamond Dynasty is DRASTICALLY changed this year so keep an eye out for a more focused blog about it. MLB Player Cards and Stadiums Cards will be rewarded as you play. While playing ANY mode, you’ll be passively building a fantasy squad of MLB pros. Collect an entire MLB team or get REALLY lucky with a pack, and you’ll unlock an iconic alumni player from one of 30 MLB teams. We’re very excited this year that we’ve partnered with nine iconic baseball brands to bring items from their product catalog directly into the game. We are lucky to have such amazing partners. Check out this list of awesomeness: Franklin® Louisville Slugger® Nike® Under Armour® Wilson® Rawlings® Sam Bat® Mizuno® Marucci®

UPDATE: Here is the list of 30 legends.

• Al Kaline - Detroit Tigers
• Harmon Killebrew - Minnesota Twins
• George Brett - Kansas City Royals
• Fred McGriff - Tampa Bay Rays
• Nolan Ryan - Texas Rangers
• Jack McDowell - Chicago White Sox
• Brooks Robinson - Baltimore Orioles
• Joe Carter - Toronto Blue Jays
• Orel Hershiser - Los Angeles Dodgers
• Will Clark - San Francisco Giants
• Dave Winfield - San Diego Padres
• Dennis Eckersley - Oakland Athletics
• Ernie Banks - Chicago Cubs
• Jeff Bagwell - Houston Astros
• Rod Carew - California Angels
• Tom Seaver - New York Mets
• Phil Niekro - Atlanta Braves
• Johnny Bench - Cincinnati Reds
• Mike Schmidt - Philadelpha Phillies
• Robin Yount - Milwaukee Brewers
• Ralph Kiner - Pittsburgh Pirates
• Yogi Berra - New York Yankees
• Andre Dawson - Washington Nationals
• Ozzie Smith - St. Louis Cardinals
• Kenny Lofton - Cleveland Indians
• Edgar Martinez - Seattle Mariners
• Dante Bichette - Colorado Rockies
• Steve Finley - Arizona Diamondbacks
• Cliff Floyd - Miami Marlins
• Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox

[ShowTyme15]

Nice. Looks good. One thing I didn't like is it looks like cleats are still locked for certain teams (unless it's fixed now). Love the sponsorship ideas. Plenty of options to choose from. Licensed equipment and brand sponsors will add a lot to this game, especially presentation aspects.

Oral Hershiser as the Dodgers legend. I can live with that.

[bcruise]

Pretty sure I already know the answer to this question, but will the CPU teams in a franchise utilize the sponsorships for budget incentives? I'm assuming no.

Glad to see Mr. Cub announced as the North Siders' representative.

[Tengo Juego]

It's hard to scrub the video precisely on mobile, but it looks like Edgar Martinez over Griffey Jr. Surprising!

Edit: Yup, confirmation:

[gillz107]

That's RIGHT!! The Ted Williams baseball card gets the respect it deserves as the very last card to be shown.

And I'll be playing the hell outta this game to get that card ASAP!!

[Turbojugend]

Will Clark on the Giants! Love it!

Looks like the Yankees got Yogi Berra.

[pirates1fan]

I love this video, and I love the way they have implemented the equipment to make it more than a fashion thing, but to really add to your Road to the Show and Franchise in other ways too.

Also, I didn't know what to expect with the legends, but as a Bucco fan, I am pretty happy about Ralph Kiner being the choice. I didn't expect that. I figured a Honus Wagner, Bill Mazeroski, Roberto Clemente, or Willie Stargell. I wonder if there will be different ones next year... But I like the selection of legends this year.

[ShowTyme15]

Can we unlock the baseball cards while playing in all modes or is this strictly with DD?