Power Pros 2016 News Post

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02:27 PM - September 26, 2015 by Steve_OS

Baseball fans, don't be sour. Look above, and feel the power! It's a new day on PlayStation 4, yes it is! For the first time in the platform's short history, Konami is bringing one of their two Nippon Professional Baseball games to PS4. Power Pros 2016 is targeting a Spring 2016 release in Japan on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, and that's all we really know about the game right now, based on an official press release that contains one teaser screenshot.

A new version of Pro Yakyuu Spirits is also being made for iOS and Android, and that product is far enough along in development that Konami has posted a pretty detailed trailer to their Japanese YouTube channel:

Pro Yakyuu Spirits Ace should be available on phones and tablets sometime in 2015, according to the above video. Konami's also uploaded lots of in-game screenshots and a few paragraphs describing Ace's game modes on its Japanese webpage.

Game: Power Pros 2016Hype Score: Vote Now
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Member Comments

# 41 Will I Am @ 02/01/16 02:00 PM

Anyone here have both 2013 and 2014 games? Was 14 much of an upgrade?

# 42 saintjimbo1885 @ 02/01/16 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Will I Am


	Anyone here have both 2013 and 2014 games? Was 14 much of an upgrade?

2014 was the year they introduced the same pitching mechanic as PYS - the shrinking circle.... before that it was all just one button pitching!!

That alone makes 2014 the better game!!

# 43 Will I Am @ 02/01/16 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by saintjimbo1885


	2014 was the year they introduced the same pitching mechanic as PYS - the shrinking circle.... before that it was all just one button pitching!! That alone makes 2014 the better game!!

Thanks, I had read something about that but wasn't quite sure.

Guess I'll just wait for 16 then. Wish they would add a solid release date, by not it's looking more and more like a very late spring release.

# 44 kingdevin @ 02/08/16 11:44 PM

Ok so I'm looking to buy 2015 for the vita given the news. I see that its not available on playasia any more. Is there any place else i can buy it? Does anyone want to sell their 2015 vita????

# 45 Will I Am @ 02/09/16 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by kingdevin


	Ok so I'm looking to buy 2015 for the vita given the news. I see that its not available on playasia any more. Is there any place else i can buy it? Does anyone want to sell their 2015 vita????

May want to hold off. April 28th release date announced tonight for power pros 2016.

Check out these screens, looks like a new batting cam and possibly the ability to set pitch break/ speed etc.

http://www.konami.jp/pawa/2016/power...x.html?id=pf03

Here is the main site with date announced.

http://www.konami.jp/pawa/2016/

# 46 kingdevin @ 02/09/16 12:42 PM

Thx Will. I may get Power Pros but I like PYS better so at this point I want to get the Vita version of 2015 bit it seems like a rare commodity.

# 47 Will I Am @ 02/09/16 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kingdevin


	Thx Will. I may get Power Pros but I like PYS better so at this point I want to get the Vita version of 2015 bit it seems like a rare commodity.

They sell the vita version here. https://solarisjapan.com/collections...u-spirits-2026

I've purchased from them before.

# 48 kingdevin @ 02/13/16 04:59 PM

Dude... Your a hero!!!! Thx for that info. I have the ps3 version and i like the ability to edit players. I want to do it on the vita version as well

# 49 kingdevin @ 02/17/16 02:27 PM

My recent concern is whether PYS 15 for Vita has slow down issues like on 14...

# 50 Will I Am @ 02/17/16 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kingdevin


	My recent concern is whether PYS 15 for Vita has slow down issues like on 14...

Have you checked the 2015 impressions thread at spirits translation I know a few talk about the vita version in this thread.

http://www.spiritstranslation.com/fo....php?f=6&t=833

# 51 jyoung @ 02/19/16 05:12 PM

Pre-orders are now open on Play-Asia:

http://www.play-asia.com/search/Jikk...ro+Yakyuu+2016

# 52 KennyJ1976 @ 03/01/16 11:01 AM

I find it hard to believe that no developer or company, Microsoft, is willing to purchase the Pro Yakyuu Spirits engine from Konami and make a MLB game out of it. It would be a shame to see it go to waste, especially since Konami has practically given up on it on consoles.

# 53 Will I Am @ 03/01/16 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by KennyJ1976


	I find it hard to believe that no developer or company, Microsoft, is willing to purchase the Pro Yakyuu Spirits engine from Konami and make a MLB game out of it. It would be a shame to see it go to waste, especially since Konami has practically given up on it on consoles.

Likely because Konami will continue to use it with Power Pros. It is more or less the same game just with different characters.

# 54 djnate27 @ 03/12/16 01:18 AM

How sad is it that there will not be a single handheld baseball game released in the US this year! IMHO Konami makes the best baseball games but they've never given us a game with the same amount of effort that they put into their Japanese series.

Come on Konami, show U.S. some love!

# 55 C.J.S. @ 03/12/16 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by KennyJ1976


	I find it hard to believe that no developer or company, Microsoft, is willing to purchase the Pro Yakyuu Spirits engine from Konami and make a MLB game out of it. It would be a shame to see it go to waste, especially since Konami has practically given up on it on consoles.

Pro Yakyuu Spirits is in development for PS4 just like Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu.

When was Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu usually released?

# 56 jvalverde88 @ 03/12/16 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by C.J.S.


	Pro Yakyuu Spirits is in development for PS4 just like Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu. When was Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu usually released?

Um it hasn't been announced at all.

# 57 Falcon4242 @ 03/13/16 03:30 AM

So, I got really hyped by this. But is anyone else concerned that it only mentions a Japan release date? Does this mean they're only releasing this in Japan, as has been tradition since the 2007/2008 releases of the series in the US?

# 58 jyoung @ 03/13/16 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jvalverde88


	Um it hasn't been announced at all.

Yeah the only announced version of Pro Spirits right now is for cell phones. A console version has not been announced yet.

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Originally Posted by Falcon4242


	So, I got really hyped by this. But is anyone else concerned that it only mentions a Japan release date? Does this mean they're only releasing this in Japan, as has been tradition since the 2007/2008 releases of the series in the US?

Yes, this is a Japan-only release. You can still play the game on American systems though because Sony's consoles are region free.

# 59 C.J.S. @ 03/13/16 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jvalverde88


	Um it hasn't been announced at all.

When was Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu usually released?

# 60 saintjimbo1885 @ 03/13/16 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by C.J.S.


	When was Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu usually released?

With the exception of 2015 when no version was released, the past few years has seen Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu being released in October.

And if my memory serves me right, before that it was a July release with the Ketteiban version released in December.

PYS has nearly always been a March release.

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Konami's Making Power Pros 2016 (PS4/PS3/Vita) & Pro Yakyuu Spirits Ace (iOS/Android)