#famista

[nintendometro]

The Japanese commercial for 'Famista' on the Game Boy.

[povsuduvolosy]

[1000-skulls]

Chōkūkan Night Pro Yakyū King by Genki

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 4 by Konami

Famista 64 by Namco

[laikaflash]

A surprise find from a 2020 Bandai Namco promotional desktop calendar. If I had a nickel for every time I've seen Mitsurugi playing some sport, well, I'd have two nickels. (I kid you not, he was a guest character in Pro Baseball Famista 2011. And so was Siegfried, incidentally. The things you find on fan wikis...)

Illustrator: Takuji Kawano

[ryunumber]

I wonder if trigger from ace combat is connected to Ryu (including the retro fitted canon thingy namco has going on)

Trigger has a Ryu Number of 3.

(clarification below)

Before I'm torn to pieces by Strangereal enthusiasts, yes, technically speaking, the Kei Nagase that was in Famista Dream Match was the one that was the mascot for Assault Horizon's Project Nagase blog.

Now, normally I'd just wave my hands and paper over there historically being like, four or so characters in Ace Combat named Kei Nagase and leave it at that, but if my machine translation of this introductory blog post is to be believed, this Nagase is the one from 5, and it's established that the Nagase in 7 is the same one from 5.

If that's not an accurate translation, then I refer to you to my previous statement about handwaving, but if it is, there you go. It's solid. Probably. Maybe.

[alln64games]

Family Stadium 64

JP release: 28th November 1997

NA release: N/A

PAL release: N/A

Developer: Namco

Publisher: Namco

Original Name: Famista 64

N64 Magazine Score: 68%

Yet another Japanese only baseball game, this time from Namco. This one, however, features a different style of batting and some other fun features – such as a Namco-themed stadium.

Instead of very specifically aiming the bat, batting in this game is focused far more on timing, with you just moving slightly to the side and swinging at the right time. I was able to get to grips with this a lot more, and even scored some runs.

Once the ball has been hit, the game switches to a completely different 2D visual style. This works surprisingly well, with your players running and diving for the ball. I felt more in control of the game and based on that, I was able to enjoy this one.

Family Stadium also has a bunch of minigames, which serve as great practice and training for each individual part of the game – one for hitting far, one for hitting specific targets, one for catching balls and so on. They’re fun and can be played solo or with others.

There are also a couple of minigames which aren’t really related to baseball (or practicing one element of it), but are still fun. There’s one where you have to pump up a balloon before an opponent, one where you have to trace a picture and, what seems the most random, a 2D snowball fight minigame.

Family Stadium is the first baseball game that I’ve had some fun with – although I’m not sure if those fully into baseball would agree that it’s better.

It gives you an incentive to play rather than having you punished every time for the faintest whiff of an error. And despite its pudgy performers and hyper-cute surroundings (including Pac-Man’s Castle Stadium), it’s actually quite a serious baseball sim.

- Tim Weaver, N64 Magazine #11

Remake or remaster?

Sports games evolve over time – although minigames should be brought back for them.

Official ways to get the game.

There is no official way to get Family Stadium 64

[hopefulwerewolfcat]

NINTENDO64 닌텐도64 #36 - 패미스타64 (ファミスタ64 / Famista 64)

[yoritoshi]

Namco cameos in Famista Advance.

I’d guess the entire Namco team is named after their characters, but it’s not like I can read japanese. :V

[gamespite]

Extra Bases

Take your family to the stadium in this rebranded entry from Namco’s long-running Famista series. (It’s baseball.)

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[povsuduvolosy]

[famigeki]

Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020

[twinklnyan4life]

While I go on Twitter, someone I followed retweeted a new game trailer from Namco called Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 and look what I found.

I was surprised and interested about it. My two headcanons are one, his human form or recarnation or counterpart like Y-academy. For this I made a comic. Inky belongs to @skipdrawz

[oldgamemags]

A Japanese advertisement for ‘Famista 2′ on the Game Boy. 

[retronauts]

The Game Boys of summer

No, don’t worry, no Don Henley here. Just a video about a portable baseball title for this week’s Game Boy Works: This is yet another one of those “little chubby dudes take the field” baseball titles. In fact, this is the “little chubby dudes take the field” title: Famista, as in Family Stadium, also known as R.B.I. Baseball. While…

[yoritoshi]

Pac-Man-Man.