Sunday X Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine ----------------------- Introduction ----------------------- This is the first guide I've submitted to GameFAQs, so excuse it for being a little vanilla. There are a ton of great Japanese Nintendo DS releases that never make it to America. Even so, DS games are region free, so everyone has a chance to enjoy them. I hope this guide can clear up some problems that people who don't understand a lot of Japanese have with this game. Sunday X Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine is a baseball game that uses the exceptional gameplay of Konami's Power Pro-kun series to bring tons of characters from the Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine publications together. This includes a number of classic baseball comics like Major and H2, as well as non-baseball comics that have gained a lot of popularity around the world like Hajime no Ippo and Ranma 1/2. If you're interested in this game because some of your favorite comic books are represented, please check out the character list (towards the end of this guide) to see if your favorite characters are in the game. It took me a little while to write out all of the names in roman letters because I'm not familiar with most of these comics, so I hope it ends up being of use to someone. If anyone who does know some Japanese is reading this and saying "Hey, I know that word, that's not the right translation!" it's because I don't translate things literally all the time. This makes it easier for people who don't know a single word of Japanese to understand things. ----------------------- Table of Contents ----------------------- 1) Updates 2) Menus 3) Modes 4) Controls 5) Reading Player Statistics 6) Unlocking Teams, Characters, Modes 7) Character List 8) End _______________________________________________________ 1. Updates _______________________________________________________ 3/4/2009 -Added some information to the controls section -Updated to characters section (thanks to zerocool647) -A few other minor changes 3/5/2009 -Finished the story mode objectives _______________________________________________________ 2. Menus _______________________________________________________ At the start of the game you'll see 6 menu options (one of which will be covered by a question mark). From left-to-right, top-to-bottom they are: 1) Main Stadium 2) Story (this option is not unlocked at the beginning of the game) 3) Homerun Derby 4) Exhibition Match 5) Practice 6) Option ----------------------- Configuration Menu ----------------------- There are some configuration options you see before certain games (like exhibition matches) or that you can change between tournament rounds. You can also access this menu during a game by pausing and selecting the third option. From left-to-right, top-to-bottom they are: Hitting: During tournaments this will be manual, you can change it to automatic for exhibition games. Defense: During tournaments this will be set to semi-automatic. Pitching: During tournaments this will be manual, you can change it to automatic for exhibition games. Base Running: During tournaments this will be set to semi-automatic. Coach: During tournaments this will be manual, you can change it to automatic for exhibition games. When set to automatic, the computer will make player substitutions for you. Ball Landing Position: This will show you exactly where a ball is going to land when it is hit. Default is a single cursor. (other options are a circle cursor which also indicates ball distance, or no indication) ----------------------- Pause Screens ----------------------- There are two in-game pause screens. If you pause while you are pitching you'll have these options: Continue Substitute (bring in substitute players) Configuration Menu Quit to Menu If you pause while you are batting, you get these options: Continue Pinch Hitter (change your batter) Pinch Runner (replace a player on base) Configuration Menu Quit to Menu _______________________________________________________ 3. Modes _______________________________________________________ ----------------------- 1. Main Stadium ----------------------- The main stadium mode is where you can participate in tournaments against the computer. Every time you win a game in this mode, the characters you use will grow closer to awakening (more on that later). There should only be one option at the beginning (start a new tournament), but if you are in the middle of a tournament you'll be presented with the option to continue. The second option will be to start a new tournament. Once you start a new tournament, you'll be prompted with two more options, one yellow and one red. The top is the championship tournament, and the bottom is the champion tournament (a bit confusing, I know). Championship Tournament (Yellow Option): After selecting this tournament you'll be taken to the team select screen. At the beginning you only have access to 12 teams, 6 from either the Shonen Sunday (on the left) or Shonen Magazine (on the right) publications. After defeating a team, you will unlock that team's story for the story mode. After successfully winning all the matches in this tournament, you'll unlock the corresponding magazine's All-Star team. During this tournament, you'll play 6 games. The first three will be only 3 innings long. The next two will be 6 innings long, the second of which will pit you against your publication's All-Star team (so if you chose Shonen Sunday, you'll face the Sunday All-Stars). The final game will be a full 9 innings against a team from the opposite publication (so if you are using a Shonen Sunday team, you'll face a Shonen Magazine team). If you lose a game during this tournament, you'll be given the option to retry, if you choose not to you'll be taken back to the title screen. Every time you win a game you'll be given three options. The first is to continue to the next round, the second is to change the game options, and the third is to save your game. Champion Tournament (Red Option): After selecting this tournament, you'll be prompted to create your own team to use in the tournament. You will only be able to create a team using characters you've unlocked. This includes teams that you've completed the Championship Tournament with, as well as any support characters you've unlocked. The team roster will look like this to begin with: (Lefthand Column) 1. Pitcher 2. Catcher 3. First Baseman 4. Second Baseman 5. Third Basemen 6. Shortstop 7. Left Fielder 8. Center Fielder 9. Right Fielder Support Character The righthand column will be your substitutes. If you want to modify the batting order after selecting positions for your team, just highlight a character and move them to the number you want them to appear. Their fielding position will automatically go with them, so you don't need to shuffle things around. You will play 5 games during this tournament, and the teams you face will always be the same. The first 3 games will be 6 innings long. The last 2 games will be a full 9 innings. If you lose even one match, you will have to start all over. The between-game options are the same as the Championship tournament, but 'save' will be replaced by 'save and quit'.$ ----------------------- 2. Story ----------------------- When you select the story mode, you'll be given a choice of which magazine you want to play a story for. Next you'll have to pick which comic's story to play through. The stories are divided into chapters. Each chapter begins with a little graphic novel, and eventually you will have to play out one of the scenes from the comic. Some chapters have only one scene to play, and others have up to three. The requirements for completing each scene are different, and it is possible to get a 'Clear' grade or a 'Best Clear' grade on the scene. You are only required to get the normal 'Clear' grade to complete each story, but you will unlock an extra character if you complete all scenes with 'Best Clear' grades. Shonen Magazine [Ace of Diamond] Chapter 1 Clear: Get an Out. Best Clear: Get a Strikeout. Chapter 2 Clear: Get on base. Best Clear: Get two bases. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Get a strikeout or an out (opponent must not score). Best Clear: Get a double play. Game 2 Clear: Finish the inning. Best Clear: Strikeout the 3rd batter. Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Best Clear: Strikeout the 1st batter. Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Finish the inning without the opponent scoring. Best Clear: Get a Strikeout. Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get an out from the first hit. Game 3 Clear: Score one or more runs. Best Clear: Score three or more runs. [Dreams] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Best Clear: Get three outs in a row. (essentially the same thing) Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Score a point Best Clear: Get a homerun Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Get an out Best Clear: Get a strikeout Game 2 Clear: Hit a homerun Best Clear: Hit a homerun (automatic best clear) [Meimon! The Third Baseball Club] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get one or more strikeouts Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get the first three batters out in a row (don't need strikeouts) Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Score one or more runs. Best Clear: Hit a homerun. Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Game 2 Clear: Score one or more runs. Best Clear: Hit a homerun. Chapter 5 Game 1 Clear: Score two or more runs. Best Clear: Hit a homerun. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Get a hit Best Clear: Get a homerun Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Game 3 Clear: Get a base Best Clear: Get two bases (I've tried this about 100 times, but no luck) [Ore wa Captain] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Score a run with one of your first three batters. Best Clear: Score three runs (get 2 bases and hit a homerun) Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Score a run with one of your first three batters. Best Clear: Score three runs Game 2 Clear: Score two or more runs. Best Clear: Score a run with Kazumasa (the main character) note- Kazumasa only needs to make the hit that scores the final run Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Score a run with Kazumasa Best Clear: Score two or more runs. Game 2 Clear: Get three outs. Best Clear: Get a strikeout Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get three outs in a row. Game 2 Clear: Hit a homerun. Best Clear: Hit a homerun. (automatic best clear) [Stars of the Giants: Hanagata] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Get a hit. Best Clear: Get a homerun. Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Score 3 or more runs. Best Clear: Hanagata (main character) hits a homerun. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Get a hit. Best Clear: Get a homerun. Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Get a hit. Best Clear: Get a homerun. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Game 2 Clear: Score three or more runs. Best Clear: Hanagata hits a homerun. [Major Dream] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Get a run. Best Clear: Get a homerun. Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Hit a homerun. Best Clear: Hit a homerun (automatic best clear) Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Chapter 5 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Game 2 Clear: Get three outs. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Get a base. Best Clear: Get two or more bases. Game 2 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. [Saikyou! Toritsu Aoizaka Koukou Yakyuubu] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a base. Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Score a run. Best Clear: Hit a homerun. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get three outs in a row. Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get three outs in a row. Game 2 Clear: Score a run. Best Clear: Score a homerun. (may just be two runs) Chapter 5 Game 1 Clear: Score 4 runs. Best Clear: Score 5 or more runs. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Score a run. Best Clear: Score two runs. Game 2 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. [Touch] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get three outs in a row. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Get a run. Best Clear: Get a homerun. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a double-play (throw two runners out) Game 2 Clear: Get a base. Best Clear: Hit a homerun. Game 3 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. [Cross Game] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Get an out. (throw a pitch so the batter hits infield) Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Get three outs in a row. Best Clear: Get one or more strikeouts. Game 2 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Get three outs in a row. Best Clear: Get one or more strikeouts. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Get a base. Best Clear: Get two or more bases. Game 2 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring. Best Clear: Get three outs in a row. [H2] Chapter 1 Game 1 Clear: Score a run. Best Clear: Score two runs (get a homerun) Chapter 2 Game 1 Clear: Get three outs in a row. Best Clear: Get two or more strikeouts. Chapter 3 Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from getting a hit. Best Clear: Get one or more strikeouts. Chapter 4 Game 1 Clear: Get three outs in a row. Best Clear: Strikeout the final batter. Chapter 5 Game 1 Clear: Get two or more runs. Best Clear: Hit a homerun with Ootake (the third batter) Game 2 Clear: Get an out. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. Final Chapter Game 1 Clear: Prevent the opponent from scoring a point. Best Clear: Get three outs in a row. Game 2 Clear: Get a strikeout. Best Clear: Get a strikeout. (automatic best clear) ----------------------- 3. Homerun Derby ----------------------- In this mode you will be thrown 10 pitches, all aimed directly at your bat's sweet spot (so you don't need to move, only swing). The batter who hits the most home runs and hits the farthest distance will be put on the scoreboard. Just select which batter you want to use and play. ----------------------- 4. Exhibition Match ----------------------- Here you can play a free match against the computer or a friend using any team. There are three options, the green is a game versus the computer, the red is a game versus a friend (using wireless connection), and the yellow is to edit a team for your own use. In the team select, choose 'Original Team' to use the team you've created in the edit (yellow) option. Note: the 'edit' team you make here is NOT the same as the edit team you use for the champion tournament. Exhibition Match Options (left-to-right, top-to-bottom) Errors: Default ON Called Game: Default OFF (set how many points necessary to have the game called off) Innings: Default 9 Difficulty: Default NORMAL (others are red-strong, purple-powerful, black-strongest, green-weak) Extra Innings: Default MAX 12 innings (others are 15 innings or no extra) Batting: Default NORMAL ----------------------- 5. Practice ----------------------- In this mode you can practice the game's controls and train against different situations. The choices for training from left-to-right, top-to- bottom are hitting, pitching, base-running, and defense (fielding). The small option at the bottom is to configure the game options for the practice mode. ----------------------- 6. Option ----------------------- There are 4 different options here. The first (red) is data for all of the characters you've unlocked. The second is a little demo of how to play the game. The 3rd (purple) is sound options. The 4th (grey) is to reset all of your data. Sound Options: BGM Volume Stadium BGM (music that plays during a game) Sound Effects Volume Voice Volume Croud Volume _______________________________________________________ 4. Controls _______________________________________________________ If you are unfimilar with the Power Pro series, these are the basic controls for the game. If you've already played a Power Pro game before, just know that this game has a 'special bar' that you can use to activate special hits, pitches, and fielding throws. The bar will go up when you get get a hit, score a run, get an out, or a strikeout. Special pitches and hits take 1 full stock of this bar to execute but you can store up to 3 stocks total. ----------------------- Batting ----------------------- D-pad Left/Right: Move batter closer/farther to Home Plate D-pad Up/Down: Move the batting cursor up and down B: Swing A: Hold to Bunt, and use D-pad to change angle of the bat Y: Recenter batting cursor (or stall when cursor is already centered) R: Activate special bar (uses 1 special stock if you hit the ball) To command base-runners: X OR Y+Direction to run (so if you have a runner on first and you want him to steal 2nd, press X+up) ----------------------- Pitching ----------------------- D-pad: Choose a pitch B: Throw a pitch, and use the D-pad to change the target of the pitch. To catch early runners off guard- A: Throw to first base X: Throw to second base Y: Throw to third base R: Activate special bar (takes 1 special stock if you throw the pitch) ----------------------- Base Running ----------------------- Y+Direction to run: advance runner (so to advance a runner from 1st to 2nd, press Y+up) B+Direction to run: retreat runner X: Advance all runners A: Retreat all runners ----------------------- Fielding ----------------------- Without the ball: A: Jump B+Direction: Dive With the ball: A: Throw to 1st Base B: Throw to Home Plate X: Throw to 2nd Base Y: Throw to 3rd Base OR R+one of the face buttons: Special throw (if available, uses a little of your special bar) _______________________________________________________ 5. Reading Player Statistics _______________________________________________________ The Character data screen in the options is the only place you can see a character's full data. In all other places (including team editing) you'll get a shortened version. This is based on the information from the character data screen. There are four different sets of information you can see for each character, press X or Y to change sets. They are Pitching Information, Player Information, Special Techniques and Skills, and Support Information. All characters will have their portrait, name (the orange bar), and handedness (the black bar). If there is a little red line and some wording underneath a character's portrait it means they have 'awakened'. An awakened character is one who has been used a lot and as a result, gets an increase in statistics. It's very beneficial to have awakened characters, so be sure to train everyone. All characters will also have a set of data that tells their coordination (a number) and what type of player they are (pitcher or fielder). This appears on both the pitching information and player information screens. Coordination is a player's general effectiveness, so a higher number usually means a better player. The player types are pitcher (purple), fielder (green), or both (green/purple). Rankings- Most statistics in the game are summed up by letter rankings. A is the highest, and G is the lowest. ----------------------- Pitching Information ----------------------- Only pitchers will have pitching information. At the top of the pitching information screen there will be a chart with arrows and some letters, as well as a speed in km/h. The speed is that character's pitching speed (obviously), and the arrows show the commands for that character's pitches. You don't need to memorize this chart because you'll see it every time you pitch during the game. On the bottom part of the screen you'll see two gray boxes with letters and some orange boxes on the right. The gray boxes are for Control and Stamina. Control is how well the pitcher can hit the target you choose (on average). Stamina is how well your pitcher can keep from getting tired. The orange boxes give the specifics of each of this character's pitches. It will have the name of the pitch, the command direction, and a ranking of how well that character can use that pitch. The better ranking a pitch, the more effective it will be (so an A-ranked curve ball will curve a lot more than a D-ranked curve ball). ----------------------- Player Information ----------------------- This is detailed information for all of the character's statistics. On the top of the screen you'll see 3 letters. The first corresponds to the character's average offense rank (batting), the second is their running speed, and the third is their defense (fielding). On the lower part of the screen you'll see a box with an arrow in it on the left. That's the player's batting trajectory. This is the natural direction that the ball will waver from its straight path when they hit it through the air. Poor batters will have the most extreme trajectory (a 1). To the right of the trajectory there are 6 boxes with average ranks and numbers. They are as follows (from left-to-right, top-to-bottom): Batting Cursor: Also known as the 'meet cursor' this is the size of the cursor that appears when you are batting. Arm Strength: This is for throwing the ball, naturally it will be higher for pitchers. Power: Strength of batting. Defense: Average fielding technique. Running: Running Speed. Error Protection: Probability of committing errors (higher rank is better) ----------------------- Special Skills ----------------------- The top of this screen shows three different boxes. The long one on top shows a player's special batting skill. The box below that on the left is the player's special pitching skill (obviously only pitchers will have these). To the right of that is a fielding skill. There are only 2 fielding skills, and only certain characters have them. One is laser-beam and the other is super laser-beam. Both are super-fast throws from the outfield that are very useful for defense. Below that information are several boxes. These represent the character's skills. I can't list them all here, but generally know that orange and red skills are good and blue skills are bad. Pitchers usually have more skills than other players, and the majority of those will be pitching skills. During the game, only skills in effect will appear at the bottom of the screen when a player is pitching/batting. Certain skills appear or disappear depending on the situation, so keep an eye out for them to get the most out of your players. ----------------------- Support ----------------------- The final screen is only for support characters, whose player type (the box in the upper right) will appear as gold. The two letters at the top of this screen correspond to effect strength and appearance. During a match, this support character will randomly appear to give your character a stat boost. The first letter is an approximation of the strength of this effect. A higher rank will mean the character gains better stats. The second letter shows how often during the match this support character will appear to give their effect. Usually support characters with strong effects will have a low probability of appearing. The box at the bottom has the name of the team that this support character will appear for the most. The only 2 support characters that aren't really obvious are Negi from Mahou Sensei Nagima! who is best with the Shonen Magazine All-Stars, and Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku!, who is best with the Shonen Sunday All-Stars. _______________________________________________________ 6. Unlocking Teams, Characters, and Modes _______________________________________________________ Champion Tournament option for Main Stadium Mode: Win the Championship Tournament Story Mode: Defeat the team you want the story for in the Championship Tournament mode. Winning a game with a team also unlocks that comic's story. Sunday All Stars Team: Win the Championship Tournament with a Shonen Sunday team Magazine All Stars Team: Win the Championship Tournament with a Shonen Magazine team Unlock a team for use in the Champion Tournament edit team: Win the Championship Tournament with the team you want ----------------------- Unlocking Characters ----------------------- The majority of the 10 basic teams are already unlocked at the beginning of the game. Completing each team's story mode will give you ONE more character (usually a support character) for that team. Completing each team's story mode with ALL Best Clears will give you another character. Many of the supplementary characters (who don't have a full team) belong to either of the All Star teams. You will unlock those characters after unlocking their respective team. All other characters are unlocked by winning the Champion Tournament. You have to defeat all 5 teams in the Champion Tournament to unlock the characters. _______________________________________________________ 7. Team/Series and Characters List _______________________________________________________ Comic series represented in this game (series with a *** have their own full teams): H2*** Osomatsu-kun Ore wa Captain*** Star of the Giants (Kyojin no Hoshi) Cross Game*** Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Great Paradise Battle!! Saikyou! Toritsu Aoizaka Koukou Yakyuubu*** Cromartie High School Kenichi: The Mightieset Disciple Just Meet Shonan Junai Gumi (GTO: the early years) New Stars of the Giants: Hanagata*** Ace of Diamond*** Touch*** Tensai Bakabon Dreams*** Mahou Sensei Negima (Negima!: Magister Negi Magi) Hajime no Ippo (Fighting Spirit/Victorious Boxers) Bats and Terry Hayate the Combat Butler Bucchigiri Detective Conan Meimon! The Third Baseball Club*** Major*** mou, shimasenkara Ranma 1/2 ----------------------- Character List ----------------------- Any spaces in the list are characters I never unlocked (because I can't get best clears for all of the stories). The characters are all listed in the same order they appear in the option menu at the title screen. [H2] Kunimi Hiro -High concentration (96) Noda Atsushi Kine Ryuutarou Yanagi Morimichi Sagawa Shuuji Ootake Fumio Shima Osamu Inoue Sugiyama Tachibana Hideo Hirota Katsutoshi Haruka Koga Amamiya Hikari [Osomatsu-kun] Osomatsu Karamatsu Choromatsu Ichimatsu Juushimatsu Todomatsu Iyami Chibita [Ore wa Captain] Kirigakure Kazumasa Derick Ijita -Great player, high concentration Ebina -Best pitcher IMO, Rank B slurve ball Higen Satoru Motomachi Tetsuo Kanie Saito Noguchi Takehiro Katsumura Seishin Ougai Atsushita Ushio Nihei Tsukada Yuzuki Rodger Ijita [Star of the Giants] Hoshi Hyuuma Hanagata Mitsuru [Cross Game] Kitamura Kou Miya Toshio Akaishi Osamu Nakanishi Daiki Iwai Tetsu Miki Azuma Yuuhei Senda Keiichirou Tsukishima Wakaba Takada Satoshi Morinaka Wataru Tsukishima Momiji Maeno Sentarou [Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Great Paradise Battle!!] Mikami Reiko Yokoshima Tadao Maria [Saikyou! Toritsu Aoizaka Koukou Yakyuubu] Kitaooji Kitarou Shibata Shinnosuke Hida Hitsuto Segawa Kei Kobayashi Kotetsu Matsukata Masaharu Imai Isamu Daibutsu Masaru Umemiya Ukyou Kubo Keiji Sugawara Suzuo Chiba Chiyaki [Cromartie High School] Kamiyama Takashi Hayashida Shinjirou Freddie [Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple] Kenichi Shirahama Fuurinji Miu [Just Meet] Tachibana Fumiya Sakamoto Tenma Kurihara Miwako [Shonan Junai Gumi (GTO: the early years)] Onizuka Eikichi Danma Ryuuji [New Stars of the Giants Hanagata] Hanagata Mitsuro -Best batter IMO Kurosawa Kagehito Akagawa Tsuyoshi Haga Satoshi Shioda Masahiko Mizuno Taiki Ouse Kouji Sakuraba Sakutarou Ooizumi Yousuke Tsurumaki Tetsundo Taki Youichi Reiji Hoshi Hyuuma Momoi Eriko Hoshi Akiko [Ace of Diamond] Sawamura Eijun Miyuki Kazuya Furuya Satoru Kuramochi Youichi Kominato Haruichi Isashiki Jun Yuuki Tetsuya Masuko Tooru Shirasu Kenjirou Tanba Kouichirou Kawakami Norifumi Miyauchi Keisuke Kominato Haruichi Tachi Hiromi Yan Shunchen/ You Shunshin Sakai Ichirou Kataoka Tesshin Takashima Rei [Touch] Uesugi Tatsuya Matsudaira Koutarou Hirose Yukio Maruyama Kazuo Nitta Akio Nishimura Isami Kudou Kubota Nagao Ikeda Nakajima Sasaki Yoshida Takeshi Uesugi Kazuya Asakura Minami Nitta Yuka [Tensai Bakabon] Bakabon's Papa Bakabon [Dreams] Kuri Takeshi Momose Osao Akakura Futoshi Oowada Katsuyoshi Ogawa Kouzou Oomura Yukihide Suzuki Yoshida Kumano Haruo Denda Sakurai Yuuichi Oomichi Haruki Coach Kudou Coach Yamahana [Negima!: Magister Negi Magi] Kagurazaka Asuna Sakurazaki Setsuna Karakuri Chachamaru Yukihiro Ayaka Negi - Highest ranked effect for support characters [Hajime no Ippo] Makunouchi Ippo Takamura Mamoru Aoki Masaru Kimura Tatsuya [Bats and Terry] Battou Gun Ichimonji Teru [Hayate the Combat Butler] Ayasaki Hayate Katsura Hinagiku Mecha Butler 13 Sanzen'in Nagi [Bucchigiri] Kiriyama Daisuke Takahara Jin [Detective Conan] Edogawa Conan - Very good player, excellent for outfield Mouri Ran Hattori Heiji [Meimon! The Third Baseball Club] Hinoki Asunaro Kaidou Takeshi Shiraishi (younger) Shiraishi (older) Ishii Kouji Konishi Kazuo Takahashi Hiroshi Murashita Yuuko Saitou Rindai Tamura Tatsurou Ibusuki Kenji Sakurai Tetsuya Kyoumoto Naoya Coach Kitou Kitou Sayuri [Major] Shigeno Gorou Mayumura Ken Shimizu Taiga Uchiyama Tashiro Fujii Miyazaki Hattori Yamamoto Noguchi Takahashi Yakushiji Satou Toshiya -Incredible batter, but has no special move Shimizu Kaoru Saotome Shizuka [mou, shimasenkara.] Nishimoto Hideo [Ranma 1/2] Saotome Ranma Tendou Akane Hibiki Ryouga _______________________________________________________ 8. End _______________________________________________________ -I'll try to add some notes to the better players in the character list, like who are the best batters, fielders, pitchers, etc. -I'll add some information about different character's special moves when I can. 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