World Series Baseball II
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{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = World Series Baseball II cover.jpg
| caption = European Sega Saturn cover art featuring Fred McGriff.
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| developer = Sega
| publisher = Sega
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| series = World Series Baseball
| platforms = Sega Saturn
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|August 24 1996{{cite web | title=sega-saturn.com - news | url=http://sega-saturn.com/august-n.htm | website=Sega.com | publisher=Sega | access-date=31 July 2023 | url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961215060521/http://sega-saturn.com/august-n.htm |archive-date=15 December 1996}}|EU|October 10 1996|JP|October 25 1996{{cite web |title=Software List (Released by Sega)|url=https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html |website=セガ 製品情報サイト |publisher=Sega |access-date=May 15, 2023 |language=ja}}}}
| genre = Sports video game
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}World Series Baseball II is a video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
Gameplay
World Series Baseball II is a baseball game which includes all of the major league stadiums, and features arcade-style pitching.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,177,00.html |title=GAMECENTER.COM - game news - Sega pitches a complete game |website=www.gamecenter.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970205060743/http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,177,00.html |archive-date=5 February 1997 |url-status=dead}}
Reception
Next Generation reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "There's no baseball game that looks, plays, or feels as good as WSB II. The graphics are so crisp and clean that it makes the competitors look like 16-bit games. The two-player game is incredible and, while the one-player game may lack some sim options, the speed of play enables you to get through a season without becoming bored. A must for any baseball fan, WSB II is at the top of the year's baseball line-up."{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=24|publisher=Imagine Media|date=December 1996|page=264}}
Reviews
- Electronic Gaming Monthly - Nov, 1996
- Saturn+{{cite web | url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:SaturnPlus_UK_04.pdf&page=31 | title=File:SaturnPlus UK 04.PDF }}
- MAN!AC{{cite web | url=https://www.maniac.de/tests/world-series-baseball-ii-im-klassik-test-sat/page/2/ | title=World Series Baseball II – im Klassik-Test (SAT) | MANIAC.de | Seite 2 | date=19 October 2018 }}
- Superjuegos{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Superjuegos_059/page/n109/mode/2up | title=Superjuegos 059 }}
- Computer and Video Games{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_181_1996-12_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n89/mode/2up | title=Computer and Video Games - Issue 181 (1996-12)(EMAP Images)(GB) | date=December 1996 }}