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Is it really all that BIG?
If you are looking for a great baseball franchise game or just a good baseball game, you shouldn't buy this game. As advertised on the back of the game case, it is a arcade game version of baseball. Just a warning, be prepared for cheap homeruns and pitches.

Cool game
This game is a very good video game. The pitches are very relistic beacause when you snapp your wrist and press different buttons, it does pitches like a splitter or meatball. The hitting is also very realistic.But one thing i dont like about this game is that almost everytime u hit, u hit a single strait down the middle.

A Home Run you'll Never Forget
The BIGS is really a great game. It's a bit more complicated than the baseball game in Wii Sports. OK, a lot more complicated. It takes a little while to get used to the many pitches, swings, and field plays you can do, but once you've got it all down it's a ton of fun.

HITTING: Hitting is very simple. You swing the wiimote like you would if you normally would if you were playing baseball. You can aim your hit left, right, up, or down, and you can even bunt. Also, you can hold down 'A' for a power shot. Your player's statistics will tell you how they're strength in POWER and CONTACT so you can adjust your swing accordingly.

PITCHING: Pitching is a bit more complicated and can make your arm/shoulder a little sore after a while. Basically, you aim your shot in the box over home plate using the nunchuck. You can hold 'Z' to throw a ball outside of the square. Then, you use a meter to try to throw one of NINE pitches in the green or white area on the meter. You swing your wiimote down, downleft, or downright while holding 'A', 'B', or both. If you throw it to far away, it's a ball, but if it's just right and if you throw with the right amount of power it's a perfect pitch, almost impossible to hit. Your player's pitching stats tell you their best pitches and how well they are at each.

RUNNING BASES: Running is automatically done for you, but if you want you can manually control it by using 'Z' to select one of the runners and drum the remote up and down really quickly to make them run faster. You can round bases and advance runners if you feel they don't automatically go far enough, and you can hold 'A' and swing to slide into a base.

FIELDING: When a ball from the opposing team is hit, you have to use the nunchuck and the drumming motion of the wiimote to run to the outlined spot on the field and catch the ball. You can hold 'A' and swing the wiimote to do a diving catch (specifically helpfull in the outfield when the ball is about to be a home run and your player jumps 15 ft into the air to catch the ball!). Fielding is more difficult because your view is looking onto the field as if you were in the stands. You can use 'Z' to switch fielders and once you have the ball, you hold 'A' and swing left, right, up, or down depending on which base you want to throw to to get the runner out.

Most other things will be done automatically such as catching throws from other players and tagging runners at the base. However, it always seems like the opposing computer team always does better at fielding. The game is unfortunately a bit unrealistic because I pratically get a hit with every batter and I've gotten up to 12 runs before in one game. It's still really fun though, especially in Rookie mode where you can create your own player and do whatever it takes to make them the star of the game.

The other really important part is the Power Play Meter which builds up depending on moves you make in the game such as strikeouts, hits, runs, etc. Once this builds up to 10,000 you can perform a Power Play or Dead Heat where for a hitter you get an automatic home run if you make contact with the ball, or for a pitcher automatic strikeouts.

Overall, The BIGS isn't exactly as realistic as I'd hoped, but you can choose from any team in the MLB and play games and do the Rookie Challenge or Home Run Derby. After a little bit of practice you'll understand it all, but it does take some work to figure out all the options and button combinations. It's a lot of fun and keeps you going for hours. If you like baseball, it's great, and gamers looking to take advantage of the Wii are in for great fun.

DO NOT GET THIS GAME!
If you are a hardcore baseball fan, little kid, or anybody else, DO NOT GET THIS GAME! I like Wii Sports Baseball better than this. 1st of all, the hitting. Everytime you hit the ball, it goes to center field and you get a single. You can't hit a stinkin' homerun unless you have enough points. The graphics are terrible. Everybody looks the exact same. With the Wii remote, you have to flick the ball to the base you want it to go to. How can you get it to go to 2nd, and not home? YOU CAN'T!!!!! If you purchase this game, you will be dissapointed. Get MLB Power Pros instead. It's easier and much cooler than The Bigs or should I say The Worst Baseball Game EVER!

Best Wii Game Yet!
I loved this game and am very disappointed I had to rent it and can't find it anywhere. It is great and fun to play, it takes a while to understand it all but after you get the hand of it is very fun. You can even trade players to make the teams as they are now.