MLB Slugfest 2004

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MLB Slugfest 2004
MLB Slugfest 20-04 cover.jpg
Developer(s) Point of View (GC, Xbox)
Criterion Games (PS2)
Handheld Games (GBA)
Publisher(s) Midway Sports
Series MLB Slugfest
Platform(s) GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance
Release
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

MLB Slugfest 2004 is a baseball video game published by Midway Sports in 2003. It is the second game in the MLB Slugfest series. Jim Edmonds from the St. Louis Cardinals is the cover athlete.

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Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms except the Game Boy Advance version, which received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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