Major League Baseball 2K6

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Major League Baseball 2K6
Major League Baseball 2K6 Coverart.png
North American cover art
Developer(s) Kush Games
Publisher(s) 2K
Platform(s) GameCube, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360
Release
April 3, 2006
  • PlayStation 2 & Xbox
    • NA: April 3, 2006
    Xbox 360
    • NA: April 10, 2006
    PlayStation Portable
    • NA: April 13, 2006
    GameCube
    • NA: June 12, 2006
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Major League Baseball 2K6 (MLB 2K6) is a 2006 Major League Baseball licensed baseball video game developed by Kush Games and published by 2K. It was released for Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. This is the first time the any 2K Sports game was released for a Nintendo system since the 2K3 Series of games and the first Major League Baseball 2K game as World Series Baseball 2K3 was canceled for the system along with the 2K4/ESPN Series of games.

Contents

It has new features, such as Inside Edge, World Baseball Classic, online experience and many more. This game also features various aspects that are new to baseball games, including fans shouting, the "swing stick", showboat catches, fans catching balls, and power rankings.

In-game commentary

Jon Miller and Joe Morgan provide in game commentary while Jeanne Zelasko and Steve Physioc are the studio hosts for the fictional program, Hard Ball Central.

World Baseball Classic

For the first time this contest is included in the saga. In this way, any of the 16 participating teams of the first edition of the 2006 World Baseball Classic can be chosen.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Licensing issues

Barry Bonds does not appear in this title. However, Joe Young, a fictional left fielder, is believed to be a younger switch-hitter version of Bonds. Bonds does not appear because he is not a member of the MLB Players Association. Young appears in place of Bonds in all titles. However, there were several fictional characters such as 'Carnival Lane'.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In Japan, where the Xbox 360 version was ported and published by Spike on July 27, 2006, followed by the PlayStation 2 version on March 8, 2007,[ citation needed ] Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for the former console version. [7]

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