Bad News Baseball

December 15, 1989

Platforms

Family Computer Nintendo Entertainment System

Companies

Tecmo

Genres

Puzzle Sport

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subdirectory_arrow_right Ninja Gaiden (Franchise)

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Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden makes a cameo during the end credits of Bad News Baseball, another Tecmo game.

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subdirectory_arrow_right Mighty Bomb Jack (Game), Solomon's Key (Game), Tecmo (Company)

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In the 1980s, Tecmo had a short-lived bunny rabbit mascot who would appear standing next to the Tecmo logo in credits sequences and title screens, as well as a rare power-up in Solomon's Key and Mighty Bomb Jack. Bad News Baseball is the only known game where he makes a physical appearance, as the umpire.

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Examples of Bunny use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFwqTePDQXQ#t=2515
https://twitter.com/JohnAndersen21/status/673262816003010560
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEf6uHP4BH0#t=3

Solomon's Key/Mighty Bomb Jack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDtSgZNNYns#t=105

Bunny as the umpire in Bad News Baseball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UU_pw_jhOo#t=2634

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On the US box art for Bad News Baseball, one of the players is black. Despite this, the game does not have any skin-tone related character options, and all characters appear to be white or fair-skinned.

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In the page of the manual for Bad News Baseball that introduces the girls' team mode, it explains that the girls' mode still shows boys in the cutscenes and follows up with "sorry for letting you down".

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Bad News Baseball Manual (Page 28):
https://www.gamingalexandria.com/highquality/NES/Bad%20News%20Baseball/Bad%20News%20Baseball%20-%20Manual.pdf