Deep Dive: Presentation

The introduction of six new ballparks is just the start of what’s new and refreshed in Super Mega Baseball 4!

Welcome back to the ballpark, friends!

Before we get started, be sure to check out the Super Mega Baseball™ 4 Baseball Presentation Deep Dive if you haven’t yet:

CHARACTERS

Likely the first thing you’ll notice is a completely new take on our characters. We decided to approach our character refresh from the ground up, harnessing our signature customization system to represent our league of real-world players thoughtfully and carefully crafted in our style, with a better distribution of different face shapes, features, and body types. The result? 44 new heads with all-new (not to mention, stylish) hair models, some fun dyed hair colors, and 2 additional body types. You’ll also see more expressive reactions from your players in relation to what’s happening in the game!

NEW ANIMATIONS

We also put a ton of time and effort into our new player animations. Our characters have become even more angry, conceited, fun-loving, and disrespectful than any baseball players you’ve ever seen in a Super Mega Baseball game… or maybe anywhere! Almost all of our cutscenes have been refreshed with a variety of variations for batter walk-ups, beanballs, comebackers, strikeouts, and an all-new season win cinematic. And, if that’s not enough, our team photo has also been revamped to add way more character than before. Basically, the lack of sportsmanship in SMB4 is second to none.

STADIUMS

We’ve added 6 new stadiums for you to smash dingers in—more stadiums than ever before!  We’ve got a tropical cityscape in the mountains, a breezy diamond alongside lush city gardens, and an overlook with a view into a world of thrill rides and popcorn. Take to the field where everything is bigger, watch the harvest in the heartland, and marvel at the architecture funded by independent local businesses (that claim to be reputable). So, what does a list of 20 stadiums mean to the game? It means that each team in the Super Mega League now gets their very own home stadium, something that’s been highly requested by our community. All the stadiums you might be familiar with have fresh time and weather conditions, and we’ve updated the lighting on our characters to more accurately reflect the lighting in the stadiums. We also added a little nugget that we think the community will appreciate: a preview of stadium field dimensions before you pick a stadium. 

USER INTERFACE

Lastly, we spent lots of careful time and consideration on the user interface in SMB4. Each time you fire up the game, you'll see a mix of your favorite and most played with players hyping you up. Looking through our menus, you'll see we've done a massive overhaul to balance two main topics: the vast amount of information it takes to make critical decisions on running a team and the readability of our interface. We’ve heard your feedback on this, so we’ve endeavored to make every layout as concise as possible and every word as readable as possible, even on small screens. It’s all wrapped up in simple design, punctuated with bursts of color.

We can’t wait to see all the awesome custom characters and teams you create and the dingers you’ll rip in the new stadiums. As always, we will be looking out for community feedback in all of our socials, so give them a follow if you haven’t already!

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Pre-order EA SPORTS™ Super Mega Baseball™ 4 Ballpark Edition and get to smashing dingers with Ortiz sooner with access three days early.

(3-day early access not available on Nintendo Switch; Pre-order offer for PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5 platforms only valid in the U.S. and Canada. Conditions & restrictions apply. See https://www.ea.com/games/super-mega-baseball/super-mega-baseball-4/disclaimers for details.)