I'm about to give-up on this game

Here are the settings that I began on. My offensive stats are way too high on these settings.

But the A.I. seems to adjust and the CPU scores a ton too . So even though my run and hit totals are too high, most games remain fun and competitive.

Even though your stats won't be realistic on these settings, I still recommend playing a bunch of games with them. They are the best ones to learn the game on:

Running: HARD or POWERFUL
Fielding: HARD or POWERFUL
Hitting: HARD
Pitching: NORMAL

At some point recently, these setting just started feeling too easy. So I switched to the following. These are the ones BigManZam uses too, I think. I've been getting much more realistic stats with these settings. **The problem is, in order to for these settings to be FUN - you've got to be quite good at the game:

Running: POWERFUL
Fielding: POWERFUL
Hitting: HARD
Pitching: HARD

My hit, run, HR, and strikeout totals are all looking good on these. The pitch counts vary, but all seem believable.

I still lose a lot on these settings, but I usually don't get completely trounced like I used to. I won a game 10-5 yesterday. It was a matchup between two of my created OB teams.

So I guess it comes down to whether you think you can stick it out long enough on the lower settings with unrealistic stats.

Eventually, you'll probably get good enough to be competitive on the higher settings. And if do, you'll be much happier with the stats.

Pawapuro is a game that takes a while to fully understand the genius behind it. Each game is so different, it takes hours to fully understand how to tweak the game to your skill level. You have to put in some effort of your own. You have to analyze the final game stats and see what needs tweaking and what doesn't.

"Pawapuro is a game that takes a while to fully understand the genius behind it."

Here, here.

Hey BigMan, are there OTHER ways to tweak the game other than the basic Normal, Hard, Powerful, etc. settings for Running, Fielding, Batting, and Pitching? Or is that all you're referring to?

thanks guys , I'll give it a shot this week-end ...
( I just played a game on mvp 2005 , but I just can't get into it anymore )...

by the way , could the fact that I play as the Carp not help me ?

Based on my experience, its much tougher to win with the "underdog" teams.

Also, your last post gave me this thought:

I'd rather be slaughtered and utterly frustrated by Pawapuro, than sit and play comfortably with the American garbage currently available.

I've read that Pro Spirits 2 is solid.

But based on what I've read, Pro Spirits is probably not as DEEP. Its more of a pick-up-and-play baseball game with more eye-candy.

I'm automatically skeptical of any baseball game that assigns a distinct controller button for "slap the ball to the opposite field." How about just swinging later?

I wouldn't go that far to say Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2 is more "eye-candy" .

I was in the same situation with Bullpen when I first got Pro Yakyuu 2 (it plays the same as pawapuro). I was getting way too much hits and the CPU pitchers always did the same routine when pitching:

1- Strike
2- strike
3- ball
4-Strike

And the pitches were always in the middle plate. Then I increased the difficulty and I wasn't hitting but he CPU was hitting way too much.

Finally, I decided to adjust everything to get my settings on point.

This is for Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2 but it should work for Pawapuro.


Difficulty- Hard
Strike zone - OFF (Off when batting and pitching)
Fielding- Hard
Bat cursor - Normal
Ball location -OFF
Ball speed- Medium fast speed


Hard is the most balance option IMO. If you go too high you'll hate it because the adjustments are too severe to get use to. I tried PERFECT and SPIRITS and got hammered no matter how good my pitches were. No matter how small my pitches were, the CPU still drilled it to the field.

Turning off the strikezone works perfect for me in terms of walks for me and the CPU. When pitching it forces you to focus on location instead of seeing the the corners to hit already. I walk at least 3-5 batters every game. Also, when I'm batting, I get less hits and more walks since I don't focus on the the red part of the zones and I see how the ball moves better, especially the forkball.


I don't know about Pawapuro, but I get walks on the hard difficulty level in Pro Yakyuu. I think you should try to play more games in pennant mode. In pennant mode, pitchers stamina reduce as the season go on and eventually their control shatters.

The "Slap" "Pull" buttons have an effect in the game. Some players have specific abilites to slap in the other way rather than pull the ball,But overall you can use the slap button and still pull the ball.

I really wish I could play these games. I wish the games were region-free so I wouldnt have to invest in a Japanese PS2 or Gamecube to play 1 game that I wouldnt understand (language-wise) anyways. The developers of Yakyu games need to take a chance with the American market and maybe they will find that there are consumers hwo want to buy these games.

That's not gonna happen, Just wait for the PSP version of Pawapuro. That's region free and then you can start debating about what we all are talking about.

"Eye-candy" might have been a bit harsh. Sorry.

I've been impressed with what I've seen and read about Pro Spirits 2.

I just have a tough time believing that its on the same level as Pawapuro yet.

Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

If anyone out there has played both games a lot, I'd be interested in hearing your opinion.