Making trades in PYS4

From top to bottom, the numbers stand for the amount of pitchers, position players, and foreigners on your roster. You can't trade for Fukudome and Tamura probably because they're top players and the teams aren't going to let you have them. I don't know what's difficult to understand about that. Japanese teams rarely trade away big name players.

The trade deadline is July 1st. That deadline is also for signing foreigners.

Well for someone who doesn't read japanese it can be difficult. But thanks for the info, you have helped me to better understand the game and it makes the experience that much better.

I wasn't ragging on you or anything. I've played a few MLB games and I know where you're coming from. It's very easy to trade and get guys like David Ortiz and stuff. It's kind of easy to do this in MLB Power Pros, as well. Pawapuro and Pro Yakyu Spirits are a bit tougher to make trades with, though.

You need to think about the needs of the other team in the deal. If they have too many great pitchers, offering them a pitcher isn't wise. If they are struggling with power, trying to take a power bat from them and offering them a contact batter isn't going to do anything. It's deeper than the average trade system.

I have the PS2 version, and I have run into similar problems. Sometimes you'll be navigating inside a japanese interface and you are not seeing the breadth of the menu. You are not sure how deep the menu could be because you don't understand the first step of the embedded menu that you can select. I am a sports strategist, and I want to find every menu available in the interface. This can be a challenge when playing a deep game like this. There are always important subtle options when dealing managing a team. I am still looking for a English guide to Pennant Race, MVP, and Spirits Mode, by that I mean exactly what every menu item from top to bottom reads in englsih as you progress through prior to the first game. When I start my first game, I want to make sure that I have not let any stones unturned in terms of an option in some menu because I don't understand Japanese. I think we all run into these pitfalls and something as simple as BigManZam's comment does help because it gives you some sense of 'Okay, I am comfortable moving forward into the game now that someone else has been through this menu and doesn't see any problems. Now you can go through confidently knowing what options have been set.'

BigManZam, I have been unable to find specific English translation guides of Pennant Race, MVP, and Spirits Mode. If you know of a translation guide for these modes I'd appreciate it.

Are there any main differences (besides graphics texture quality) between the PS2 and PS3 version? The PS2 version plays very smooth and the graphics are pretty grand.

We decided against making a guide for MVP and Spirits because interest in those parts of the game weren't too high. I also wasn't very motivated to embark on such big projects, anyway. I think we did a basic translation of the Pennant menu on the GameFAQS guide, though.

The PS2 version is superior to the PS3 version. PS3 looks nice in stills, but you can tell that Konami had no clue how to write for the PS3 hardware. The PS2 version had some of the same bugs the PS3 version had, but it is a consistently smooth experience.