MLB 09 The Show - PSP

MLB 09 The Show now includes interactive training, new settings, a new steal and lead-off system, presentations and coach interactions. Interactive training will consist of a set of mini-games designed to improve a player’s ability and performance in various areas of baseball. Along with improvements to the traditional Online Leagues, MLB 09 will offer major additions to Online Season Leagues! New Online Season Leagues will allow you to hold a fully functional draft and utilize a Flex Schedule, allowing players to play games ahead in the schedule. Using Sony's My MLB Music feature, store all of your favorite music for play on MLB 09 The Show on your Memory stick. You can also Edit any of your tracks and assign a batter walk-up to all of your favorite players. Along with custom music, MLB 09 will also offer custom fan yells and chants. Record a yell, with your own voice, and assign it to play for the player and situation of your choice. The Show pushes the envelope for realism by incorporating catchers calling pitches. You’ll really know what it feels like to stand on the mound and nod or shake a pitch from the catcher. The catcher’s setup also acts as a guide to your decisions on where to locate a pitch. The pitch analysis is a breakdown of all the pitches thrown during the current game being played. You’ll be able sort by pitcher, LHB or RHB, pitch type and result. The batter analysis allows for a breakdown of how each batter has performed based on LHP or RHP, pitch type and the result. MLB 09 The Show is the only baseball game to ever give you the choice to trust your catcher or shake him off. With API, catchers will call the game for you based on the strengths and weakness of each pitcher. And beyond that, catchers will also analyze tendencies of the batters to know if a batter is susceptible to chasing a high heater out of the zone or off-speed low and away. Hundreds Of Personalized Animations shows you recognizable, personalized player animations for everything from walk-ups, rituals, stances, swings and even emotions. All told more than any other baseball game on any platform.

Adaptive Pitching Intelligence delivers a revolutionary enhancement to artificial intelligence that considers strengths, weaknesses and trends

In-Game Pitcher and Batter Analysis