History YMMV / LivePowerfulProBaseball

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The ''Pawapoke'' series was notorious for getting away with a For All Ages rating in Japan regardless of its subject matter. The nazi-knockoff slave camp in ''6'' with the soldiers performing drug eperimentation on people and executing anyone they felt was worthless was the darkest the series ever got, but since it looks cutesy and is mostly portrayed in text, who cares?

* AmericansHateTingle: ''Power Pros'' is one of the leading baseball simulator franchises in Japan, but most americans react to it with apathy or even disdain since only two games were ever released in the west to an average reception. The only ''Pawapuro'' to be [[https://web.archive.org/web/20041212213728/http://www.gamespot.com/n64/sports/powerfulprobaseball4/review.html reviewed by Gamespot]] at release, ''4'', was rated 6.8 with no mention of its story mode. In its home country, it was rated 33/40 (8.2) by Famitsu.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: A grand total of ''two'' entries (''[[SequelFirst second]]'' and third out of four) of the ''MLB Power Pros'' spinoffs got brought over, and those ''do'' have a small following with a fan wiki and forums.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: A grand total of ''two'' entries of the ''MLB Power Pros'' spinoffs got brought over, and those ''do'' have a small following with a fan wiki and forums.

* AmericansHateTingle: ''Power Pro'' is one of the leading baseball simulator franchises in Japan, but most americans react to it with apathy or even disdain since only two games were ever released in the west to an average reception. The only ''Pawapuro'' to be [[https://web.archive.org/web/20041212213728/http://www.gamespot.com/n64/sports/powerfulprobaseball4/review.html reviewed by Gamespot]] at release, ''4'', was rated 6.8 with no mention of its story mode. In its home country, it was rated 33/40 (8.2) by Famitsu.

* AmericansHateTingle: ''Power Pro'' is one of the leading baseball simulator franchises in Japan, but most americans react to it with apathy or even disdain since only two games were ever released in the west to an average reception.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Whenever a batter in ''Pawapoke Dash'' hits a potential home run, you hear the crunchiest bat hit sound outside of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. Actually confirming the home run in the roulette or at least clearing three bases also produces a nice jingle.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series does have a small western following, which is why the few ''MLB Power Pros'' entries got made.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** There's an exciting ThemeMusicPowerup when the protagonist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0c2N_O1IYA drives a giant mech to fight]] against the heroes in ''Pawapoke 7''. Too bad it had to be on [[LongSongShortScene a ten-second cutscene!]] Check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKZSzre2Hok this remix]] as well.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHn08OFRX8Q main menu theme]] for ''Pawapoke 14'', "Pocket Forever!", kicks off a heartfelt farewell for the series.
** ''Pawa Poke Dash'' presents the ball game as a card game with roulettes. It comes with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHpFZq4UMA two intense battle themes]] that help bring life into the mostly static battle screen. Both themes got a single pair of remixes for the DS installments which were then reused until ''14''.

** ''Pawa Poke Dash'' presents the ball game as a card game with roulettes. It comes with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHpFZq4UMA two intense battle themes]] you wouldn't expect to hear during the standard Success modes from previous entries. Both themes got a single pair of remixes for the DS installments which were then reused until ''14''.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The reason why ''Power Pros'' got made.

* ScrappyMechanic: The unlockables shop from ''Pawapoke 6'' on. They started locking away things that were granted by simple conditions in previous games and forcing you to waste a playthrough to earn enough points to unlock Outer Successes and minigames.

* ScrappyMechanic: The unlockables shop from ''Pawapoke 6'' on. They started locking away things that were granted by simple conditions in previous games and forcing you to waste a playthrough to earn enough points to unlock Outer Successes and minigames. ''6'' was particularly ridiculous in that it locked the slots you use to record custom characters.

** ''Pawa Poke Dash'' presents the ball game as a card game with roulettes. It comes with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHpFZq4UMA two intense battle themes]] you wouldn't expect to hear during the standard Success modes from previous entries. Both themes get a remix for the DS installments which is then reused until ''14''.

** The worst ending of ''Pawapoke 7'''s Koshien Hero Edition -- to the [[SignatureScene point of infamy]] since it is among the first things that show up if you look up pictures of the game. In it, the so-called Pocket Heroes beat up your team to half-death and [[AndIMustScream imprison them all]] into the form of a disturbing-looking crappy crayon drawing. To add insult to injury, the drawing looks like a parody of the typical congratulations screen you'd get for winning a tournament or clearing any Success mode.

** ''Pawa Poke Dash'' presents the ball game as a card game with roulettes. It comes with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHpFZq4UMA some intense battle themes]] you wouldn't expect to hear during the standard Success modes from previous entries.

** The worst ending of ''Pawapoke 7'''s Koshien Hero Edition -- to the [[SignatureScene point of infamy]] since it is among the first things that show up if you look up pictures of the game. In it, the so-called Pocket Heroes beat up your team to half-death and [[AndIMustScream imprison them all]] into the form of a disturbing-looking crappy crayon drawing. Other than being creepy, it is also meant to humiliate the player as it is a mockery of the typical congratulations screen they'd get for clearing any game in the series.

** The worst ending of ''Pawapoke 7'''s Koshien Hero Edition -- to the [[SignatureScene point of infamy]] since it is among the first things that show up if you look up pictures of the game. In it, the so-called Pocket Heroes beat up your team to half-death and [[AndIMustScream imprison them all]] into the form of a disturbing-looking crappy crayon drawing.
* PlayerPunch: The game over and bad epilogue scenes portray varying levels of desolation for the protagonist and the rest of the cast, certainly making players want to start over and set things right. It's not nice to occasionally find likeable characters suffering from SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome, either.

* AwesomeMusic:

* MostWonderfulSound: Whenever a batter in ''Pawapoke Dash'' hits a potential home run, you hear the crunchiest bat hit sound outside of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. Actually confirming the home run in the roulette or at least clearing three bases also produces a nice jingle.
* PlayerPunch: The game over and bad epilogue scenes portray varying levels of desolation for the protagonist and the rest of the cast, certainly making players want to start over and set things right. It's not nice to occasionally find likeable characters suffering from SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome, either.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The reason why ''Power Pros'' got made.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The reason why ''Power Pros'' got made.
* ItsShortSoItSucks: The ''Pawa Poke Dash'' spinoff was curiously released for the GBA after the series had migrated to the Nintendo DS. While a fine game for what it is, ''Dash'' has about half of the content one would have expected from the series by then.

** ''Pawa Poke Dash'' presents the ball game as a card game with roulettes. It comes with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHpFZq4UMA some intense battle themes]] you wouldn't expect to hear in previous entries.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The reason why ''Power Pros'' got made.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHn08OFRX8Q main menu theme]] for ''Pawapoke 14'' kicks off a heartfelt farewell for the series.