Family Stadium Explained

Family Stadium
Creator:Yoshihiro Kishimoto
Composer:Junko Ozawa
Hiromi Shibano
Platforms:Family Computer, Super Famicom, MSX, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PC, Mobile phone, Nintendo Switch
First Release Version:
First Release Date:December 10, 1986
Latest Release Version:Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020
Latest Release Date:September 17, 2020

also known as Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium and Famista, is a series of baseball sports video games initially developed and released by Namco in Japan, and later developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first entry in the series, , was released for the Nintendo Family Computer in 1986 and later in North America as R.B.I. Baseball (subsequent games in this series would see various names used when exported to North America but none after 1992), with the series being released on numerous home consoles, the latest being Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 in 2020 for the Nintendo Switch. The series is considered a precursor to Namco's own World Stadium series of baseball games, released for arcades, PlayStation, and GameCube. The series has been a commercial success since, with over 15 million copies being sold as of 2016.[1]

In April 1993, Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) magazine awarded Family Stadium a world record for being the video game franchise with the most published video game releases, with fourteen video games published for the series up until then.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 「ファミスタ」シリーズが今年で30周年。ファミスタナイターなどのコラボ企画実施. 4gamer.net. 2018-10-19.
  2. Bravo World Record! . . 16 April 1993 . 226 . 81 . ja .