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In Its Entirety: The Let's CATCH Info Sheet

Finally. We can play catch. On the Wii.

Hey! Catch!
Hey! Catch!
This is the complete text of the info sheet given out by Sega for Let's Catch, a WiiWare game from Prope in which you... play catch. It raises a lot of important questions about the human condition, such as "CAN YOU CATCH THE BALL THAT HUMAN CANNOT THROW?" So I thought you might be interested in seeing just how much information and how many modes a developer can slap into a game about catch.

Yeah. OK, here goes...

The game brings an outdoor game of catch right in your own living room!

                                           Let’s CATCH

“Let’s CATCH” is the title exclusive for Wii Ware developed by Prope, lead by “Yuji Naka” who has
designed several masterpiece to the gaming industry. The intuitive control that takes the
advantage of the unique characteristics of Wii remote enables you to experience the real sense of
throw and catch the ball in your own living room. This is the new sense of sensory game offers
such simple fun to you. The game brings you back to the time you spent playing catch until you
lost the track of the time!

● A palm to palm communication. The game for playing catch make it debut on
Wii Ware!

Have you played catch with someone recently? Playing catch is one of the favorite thing for the
free time for the children in old age. However, we don’t see many children who play catch in the
recent year where the children don’t have the place and time for it. The catch between father and
child often conveyed the words they cannot tell each other... New game which bring back the old
day, a game for playing catch makes it debut on Wii Ware.

● Reproduce the sense of “catching the ball” by taking advantage of unique
characteristics of Wii remote!

The game enables the control as if you play catch in reality with Wii Remote.Wii. When you
catch the ball just right, the Wii Remote vibrate and the crisp sound of the ball landing in your
glove plays from Wii Remote which increase the reality in the game. First person view is
another factor to make you dig into the fun of catch. We concentrate on realize the sense of
good and bad when you catch the ball in your palm.

■ Story Mode (Single Play)

In this mode the story is taking place while player plays catch with NPCs. The NPCs you can
play catch increases and the conversation between them proceeds when you keep playing catch
with them. Many dramas are hidden in the innocent conversation with them. At the end playing
catch will save the earth?

■ Speed Catch (Single Play)

You’ll succeed when you can catch the ball throw by NPC and game is over when you missed 3
times. Very simple rule but when you succeed the NPC throws the ball and the speed of its
throw become faster. When you keep catching successfully, you’ll reach beyond the bounds of
human reach. Can you catch the ball that human cannot throw?

■ Nine Trial / Bomber Catch (Multiplayer play)

The party games that can be played with maximum 4 players. “Nine Trial” is the game to
complete who the speed of shooting down all 9 plates. In “Bomber Catch”, the players tossing
the 1 bomber each other and the one who drop the bomb will loose. Both can be enjoyed
playing with family and friends.

                            【Product Overview】
                            Title: Let’s CATCH
                            Platform: Wii(WiiWare)
                            Release Date: Dec, 2008
                            Price: 1,000 Wii pts
                            Genre: Sensory Sports
                            Player: 1-4 players
                            Rating: Pending
                            Copyright:(C) SEGA / PROPE
                            Official Site: http://prope.sega.jp/letscatch/
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Hey! Catch!
Hey! Catch!
This is the complete text of the info sheet given out by Sega for Let's Catch, a WiiWare game from Prope in which you... play catch. It raises a lot of important questions about the human condition, such as "CAN YOU CATCH THE BALL THAT HUMAN CANNOT THROW?" So I thought you might be interested in seeing just how much information and how many modes a developer can slap into a game about catch.

Yeah. OK, here goes...

The game brings an outdoor game of catch right in your own living room!

                                           Let’s CATCH

“Let’s CATCH” is the title exclusive for Wii Ware developed by Prope, lead by “Yuji Naka” who has
designed several masterpiece to the gaming industry. The intuitive control that takes the
advantage of the unique characteristics of Wii remote enables you to experience the real sense of
throw and catch the ball in your own living room. This is the new sense of sensory game offers
such simple fun to you. The game brings you back to the time you spent playing catch until you
lost the track of the time!

● A palm to palm communication. The game for playing catch make it debut on
Wii Ware!

Have you played catch with someone recently? Playing catch is one of the favorite thing for the
free time for the children in old age. However, we don’t see many children who play catch in the
recent year where the children don’t have the place and time for it. The catch between father and
child often conveyed the words they cannot tell each other... New game which bring back the old
day, a game for playing catch makes it debut on Wii Ware.

● Reproduce the sense of “catching the ball” by taking advantage of unique
characteristics of Wii remote!

The game enables the control as if you play catch in reality with Wii Remote.Wii. When you
catch the ball just right, the Wii Remote vibrate and the crisp sound of the ball landing in your
glove plays from Wii Remote which increase the reality in the game. First person view is
another factor to make you dig into the fun of catch. We concentrate on realize the sense of
good and bad when you catch the ball in your palm.

■ Story Mode (Single Play)

In this mode the story is taking place while player plays catch with NPCs. The NPCs you can
play catch increases and the conversation between them proceeds when you keep playing catch
with them. Many dramas are hidden in the innocent conversation with them. At the end playing
catch will save the earth?

■ Speed Catch (Single Play)

You’ll succeed when you can catch the ball throw by NPC and game is over when you missed 3
times. Very simple rule but when you succeed the NPC throws the ball and the speed of its
throw become faster. When you keep catching successfully, you’ll reach beyond the bounds of
human reach. Can you catch the ball that human cannot throw?

■ Nine Trial / Bomber Catch (Multiplayer play)

The party games that can be played with maximum 4 players. “Nine Trial” is the game to
complete who the speed of shooting down all 9 plates. In “Bomber Catch”, the players tossing
the 1 bomber each other and the one who drop the bomb will loose. Both can be enjoyed
playing with family and friends.

                            【Product Overview】
                            Title: Let’s CATCH
                            Platform: Wii(WiiWare)
                            Release Date: Dec, 2008
                            Price: 1,000 Wii pts
                            Genre: Sensory Sports
                            Player: 1-4 players
                            Rating: Pending
                            Copyright:(C) SEGA / PROPE
                            Official Site: http://prope.sega.jp/letscatch/
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Edited By TheMikelGuereca

I can finally play catch with my dad...

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Edited By joshy9411

that made a lot of sense....wink wink......

and playing catch to save the earth? what the hell?


ooo first ^^
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More like "Giant Bomber" catch.  Then game would be best ever.

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Game of the year 2008? 


I think so. 
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Wow. I feel like I now know everything there is to know about this game.

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STORY MODE.....WHAT.

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This game definitely needs an over-detailed wiki section.

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I WANT TO SAVE THE EARTH?
Sign me up.

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I hope this will help me reconnect with my father. Kind of like the end of Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner.

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I hope this game delivers on the promise of  letting me "realize the sense of
good and bad when I catch the ball in my palm".

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Is it coming out for the xbox 360?

I've often thought about the strange and uneasy distance between my father and I - I can't ever remember playing catch with him.

Great press release Jeff. I lolled.

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This is simply amazing.

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The only thing I gleaned from any of that is that by playing catch, I may someday save the earth.

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Wow.

Now I can finally live out my "Fields of Dreams" desire of playing catch with a ghost who is my father!?

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Oh wow, I needed a good laugh.

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What a load of ****. Only if you live in Shibuya or Shinjuku would you have trouble finding a place to play catch. Other than that, it's as easy to play catch anywhere else in Japan as it is in the States. It does say alot about the human condition that this game even exists, but even more if it sells well.

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God damn. That's probably the most inane game ever.

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"At the end playing
catch will save the earth?"

The answer: no.
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STORY MODE!!! WAHAHAHAAAA!

Welcome to Level 6 of the Story Mode!
Setting:  The sun sets over head as you play Let's CATCH with Paternal Family Unit (read: Father)
And then the following text would appear as you complete the catches:

Father:  How was school today?
You:  I enjoyed school today.
Father:  What did you learn today in school?
You: We talked about birds and bees.
Father:  That is very important human making process.
You:  I had a good feeling!
Father:  We opened it with faith.
You:  Inside was...

etc.

Wow.  Actually, this would probably be a "Boss Level", since the sex talk can drift to awkwardness.  Indeed, playing catch can save the earth...?

Bomber Catch?  Didn't we already play that mode in Mega Man 1 for the NES?  What's Sega playing at...

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Gotta Catch'em All.....Wait that doesn't work here...

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I'm looking forward to its sequel Toss.

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" We concentrate on realize the sense of good and bad when you catch the ball in your palm." so, there are good/evil choices? AWESOME

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I'm so glad they didn't have someone who is fluent in english proofread this; it might not be so entertaining otherwise.

"Can you catch the ball that human cannot throw?"  -  So profound...

"At the end playing catch will save the earth?"  - So much drama!

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The engrish is fantastic.

I cannot tell you how much i'm looking forward to hearing that crisp sound of the ball to increase the reality.

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GAME OF THE YEAR

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I completely LOLed on reading the words: "story mode".  And what will this saving the earth be about?  Maybe once you've progressed to having ninja catching skills the game will be like "Hey, now catch these nuclear missiles before they hit" or "Better catch this excess CO2, before it destroys the planet" which would obviously be the last boss level because of the difficulty normally had with catching gaseous substances.    ... hilarious.

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"At the end playing catch will save the earth?"
This is perhaps the best quote I've ever heard or read.

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this game will be profitable regardless of sales...........

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"The catch between father and child often conveyed the words they cannot tell each other..."

Oh god, it's just so beautiful!