Alright, folks, let’s dive into how I got “Baseball 9” multiplayer working. It wasn’t as straightforward as I’d hoped, but I figured it out, and I’m here to share the messy details.
First Steps – Getting the Game
First things first, I made sure I had the game, “Baseball 9”. I already had it installed on my phone. Easy peasy. If you don’t, you’ll need to grab it from your app store.
The Multiplayer Mystery
Now, the tricky part. I poked around the main menu, looking for something that screamed “Multiplayer!” or “Play with Friends!” Nothing. I tapped on every icon I could find, still nothing that resembled a real multiplayer experience with friends. The game has plenty of modes, but finding a direct way to challenge my buddies? Nope.
League Mode
Okay, so there’s this “League” mode. I started playing that, thinking maybe I had to unlock multiplayer somehow. I went through a few games, won some, lost some, upgraded my players with new equipment and skills. It felt like a single-player grind, to be honest.
Experimenting with the Menu
After some more digging around and messing with the menu, I notice when selecting league mode to proceed with selecting my team to enter a match, the game presents the option to play against real people, or at least, a team that was designed by real people somewhere. I chose to continue playing this way with the hope to eventually rank up and unlock a way to actually face my friend.
No Direct Invites, It Seems
So, after playing a bunch of these “League” matches, It became very apparent to me that, sadly, you’re basically playing against other players’ teams, but it’s not real-time. It’s more like their team’s data is being controlled by the AI. So I wasn’t able to actually find a way to invite my friend to play with me in a real-time match.
My Verdict
Here’s the deal: “Baseball 9”, at least from what I experienced, doesn’t have a true multiplayer mode where you can directly invite and play against friends in real-time. It’s more of an asynchronous thing where you play against other players’ lineups. It’s still fun, but not the head-to-head battle I was hoping for. Maybe they’ll add a real multiplayer feature in the future, who knows?
