{"rewrite":{"id":"r_25fd5fc56cec0937f3b91603","clusterId":"c_021e94a7c30f009975758414","slug":"city-connection-s-bases-loaded-remake-gets-a-december-10-release","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"City Connection's Bases Loaded Remake Gets A December 10 Release","summary":"A full remake of Irem's 1993 arcade belt-scroll action game Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, handled by City Connection, Irem, and Glee. Glee said the redrawn designs were done by Irem, with added animations. Command moves can be triggered with one button, and a new character, Pink, was added. It is scheduled for December 10 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.","whyItMatters":"The remake keeps the original's punishing belt-scroll difficulty while adding redrawn visuals, one-button command moves, and a new character, and it arrives on current platforms after the 1993 arcade version went without a home port.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tokyo Game Show 2026 demo covered Stage 1 only. The character graphics are fully redrawn, and the shading change is clearest on Red League Man: the original leaned on heavy black for an American-comic look, while the remake uses softer shading. Avoiding and fending off enemy attacks remains difficult, and command moves for each character are now one button, which the play report calls easier on a first try.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePink, a new character, carries pom-poms in both hands and has a wide attack range; her special move sends cheer members in from off-screen. Minigames sit between stages.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Bases Loaded keeps its redrawn character art under Irem's own supervision while City Connection handles the remake. The original studio is shaping the look of a game it first shipped in 1993.","twitterPost":"Irem redrew the characters for the Bases Loaded remake. The original arcade studio still controls how its 1993 cast looks.","threadsPost":"Bases Loaded is a City Connection, Irem, and Glee project, but Irem drew the new character art itself. Thirty-three years after the original arcade release, the studio that made the game still decides how its cast looks.","newsletterBlurb":"City Connection, Irem, and Glee are behind a full remake of Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded, the 1993 Irem arcade belt-scroll action game. A TGS2026 demo covered Stage 1, with redrawn character graphics by Irem and one-button command moves. It is scheduled for December 10 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/08/173331.html\",\"title\":\"Full remake after 33 years! \\\"Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded\\\" is hard but fun belt-scroll action. Added animations make the action more enjoyable too [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4677,"outputTokens":688,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791434237,"createdAt":"2026-10-08T04:33:04.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T04:36:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T04:36:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_021e94a7c30f009975758414","canonicalTitle":"33年越しのフルリメイク！『野球格闘リーグマン Bases Loaded』は難しいけど面白いベルスク。追加アニメーションでアクションもより楽しくなった【TGS2026】","representativeArticleId":"a_a784b61e273363b50d5951f1","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Bases Loaded\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-08T03:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-08T03:15:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T04:36:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/08/173331.html","title":"33年越しのフルリメイク！『野球格闘リーグマン Bases Loaded』は難しいけど面白いベルスク。追加アニメーションでアクションもより楽しくなった【TGS2026】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Bases Loaded"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}