MLB The Show 25
Build a baseball career, direct a season or assemble a card-based lineup, with Ambush Hitting adding a wager on pitch location to your decisions at the plate.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.6 / 10
About this game
MLB The Show 25 connects batting decisions with several ways to follow baseball. Ambush Hitting lets you anticipate a pitch's location: a correct prediction improves batting attributes, while a wrong one reduces them. Hitting options range from aiming with Zone to timing-only swings. Road to The Show begins with high-school and college games, then lets you shape your player by spending earned Show Points on attributes. Franchise and March to October offer full games or a focus on key moments. Diamond Dynasty builds a lineup from player cards and requires an internet connection even for its solo sub-modes. Storylines takes a different route, pairing playable baseball history with videos and narration.
Collected in series
MLB: The Show turns baseball’s pitch-by-pitch decisions into a mix of batting, pitching, fielding and longer-term team building. Across the series, you can develop a player’s career, manage a franchise or assemble a roster through player cards.
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AI review
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A fit for baseball fans who enjoy both reading a pitch and shaping a longer journey.
Ambush Hitting makes prediction a calculated risk, which could appeal to players who enjoy studying a pitcher's choices. Career progression and key-moment season play provide different structures for that interest, without requiring every mode to follow the same routine.
Strengths
- Attribute spending gives a career player a concrete way to direct development.
- Full-game and key-moment approaches can accommodate different preferences for season involvement.
Weaknesses
- Diamond Dynasty's internet requirement limits its usefulness for disconnected solo sessions.
Who it is for: Players interested in batting decisions, career development and baseball history.
Play notes: Choosing a solo Diamond Dynasty sub-mode does not remove its internet requirement.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Career development and the choice of full games or key moments let players select the kind of progression they want to follow. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The penalty for a wrong Ambush prediction gives pitch anticipation a meaningful tradeoff for players who enjoy taking informed risks. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Storylines' videos and narration can give historical gameplay moments context beyond the immediate result of a play. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Timing-only and aimed hitting options offer different levels of input involvement, useful when choosing how much batting control to manage. | Reviewed | 5.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Sony Interactive
- Publisher
- MLB Advanced Media
- Release date
- Mar 18, 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- ReplayableFast-pacedSolo-friendlySports-based PlayLocal Co-opLow Entry Barrier3D GraphicsPlayer versus PlayerPick-up and PlayThird PersonShort Sessions
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerCo-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideMar 18, 2025
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com