MLB 09 supports Rock Band mic, headsets for heckling

by Jason Dobson { Dec 19th 2008 at 1:00PM }

There's more uses for your Rock Band mic than simply belting out off-tune renditions of Lump or clubbing your roommate as he reaches for a bite of your chili dog. ESPN reports that next year's MLB 09 The Show will allow players to record cat calls to be yelled out from the stands using a microphone or wireless headset.

Calling the feature Trash Talk 2.0, the article reveals that the game will mix your recorded chants or insults so they sound as if they are a part of the crowd and not just coming from a single overzealous fan with a booming voice. With this, virtual baseball competition will likely get a bit more personal when MLB 09 The Show arrives on March 3.

Tags: baseball, mlb-09, mlb-09-the-show, mlb09, mlb09theshow, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

playwhutyalike @ Dec 19th 2008 1:08PM

Yes, let us all be douche bags together.

Chris Are @ Dec 19th 2008 1:10PM

I'm not a Bonds supporter, but those guys look like jackasses.

idiot @ Dec 19th 2008 1:13PM

let the floodgates open

Haggard @ Dec 19th 2008 1:17PM

That's pretty cool

Expect it to be abused 90% of the time though. I'm thinking mid-game rickrolls and the world's most racist crowds.

Donald @ Dec 19th 2008 1:35PM

Sounds like a typical Mets home game to me.

CrashSpyro123 @ Dec 19th 2008 2:07PM

They would only be rickrolling themselves, so they can do it all they want.

baconaholic @ Dec 19th 2008 4:17PM

I wish there was a way to +1 Donald more than once. I lol'd.

ChiTownRuler23 @ Dec 19th 2008 1:31PM

omg this will be fuckin awsome

Lord Negatron @ Dec 19th 2008 1:31PM

Umm yay?

The-E @ Dec 19th 2008 2:17PM

Are you a robot?? Is that your only response??

Where is my rockband mic!!Come March I am going to heckle you so bad!!!

Lord Negatron @ Dec 19th 2008 2:48PM

Thats fine heckle me...while i look up some gay porn "audio". My fans are ssspeshul.

Markusdragon @ Dec 19th 2008 1:34PM

Genius. It's going to be abused like hell, but genius.

Chicago Mafia @ Dec 19th 2008 1:47PM

Indeed. It's little ideas like this that make games memorable. Oh, and they gotta be at least decent.

butaneko @ Dec 19th 2008 1:35PM

Buttscratcher? Buttscratcher? Get your Buttscratchers here!

Bigfoot @ Dec 19th 2008 2:00PM

Buttscratcher!

Miles @ Dec 19th 2008 1:36PM

I remember when Microsoft was first marketing XBLive and for some reason they thought , " talking trash" was a feature. Who likes hearing people curse them out? I've been playing on Live since Wolfenstein and I've always hated it.Thank god for the party system.

Now we're actually spending money and manpower to develop "asshole tech" in our games. Are developers retarded?

baby sea tuna @ Dec 19th 2008 1:43PM

Then you probably love Smash Bros. and Mario Kart's take on communication.

Rocketboy @ Dec 19th 2008 2:10PM

I actually don't want communication when I'm playing games online. So, I do love Nintendo's 'lack' of communication in Mario Cart.

Vcize @ Dec 19th 2008 2:33PM

I genuinely feel sorry for you.

Especially when playing with friends, voice chat makes gaming 300% more fun. That's a scientifically proven fact, btw.

Rocketboy @ Dec 19th 2008 4:05PM

If I'm playing video games with friends, chances are they are in the house with me. If not, there's always a phone.

Kye says: Ich bin keine Grammatik Nazi! @ Dec 19th 2008 4:21PM

I hate Nintendo's lack of voice chat.
With a passion.

Nintendo seem to forget that some of the people that use their consoles are ADULTS.

If anything, give me voice chat and parental control to turn it off for when the kids are online.

Markez (Anti-Panda Death Murder Squadron) @ Dec 19th 2008 10:55PM

What's Mario Cart?

Romo-kun @ Dec 19th 2008 1:51PM

What a useless feature.

Though, it would be funny to see a ball go flying and all you hear is, "GOOD HEAVENS ME THAT PARTICIPANT IS A OUTRIGHT HOOLIGAN. WE'LL TAKE NO MORE SHENANIGANS FROM HIM."

butaneko @ Dec 19th 2008 1:53PM

I read this and assumed it would be a local feature. Playing games at your home stadium you can record heckles to be yelled at the other team. Like how I was able to specify in NHL 09 that 2 Legit 2 Quit plays in the background when my Lowell Devils take the ice.

Ghaleon @ Dec 19th 2008 2:02PM

4-D GAMING

LaughingTarget @ Dec 19th 2008 2:10PM

You're mistaken, this is clearly the fifth D. Though it isn't as good as Initial D.

Kevlar @ Dec 19th 2008 3:09PM

My favorite D is a tie between Substance D (somewhere in the 400-D range) or Tenacious D (that's the 34th on the D-scale).

Ok ... forget it. My favorite is Double D ( hint: it's over nine thousand )

CrashSpyro123 @ Dec 19th 2008 2:08PM

I don't know why you guys didn't report on the rest of the article, which has a lot more details on what's in the game. I can't wait to see how the new leagues will work out since they were a bit of a pain in the ass before.

LaughingTarget @ Dec 19th 2008 2:18PM

Like calling a player a "lame white boy"?

343 Guilty Fart @ Dec 19th 2008 2:22PM

Darryl... Darryl...

D-Pad @ Dec 19th 2008 2:28PM

Relax mom, they're professional athletes...

Markez (Anti-Panda Death Murder Squadron) @ Dec 19th 2008 11:00PM

Homer: You're Darryl Strawberry.
Darryl: Yes?
Homer: You play right field.
Darryl: Yes?
Homer: I play right field, too.
Darryl: So?
Homer: Well, are you better than me?
Darryl: Well, I never met you... but... Yes.

mrbigjonstud @ Dec 19th 2008 2:30PM

ha ha that could be funny with local multiplayer :)

nice simpsons reference guilty fart, didn't get it at first

Vcize @ Dec 19th 2008 2:35PM

Blatant racist trying to call other people racist is racist.

DCBlack @ Dec 19th 2008 3:09PM

Looking over that ESPN article and seeing some of the new features in the game, I'm pretty pumped for it now! Yet this "heckler" feature is probably the one new thing I won't get around to using...at least probably not much beyond testing it out.

Josh L @ Dec 19th 2008 3:13PM

Who cares - computer and console baseball games are fun for about one day. Then you realize how stupid of a game baseball is to simulate.

Maybe they should introduce the "how to pay Dominicans $14 million while I struggle to make rent in a shitty economy" feature.