Major update5 Sep 2026Ver 1.73 Overseas Moves, New Contract Desk and Help GuidesVersion 1.73 is out. The centerpiece is overseas moves . Strong players cross the ocean, put up numbers over there, and eventually come home. That whole arc is now part of running your club. We've also rebuilt the Contract Desk (contract renewal, FA, free agents, trades) and the Reinforce screens (domestic and international scouting), and added a full set of in-game Help and first-time guides s…
Version 1.70 is out — a major update bundling everything we have been working on since the last release. The headline feature is auto-generated player portraits : players who used to be silhouettes now get a face, wearing their team's cap and uniform . A new Uniform Editor in the management screen lets you decide how they look. The update also brings a post-game news show , a reworked Quick Sco…
Version 1.61 is out. The headline is the overseas scouting rework . Star a candidate and they stay on your board even after new searches, and you can now read each candidate's pre-Japan record, year by year and career . This update also brings automatic save backups with corruption recovery , a full rework of pitching usage and bullpen management , league-wide balance tuning for walks, strikeou…
Version 1.57 is out. The centerpiece is the Player Directory . Every player now has a written profile of their own, presented on a single card with their photo, bio and stats. Better yet, a snapshot of the directory is kept at the end of every season, so you can look back at any past year . This update also adds Past Game Records that keep the box score of finished games, a reorganized League H…
Version 1.53 is out! This update has two headline features: the International Tournament and a full club business overhaul . Sixteen national teams now battle for the world title with you as your nation's manager, while sponsors, merchandise and owner goals make running the club itself far more interesting. There's also an option to generate pre-game careers for your starting players — a treat…
Version 1.51 is out! The headline feature is League Realignment : you can now reshape your league structure in an ongoing save, and players from clubs that leave the league move on through a Dispersal Draft . The offseason also grows in a big way with the Active Draft , Fall/Spring Camps and Winter Leagues . League Realignment — reshape your leagues mid-save · When you wrap up the offseason, th…
Version 1.50 is out. The headliners this time are two-way players and the Active Draft . Alongside them come Monthly MVP awards , WAR , a calendar schedule and FA player compensation — a batch of updates that make your league's year feel more like the real thing. Two-Way Players · Two-way players have arrived. They can start on the mound while batting as DH, and keep batting as DH after leaving…
Version 1.46 is out. The headline this time is Quick Scout . Players now have personalities , and how well they match your coaching staff changes how they grow. The match simulation has also been rebuilt , bringing pitch counts, defense, batted balls and errors up to real-world levels. Quick Scout · A Quick Scout entry has been added to the title menu. You can put together the player you want i…
Version 1.43 is live. This update is built around four things: amateur career stats for draft prospects, support for female players, batting title races that behave like the real thing, and a better pitch-calling and stats experience . Almost all of it came from your reports and requests. Draft prospects now have amateur career stats · The prospect list now shows a career line from high school,…
Version 1.37 is out. Here is everything we have shipped since the last announcement (including the v1.36 patch). The four pillars this time: the new PRE-MATCH screen, player career logs and amateur records, livelier roster moves between the first team and the farm, and match presentation / usability improvements . As always, most of these came straight from your feedback. New screen: PRE-MATCH…
Version 1.35 is now live, bundling everything we have shipped since the last announcement. The four pillars this time are the new Pitch Call mode, a much stronger roster screen, the new Baseball IQ ability, and a rebuilt postseason . Pitch Call takes pitch-by-pitch managing one step further and hands you the battery's brain. The roster screen improvements come straight from community feedback.…
Version 1.30 is now live. This update focuses on solid farm-team foundations (guaranteed roster depth), instant-impact college and corporate-league draftees, and a more polished watch experience. It also bundles new-game setup improvements, realistic substitution rules, and everything else changed since the last announcement. No More Understaffed Farm Teams · When starting a new game, teams wit…
Version 1.28 is out. This update brings two major features — more managerial control while watching games and full control over your farm team's lineup — plus a brand-new pitcher trait "Kire", long-term league balance improvements, and a batch of fixes based on your reports. More Managerial Control in Watch Mode · You can now call pitching changes yourself while watching games (or leave them to…
Version 1.27 is now available. Alongside two new features, this update includes bug fixes and UI improvements based on your reports on the forums. New: Preseason Mode · You can now play a 24-game "preseason" for each team before the regular season begins · Every rostered player is eligible to play, regardless of the active-roster limit. Stats are tracked separately from the regular season · Wor…
Version 1.25 is now available. It includes a major overhaul of pitching-usage AI in response to community reports, along with new features, balance adjustments, and a wide range of bug fixes. Pitching-Usage AI Overhaul · Fixed relievers being swapped out almost every inning after a starter's early exit (now switches to long relief on big deficits or early knockouts) · Fixed the AI burning throu…
Version 1.22 is now available. Alongside a sweeping UI overhaul, this update answers a wide range of requests and reports from the community forums. UI Overhaul — MATCH CONSOLE Style · Redesigned screens across the board (in-game, substitutions, postgame, home, stadium intro, All-Star, schedule, new-game wizard and more) · Player details fully redesigned: four tabs (Profile / Career / Minors /…
Version 1.20 is now available. This update reshapes the schedule into three-game series and adds "pitch tempo" (change of speed) to the pitching simulation. It also brings a postseason stats view that was never visible before, along with fixes to walk-off winning-pitcher rulings and more. The Schedule Is Now Built Around Three-Game Series · The season schedule now lines up like real pro basebal…
Version 1.18 is now available. The highlights are the drama of clinching a pennant, smoother season progression, and a free agent market. We are also covering the previously unannounced contents of Version 1.17 (title qualification fix, watched-game stat recording unification, and more). Clinching Moments, Celebrated · Winning your league or the Japan championship now triggers a full-screen cel…
Version 1.16 is now available. The highlights this time are expanded player profiles and a complete overhaul of the editor. We are also covering the previously unannounced contents of Version 1.15 (an important farm-game bug fix, contract renewal improvements, and more). Player Hometown, Height & Weight (Ver 1.16) Every player now has a profile, shown in the sidebar of the player detail screen.…
Version 1.14 is now live. The centerpiece of this update is a major overhaul of the draft. It also includes everything from Version 1.13, which shipped without an announcement (year-by-year farm stats, important bug fixes, and more). Draft Overhaul First-round picks now follow the NPB-style bidding lottery. Every club announces its first-round pick at the same time; if picks overlap, a lottery…
Version 1.12 is out. This update is all about playing with the data: a new schedule tab, directional play-by-play, sabermetrics, and a big roster overhaul. New Schedule Tab Added a "Schedule" tab listing all of your team's games and results. Filter by month with monthly W-L records, see the ballpark for each game, and the view auto-scrolls to your next game. All-Star games appear in the schedul…
Hakoniwa Base Ball has officially launched today! Huge thanks to everyone who played the demo and sent feedback — you made this a far better game than what I first set out to build. Launch discount 15% off for the first 14 days! If you enjoyed the demo, now's a great time to grab it. And if you could leave a review, it would mean the world to me. Roadmap Here's a look at some of what's coming:…
Alongside the update to the full version, we've rolled out what is planned to be the final update before release. We've polished the design of various screens and made adjustments to the game balance. Until now, a pitcher's breaking balls were shown only as the number of pitch types. Now you can see exactly which pitches they throw and how good each one is — and pitch types are displayed during…
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