Surreal Team, Real Play!

Greetings, this is FANTASTIC BASEBALL.

We’re excited to share the details of the upcoming update, scheduled for Thursday, November 28th.

[Detailed Update Information]

■ New Events

In-Game Events

 1. 2024 Wrap-up Relay Check-in Event

 2. 2024 Golden Glove Presentation Celebration Mission Event

 3. Adieu 2024 Season Mail Rewards

 4. Point Race Event

 5. Game Mode Event

 6. Exchange Shop Event

 7. Trade Team Selection Event

Community Events

 1. Predict the 2024 KBO Golden Glove Award Winners!

※ For more details, please refer to the [New Events Round-Up] notice.

■ Past Regular Season Cards – 2016~2017

[2016–2017 Player Cards]

1. Player cards from the 2016–2017 seasons will be introduced, featuring players from their respective teams during that period.

- Based on real stats, these cards represent the players' historical team affiliations.

- Cards will be released for the KBO, MLB, and CPBL leagues.

- Only Silver grade or higher cards will be released for past seasons.

- These cards can be obtained via the Scout menu, Player Card Packs, or Scout features.

- KBO league will also feature retired players, available under the Retired Player Scout tab in the Scout menu.

- The Catalog will be updated with the addition of 2016–2017 Regular Cards.

2. Obtain 2016–2017 player cards exclusively through the 2016–2017 Fantastic Player Pack in the Shop > Player Card Tab.

- Purchase Bonus: Includes the 2016–2017 Prism Diamond Player 10% Pack (10% chance for Prism Diamond, 90% chance for Diamond).

- Sale Period: November 28th after the update until December 26th before the update.

3. What is the Fantastic Player Pack?

- The Fanstastic Player Pack is an upgraded version of traditional Player Card Packs.

- Allows you to select your preferred team, with a 30% chance of obtaining a player from that team (40% for CPBL due to fewer teams).

- Offers 6x higher chances for Prism Diamond players and 3x higher chances for Diamond players compared to Rare Player Packs.

- Only Silver grade or higher cards are included.

4. Changes due to the addition of 2016~2017 Regular Cards

1) Changes in ‘Player Packs’ in the Shop:

- Regular Player Cards released from now on can be obtained from ‘Normal/Rare Player Card Packs’

- Individual Player Card obtain chances have been changed due to the addition of Regular Player Cards. The updated obtain chances can be checked on the [Official Homepage > Guide > Probability Details]

■ Trade Team Selection Event

Use Prism Diamond Trades for a chance to obtain your preferred team’s players!

- After 5 Prism Diamond Trades, the 6th Trade will allow you to select your preferred team. Both offered players will belong to the chosen team.

- This cycle repeats every 5 Trades.

- The 6th Trade does not count toward the 5-trade cycle.

■ Preview Player Packs

Try before you buy! A Preview Player Pack feature has been added.

- Open a pack for free once daily, preview the results, and decide whether to purchase it.

- Pack grades, probabilities, and contents match Rare Player Packs.

- Preview packs reset daily at 09:00 (UTC+9).

- Packs can be purchased until reset even if you close the tab.

- After reset, a new pack must be opened.

- Available under Shop > Products > Player Card Tab in the Daily Picks category.

■ Scout: View All Players

- A new “View All Players” feature has been added to make scouting more convenient.

- Click the View All Players button in the Scout menu to see all players by league.

- View all cards (Regular and Theme) with filters for team, position, or grade.

- Sort by overall or grade.

- Return to the Scout menu using the View by Team button.

■ Black Friday Special Pack

To celebrate Black Friday, we’re introducing the Black Friday Special Pack, offering incredible purchase bonuses.

- The Black Friday Special Pack guarantees Monster Season Diamond and Prism Diamond Player Cards.

- The pack includes players from the Monster Season and 2024 First Half.

- Each purchase grants 10 player cards, with only Silver grade or higher appearing.

You can acquire following Black Friday Special purchase bonuses according to the purchase count.

- The bonus is only given once and is not given repeatedly.

- Available in Shop > Products > Player Card Tab under Black Friday Special Pack.

- Sale Period: November 28th, After Update ~ December 12th, Before Update

■ Challenge Mode

A new season of Challenge Mode begins, introducing updated missions and rewards.

- New Challenge Period: November 28th, After Update ~ December 12th, Before Update.

[Challenge Mode Mission Information]

- Note: If you are currently playing the previous season’s Challenge Mode, your results will not carry over once the new season begins.

Challenge Mode Clear Reward Event

- All clear the Fast & Slow challenge on Hard difficulty to earn a special reward.

■ Single Play

A new difficulty level, Ultimate A, will be added.

- Ultimate A features 10 stages.

Clear Ultimate A to earn exclusive rewards:

[Ultimate A Main Clear Rewards]

■ Slugger Showdown

A new pitcher lineup has been applied. 

- Challenge these pitchers for victory and rewards!

[New Pitcher Lineup]

■ Improved Play Rewards

1. PVP Rewards will be improved.

- Players will receive a PVP Season Chest after each win or loss.

- The box contains growth-related items.

2. Slugger Showdown Rewards will be enhanced.

- Increased PP for difficulty clear rewards.

- Ranking rewards now include Action Points, with increased PP amounts.

- For ranks 11–50 and 51–100, Rare Player Pack Tickets and Action Points will replace Normal Player Pack Tickets.

3. Simulation PVP Ranking Rewards will be improved.

- Increased Rare Player Pack Ticket and Diamond quantities.

- Gold Trait Draw and Exchange Tickets are removed and replaced with Diamond Special Training Tickets.

4. Exchange Shop will feature new items.

- Period: November 28th, After Update - December 26th, Before Update

- You can exchange your items with desired items in Exchange Shop.

- Normal Player Pack Ticket → Rare Player Pack Ticket

- SP/RP/DH-Enhancement Ticket→ All-Enhancement Ticket

- Gold → Action Points

- Items will be deliverd via mail.

■ Convenience & Functionality Improvements

1. PVP Network Status Display:

- Network status for both you and your opponent will now be visible during Friendly Matches, PVP Showdown, and PVP Seasons.

2. Players in Tutorial Showdown lineups can now be transferred, traded (Prism Diamond), or released.

3. Improved performance addressing overheating and frame drops, alongside optimizations for spectator effects, player card visuals, and background effects.

■ Other Improvements and Bug Fixes

1. [Theme Card / Monster Season 2] New Players Added:

- Pablo López (MLB/Minnesota Twins)

- Nick Margevicius (CPBL/Taigang Hawks)

2. [Player Card / Pitch Speed] Adjustments to slider speeds for the following players:

- Daniel Mengden (CPBL/CTBC Brothers)

- Kirby Yates (MLB/Texas Rangers)

- JAE-YEOL KIM (KBO/NC Dinos)

- Wang Wei-Yung (CPBL/Wei Wei Chuan Dragons)

3. [Game Mode/ Challenge Mode] The mission for Stage 2 - Third Mission in the Fireballer (Hard) challenge has been updated. (Before: Win by scoring 2 or more runs  → After: Win by hitting 1 double.)

4. [Theme Cards / Star Player Season 2] An issue where some players’ pitch speeds were applied lower than intended has been corrected. (The overall pitch speeds have been increased for the following players)

- Seung-Lak Son (KBO), Suk-min Yoon (KBO), Jong-Seok Yeom (KBO)

5. [Game Environment / Defense Motion] The defensive motion for touching the base directly before throwing has been updated to appear smoother and more natural during in-game defense.

6. [CPBL / Player Images] Due to image acquisition issues, the player card images for the following players from the 2016 EDA Rhinos team (CPBL) have been replaced with Fubon Guardians images:

- Che-Hsuan Lin (CF), Yi-Chuan Lin (1B), Chin-Lung Hu (LF), Kuo-Lin Kao (SS)