Other changes to the presentation include more realistic looking mitts, new catcher animations, and more than 80 hours of added commentary from Gary Thorne, Steve Phillips, and John Kruk. Hit variety has been addressed in 2012's game as well, with more physics-based results instead of simulated outcomes.

Each batter-pitcher confrontation also uses Inside Edge scouting reports along with STATS data to incorporate actual pitcher and hitter tendencies. On the mound and at the plate, the game's dynamic AI will have each pitcher and batter's ratings increase or decrease during the course of play based on the results of his last pitch or at-bat. Although Major League Baseball 2K12 for other consoles might be a game that would attract experts and huge baseball fans (the million-dollar challenge for a perfect game comes to mind), the designers have gone the completely opposite way with Major League Baseball 2K12 for DS, and I, personally, wholeheartedly support that decision. Instead of pre-loading throws to a base, for example, players must allow their fielders to plant their feet to maximize a throw's accuracy and effectiveness. On the field, players will master a new throwing system that requires a degree of timing to execute perfect strikes.

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