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If you hit the ball four times in a row you can use a special attack, which varies from character to character. Doing either will change the ball to your colour, and if it hits a player of a different colour, it kills them instantly. Hitting the ball allows you to send it flying off in one of three directions (either straight forward or at an angle up or down), while bunting it slows it down for a more precise swing.

You can run (or jump) and either hit or bunt the ball when it comes toward you. Lethal League is built around a pretty simple set of mechanics. Unfortunately, it seems to be missing a lot of other bits. It has the heart and soul of a truly great game. Indeed, Lethal League oozes style, and exemplifies the “pick up and play” philosophy that’s allowed Smash to dominate living rooms the world over. If you’re anything like me, that probably sounds like a recipe for the greatest party game ever. and Pong, with a dash of Jet Set Radio for flavor. Every time you hit the ball it moves faster and faster (eventually breaking the sound barrier if you can keep going that long), until it becomes nigh-impossible to hit with normal human reflexes.

The ball ricochets around the arena as you fight, and you’re only safe from its careening path if you were the last person to hit it. Lethal League is a fighting game based on an endearingly simple premise: you must hit a baseball into your opponent’s face while they try to do the same to you.