This game features a season mode and two time trial modes.
The series' shift towards greater realism is also reflected in the game's season mode.
The game also featured some complaints from people surrounding season mode.
In the season mode, the player makes up the last name of his character.
For the first time in the series, a season mode was included in the game.
However, the season mode is nearly impossible to complete.
There is also a battery-backed season mode, where players can select a team to play for 26, 78, or all 162 games.
For the first time only male wrestlers can participate in season mode.
The game lacked a season mode comparable to those of most modern baseball games.
There is a season mode where players can select a team and play through their 1997 schedule.