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<h2>Overview</h2><figure data-align="right" data-size="small" data-img-src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/1/13831/477011-03_08_2008_13_42_34_506.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-477011" data-ratio="0.66666666666667" data-width="240" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 240px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:66.7%" href="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/1/13831/477011-03_08_2008_13_42_34_506.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-477011"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/1/13831/477011-03_08_2008_13_42_34_506.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/1/13831/477011-03_08_2008_13_42_34_506.jpg 240w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" data-width="240"></a></figure><p>Baseball Advance is a baseball game developed by <a href="/smilebit/3010-493/" data-ref-id="3010-493">Smilebit</a> and published by both <a href="/thq/3010-15/" data-ref-id="3010-15">THQ</a> and <a href="/sega/3010-62/" data-ref-id="3010-62">Sega</a> for the <a href="/game-boy-advance/3045-4/" data-ref-id="3045-4">Game Boy Advance</a> in North America on March 20, 2002.</p><p>One of the earliest baseball games developed for the system and based on Sega's <a href="/world-series-baseball/3025-1425/" data-ref-id="3025-1425">World Series Baseball</a> series, Baseball Advance features teams from <a href="/major-league-baseball/3015-1620/" data-ref-id="3015-1620">Major League Baseball</a> and pre-rendered 3D graphics.</p><p>It later received a Japanese release by <a href="/sega/3010-62/" data-ref-id="3010-62">Sega</a> on August 8, 2002, where it is known as <em>Greatest Nine</em>. A short-lived revival of the <a href="/greatest-nine/3025-5897/" data-ref-id="3025-5897">Greatest Nine</a> sister series, it switches from the MLB's roster to that from <a href="/nippon-professional-baseball/3015-6755/" data-ref-id="3015-6755">Nippon Professional Baseball</a>.</p>