EDIT 1: Fire Pro Wrestling World has been announced!!
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EDIT 2: Title changed!
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So it seems that 12 years after the last real Fire Pro, we are finally (probably) getting a revival for the series.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Fire Pro, it's a series of Japanese wrestling games that ran between 1989 and 2005. The last game in the series, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, was re-released for the US market in 2007 and another game was released for the XBOX arcade. It carried the name Fire Prowrestling but it had nothing to do with the series and was absolutely awful.
The game itself kept the same 2D sprite look through all its iterations but beneath the simple looking graphics lies a *very* complex engine. The game doesn't only has a complex engine but also insane customization options: 500 create a wrestler slots, hundreds (or even over a thousand?) moves and animations but most of all - the ability to customize a wrestler's logic or behavior in every situation and every move of the match.
The deep customization options is what keeps a very loyal wrestling nerd community still play it to this day.
I don't play this game as much as I used to but I shamefully admit it is my favorite game of all time and I follow the forums now and then.
Here is a nice review of the game:
So why am I posting this now?
Well, about a year ago, Spike Chunsoft (the game publisher) posted a simple question on Twitter, asking people if they would be interested in the series revival. When it exploded with nearly 5 thousand people saying Yes!, a teaser was finally posted last week:
Even from a couple of seconds - longtime fans recognized many signs in the teaser that indeed, a new Fire Pro game is coming:
In addition, a new Twitter account has been created with the date 3/2 (this Thursday!), which is the date of GDC where an announcement is expected.
So yeah, me and a couple of other nerds are really excited about this. Assuming it is indeed a new Fire Pro game, I really hope it won't be a Nintendo Switch exclusive as some people speculate. In any case, if it won't come out on PC, I will probably buy the console it comes out on
Ah, Fire Pro. So many crazy memories.
What I really want is a FPW e-fedding version. Import interviews, set up weekly shows, setup certain spots during the show, ambushes, PPVs, etc. Run it through the engine, then export a m4v file with the whole show you can post on your e-fed website for folks to watch. E-fedding...holy crap. Talk about something with more nostalgia factor than actual good times.
Never mind. I'll just play the hell out of the new Fire Pro solo.
Great news!
I remember those days! Dr Death Steven Williams power bomb!
The memories of Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, had epic matches with RNRClown in our tornado tag team matches, you had to be on the ball, initiating the grapple then inputing your button command in with precision timing!
We got so good, we put the difficulty upto 10, that was a great challenge & made for awesome matches. The 2.9 close counts......tension filled did they make matches! I want this new game so bad if they can capture the spirit of Returns!!
Great news! Nice find!
I will buy this. I cannot wait. I want it now.
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns was so good. I still have fond memories of those tag-team matches with Spikeout. I remember Triple H & Steve Austin against Ron Simmons & Butch Reed. So many near-falls.
The day this hits early access I'm grabbing it.
When I was a kid I imported Fire Pro Wrestling Six Man Scramble from Japan for my Sega Saturn. I couldn't read any of the menus but I figured out how to get around eventually. I can't even begin to imagine how many hours I sunk into that game. I remember printing off people's created wrestler templates so I could replicate the popular American wrestlers that weren't in the game. My friends and I would also set up CPU vs CPU battles and be endlessly entertained just watching them play out.
When I was a kid I imported Fix Pro Wrestling Six Man Scramble from Japan for my Sega Saturn. I couldn't read any of the menus but I figured out how to get around eventually. I can't even begin to imagine how many hours I sunk into that game. I remember printing off people's created wrestler templates so I could replicate the popular American wrestlers that weren't in the game. My friends and I would also set up CPU vs CPU battles and be endlessly entertained just watching them play out.
Wow so true on all of that! I did the same exact stuff! Printed out tons of translations as well and created tournaments with AI placing bets on who would win the rumble etc.
I read a July release date somewhere. Looking forward to it!
Out tonight at 9PM Est!
Got it, played it, love it!
I am addicted to downloading wrestlers too
Suggested new thread title: Fire Pro Wrestling World brawl-for-all
Looking forward to getting this game in a couple of weeks, have a big Evernote doc going with links to Workshop downloads of all the CAW guys I want to add.
Does anybody know if if it's possible to put a CAW I download in more than one federation at a time? Like if I have one fed set up to represent 80's/90's WWF, and another set up to represent WCW, can I put a Macho Man CAW I download in both? Or do I need to make a copy or something?
Bumping this to report that adding custom mp3 music (for entrance themes and in-match background) is coming in a patch next month, and a "managing the ring" (running your own promotion) mode has been confirmed for a future update.
It's the best wrestling game out there, bar none.
Slick! Nice job!
It's really a great wrestling and I am looking forward to trying this new mod out. The dev's are very engaged in the community as well.
I take it the PS4 version is a long way off if the game is still in early access?
I take it the PS4 version is a long way off if the game is still in early access?
There's no release date on the PS4 version, but the game itself just left early access and that's why there is the sale, as Sonny explained.
Also just as an FYI, they released some DLC to raise money for Yoshihiro Takayama. Yoshihiro was paralyzed from a accident during a match back in May, and the charity is to help support the medical bills.
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