The following is a list of all video games in the ''

Fire Pro Wrestling is a professional wrestling video game series originating from Japan, started in 1989 by Human Entertainment, and currently developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft. The series is distinguished by its grappling system, which is primarily based on tim ...

'' series produced by either

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starting in 1989. Most of the titles in the series were released exclusively in Japan.

Human Entertainment Games

Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag

''Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag'' is the first game in the series, released for the

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on June 22, 1989. The game was later re-released on March 13, 2007 for the

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on the

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. The game was only released in Japan, and featured no official license. The game featured singles, tag team and tournament matchup modes.

Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout

''Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout'' is the second installment of the series, featuring a few more match types and additional wrestlers than the previous game. It was released two years after the original, featuring a new "World Champion Series", "Super Tournament", and "Elimination Match" modes. The game was later re-released on the

on May 27, 2008.

Super Fire Pro Wrestling

''Super Fire Pro Wrestling'' was released in 1991 for the

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system. It was developed by Human Club and published by Human Entertainment.

Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden

was released for the

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. The game features an "Exciting" mode that allows players to take on each other, an elimination mode where ten chosen wrestlers compete to win, and a handicap mode where one wrestler must take on two opponents. The game was going to be released in the U.S. under the title ''Jesse "The Body" Ventura Wrestling Superstars'', as published by

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, but was later cancelled. A ROM for the cancelled English version was leaked online in April 2016.

Fire Pro Wrestling 3: Legend Bout

Super Fire Pro Wrestling 2

Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout

was released in 1993. This is the first game ever created with contribution from

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. Due to complaints about the game's difficulty, Human released "Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Easy Type". In this version there is no edit mode but all of the hidden wrestlers are unlocked. ;Gameplay Characters based on wrestling stars such as WWF's

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and

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Rick Rude Richard Erwin Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, including World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling ...

are featured in the game along with Japanese professional wrestlers like

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. Wrestler ''Morio Smith'' is named after

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as Suda is a fan of the band. Each wrestler is ranked based on their attacking ability, defensive ability, and their running speed. An "edit mode" allows customized wrestlers to be created based on their wrestling type, the color of their skin, and a unique set of customized ring attire. A certain number of points also have to be spent on developing certain attacks (and their respective defense against these attacks from opposing wrestlers). Digitized voices from the wrestlers and cheers from the audience members are included. Two of the buttons on the Super Famicom controller are used for strong blows while another button is used strictly for low blows. Sprites in the game actually show wrestlers in different sizes to each other (depending on height and weight). A battle royale mode permits four wrestlers to face off against each other simultaneously. There are 56 different wrestlers to control, with eight playable wrestling legends. Referees are available and can be chosen by the player; each referee has his own level of strictness and essentially determine how long the match will last. It is possible to perform up to 300 different professional wrestling moves in the game.

Fire Pro Women: All Star Dream Slam

''Fire Pro Women'' is officially licensed by

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Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special

''Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special'' was released in 1994. Wrestlers from the game are based on popular wrestlers from the WWF in addition to the

and several

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organizations. The game was only released on the

system. The game's scenario was written by

, and helped make him famous with a controversial suicide

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Fire Pro Gaiden: Blazing Tornado

''Blazing Tornado'' was released by

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. Although the design is similar to the majority of the games in the series, the controls are primarily based on button mashing, rather than executing properly-timed button presses. This installment features a different group of 8 (9 with the boss code) pro-wrestlers, who hail from all corners of the globe to compete, seeking to become a champion out of themselves. Game modes are divided into single and tag team match tournaments. The single division allows players to challenge for the vacant Heroic Wrestling Federation/Neo Heroic Championship.

Wrestling Universe: Fire Pro Women: Dome Super Female Big Battle: All Japan Women VS J.W.P.

''Wrestling Universe'' is officially licensed by

Super Fire Pro Wrestling: Queen's Special

Super Fire Pro Wrestling X

Fire Pro Wrestling: Iron Slam '96

''Fire Pro Wrestling: Iron Slam '96'' was developed and released for the

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. It is the first game in the series to be done in full 3D. Its gameplay, however, retains the familiar timing-based grapple system found in all of the other Fire Pro games. Also, as with the other games in the series, the characters are based on real-life wrestlers that were popular at the time. Unlike its predecessors, it lacks the extensive Edit Mode used to build and create a wrestler.

Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium

''Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium'' was released in 1996 for the

. It has an extensive Edit mode where up to 80 created wrestlers can be stored and used in the game. The game features likenesses of over 100 real-life professional wrestlers that were included with fake names to prevent copyright infringement. Fan translations of the game surfaced online with the advent of

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such as Snes9x and

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. These translations not only converted the Japanese text to English, but also replaced the names of each wrestling likeness to its real-life counterpart. Unlike the more frenzied pace and button-mashing of arcade-style wrestling games, ''Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium'' focused instead on skill and specific timing. Each wrestler possesses three different 'levels' of attacks, Weak, Medium, and Strong, and must realistically wear down the opponent to use their most powerful attacks without being reversed or countered.

Fire Prowrestling S: 6 Men Scramble

''Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Men Scramble'' was released in 1996 for the

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. The game's story mode was called "Victory Road", which enabled "Title Match" when completed. The matches in ''Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Men Scramble'' include One Night Match, Open League, One Night Tournament, Elimination Match,

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, the debut of Death Match and the return of Gruesome Fighting that had not been seen since ''

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''. The game also includes a deep wrestler edit mode.

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Fire Pro Wrestling

''Fire Pro Wrestling'' (released in Japan as ) was the first ''Fire Pro'' game to receive an official English translation and the first to be released on a portable system rather than a console. A direct sequel, ''Fire Pro Wrestling 2'', was released in 2002. The games use the A and B buttons for striking and grappling. True to many ''Fire Pro'' games, MMA is featured in the game and federations like Pride and The

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feature with fighters. The Octagon also made an appearance in this game, but was removed in the second for copyright issues.

Fire Pro Wrestling 2

''Fire Pro Wrestling 2'' (released in Japan as ) is a direct sequel to 2001's ''Fire Pro Wrestling''. ''Fire Pro Wrestling 2'' is not actually the second game in the series; it is merely the second game to be officially translated into English.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to Metacritic. In Japan, ''Famitsu'' gave it a score of 30 out of 40. ''

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'' named it the second-best Game Boy Advance game of September 2002. The game was a runner-up for the "Best Sports Game on Game Boy Advance" award at ''GameSpot''s Best and Worst of 2002 Awards, which went to ''

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''.

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Fire Pro Wrestling Returns

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Fire Pro Wrestling World (PC 2017 / PS4 2018)

References

External links

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