AbstractIf the pomp and circumstance of the televised wrestling leagues is getting you down, it's time to step up to FIREPRO WRESTLING. There are no egos here just good, old-fashioned brawling. Take your pick from more than 150 pre-programmed fighters in this epic quest for glory. Using the game's library of 1,200 maneuvers and techniques, you can even build your own athlete and enter him into competition. In fact, you can create and save up to 66 wrestlers and start your own league! Now, that's wrestling.
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Mild Violence |
Full descriptionBased on the critically praised and successfully popular Japanese series of professional wrestling games, this version Fire Pro Wrestling enjoys the honor of being a U. S. launch title for Nintendo's 32-bit Game Boy Advance handheld gaming system. The cartridge offers more than 200 wrestler characters and a feature that allows players to create their own contenders. Characters wrestle in several different styles and through six different modes of play. While the computer-controlled characters are designed to offer a variety of interesting challenges for the single player, up to four human-controlled Fire Pro Wrestlers can battle head-to-head through the use of a link cable.
It may not be attached to a specific wrestling foundation, but Bam! Entertainment's Fire Pro Wrestling comes packed with enough wrestlers to make up for it. Over 150 combatants are available, each with unique animations and finishing moves. On top of that, you can create your own custom brawler and teach him moves from a library of over 1200 different techniques. Up to 66 wrestlers can be saved on one Game Pak!
Editorial reviewSource:
AmazonMost wrestling video games try to capitalize on well-known licenses, but end up falling short in their portrayal of TV-style wrestling. Not so the acclaimed
Fire Pro Wrestling games. This translation for the GBA keeps the tradition of play over personality intact. Any real fan of the body blow and the suplex should want this game.
Featuring 150 different wrestlers from which to choose, each with his or her own moves and finishers--as well as the option to combine more than 1,200 techniques and styles to create your own grapplers for the 3-D isometric ringside--Fire Pro Wrestling doesn't lack variety. You can even link up your GBA unit to fight against your friends or trade wrestlers you've created.
You can also play against the computer, which turns out to be a pretty good opponent. The game takes full advantage of both the A and B and the shoulder buttons, so the control is solid. Getting used to the time delay for punches and kicks can be frustrating, however. The manual does an excellent job in teaching you the tremendous variety of moves, and once you've learned what you can do, the gameplay is extremely satisfying.
About the only thing lacking from the game is familiar personalities. In offering so many fighters, each seems rather bland, and one is often a thin variation on the last. Of course, your own imagination can let you add a Rock-like or Mankind-esque wrestler, if that's what you want. Anyway, it's good fun for a handheld. Can you smell what your Game Boy is cookin'? --Andrew S. Bub
Pros:
- A wide variety of wrestlers, plus the option to make your own
- Lots and lots of moves
- Trade wrestlers and play head-to-head by linking up
Cons: - Could use a bit more personality
- Slight control lag
More than 1,200 moves; customizable wrestlers; 150 included fighters; realistic gameplay; four-player action via link cable
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