PES4eva
Red Devil
- 1 June 2023
FPW2 is essentially the same as FPW1 but with more moves so I’d say Fire Pro Wrestling 2 is the way to go.
The best thing about it is setting the match to “showman” style and then it gives you a rating percentage based on the quality of your match”. Note that the idea is not to necessarily win the match but to put on a show for the crowd. A good way to do this is let your opponent kick out at the very last micro second by releasing them with the A button if I remember right. You’ll notice the crowd start to get louder and louder until they’re going crazy. That’s when you know it’s time to end the match. So it’s similar to real pro wrestling it this sense.
Then you could try the Japanese version if managing a federation interests you.
I can’t remember whether lockup timings are the same as the snes. On GBA you have to be exact and instant otherwise you’ll miss the lockup grapple chance.
Here’s the basic controls I remember:
B = weak attack
A = medium strength attack
A+B = strong attack
B in lockup = weak attack (with direction performs alternative moves)
A in lockup = medium strength attack (with direction performs alternative moves)
A+B in lockup = Strong attack (with direction performs alternative moves)
L trigger = recover
L trigger in lockup = Front face headlock
which can then be turned into other moves.
R = Run
R in lockup = Irish whip
Then there’s many more basic controls like climbing the ropes or running up the turnbuckle if the wrestler has that ability.
Arial attacks from the turnbuckle, Suicide dives to the outside, apron to inside arial attacks like springboard attacks etc etc etc
I’d go into the edit mode just to see how many unique moves there are too. I think it was about 1500 different moves on FPW2.
Anyway have fun!
so it's quite similar to Pilotwings then, where you have a lot of missions. Looks like fun!