Fire Pro Wrestling HD (PS3/360)

[Mike the Metal Ed]

from SonnyBone @ FireProClub (http://www.fireproclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=20607)
http://www.fireproclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=20461
^ The original topic

If you haven't been following that topic, you're out of the loop. Time to get caught up.
Spike and GHM are being very nice to us right now. We owe them a giant thank you.
Be sure to read this ENTIRE post.
Read it SLOWLY.
All the way to the end. I'm serious.

NOW... for the info
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On September 9th, 2009
For Playstation 3 and XBOX 360
Format: Download only
Region: Japan

Developed by S-Neo and Grasshopper Manufacture
Published by Spike

Fire Pro Wrestling HD
A new installment in the Fire Pro Wrestling series featuring high definition graphics and online functionality to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fire Pro.

- Full 1080p support
- High resolution 2D sprites (3 times the pixel density of Fire Pro Returns)
- "Rebuilt" game engine
- XBOX Live and Playstation Network support for online play
- FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE FROM THE OPTIONS MENU
- Unlockables
- Downloadable content (download moves?!)
- Custom soundtrack support
- Upgraded logo editor featuring "image import".
- Share edits and logos online with friends via PSN and XBOX Live

Confirmed modes

Champion Road
One Night Match
Match Maker
Point Battle
Team Mach
Survival
Online Play
League
Tournament
Edit
Card Shop

Known mode details

Champion Road

A decision driven ‘career mode’ similar to Fighting Road from Fire Pro Wrestling G.
You begin by selecting your starting location. (Japan, America, Mexico, England)
You cannot use any default wrestlers or pre-made edits.
You have to start with a new character that has limited edit points.
Edit points, moves, and ring attire are collected by earning points in matches.
Points are earned based on audience ranking and other factors.
Your starting location also determines your available choices.
Advancing in Champion Road earns tokens that can be spent at the Card Shop.

One Night Match

All exhibition match options are available through One Night Match.

Confirmed match types

1 vs 1
Tag Team
Four Team Match ( 4 teams of 2 ?)
Battle Royale
Title Match
SWA Rules
Gruesome Fighting
Cage Match
Exploding Cage Match
Landmine Death Match
And 2 new match types that haven’t been revealed yet

New match features

Audience ranking for all match types
Captain’s fall rule
Lucha tag rule
Defend titles in any match type
New weapons
Match speed in custom increments (ex: 108%, 122%, etc)

Match Maker

The new version of Match Maker isn’t structured.
There are no objectives or pre-made scenarios.
You can book complete shows with defaults and edits.
All One Night Match and tournament / league options are available within Match Maker

Point Battle

A new mode to Fire Pro Wrestling!
The game randomly selects wrestlers from the roster for a match
You then bet on the outcome of the match
Tokens you earn can be spent at the Card Shop
COM vs COM only

Team Match

The standard 5 vs 5 elimination mode from previous Fire Pro games
1 vs 1 matches only

Survival

Wrestle an endless line of opponents until you lose
Earn tokens to spend in the Card Shop

Online Play

Play against friends or random opponents via XBOX Live and Playstation Network
Voice chat support
Online Point Battle where you can bet tokens against other players
"Party Play"
"Spectator"

League and Tournament

Titles can be awarded to winners of leagues and tournaments

Edit Mode

Wrestler Edit
Ref Edit
Belt Edit
Organization Edit
Logo Edit
Ring Edit
Trade

New edit features

Logo editor allows for ‘image import’
Trade: Online sharing of all edit content
"Advanced ring edit"
Alternate attires for wrestler edits
Edit space is based on available hard drive space

Card Shop

This is where you spend your earned tokens to purchase in-game content.
Confirmed content: templates, default characters, alternate attires, artwork, videos
You will buy ‘collector cards’ for the unlockable material. The cards will be displayed in your card collection

:drool:

[Blitz]

- "Rebuilt" game engine
This sorta worries me. Everything else is aces, though.

[Xero]

Seriously, this is fucking awesome. Any word on an offical US release or will it only be Japan?

Edit: Just realized it's download only. There's really no reason not to bring it to the US.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It's download only, so no amount of modding your 360 will play it...

HOWEVER, what will let you play it is creating a Japanese XBox Live account and then getting a Japanese MS points card or a Japanese credit card registered to a JAP address.

That work around will be the only way to play it if it only comes out in Japan on both 360 and PS3 :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

YO MIKE YOU MISSED THIS

If you guys haven't been following the thread in Victory Road, then you're probably clueless about this whole thing. Be sure to read the entire post. Read it slowly. This is all the information I have right now, and we may be getting more soon. Famitsu should be getting some media near the end of the month, but I'm not completely sure yet. Spike and GHM are being very nice to us right now. You should thank them.

Here's the info on Fire Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary Collection
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Release Date: TBA
EXCLUSIVELY for the Nintendo Wii
Format: Disc
Region: Japan

Developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and S-Neo
Published by Spike

Fire Pro Wrestling 20th Collection
A collection of 10 classic Fire Pro Wrestling games and a new version of Blazing Tornado to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fire Pro.

Classic games

PC Engine / TG-16
Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag
Fire Pro Wrestling Second Bout
Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Legend Bout

Super Famicom / Super Nintendo
Super Fire Pro Wrestling
Super Fire Pro Wrestling 2
Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout
Super Fire Pro Wrestling SPECIAL
Super Fire Pro Wrestling Queen’s Special
Super Fire Pro Wrestling X
Super Fire Pro Wrestling X PREMIUM

These games will be released with only a few minor changes.
- HUMAN logos replaced with SPIKE logos
- Officially licensed wrestlers / logos / etc will be replaced

Players will be able to unlock video interviews, concept art, and other extra content by completing certain objectives in the classic games.

Also on the 20th collection disc:

Blazing Tornado REDUX
Grasshopper Manufacture and S-Neo are combining their efforts on the ‘redux’ of Blazing Tornado.

The new version of Blazing Tornado is based on the original coin-op version of the game, but features new characters and scenarios created by Suda 51 and Grasshopper Manufacture.

Gameplay will remain true to Masato Masuda’s original Blazing Tornado, but will be "expanded for current technology".

Confirmed characters

Eric Starbuck
Daijiro Zama
Wolf McSchneider
Baron Firebird
John Saigo
MASK de Smith
Ho Long
Hayate
Skull Punk II
Jailbreaker Bullnoi
Thunder Ryu
Hizelshutat von Ludwig

Known modes and match types

One on one
Tag team
Battle Royale
Death Match
Blazing Road

BLAZING ROAD is a story driven single player mode where players take control of a rookie and fight their way to the top of the wrestling world.

There are 2 main story paths: Face and Heel.
There are multiple endings within each path.

Events take place both in and out of the ring.

Story sequences feature voiceovers. English subtitles will be an option.

The way you win matches will determine what happens in the story.

In addition to regular moves and finishers, certain "cinematic finishers" can be triggered during Champion Road matches. These are optional and will alter the story.

No edit mode in Blazing Tornado Redux.


Also hot :D :D :D :D

[Mike the Metal Ed]

It's download only, so no amount of modding your 360 will play it...

HOWEVER, what will let you play it is creating a Japanese XBox Live account and then getting a Japanese MS points card or a Japanese credit card registered to a JAP address.

That work around will be the only way to play it if it only comes out in Japan on both 360 and PS3 :(
I heard something about it needing a Gold account too, so it might be tricky if it doesn't come out in the US and Europe.

[Funky Fly]

That's way too much fucking effort for a single download.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

From the forum about HD:

And the game is Japanese only. No plans for an English release. We need to support them just like we always have. A lot of us have been importing these games for a decade now. We're not going to stop.

Some of you guys got spoiled with Fire Pro Returns.

They're giving us an ENGLISH OPTION for Hansen sake.
We should run with it and give them our money.



At least there's an English option by default :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

That's way too much fucking effort for a single download.

I would normally agree, but this is Fire Pro. I paid £120 for an import of X Premium on the SNES

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I heard something about it needing a Gold account too, so it might be tricky if it doesn't come out in the US and Europe.

You shouldn't do. I've bought Japanese XBLA stuff on someone elses 360 and it didn't need Gold.

[Xero]

Yeah, been reading the forum.

Really, if they went to the length of doing the US translation there has to be plans, at least internally, to release it in either Europe or the US. The fact that it's download-only must have come up, and doing the English translation just for Japan seems silly.

It almost seems like they're saying "it's in English, but you can't get it. You can pirate it, though."

[Funky Fly]

Dude, I like Fire Pro and all, but fuck getting a Jap gold account and importing Jap MS points for a single game. I'll wait for a US release. They brought Fire Pro R over, so no reason for them not to bring this over this on Live. I understand with PSN because they get charged up the ass for space on their servers, but Live is free for developers.

[Funky Fly]

Fucking hell, topic is too hot. Can't keep up here.

You shouldn't do. I've bought Japanese XBLA stuff on someone elses 360 and it didn't need Gold.
Nice.
Yeah, been reading the forum.

Really, if they went to the length of doing the US translation there has to be plans, at least internally, to release it in either Europe or the US. The fact that it's download-only must have come up, and doing the English translation just for Japan seems silly.

It almost seems like they're saying "it's in English, but you can't get it. You can pirate it, though."
Word.

[Destor]

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[Destor]

YES!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah, been reading the forum.

Really, if they went to the length of doing the US translation there has to be plans, at least internally, to release it in either Europe or the US. The fact that it's download-only must have come up, and doing the English translation just for Japan seems silly.

It almost seems like they're saying "it's in English, but you can't get it. You can pirate it, though."

But you can't pirate it if it's download only on either console, that's the thing.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Still, I'm so happy so rep for all just for being part of my joy :D

[#BROKEN Hasney]

However I will neg everyone to make up for it if it's announced that it's being taken over by Yukes for Legends of Wrestlemania 2D Arcade :shifty:

[Funky Fly]

Gawwwwwd. Don't say things like that.

[Funky Fly]

Actually, this just reminded me of the fact that 360s are region free. Any word on that wrestling series that AKI made post No Mercy coming to the 360. I'd definitely import that sumbitch.

[G]

I am happy for you all.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Actually, this just reminded me of the fact that 360s are region free. Any word on that wrestling series that AKI made post No Mercy coming to the 360. I'd definitely import that sumbitch.

Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix MAX

That's it. They've now been renamed Syn Sophia and were responsible for that god-awful Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Revolution on Wii :(

[Funky Fly]

No, not that one. There was a game that used the AKI engine in Japan and it had real wrestlers I think. Fignuts or Blitz should know it for sure.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKI

*shrug*

[Kane Knight]

Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix MAX

That's it. They've now been renamed Syn Sophia and were responsible for that god-awful Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Revolution on Wii :(

Was the wrestling title any good, though? I mean, 90% of shit on the Wii is crap, simply because it's built more for the in-house developers.

On the same subject, any word on the "rebuilt" game engine? I mean, what it entails?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Dunno, it was on PS2 and I never played it

[What Would Kevin Do?]

YES!!! Also, PS3 is region free too, and you can easily set up a Japanese PSN account to download Japanese stuff. Granted I haven't used my credit card on it, it shouldn't be an issue as my credit card works in foreign countries.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Unfortunatly, after the Tekken DR fiasco (with loads of people just creating Japanese PSN accounts to get the game early, then continuing to do so as the game was about $5 cheaper in Japan), Sony require the billing address to be in Japan to download Japanese stuff.

Can you get currency cards for PSN?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Eh, worst case scenario, I know peeps in Japan.

[D Mac]

Fucking Japs. :mad:

You can blindfold those people with fucking dental floss.

[Kalyx triaD]

When this comes to America and the visuals look tight enough, we'll have a winner.

All that bad stuff I said about the series being 2D will go out the window with an online-enabled edit-whore of a game like this coming around.

Seems like a packed download only game.

[PorkSoda]

I only skimmed through this whole thing...

Landmines? Exploding cage? Edit ref? Match maker?

Sure, why not?

Whats SWA though?

[Fignuts]

No, not that one. There was a game that used the AKI engine in Japan and it had real wrestlers I think. Fignuts or Blitz should know it for sure.

Virtual Pro Wrestling 2

Amazing game, but it doesn't compare to Firepro R, or KOC II.

[Fignuts]

Also, I am verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy skeptical about this.

Especially given the time of year.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I'm not too concerned. It's been ages since the last fire pro came out, and next gen systems have been out a bit too. I don't see why they'd dramatically change the engine, especially since they want to keep their main base happy, as that's where it's going to sell.

[Fignuts]

I mean seriously, a new fire pro game announced shortly before april 1st, that just HAPPENS to have a ton of stuff people on the fpc boards have wanted for years?

Nah. Not buying it just yet.

[Xero]

Honestly, my biggest suspicion is the English translation coupled with it being Download-only in Japan.

If it's true, awesome, but yeah, this could easily be a fake.

[Destor]

I trust SonnyBone.

[Fignuts]

Dunno, could def see sonnybone pulling this shit as a prank

[Funky Fly]

Virtual Pro Wrestling 2

Amazing game, but it doesn't compare to Firepro R, or KOC II.

Well, hopefully 3 goes current gen and is region free with option for English.

[Fignuts]

lol won't be a 3.

[Funky Fly]

Why the fuck not?

[Fignuts]

dude vpw2 was for the n64. AKI hasn't been involved with puroresu games in over decade.

[Funky Fly]

Fuck.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Oh, I thought you meant wrestling games after No Mercy. Yeah, VPW was the shit.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

The engine tweak might be to compensate for HD. Haven't most of you guys experienced timing problems playing FPR?

[Fignuts]

Yeah, but wouldn't that be more of a technical tweak, than a "rebuilt engine"?

Doesn't matter anyway, cause this is all gobbledy gook.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Yeah, the more I think about this, the more it seems like a bad April Fools joke.

[D Mac]

Well I still have Fire Pro Returns and still playing it some.

[Fignuts]

No one at FPC seems worried about the PS3 address problem thingy. Could that just be with specific games? So far the general consensus is, if you make a jap PSN account, and get a Jap Network Points card from playasia, or ebay, then you are golden.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah, that's cool. The only way you'd need a Jap address is if you wanted to use a credit card.

[Destor]

No one at FPC seems worried about the PS3 address problem thingy. Could that just be with specific games? So far the general consensus is, if you make a jap PSN account, and get a Jap Network Points card from playasia, or ebay, then you are golden.any options for 360 owners?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah, doing the same thing. JAP XBLA account, JAP points card, golden.

[Destor]

How would one go about getting a JAP account?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

<center>Creating your own Japanese Xbox Live Silver Account </center>
1) Head on over to Microsoft's passport Web site (http://www.passport.com/) (if you're logged in to a current account, make sure to sign out). Sign up for a new, free Hotmail account.
2) When asked, remember to answer that you're from Japan -- don't worry, you dirty liar, we won't judge you.
3) The next part, which would be the "trickiest," is entering some additional information about where you are from. You'll have to enter bogus information. The following should work fine (the phone number is for a Domino's Pizza near Akebonobashi Station in Tokyo):
Postal code: 150-2345
Province: Tokyo-to
Phone Number: 098-974-0604
4) Once you've activated your new Hotmai account, it's time to head on over to your Xbox 360. Switch profiles if necessary (the X button) and create a new profile, and a new Xbox Live account.
5) You'll next have to sign in with your new Japanese passport. Keep the number for Domino's Pizza Akebonobashi handy, because you're going to need to enter it again. Also, you might get hungry.
6) Create a gamertag and ... that's it!
Anything downloaded off of the Japanese marketplace can be played using accounts from other regions. Enjoy yourself, and save me a slice of pizza if you decide to order any.

[Destor]

nice

[D Mac]

September is still a long ways off tho.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

September is still a long ways off tho.

Trust me. I'm tempted to freeze myself like Cartman.

[Fignuts]

fyi googleing this only gets other gaming message board posts about this. No actual news media has said anything about this.

None of you should be getting excited until April 1st has passed without incident.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Meh, if it's fake, the fallout at that forum should at least be entertaining :D

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It seems like all the regulars wither take his word for gospel, or they're all in on it.... They're a little too assured so either they've been shown something, or they're in on the joke.

[Fignuts]

Thregulars are all pretty tight on there, stima/tripleA/samichna/morcheeba style, so them believing him actually makes it look more fake.

[Destor]

fyi googleing this only gets other gaming message board posts about this. No actual news media has said anything about this.

None of you should be getting excited until April 1st has passed without incident.
The forum (and sonnybone) was the first to break the news of FPR coming to America though. So that's somethign to think about. Plus if what theyre saying is true and it's only getting a JAP release there's even less reason of this word getting around sites that will show on an American google search.

Or am I wrong?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Famitsu is supposedmto have a feature on it this week so we'll see...

[Fignuts]

Yeah, for the record destor, the only reason I am so adamant about this, is so my own hopes don't get up, because I will be crushed if it is a hoax. The timing of the announcement is just too close to april 1st for me to believe it 100%.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

It's a hoax.

Reaction at Fireproclub.com is hilarious though.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

LOL, that woulda just dragged on until he thought up a reasonable response. His board would have gone apeshit if he just said April Fools after the build up. Rookie mistake.

[Kalyx triaD]

You can make all the excuses you want sonny but at the end of the day you screwed with people's emotions and wasted the time of a lot of others.
Your a peice of shit and i hope you burn in hell, fireproclub is dead to me.

I don't like it.

I get what Sonny was trying to accomplish...but now lots of people are going to see this website as a complete and total joke. Yeah, I know "Screw 'em, they're not Fire Pro fans." Whatever. I'm not going to sit here and say "Bravo," and pretend to be happy, because I'm not. I was looking forward to playing a new Fire Pro game on my PS3.

And yeah, I did buy a yen card...granted, I bought Fire Pro G with it, and can probably buy some other games down the line with the rest of the money on my Japanese PSN account, but it's still kind of stupid. Don't bother bringing up the "Don't buy anything yet!" thread, because people started saying that was evidence this was a big fake, and people here said those people were being irrational.

If you really wanted to get Spike going on another Fire Pro game, there surely could have been much more constructive and less deceptive ways of doing it.

Also, a lot of you owe the people who were saying "HOAX" an apology, really. I was on the fence on this whole new Fire Pro story, leaning towards thinking it was real. Guess I was fooled. Sh!t happens.

Maybe because I'm older and don't have much of a sense of humor, but I don't really see why Sonny should be let off the hook. Regardless of how he explains it, the only real point was to wind people up and sit back to see what happens. My kids outgrew that impulse by their teens. I guess we should be happy Sonny didn't do something really hilarious like yell "Fire" in a movie theater or link us to a FPHD site that hands out viruses.

I'm not even particularly angry or disappointed. A little sad, because he killed the reputation of the site in a lot of (newcomer's) eyes. Heh, I remember what the FPC was like years ago. Now it's Gamefaqs.

Pathetic.

[Kalyx triaD]

TL;DR (http://www.fireproclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=20799)

[Destor]

Sucks, good call Figgy.

[The Mackem]

Wasn't it a bit early for an April Fools joke?

[Mike the Metal Ed]

LOL. I'm disappointed, but looking at its community, I'm not sure I like what Fire Pro does to people.

<cite>Indigo wrote:</cite>Also, this will sound VERY lame, but we should focus on what we have in our lives (loved ones, homes, etc.) It sounds lame, but it does help put things in perspective, and removes much of the sting (for me, anyhow).

Wow.

[Destor]

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[The Mackem]

LOL, the internet is full of weirdos.

[Kane86]

This games controls always fucked me up I could never figure anything out. But out of all the wrestling games I have played this one has the best gimmick matches.

[Kane Knight]

BRB, gonna stick my head in the microwave. Think 5 minutes is good enough to cook a human head?

[Fignuts]

Wasn't it a bit early for an April Fools joke?

Well yeah, but if he would have announced on april 1st, no one would have believed it.

Also, hopefully this will make all the new posters who are all so easily butt hurt leave the FPC. That one comment about FPC turning into gamefaqs was dead on. But that was because of the domestic release of firepro r, and the flood of new posters from that very site.

Before that, FPC had it's own unique charm to it, not unlike tpww. It was a fun place to post at. Now it's garbage.