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You can't go home again.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played the original Firepro Wrestling on the Sega Saturn. It was released in Japan only and I needed a translation in English to do anything. My friends and I played this game over and over. In fact we still, to this day, say CRITICAL! Which is one of the few English words we could understand. When your wrestler was totally defeated he would be CRITICALed. The wrestler creation capabilities were and still are the very best offering from any wrestling game. It was 2 dimensional then and is still 2d on the GBA. If you are like me and don't care about graphics you may still enjoy this game. I bought it on Amazon and played it for about 3 minutes before checking out the wrestler creation. I was shocked to find the format had changed, but the tools for creation are still the same as they ever were. However my gaming tastes have changed a lot since 1999, and 2 dimensional graphics are just too hard to go back to. I can acknowledge the greatness of this game without actually enjoying it, but if it didn't cost me only 5 bucks I would be wrighting a way worse review. If you still pick up Mario Bros. now and again or if you run out to by every new Namco or Midway or Capcom "Classics" game. You may enjoy this game way more than I do now. You might actually get as much enjoyment out of it as my friends and I did 6-7 years ago. If you are either under 26 years old or are currently playing X-Box 360 or X-Box Live games like Halo2, steer clear of this one. 1999 rating 8.5 out of 10. 2006 3.3 out of 10.

Fire Pro Wrestling is awesome.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great wrestling game. The best for the GBA next to the second version. You have to rename all of the wrestlers you know. This is to protect the copyright issues. A few of the hints to rename a)the nicknames chosen b)the names chosen and c) the finishers chosen.
to unlock the hidden wresters you must go to the EDIT menu

select EDIT SUPERSTAR

go to NAME ENTRY.

on the first line type ALL

on the line below it type STYLES

and on the line next to that type CLEAR.

This should unlock all the hidden wrestlers.

Best Wrestling game for GBA

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the bset wrestling game for GBA. It has Sabu,Hayabusa,The H,Rob Van Dam,Sting,Stone Cold Steve Austin,Mike Awesome,Masato Tanaka,The Rock,Hulk Hogan,Goldberg Chris Benoit,Ultimo Dragon,Rey Mysterio,The Lame Cripple-H and a lot more. The promotions include,WWF,WCW,nWo Japan,FMW,NJPW,AJPW,PRiDE,UFC,M-Pro,NOAH and more. This is the most complete wrestling game. To unlock hidden Characters
[. . . ] To protect infringment rights, bam! Entertainment has made up fake names for the pro wrestlers. Most WCW and WWF stars will be recognizable by name,appearence or finisher. Some of the Japanese wrestlers will also be easy to identify by the same three traits listed above. I don't mind the 2-D graphics. This is a hell of alot better than WWF Road to Wrestlemania, which sucked completely. My mistake it'a [. . .] to unlock everybody. [. . .] is the hidden character code for Fire Pro 2. Sorry for the mix up. My bad.

not to shabby but the graphics- EWWWWWW!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

FIre pro wrestling is a very fun, very hard game with great sound and above average game play. It was one of the first releases for the original game boy advance. The character creator is great and is actually better then most of the N64 wrestling characte creators. the bad news is, the graphics look like ... and once a match starts, the only way to stop it is to win, lose, or turn off your gameboy. ONe of the coolest things to do is to set the # of player to 0 and then watch the match like a TV show. half the time the wreastlers only grapple though if you are using created wrestlers. over all:
- Gameplay 5/6
- Graphics 3/6
- Sound 6/6
- Replayability 4/6
final score: 18/24 = B-

avoid this game!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: February 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this thinking it would be good with all the features it was suppose to have. The only thing good about this game is the create a wrestler mode. The matches are boring and long!! Who wants to fight for 30 min!!!! You have to have perfect timing to pull off a move and you have to stop and hold L to breathe so you don't run out of breath!!! When I play a wrestling game I want to fight not to breate and not to have perfect timing!! With 150 wretlers is good but it doesn't make up for the terrible matches!! AVOID THIS GAME NO MATTER WHAT!!!

Surprisingly fun for a generic game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Unless it is a WWF game, I usually do not play wrestling games. I find most wrestling games to be dulled down versions of fighting. Fire Pro Wrestling is definitely an exception to my usual.

FPW offers a generic line up of wrestlers. You can pick from 16 different organizations, including a free agent pool. The names on the wrestlers are pretty generic, ranging from The Bionic Man to Mauler. I was going to discount this as another bland roster until I discovered the create-a-wrestler option. This game has the most detailed create-a-wrestler I have ever seen. You are allocated 260 points, which seems more than enough at first glance. Everything you enhance on your wrestler takes points. You can customize everything from their recovery time to what attacks are their strongest. You can even customize their AI fighting style. This is definitely the best create-a-character yet.

The feel of the game is not what I expected. FPW reverts to the old Tag Team Wrestling (NES) style of play. Pressing directions at certain times and tapping a button will determine your moves. It is a simplistic style, but also annoying when you hit the wrong button. FPW lacks the ability to run straight. You can only run in a diagonal direction, meaning that your charge moves must be very well placed. As for the graphics, I was pleased with the smoothness of motion.

Overall, I believe this is a should rent title. It is not the greatest, but there is definitely some value to the game. I liked it, but I can not see myself playing it four months from now.

Great Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

ok this is a great game. there are over 150 wrestlers, the graphics are ok, and the gameplay is AMAZING!! There are hundreds of different options.But this is not a game for button mashers. If you press a button 2 times.... it cancels the move. But if you like Wrestling or just fighting (there are UFC people on it) get it now!!! I haven't played Fire Pro Wrestling 2 yet, but i really want it. I'd get the first one first to make sure you like it.

This game is Awsome...Its True Its True

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've had this game for a week now. And this game is probably the best GBA Game i've ever played. I gave each part of this game a ranking from 1 to 10 1 being the worst 10 being the best.

Graphics-7
The Graphics are slighty better. but nothing special.

Sound-6.5 Sound is kinda weak. not that great but its okay

Gameplay-9.5
The gameplay is awsome. chose from Normal Single Matches, Tag matches, elimination matches. A UFC type of match. Elimination matches, survival matches, DEATHMATCHES, Electric cage, c4 dynamite exploding ring aft set time.

Controls-8 controls are kinda hard. takes a little to get used to but not that hard

Overall-9.0

I think that if you are a Wrestling fan of any sort, this game will be awsome for you.

Best wrestling game.................EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was the reason why I bought a GBA in the first place and I don't regret it.

I love the grappling system. It focuses on timing and strategy and is much deeper than any of the WWE(F...whatever) games that I have played.

There are wreslters from WWF, WCW, All Japan, New Japan, Noah, Battle Arts, FMW, MPro, and there are even shoot fighters from Pride and other shoot organizations. The wrestlers are renamed to avoid lawsuits but you can change their names.

My favorite feature is the way your matches get rated for how good they were. This means if you truly want to be good at the game, you have to beat the wrestler and please the audience. This alone has kept me playing for nearly a year now.

Anyways if you like wrestling games then you shouldn't miss this game.

This Game Is TIGHT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks!!! It has tons and tons of wrestlers let alone the moves!!!!!There are wrestlers with the same moves of the wwe (wwf) like they call the stone cold stunner the deep freeze and the Rock Bottom the body clutch slam, oh ya and the peoples elbow the perfect elbow. I know it might sound kind of ... but the game still rocks. There are deathmatches where in a time limit this thing explodes and your wrestler gets damaged and maybe even in critical condition. There also has a gruesome match kinda like UFC fighting. lets not forget the battle royal where you have to eliminate three other wrestlers in the ring. The only stupid thing about this game is that you can't take out weapons in hardcore matches. This game is better than road to wrestlemania for gba. (... that game ...) Get this game if you are a wrestling fan you won't regret.

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