The History of Fire Pro Wrestling Part one - documentary
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2022
- The history of one of the greatest franchises in wrestling videogame history.
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Fire Pro is the best wrestling game series! You know it's great when 10 years after the PS2 Fire Pro Returns release the fan base never dwindled.
I couldn't agree more. When fire Pro wrestling world Launched on steam in just over four days there were 3000 creates that people had submitted the download. Crazy stuff
@vonVile, et al, one could also easily make the same argument for the THQ/AKI wrestling games, too (WCW Vs. The World, WCW/NWO: World Tour, WCW/NWO: Revenge, Virtual Pro Wrestling 1, Virtual Pro Wrestling 2, WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (XVII), WWF: No Mercy).
Dude, I was not expecting this. Epic subject matter. I would never have guessed you’d do a video on Fire Pro. Good stuff as always Patman!
Thanks a lot, always one of my favorite series and have actually been playing it since the first super Famicom game
I have one of the Fire Pro Wrestling games for Sega Saturn..
And did I hear Top Hat Gaming Man in this video?
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , to be honest, my knowledge of the series began when I got a copy of Fire Pro Wrestling R/Returns for my PS2. It is a good game in the terms of fights, but it also has a ton of easily correctable flaws that honestly hinder my true appreciation for the series.
Thank you for the mention. It's a real honour. After so many years, the one discovery I made recently was finding out the sub boss from 96 Iron Slam wasn't actually Minoru Suzuki - it's really Shinobu Kandori. The first intergender match in Fire Pro history!
Looking forward to part two!
Always a great watch. These videos are like comfort food. Looking forward to part 2.
Glad you enjoyed it! So nice of you to say, thanks
Me too I Can Wait and Looking forward to the History of Fire Pro Wrestling Series Part 2.
I definitely can't wait until part 2! Thanks Patman! This is awesome as always!
Thanks a lot. I didn't want to split it into multiple parts but with so many games in the series I didn't see any other way
Underrated wrestling series and imo the best one today.
Indeed, fantastic series
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , could you imagine if Nintendo had kept the people that made Pro Wrestling on their staff and THEN made the Fire Pro Wrestling franchise?
See a PatmanQC series covering the history of Fire Pro Wrestling is a treat I never even thought I was missing out on until now.
Thanks a lot :-)
Very appropriate to have Top Hat in a wrestling franchise review!
It was nice of him to do it
Fire Pro Wrestling is one of those games that is truly a one of a kind experience that you can't replicate anywhere else.
Other companies have tried to replicate the gameplay but it just doesn't work
The Fire Pro series, evolved to become THE high standard.
Congrats again!! Only a real wrestling fan could produce such a documentary. What a detail.
Cheers from 🇵🇹
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it look for part two really really soon :-)
I have been having issues lately and remembered your channel. When I saw this episode I discovered Fire Pro Special. Champion Road relates to me because I was going down the rock star path, but stopped because I couldn't live with myself if I put my career in front of things that mattered more. It's just a wrestling game at face value but obviously it had a greater impact on me. Thank you Patman!
Can't wait for Part 2: The phenomenal PS2 game: Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
PC game is great too
Thanks, it could be three parts. It's hard to say
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I hope so! I love your long vids. Nice and steady, good video, and lots of love.
@@jamesragsdale3069 Thanks a lot, I appreciate that. It's looking like a definite three parter LOL
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I'll relish all the episodes!
YOU GOT BIG DADDY TOP HAT TO DO A VOICE OVER! YOU OFFICIALLY MADE IT! ❤
If you're a fan of when PatmanQC does a video about wrestling video games, gimme a HELL YEAH!
LOL, good call
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Another great video in the bag and I'm excited for part 2! I had no idea there was an all female roster version! It was great to see that people like Bull Nakano, Akira Hokuto, and Kyoko Inoue got put into a game
Helloooooo, Ladies and Gentlemen, Big Daddy Patmanqc here...and this is the mad story of Fire Pro Wrestling Part 1....yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah. 🎩
LOL comment of the day
Patman, you continue to amaze me with your amazing quality output. I'm commenting before even watching this because I already know it'll be great.
You're the best!
I am seriously looking forward to the next installment. Fire Pro Wrestling has a long and storied history, and I can't wait to see PatmanQC cover the rest of this series. Thank you very much!
Excellent, glad you enjoyed it. Thank you
Love your content, this one especially. Can't wait to see part two!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much
Glad I found this channel, excellent work.
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks a lot
It's always a combination of fun and agonizing to see the quality wrestling games I never got to play here in the US back in the day.
I agree, we were playing stuff like wrestlemania on the NES
Cheers Pat, looking forward to part 3!
Thank you my friend
Nice. Never played any of the "Fire Pro" games, except the "Gaiden" one for the Genesis. So I'm quite interested in learning about them from you!
Welcome to a world 🌎 of greatness!
The one for the Genesis is really bare-bones
Oh man. Fire Pro Wrestling World is a whole new level that will have you hooked!!!
How, how, hoooow you can create new such videos at such pace?
This is magical
That is so nice of you to say. Hope you enjoy it
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I sure do, also discover hidden retro gems
Catching up on your videos. I never got to play these games but I've always heard about these games when I was younger and it was always good things. Great work.
Glad you like them!Thank you
Great TOPIC of choice! thanks Patman!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for doing this.
My pleasure!
I've always liked this channel but FIREPRO???? YES, YOU NOW HAVE MY FULL ATTENTION!!!!💪💪💞💞💞💞
LOL, excellent. Thanks
this is awesome just cant wait for Part two ♥
Thank you
So fn awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Great great review. Been a fire pro fan ever since GBA. Now my go to are FP2 n 3 for PCE. Liked and sub right away. Cant wait for part 2.
Thanks for the sub And the nice words. This is definitely going to be a three-part or so stay tuned :-)
Glad to see Top Hat here:)
Phenomenal research and love hearing your stories of playing wresting games and going to wrestling shows!!!
How nice of you to say, I really appreciate that. Thanks
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , my first experience with wrestling was honestly the old CWA Championship Wrestling that came out of Memphis, Tennessee, USA in the 1970s and 1980s. While everyone else focused on the Saint Louis, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston/Galveston professional wrestling scenes back in the day, they honestly overlooked just how important that Memphis was to professional wrestling, not just to the USA, but also worldwide. I mean, you had people that either came from, or would go on to, one, or more, of the big name professional wrestling organizations worldwide, like NWA/WCW, WWF, AWA, WCCW, AAA, CMLL, AJPW, NJPW, FMAW, ECW, etc.
I never got to experience this series until I grabbed an import copy of 6 Man Scramble for the Saturn. I enjoyed it, and have since played most of the games. Really good stuff.
Six man scramble was the best game in the series for a long time
Next level editing. Well done!
Much appreciated! Thank you
Im a Fire Pro Wrestling D veteran. When I found it for the dreamcast as a kid, i was smitten. Getting a CRITICAL! is still a thrill to this day.
Those critical's Were awesome LOL
I had it for GBA. I loved it. finding and editing the actual wrestlers. I'd work telemarketing jobs back in 2002 selling credit cards, cable packages and shit while running firepro fig feds having cpu vs cpu matches. it was the shit. later grabbed FP Returns on PS2 and then getting the latest FPW on PS4 doing the same thing only downloading other people's CAWS
Having to fumble your way through the Japanese menus trying to edit a wrestler was crazy stuff. It is so easy nowadays being able to download everyone
my stuff was always in English but I'm sure you'll get to these games on the second video.
70's kids LOVE Pro Wrestling! Fire Pro was so much fun.
Couldn't agree more!:-)
Seriously, pound for pound, the best Pro Wrestling game series ever. Got introduced to it with the 2 GBA games, and haven't looked back since! Great video, Pat!
Thanks a lot
My 1st Exposure To The Fire Pro Series Was "Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium" As A SNES ROM. Absolutely Loved The Game For How In-Depth The Edit Wrestler Options Were. I Was Happy To See It Continue On Dreamcast, GBA, PS2 & Eventually PS4. Probably The Best Wrestling Video Game Series Of All Time.
Great presentation thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks
Pat holy crap you've picked an amazing goldmine for this one! I low-key need to go buy some popcorn right effing now!
LOL, excellent. Hope you enjoy it
I can't wait for part 2 👍👍
Coming soon…… Brother :-)
23:57
In Pro Wrestling, King Slender was basically Ric Flair and a very popular character to use. Its almost like Fire-Pro went back to their roots.
Hell Yeah Man. Loved it
Thank you!
QRT’d your post on Twitter, but also commenting here per your request.
Big fan of Fire Pro. Can’t wait for part 2 (and 3?), delving into Dreamcast, GBA and PS2 versions - all of which I’m fairly familiar.
Fantastic, I appreciate that. It could be three parts as I was just looking over the game list last night LOL thanks
HELL YEAH!!! FIRE PRO RULES! I didn’t really appreciate it until I got it for PCs, where you could download as many characters as you wanted!
The newest version made it so easy for creates.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries if I want the dream match of Bruiser Brody & Kenny Omega vs. Hamburglar and Baby Mario riding Yoshi, I’m going to get it, goddamnit!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , i just wish that Fire Pro Wrestling R/Returns was a bit more robust, as well as easier, with its customization, though. Fire Pro Wrestling D honestly has the best one of all of the series outside of Fire Pro Wrestling World.
I can't give this video enough likes. I grew up with Super Fire Pro Wrestling on SNES and loved it, later got Six Man Scramble and Fire Pro Wrestling D for dreamcast. I also own the 2 GBA games and the PS2/PS4 games. Living in Canada I haven't met many who played the early games
Thanks a bunch, obviously I'm a longtime fan as well
Classics, looking forward to part 2. Was also cool to hear my friend THGM Richard Parliament doing a cross over. Yeeeaaahhhh.
Excellent
IT's increíble Pro Wrestling arcade and his diferent versions,thank you,Patman👍🎮👍🎥
Glad you like itThanks
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries yeah,is amazing how the Videogame Wrestling Genre Begin👍👍👍
finely made, thanks 🙏
Thank you
Yeah, I swore I enjoyed the original Wrestlemania, but playing it today leaves me to think about the presence of lead paint at my childhood home. Great video as usual! In a couple of years, when I retire and I start up my wrestling promotion, maybe we can have you as the special guest ring announcer. One night only, Meet THE PatmanQC. The Quad Cities' favorite son (except of course for Meteorologist Neil Kastor).
LOL, good call on the lead paint. That's fantastic, thanks for the compliment LOL
Wrestling games never grabbed me and I haven't been a wrestling fan since I was 8. I've gotta Hand it yo you Pat. Not only have you made me interested in the subject, but I now want to check out some wrestling video games! This video series of yours is great. The only wrestling game I have is 3 Count Bout on the 161-in-one cartridge for the Neo Geo AES and I've never played it. I'm going to fire it up today. Who knows? I might buy some more wrestling games in the future. Thanks Pat!
Broooooooooooooo
These games were my childhood
I remember playing them on snes9x via roms
My friends thought I was lying about these games until they witnessed it
We were playing craft like wrestlemania on the NES when Japan had all the good stuff :-)
Hold on..... Is that TOP HAT GAMING MAN doing commentary.... Sweet. That's a great collaboration
It was very cool of him to do that
Thank you for this great information
For many years I had been championing Fire Pro (since my first experience with Fire Pro 3 for PC engine) with almost no one every having heard of it. Even with the eventual release State side on PS2 and GBA many of my contemporaries still preferred the games based on WWE properties. Just really glad to see this video and know that someone somewhere also loves Fire Pro
Absolutely, I was actually shocked that so many people reacted to this video considering it's been mostly a Japanese only series. It's utterly fantastic though and it's neck and neck with no mercy as far as my favorite wrestling games of all time
Omfgyes ty so much. Fpww is life.
It still a lot of fun to play
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0:19 I Love World Wrestling Federation or WWF for sure then Later World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE and then Finally World Wrestling or WW then suddenly 16:26 TIGER MASK a Japanese Manga and Anime Character Came in Real Life then Suddenly out of Middle of Nowhere Kinnikuman and His M.U.S.C.L.E.S Kinnikuman and the M.U.S.C.L.E.S the Manga and Anime Characters do a Wacky Wrestling Style on Earth and Finally Japan Pro Wrestling Entertainment Call Fire Pro Wrestling Series and Yes to be Honest and Fair I Can't Get Enough Too Excitements PatmanQC it's Awesome!!
Thanks a lot, my daughter designed that logo for me and I'll be sure and tell her what you said.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Ok Awesome Sounds Good Later My Friend 👍👍
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Also I Can Wait for a All New Chapter Part Episodes The History of Fire Pro Wrestling Series in Part 2 Until Then They Safe PatmanQC and Your Family Too.
Spectacular videos
Glad you like them! Thanks
I bought Fire Pro Wrestling World on Steam a while back, mostly for the manager DLC, but I still need to get round to playing it. Perhaps you showing off the cool stuff in it will gee me up to get it out of the backlog.
Definitely did not expect this as Fire Pro is super niche. Very pleased to see you mentioned Pro Wrestling on NES as being a Fire Pro progenitor, talking about who I consider the father of the modern wrestling video game, Masato Masuda and Suda 51's involvement in the series. Suda is a huge wrestling fan and often incorporates wrestling related content in his other games. Looking forward to the next part of the series. I started with Fire Pro at X Premium on emulator, but Fire Pro Wrestling G was my first import game ever and I imported every Fire Pro since. I believe it was also the first game Tomoyuki Matsumoto worked on. He would become the director of Fire Pro Wrestling World and kept in touch with the community during the ups and downs of development. He worked with Masuda on Fire Pro G and knew him up until his passing and said it took five years of pitching Fire Pro Wrestling World to Spike-Chunsoft higher ups to finally get Fire Pro Wrestling World put into development. Even then he would get hamstrung several times by management who would steal members of his development team and replace them with members who did not know what was going causing a lot of turmoil and slowing development time down. Will you also cover Fire Pro's cousin series AJPW King's Soul and the King of Colosseum series? There is also a Fire Pro connection to the famous N64 AKI series as devs who worked on Fire Pro games would form AKI. I often say there is Fire Pro DNA in the AKI games.
On Twitter Matsumoto says he would like to do a new Fire Pro game, but it would not be in the classic 2d format anymore as Fire Pro World marked the end of an era in the classic 2d style.
Hmm, I honestly did not know that the Fire Pro Wrestling and THQ/AKI games were related. What source do you have to cite such things? Honestly, people that are arguing about those games not being better than Fire Pro Wrestling are morons.
I would say this to Matsumoto...let me give him ideas to improve the franchise and he can make it in the classic 2D style, as there still is a huge audience for such games, even in Japan.
That RKO will always be awesome.
It sure was :-)
I have always wanted to try one of these and have never gotten around to it. The top hat gaming cameo was pretty cool. Since you're becoming pretty popular in the whole video game youtube arena you should reach out to danhausen to see if he'll do a spot. Seems like he loves the Simpsons as much as you do. Another awesome video as always btw
Thanks for the nice words. I reached out to him but didn't get a response. Glad you enjoyed the content :-)
Omg. X Premium, Queen S, Six Man Scramble, D and even WW on steam have been my main rasslers since the late 90s. It slays me all the gamers out there that claim to love wrasslin that either don’t know this series or don’t like it because of the learning curve.
Absolutely, one of the greatest wrestling videogame franchises in history
I imported a saturn from japan in 1997 just to play six man scramble. Had printouts of the menu translations. Spent hours playing this - only replaced by the N64 games. ALl those saturdays playing wrestling games with my friends - good memories!
Sounds like me, I had all the translations printed out as well
I'm going to have to do a deep dive into the Super Famicom content on my Super console X Pro to locate some of these titles.
Man, that ref is always out of position for a pinfall, but he's Johnny on the spot to apply the 20-count when the action spills out of the ring.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Good call on the ref. It's great that ref bumps happened throughout this game. Thanks
Love Love Love Fire Pro. This game is so addictive. I’ve started playing the Dreamcast version it on my phone (posted a few vids). Amazing you can play such a classic game on the go now.
It really is amazing. Nothing like a little fire Pro on the go.
First fire pro game I experienced was Fire Pro-Wrestling D on the dreamcast. I imported it for my Japanese Dreamcast and was hooked. Fire Pro D was so damn good.
First one I played was super fire Pro wrestling and it took a while to get the hang of the grappling because I had never encountered anything like it before. Once I did though….Look out!
Looking forward to the next one which should cover the version I still have. I still play the GBA version here and there with my created wrestlers.
eXCELLENT,Glad you enjoyed it
"Poindexter"
.... brilliant!!
LOL, thanks
Ninja baseball Batman .....they needed to make a wrestling bowling game....you're quite the wrestling historian, and officionado. Good knowledge
LOL, that would be fantastic. Or at least wrestlers going bowling :-) thanks a lot
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries quite welcome....now we need some heavy barrel PA PA PLEASE
I just woke up from the dream I had about our conversation.....Pro BowlRing Superstars
All I had to see was Firepro in the description.....played all of these.....and am a diehard fan of the series.....all time favorites are Firepro D and Z......cant wait for part 2.....
Excellent, glad you enjoyed it :-) thanks
You did it, Pat!!!! You did it!!! You pushed the button!!! You beautiful bastard!!!!!!
Hope you enjoy it, thank you
I watched it twice. So good
LOL, that's fantastic. I sure do appreciate it thanks
Fire Pro?
Oh lawd, let there be a retrospective on the AKI N64 wrestling games soon! Virtual Pro, World Tour, revenge, WrestleMania 2000, NO MERCY, VIRTUAL PRO 2... ❤️
Thanks patman!
It's on my to do list but to be honest it's already been covered a number of times so I wanted to give fire Pro, and all the various games and spinoffs a little bit of love instead
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I'm just psyched for AEW fight forever bro :)
O was fortunate to watch the Von Erich family wrestle every Saturday.
Never got to see them live but a friend of mine traveled down to Texas and went to a show once
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I lived 6 hours from Dallas when I was a child. Every Saturday I could watch all the up and comers. Ronny Garvin,agnim TA, and the other legends
I thought that was
Top Hat Gaming Man voice, thats cool to see yall work together like that.
Yes it was really cool of him to do that
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries and likewise cool of you to reply to my comment, thanks Patman. I look forward to you next presentation your videos are informative relaxing, and help me unwind after a crazy day.
@@butter1134 Thanks a lot, I appreciate that. I tried to reply to everybody who comments as long as it's not straight up trolling
Fire pro wrestling world is one of the greatest wrestling games of all time. The creation suite is insane . 1500 caws and 200 created rings. With over 1000 different ring parts you can mix and match with.
I just wish that the logo creation, turnbuckle creation, and outfit creation were all done easier in the game, though. Honestly, Mario Paint and MS Paint had the perfect systems for making logos, but Fire Pro Wrestling never could make it right.
Makes me want to play this game now
I had fun going back and playing through the previous versions
Hey PatMan, whereabouts in the series would you say the "locking horns" timing grapple animation changed from both wrestlers bending their knees to instead both wrestlers stomping the floor as the signal to input?
Happy little wrestling game🙃
LOL thank you
Awesome buddy
Thanks ✌️
documentaries you're welcome
Top Hat doing narration :)
I've still never played the PC Engine games, but I own and have played all of the Super Famicom ones except the Joshi games. I'd read about them online for years, but the first one I ever got to play was the first Game Boy Advance game. Suffice to say, it was amazing, and I've since gone on to import not just most of the Fire Pro games, but lots of other Japanese wrestling games as well. Fire Pro remains one of the very best, but there's a lot of other great stuff out there too.
Oooooo YEAAA
The submission farts crack me up
LOL
Like number 5, first comment.
You rock!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries thanks PatmanQC.
Star Man was my favorite. He had that back flip kick.
He was my favorite as well
I have some of the Fire Pro Wrestling games, i just need Super Fire Pro Wrestling: Queen's Special.
That is a surprisingly excellent title
WHATCHA GONNA DO…WHEN PATMAN QC BOWLS STRIKES ON YOU!!!!
LOL, comment of the day
Just discovered this franchise, wish I knew about it during the PS2 era. These import games were pretty hard to find in my country back then.
It's got a bit of a learning curve in the beginning but once you get down it's hard to beat
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Really loving the gameplay so far. But I do think the user interface isn't optimal for console, I think I'll swap to the PC version. Thanks for the history lesson btw.
As a major contributor to FPWW, I love it!!!!! And I love this video! Can’t wait for part two.
Thank you so much!
@Wallywood187, did you actually help to develop the game personally?
@@paxhumana2015 no, but I have the record for most parts craft items created on PS4/PS5 and PC. If you’ve downloaded custom edits that use custom parts. There’s like a 95% chance you’ve got some of my parts and or 5% chance you’ve downloaded stolen parts others have tried to claim of mine as their own. :)
Fire pro wrestling is new to me. 😀👍🎮
It's a lot of fun once you get the controls down
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries ok.😀👍🎮
17:29 I believe the wrestler used in the commercial is Masakatsu Funaki
Thanks for the info
Do part 2
Fire Pro was the Smackdown/WWE 2K series for its time.
The game at 20:25 ... holy crap, those flickering shadows. Was that in the actual game, or is it some weirdness from converting it to a video format or something?
No that's the way it is in Mame
Wish I could get all of DJKMs returns edits on to the latest PS4 game
Can i suggest the two wrestle Kingdom games too since the event itself was Born as a promotion for them?
Stay tuned
Fire pro is my jam
I never understood the whole “timing” aspect of it. There was never any audio or visual cue of when to push anything so I just couldn’t get into it.
It's when they first lock up in their knees bend
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries but then you push what? Is it whoever pushes something first at the knee bend?
@@jotakux7489 Yes, you have to start with week grapples first and then move up to the more stronger grapples after your opponent is weakened
I'd love to see you do a collaboration video with LGR, AVGN, and Top Hat Gaming.🙏🎮🙏
That would be very very cool, they probably don't know who I am though :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Wouldn't hurt to ask. I think they would be cool with it.