Fire Pro Wrestling
Fire Pro Wrestling (ファイヤープロレスリング, Faiyā Puro Resuringu) is a professional wrestling video game series originating from Japan, started in 1989 by Human Entertainment, and currently developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft. The series is distinguished by its grappling system, which is primarily based on timed button presses and strategy. Another signature feature of the series is its Edit mode, a character creation feature with many options to customize appearances, wrestling moves and character artificial intelligence behavior.
| Fire Pro Wrestling | |
|---|---|
Logo utilized in Fire Pro Wrestling World | |
| Genre(s) | Professional wrestling |
| Developer(s) | Human Entertainment, Spike, Spike Chunsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Human Entertainment, Spike, BAM! Entertainment, Agetec, 505 Games, Microsoft Studios, Spike Chunsoft |
| Creator(s) | Masato Masuda |
| Platform(s) | Various (see table) |
| First release | Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag June 22, 1989 |
| Latest release | Fire Pro Wrestling World December 18, 2017 |
Unlike many other pro wrestling games, most Fire Pro games are not licensed by any major professional wrestling promotion, but feature likenesses of real-life wrestlers under different names. Games in the series generally utilize 2-D sprite-based graphics, with some later games incorporating 3D graphical elements. Most of the titles in the Fire Pro Wrestling series have originally been released in Japan, although some of the games have seen releases in North America and worldwide.