Fire Pro Wrestling Returns

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, or FPR, is a wrestling video game that was released in 2005 in Japan, and was released on November 13, 2007 in North America and February 8, 2008 in Italy. The game is part of the Fire Pro Wrestling series.

As the title suggests, the game marks Spike's return to 2D wrestling games. Some time after Spike released its 3D "King of Colosseum" wrestling game for the Sony PlayStation 2, the publisher announced their 2003 PlayStation 2 title Fire Pro Wrestling Z would be the end of the Fire Pro Wrestling series.

Features
Like other titles in the Fire Pro Wrestling series, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns distinguishes itself from other wrestling games by focusing on timing and complex strategy, as opposed to the button-mashing tactics with which most wrestling gamers are familiar for 2-D games. Agetec released an official North American port of the game on November 13, 2007. Fire Pro Wrestling Returns offers a roster of 327 wrestlers from a variety of real-life wrestling companies. Using a sophisticated design mode, the game also allows players to build and wrestle with or against 500 additional characters. Players can create custom wrestling rings, belts, promotions, and referees.

Character customization
Unlike a number of previous Fire Pro titles, Returns does not imitate rosters of American wrestling companies like World Wrestling Entertainment, although the AWG Orginazation in the game does have many characters that look just like various known legends from WWE, WCW, ECW, and TNA. Also, the game's hefty stockpile of template heads, bodies, clothes and accessories has allowed American wrestling fans to recreate many of their favorite wrestling superstars accurately with great ease, and make them available for download online. As reported by IGN, Returns supplies new customizing tools, such as a "Face Layer" feature that allows players to create a wrestler's face using multiple objects. Hundreds of wrestler faces are available, including those of many historical wrestlers. Players can add up to two layers of facial accessories, including hair styles, visors, beards, helmets and tattoos. "One example starts with a base face, adds a mohawk... and finishes off with a colorful mask," IGN.com's review stated. Returns provides 1,649 wrestling moves to choose from when customizing a character and the game's engine allows you to give the character complicated logic instructions dictating how the character behaves in a variety of situations.

Other new features

 * The game allows the player to create up to 500 wrestlers.
 * The creation of custom titles is now possible as a new belt editing feature is added.
 * A new logo making feature allows players to create accurate logos and symbols. These logos can be used to design their own ring and federation.
 * Smaller indy promotions and wrestlers are featured in the default roster.
 * Factions can be adjusted to reflect heel or face alignments.
 * Up to 4 preset match setups for most game modes can be saved.
 * New death match types.
 * Post-match attacks make a comeback as players can continue to attack their opponents after the match has ended.
 * Sprites are designed larger than in previous Fire Pro games.

Roster
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 * 2 Tuff Tony
 * Abdullah Kobayashi
 * Abdullah The Butcher
 * Aja Kong
 * AJ Styles
 * AKIRA
 * Akira Hokuto
 * Akira Taue
 * Akitoshi Saito
 * Alexander Otsuka
 * Amazing Kong
 * American Dragon
 * Andre The Giant
 * Animal
 * Animal Hamaguchi
 * Anthony W. Mori
 * Antonio Inoki
 * Arashi
 * Ashura Hara
 * Atsushi Onita
 * Ayako Hamada
 * BADBOY Hido
 * Bam Bam Bigelow
 * Big Boss MA-G-MA
 * Billy Ken Kid
 * Bison Smith
 * Black Buffalo
 * Black Strong Machine
 * Black Tiger
 * Black Tiger
 * Blue Wolf
 * Bob Sapp
 * Bret Hart
 * Bruiser Brody
 * Buchanan
 * Bull Nakano
 * Chigusa Nagayo
 * CIMA
 * Curry Man
 * D-Lo Brown
 * Daio QUALLT
 * Daisuke Ikeda
 * Daisuke Sekimoto
 * Dan Bobish
 * Daniel Mishima
 * Danshoku Dino
 * Davey Boy Smith
 * Dick Togo
 * Don Fujii
 * Donovan Morgan
 * Dory Funk Jr.
 * Dos Caras
 * Dos Caras Jr.
 * Dr. Wagner Jr.
 * Dragon Kid
 * Dynamite Kansai
 * Dynamite Kid
 * Ebessan
 * El Hijo del Santo
 * El Samurai
 * GAINA
 * Gamma
 * Gary Albright
 * Gedo
 * Genichiro Tenryu
 * Genki Horiguchi
 * GENTARO
 * Giant Baba
 * Giant Bernard
 * Giant Singh
 * GOEMON
 * Gran Hamada
 * Gran Naniwa
 * Great Kabuki
 * Great Muta
 * Great Sasuke
 * Hawk
 * Hayabusa
 * Hayato Fujita
 * HERO!
 * Hi69
 * Hiromichi Fuyuki
 * Hiro Saito
 * Hiroshi Hase
 * Hiroshi Tanahashi
 * Hirotaka Yokoi
 * Hiroyoshi Tenzan
 * Ikuto Hidaka
 * Jado
 * Jaki Numazawa
 * Jamal
 * Jeff Jarrett
 * Jim Steele
 * Jinsei Shinzaki
 * Johnny Smith


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 * Josh Barnett
 * Jumbo Tsuruta
 * Jun Akiyama
 * Jun Izumida
 * Jun Kasai
 * Jushin Thunder Liger
 * Juventud Guerrera
 * K-Ness
 * Kantaro Hoshino
 * Karl Gotch
 * Katsuhiko Nakajima
 * Katsushi Takemura
 * Katsuyori Shibata
 * Kaz Hayashi
 * Kazunari Murakami
 * Kazuo Yamazaki
 * Kazushi Miyamoto
 * Keiji Muto
 * Kei Sato
 * Kendo Kashin
 * Kengo Kimura
 * Kengo Mashimo
 * Kenichiro Arai
 * Ken Shamrock:


 * Kensuke Sasaki
 * KENTA
 * Kenta Kobashi
 * Kentaro Shiga
 * Kesen Numajiro
 * Kevin Nash
 * Kintaro Kanemura
 * Kohei Sato
 * Kohei Suwama
 * Koji Kanemoto
 * Kotaro Suzuki
 * Kotetsu Yamamoto
 * KUDO
 * Kuishinbo Kamen
 * Kuniaki Kobayashi
 * Kyoko Inoue
 * Leonardo Spanky
 * Lioness Asuka
 * Lou Thesz
 * Low Ki
 * Mad Man Pondo
 * Magnum TOKYO
 * Makoto Hashi
 * Mammoth Sasaki
 * Manabu Nakanishi
 * Manami Toyota
 * Mango Fukuda
 * Masaaki Mochizuki
 * Masahiro Chono
 * Masahito Kakihara
 * Masanobu Fuchi
 * Masao Inoue
 * Masao Orihara
 * Masa Saito
 * Masato Tanaka
 * Masato Yoshino
 * Masayuki Naruse
 * Matt Ghaffari
 * Meiko Satomura
 * MEN's Teioh
 * Michael Iwasa
 * Michael Modest
 * MIKAMI
 * Mike Awesome
 * Mike Barton
 * Milano Collection AT
 * Mil Mascaras
 * Minoru
 * Minoru Fujita
 * Mitsuharu Misawa
 * Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
 * Mitsuya Nagai
 * Mohammed Yone
 * Momoe Nakanishi
 * Mr. Gannosuke
 * Mr. Pogo
 * Nanae Takahashi
 * Naohiro Hoshikawa
 * Naomichi Marufuji
 * Naoya Ogawa
 * Naruki Doi
 * Negro Casas
 * Nobutaka Araya
 * NOSAWA Rongai
 * Ofune
 * Onryo
 * Osamu Kido
 * Osamu Nishimura
 * Petey Williams
 * Pineapple Hanai
 * Poison Sawada JULIE


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 * Predator
 * Rick Steiner
 * Ricky Marvin
 * Riki Choshu
 * Rikidozan
 * Riki Sensyu
 * Rikishi
 * Rusher Kimura
 * Ryo Saito
 * Ryota Chikuzen
 * Ryuji Ito
 * Ryuji Yamakawa
 * Ryushi Yanagisawa
 * Sabu
 * Sanshiro Takagi
 * Satoshi Kojima
 * Scorpio
 * Scott Hall
 * Scott Norton
 * Seiji Sakaguchi
 * Seiya Morohashi
 * Shadow WX
 * Shanao
 * Shingo Takagi
 * Shinjiro Otani
 * Shinjitsu Nohash

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 * Shinsuke Nakamura
 * Shinya Hashimoto
 * Shiro Koshinaka
 * Shoichi Ichimiya
 * Shuji Kondo
 * Shu Sato
 * Stan Hansen
 * Steve Corino
 * Steve Williams
 * Sting
 * Super Delfin
 * Super Dolphin
 * Super Uchu Power
 * Susumu Yokosuka
 * SUWA:*[[Tadao Yasuda:*[[Taiji Ishimori:*[[Taiyo Kea:*[[Takako Inoue:*[[Taka Michinoku:


 * Takao Omori
 * Takashi Iizuka
 * Takashi Sasaki
 * Takashi Sugiura
 * Takehiro Murahama
 * Takeshi Minamino
 * Takeshi Morishima
 * Takeshi Rikio
 * Takuma Sano
 * Tamon Honda
 * Tanomusaku Toba
 * TARU
 * Tarzan Goto
 * Tatsuhito Takaiwa
 * Tatsumi Fujinami
 * Tatsutoshi Goto
 * Terry Funk
 * Terry Gordy
 * Tetsuhiro Kuroda
 * Tiger
 * Tiger Jeet Singh
 * Tiger Mask
 * Tiger Mask
 * Tigers Mask
 * Togi Makabe
 * Tom Howard
 * Tomoaki Honma
 * Tomohiko Hashimoto
 * Tomohiro Ishii
 * Toru Yano
 * Toshiaki Kawada
 * Touru Owashi
 * Tsubasa
 * Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
 * Vader
 * Wataru Inoue
 * Wataru Sakata
 * YASSHI
 * Yoji Anjo
 * Yoshiaki Fujiwara
 * Yoshiaki Yatsu
 * Yoshihiro Takayama
 * Yoshihito Sasaki
 * Yoshinari Ogawa
 * Yoshinobu Kanemaru
 * Yuji Nagata
 * Yuki Ishikawa
 * [[Yumiko Hotta
 * Yutaka Yoshie