FFPW - 2016 - 1.0 release

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It's only been a few months since my last past but I've been slowly chipping away at an update for a while. For a full detailed release history, check out my previous posts.

FFPW - 2016 - 1.0
- Translated all previous text in a clean ROM
- Transferred translated images
- Costume updates for some wrestlers
- Couple of graphical fixes (Darkside Hayabusa head loads correctly now)

Pre-2016
- MOR Translated
- Menus and interfaces translated for various modes
- Original colours given to all costumes
- New costumes added for almost every wrestler

Future Updates
- Fix images - I did them in Paint years ago with the plan to do a decent job at some point.
- Costumes and updating - New costumes and rearranging the costume order for the defaults
- Improve MOR translations - There was a bit of poetic licence used with parts of the translation that I would like to smarten up
- I'm adding the finishing touches to the 1989 - 1996 save file. Hopefully news soon!
- Training mode translation - It's been on the list for years. I'll do it eventually

Any feedback, advice, suggested fixes/translations, new costumes or absolutely anything would be very much appreciated!

Thank you

FFP Complete: An update?

I've been fixing and changing bits for the latest patch and I've got a fair amount of work to do before I release anything useful. I'm currently also working on the FFP Complete saves again, this time I'm being more efficient. Each save will have 42 wrestlers and there won't be the same wrestler twice in different packs. So far I'm looking to have:

1989 - 1996 (Covers SNES, PCE, Saturn) 40% Complete

• Ultimate Warrior
• The Destroyer
• Ted DiBiase
• Rick Rude
• Hercules
• Goldust
• Fritz Von Erich
• Earthquake
• Arashi
• Bad News Brown
• Black Tiger I
• Dan Severn
• Danny Kroffat
• Dick Vrij
• Hans Nyman
• Headhunter A
• Headhunter B
• Konnan
• MEN's Teioh
• Norio Honaga
• Shunji Takano
• Billy Gasper
• Barry Gasper
• Ashura Hara
• Kaz Hayashi
• Manabu Yamada
• Psicosis
• Shoichi Funaki
• Ryuma Go
• The Patriot
• Tony Halme
• Seiji Sakaguchi
• Maurice Smith
• Kuniaki Kobayashi
• Kenichi Yamamoto
• Big Titan
• Chris Dolman
• Yuko Miyato
• Super Tiger
• Yokozuna*
• Haruka Eigen*

*Based on head models in FPA

1996 - 2002 (FPG to FPW2) 30% complete

• Andy Hug
• Animal Hamaguchi
• Batmna
• Billy Gunn
• Brian Johnston
• Brock Lesnar
• Chyna
• Dean Malenko
• Dusty Rhodes
• Edge
• Enson Inoue
• Guy Mezger (Fire Pro WonderSwan)
• Harley Race
• Ikuto Hidaka
• Jeff Hardy
• Jeff Jarrett
• Jimmy Snuka
• Katsumi Usuda
• Kimo Leopoldo (Fire Pro WonderSwan)
• Lita
• Masaake Satake
• Masato Yakushiji
• Matt Hardy
• Mike Bernardo
• Minoru Fujita
• Naohiro Hoshikawa
• Rikishi
• Road Dogg
• Robin
• Rocky Balboa
• Rumina Sato
• Ryuji Yamakawa
• Sandman
• Shadow WX
• Sid Vicious
• Takeshi Ono
• Tazz
• Terrible Ted
• Togi Makabe
• Tommy Dreamer
• Tomoaki Honma
• Balls Mahoney*

*Based on FFPW model

2003 (FPZ & Official Spike Edits) 20%

• Akira Shoji
• Ayako Hamada
• Blue Wolf
• Bob Sapp
• Caol Uno
• Gamma
• Grand Master Sexay
• Jimmy Yang
• Kantaro Hoshino
• Kazuhiko Ogasawara
• Kazushi Miyamoto
• KENTA
• Low-Ki
• Makoto Hashi
• Musashimaru Koyo
• Onryo
• Randy Couture
• Ryushi Yanagisawa
• Sanshiro Takagi
• Satoru Asako
• Scorpio
• Scott 2 Hotty
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Steve Corino
• Susumu Yokosuka
• The Predator
• Valentijin Overeem
• Wataru Sakata
• Yasushi Kanda

I'm also planning 3 saves to cover the FPR rosters, a Joshi covering Dream Slam, Fire Pro Women, Queen's Special and the other female wrestlers in other games, as well as a Blazing Tornado save with the 9 wrestlers plus a cast of 31 Marvel VS Capcom.

It's a big task but I have a surprising amount on my HDD already, hopefully something will come of all this!

Fire Pro Wrestling for WonderSwan - Entire Roster List

With the help of ZeiramX, I believe this is now a complete list of the wrestlers in Fire Pro Wrestling for WS. I found the legend roster in the ROM file,

NJPWFIGHTER YAMATO - Tatsumi FujinamiCRUSHER SHOGUN - Shinya HashimotoVIOLENCE KONO - Masahiro ChonoSHUNFUJI SWORD - Keiji MutoSTORM KEISUKE - Kensuke SasakiSAMURAI GIRAUD - Shiro KoshinakaINAZUMA KENSATORU - Kengo KimuraYAMAMOTO KAZUKI - Kazou YamazakiBUFFALO AMAMOTO F - Hiroyoshi TenzanKIJIMA SATORU - Satoshi KojimaSAKATA YUJIRO - Yuji NagataTAKAHASHI MAMORU - Manabu TakahashiMASATO - AKIRA/Akira NogamiULTRA EMPOEROR SUPER KAISER - Jushin LigerE. KAMIKAZE - El SamuraiSICKLE BOOK SURUDO TSUKASA - Koji KanemotoDAIKARI SHINICHIRO - Shinjiro OtaniBUSHIDO-YA SINGH - Kendo Ka-ShinHAWK DRAGON ROCK PEOPLE - Tstsuhito TakaiwaMITA COURAGE - Osamu KidoD. SILVER JR. - Dr Silver Jr.

AJPWHIKAWA - Mitsuhari MisawaTOGASHI - Kenta KobashiFUMA TOSHIIE - Toshiaki KawadaSAGAMI AKIRA - Akira TaueAKISAWA SHUN - Jun AkitamaD UKUSU' OBAYASHI TSUYOSHITAKESHI - Takao OmoriKOZAN YOSHIHIRO - Yoshihiro TakayamaSTAR BISON - Stan HansenSABER - VaderJOHN PEACE - Johnny AceMARK DAINON - Mike BartonNOKAWA KAORUTADASHI - Yoshinari OgawaMAKIHARA TAKEHIKO - Masahito KakiharaAKECHI KIYOSHI - Tsuyoshi KikuchiDATE HIROKI - Hiroshi HaseOBUCHI SWAMP MASANORI - Masanobu Fuchi

FMWSAXON HARUKI - Hiromichi FuyukiAGE - HHATANAKA MASAHIKO - Masato TanakaMR. ASHIYA - Mr. GannosukeHERESY - JadpMUROTA TETSUHIKO - Tetsuhiro KurodaROCKY TSUJI - Ricky FujiKIDO - GedoTATTOO - SabuTONY SWEEPER - Tommy Dreamer

MICHINOKUTHE BLADE HAYATE - Great SasukeGRAN MARIPOSA - Gran HamadaKAMISAKI JIN-SUI - Jinsei ShinzakiTSUTOMURAN-OTOWA - Gran NaniwaMASK DE PANTHER IV - Tiger Mask IVMASCARA CONDOR - Mil MascarasMASCARA EAGLE - Dos Caras

WCWWILL COLDPACKS - Bill GoldbergAXE DOUGAN - Hulk HoganTHE SPIKE - StingBIG STEINER - Rick SteinerSMALL STEINER - Scott SteinerFLASH BARTON - Scott NortonDETSUIKU SLENDER - Ric FlairLEVIN GASH - Kevin NashPOUNDING GIGAS - Bam Bam BigelowBRAD BEAT - Bret HartSTEEL JAMES - Dr Death Steve WilliamsWILD PHANTOM - Chris Benoit

WWFSTEAM ODIN - Steve AustinDI UNDER GROUND - The UndertakerRACK RAPIER - The RockNIGHT BLASTER - Road Warrior HawkIRON BLASTER - Road Warrior AnimalCAIN HURLOCK - Ken ShamrockDINK COLORCON - Vince McMahonCALL PART-TIME JOB - Big ShowDON HOUND - MankindWAKA MICHINOKU - Taka Michinoku

RINGSMINEMURA TAKASHI - Tamura KiyoshiKAWAMOTO NOBUHIRO - Yoshihisa YamamotoRICARDO GABRIEL - Tariel BitsadzeWOLFF BURN - Volk HanRICK GRAY - Dick Vrij

PANCRASEHIGAKI TRUTH - Masakatsu FunakiMOON VIEWING MITSURU - Minoru Suzuki BOSS DOKKEN - Bas RuttenJAY SETZER - Guy MezgerSHINDO MASAAKI - Yuki Kondo

DRAGONGATEAZTEC KID - Kid DragonMAGAZINE TOSHO - Magnum TOKYOTHETA - CIMAAZTEC DRAGON - Ultimo Dragon

PRIDEISHIHARA FUYUI - Yuki IshikawaHERCULES OTSUKI - Alexander OtsukaHIKATA EPIC - Daisuke Ikeda

FREETHUNDER A DRAGON - Genichiro TenryuOKITA KATSUSHI - Atsushi OnitaKAJIWARA LENGTH - Yoshiaki FujiwaraS. DOLPHIN - Super DelphinRICK XICHENG - Dick TogoHORUKA MASATO - Masao OriharaHUNTER GOJO - Tarzan GotoMASTER TOGO - Mr. PogoKELLY TEXAN - Terry FunkHARRY TEXAN JR. - Dory Funk Jr.MAD TIGER - Tiger Jeet SinghABDUL THE DANGER - Abdullah the Butcher

MMABRAID SHINHISA - Nobuhiko Takada (?)NOGAWA KOSAI - Naoya OgawaIKARIYA ATSUSHI - Kazushi SakurabaYESTERYEAR KINOSHITA - Enson InoueFOUNDER PANTHER - Super TigerANDO DISABLED TWO - Yoji AnjoNIXON STACY - Rickson GracieMICROPHONE FEAR - Mark KerrBONE CRY - Don FryeNEMO - Rumina Sato

LOCKED (LEGEND?)CHIKARASUMERAGIKI - Rikidozan GREAT SIMA - Giant BabaVICTORY MUSASHI - Antonio InokiTOMMY BOMBER - Jumbo TsurutaHURRICANE RIKIMARU - Riki ChoshuSAEHA MING - Akira MaedaZOMBIE MASA - Masa SaitoGOLDARM YAJIMA - Hiroshi WajimaMASK DE PANTHER - Tiger MaskCARLOS CROWTHER - Karl GotchR.J. PHASE - Lou TheszBIG THE GREAT BULL - Bruiser BrodyGIANT ROSHIMOFU - Andre the GiantBLITZ VON ELRIC - Fritz Von EricGARLAND BOSCH - Roland BockDYNAMIC KID - Dynamite KidG.O. BRIGHT - Gary Albright

FFPW - Music

I'm currently finishing off a tidy up of edit mode for the patch and spent some time on the music section. Here's what I have (Please feel free to message if you think I have something wrong).

1. No Fear theme
2. Steve Austin 'Glass Shatters' theme
3. Fort Battle from the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack (Rickson Gracie) but it could just as easily be Goldberg's theme.
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi's 'Strange' theme
5. Akira Taue's 'Eclipse' theme.
6. Inoki 'Bom-Ba-Ye' theme
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan's theme
8. Genichiro Tenryu's 'Thunder Storm' theme
9. Masahiro Chono's 'Hard Crush' or 'Main Eventer' theme
10. Mitsuharu Misawa's 'Spartan X' theme
11. Riki Choshu's 'Power Hall' theme
12. Great Sasuke's 'Integral Hard' theme
13. Akitoshi Saito's 'Kenkon Ichigeki' theme
14. Great Muta's 'Kyosokyoku' theme
15. Kensuke Sasaki's 'Power' theme
16. Ikari no Jushin Liger theme
17. I Love it Loud by KISS (Dr. Death)
18. Kenta Kobashi's 'Grand Sword' theme
19. Mr. Gannosuke's 'Kishindo' theme
20. Hiroshi Hase's 'Two Hearts' theme
21. Osamu Nishimura's 'Heaven Knows' theme
22. Keiji Mutoh's 'Triumph' theme
23. Tatsumi Fujinami's 'Cho-Hiryu' theme
24. Haruka Eigen's 'Finisher' theme
25. Hiromichi Fuyuki's 'Shoot it' theme
26. Jumbo Tsuruta's 'J' theme
27. El Samurai's 'Terrible Gift' theme
28. Ultimo Dragon's 'El Dorado' theme
29. Super Delfin's 'Senor Perfecto' theme
30. Giant Baba's 'Oja no Tamashii' theme
31. Night on Bald Mountain (The Sheik)

As an added bonus, the Rolling Up match music is also Dory Funk's 'Spinning Toe Hold' theme. Don't worry, I've edited Dory so this plays as his theme now!

WIP - An update!

After re-reading my post I'm a little sad to realise my Tamagotchi-style app never made it past concept art, pseudo-code and flowcharts. I might visit that idea again one day but for now I'm focusing on Final Fire Pro Wrestling. Although I'd pretty much drawn a line under it, there is room for improvement, which is the theme of the next few posts on here.

I've been working through the roster and am currently read every move name in edit mode to give better translations or more accurate names. I'd been trying to get names as close to the FPW2 translation as possible but I realised that was a mistake as BAM! were calling a suplex and brainbuster, although this is a more direct translation of what the Japanese game says, it's a localisation thing. I'm also renaming trademark moves here and there to fit in better with their real-life counter parts. 

Support from others on the project has always been very important to me and I know without Cactus I never would have attempted half of the things I did, probably giving up a lot sooner. So my next ask is, I'm looking for people to help out. Proof-readers are great, otherwise I'll have to spend hours playing FFPW myself (Oh no!). Due to the random probability of MOR mode, multiple people playing will be a greater help than me playing over and over.

I'm also looking for edit makers that are able to help me refresh and improve the exisiting roster. I did give the original roster a big update using stats, logic, move sets and appearances from FPR, however I know there are far more refined versions of these guys out there. All you'd need to do is create the edit in the game and send me a copy of the .SAV file, I'll do the rather tedious copying and pasting. There is one rule with appearances, you must use the default colours (Push A on the Color set menu), and include the colour set numbers with whatever you send me. 

If anyone wants to help with the appearances, my only real rule with the costumes I use:
If active: Costume 1 - Current, Costume 2 and 3 - No longer used, Costume 4 - Something odd
If inactive: Costume 1 - Iconic/recognisable look, Costumer 2 and 3 - Alternative looks and gimmicks, Costume 4 - Something odd. 
Costume 4 use to be, costume 1 with a shirt on which I felt was a bit lame. So that's why you might find more masked gimmicks or odd looks. Costume 1 is outdated for most guys that were active between 2009 and present day, but the retired and deceased costumes won't need changing.

I'm not going to set a release date for anything but I'm aiming on focusing on the non-MOR text first and then wrestler updating. I'll also be updating MOR with play-throughs as well as a bit of save making. No promises on what saves, I'll make what I make but am open to requests for save packs (All though I make no guarantee I'll make them).

I'll be checking FPWArena, this blog and my e-mails far more frequently if you want to get in touch. So please drop me a line even if it's just to let me know what you think.

Cheers!

TM

New project and stuff...

Hello all (All one person reading this... Am I right?). I've just started out a new project following along the lines of my passion for wrestling, I'm hoping to have more details to share soon but there's not much at the moment. I'm working in Stencyl and I'm not sure whether this will see light of day on Newgrounds or maybe Android. It's not your typical wrestling game, you'll mostly be in a management position in a similar strain to Management of the Ring from FFPW. The game is going to focus on how you manage your wrestler and what choices you make impact on their career.

Speaking of MOR, I've finally rooted my PSP and have Final Fire Pro on it. I'm not planning anything other than a bit of fun but if anything interesting comes of it, I'll be sure to share. I've also setup a rather extensive Doom compendium cover Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, No Rest for the Living, Final Doom and Master Levels of Doom 2 all on my PSP, chuck in Final Fantasy 7 and the 14 year old me would totally lose his shit!

I'm still playing my 3DS almost religiously. My top picks for the moment?

Monster Hunter Ultimate 3
Luckily I hadn't registered my 3DS on Club Nintendo and NoE just so happened to be running the "Hunt with a Friend" promotion, so I bought a code online. almost a year later and I've made a start on it. It's really good fun and I'm a bit shocked it's not pushing the 3DS sales. Huge environments and an excellent level of depth to it. I would give this a total recommendation making owning a 3DS worthwhile on it's own.

Tomodachi Life
Go back to 2009 and I was on holiday in Tokyo. Around this time there were adverts aplenty for Tomodachi Collection. Fast-forward to present and I've now got the UK version for 3DS. I've made quite a community featuring my favourite wrestlers, actors, the cast of my name is earl and the odd comedian.
High Points

• Randy from My Name is Earl singing "Time After Time"
• Patrick Stewart doing a freaky dance after drinking protein shake
• Walter White in a rap battle with Anthony Hopkins

Low Points

• I've got a prison cell for Anthony Hopkins but no prison clothes or Dr Lecter mask
• Thor won't pair off with Lady Sif. It just wasn't meant to be

3DS eShop - Putty Squad

I'd been busting to play this game since I first read about it almost two years ago and now it's here!

To give you a bit of background, Putty was originally released on the Amiga but ported to the CD32 and, more importantly for me, the SNES as Super Putty. Super Putty was a bit of an oddly charming game; it has a weird sense of humour with abstract enemies and a plot I'm not sure I entirely understood when I was 7. I distinctly remember we picked up a copy from the local shopping centre after doing the weekly food shop. I had french stick bread and watched Diff'rent Strokes, playing Super Putty afterwards. I played round-robin with my brother (You play until you lose a life and then pass the controller over), which worked to my advantage as he was 3 years younger and not particularly good at video games. Now 21 years later, I get to try the sequel on 3DS.

The game starts you off with a 'Training Level', which is much needed as there are quite a few abilities and power-ups to get to grips with including stretching, inflating, absorbing, jumping and throwing bombs at enemies. The button layout is pretty simple, using L and R to punch left and right respectively, with X, Y, A and B used for the various other commands. There is some use of the touch screen too, primarily as a head's-up display but also allowing you to choose between your power-ups. Subsequent levels require you to save all of the red putties before you can exit the level.

The graphics are quite nice, simple and quirky. This is definitely a throw-back to when game featured some bizarre collectibles and enemies, thinking back to games like Manic Miner and Dizzy. This game makes use of the 3D feature, however I'm still on the fence as to whether or not it adds much to the experience.

Sound and music fit in with the off-the-wall look and feel of this game. There aren't any tracks that immediately jump to mind but they seem natural and work well to enhance the experience. The sound effects retain a lot of the idiosyncratic appeal of the previous Putty outings.

Game-play wise, the first few levels are simple enough but it does get progressively tougher and there is plenty of replay value with each level having three goals, secret levels and achievements. There are over a handful of worlds with each having 7 or 8 individual levels. There's also the addition of challenge mode, where you can replay the same levels again with additional goals (e.g. Don't lose a life, kill all enemies) which earn extra stickers.

It's unfortunate that the majority of the reviews this game received are based on the PS4 release of it. Understandably it is panned as not being worth the money by people who've just spent about £450 on a brand new console with precious few games. It harks back to a simpler time of gaming where you could have your protagonist throwing up down a toilet as cover art (Seriously! Google the cover for Jet Set Willy!), freaky characters and odd concepts were developed and fostered. It is a throw back to when indie developers weren't trendy or cool, but hardcore gaming fans working out of a garage or bedroom, creating games they enjoyed. At £17.99 it is a little steep in comparison to similar games like Mutant Mudds, but if you're a retro gamer looking for something that seems vaguely familiar, I'd suggest checking this out.