Talk:Pro Wrestling (NES video game)
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[edit] Game Boy version
Until I saw a recent edit to this article, I didn't know there was a Japanese Game Boy game titled Pro Wrestling. I figured it was a generic game that had nothing to do with the NES original, so I downloaded a ROM of the game (ssshhh). I noticed that at first the game appears to have nothing to do with Pro Wrestling NES (better character select graphics, better title screen, the wrestlers appear to have nothing to do with the characters from the NES game). When you get into actual gameplay, though, you'll notice that the ring looks similar to PWNES (a rectangle that's roughly twice as wide as it is tall), a similar looking audience and, most telling of all, two announcers sitting in the front row of the audience (though they're hard to pick out from the audience, what with the Game Boy's lack of color).
I am 99% sure this is an official remake of Pro Wrestling NES. I went ahead and added a section for the GB version on the main page.
Interesting note, Professional Wrestling for Game Boy is listed on the Fire Pro Wrestling page as being part of that series (Human produced Pro Wrestling GB). That means one of a few things: PWGB is the official remake of PWNES but has nothing to do with FPW (and the FPW page needs to be edited), PWGB is the official remake of PWNES and is also considered the predecessor to (or maybe the first game in) the FPW series, or PWGB has nothing to do with PWNES (which I find unlikely, as the two games are remarkably similar in gameplay). Jeff Silvers 17:05, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
- UPDATE: After doing a bit of research, I found out that Human's Pro Wrestling was released in the United States as HAL Wrestling and was published by HAL Laboratory, Inc. I'm assuming HAL had no hand in the production of the game, as the Japanese version never mentions the company at all. Jeff Silvers 17:43, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
- UPDATE (again): You know, for some reason I'm now beginning to doubt HAL Wrestling is actually a sequel to Pro Wrestling NES. I emailed Nintendo, but all they gave me was some generic-sounding message about how "some video game mysteries may never be solved." Anybody care to dig deeper? Jeff Silvers 01:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
- Vote for SPLIT: Personally, I don't believe the two games to have anything to do with each other. The NES and Game Boy games share a name, but that's about it. Considering that they were developed and published by different companies, and none of the characters from the original game return, there's very little in common. There are similarities, as mentioned above, but it's nothing that's not anything uncommon to professional wrestling as a "sport". Although I personally wouldn't count Puroresu on the Game Boy as a Fire ProWrestling game, it certainly has far more in common with that series than NES Pro Wrestling. These articles should be split. Jacquismo 02:06, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
- I support this idea. Although I was originally the one who posted the information on the Game Boy game, I have since realized the games are not similar enough to be considered the same. After sending Nintendo an email on the matter, they responded with some generic message about how there are some "mysterious" in video games that may never be solved; in other words, they don't know, either. So yeah, I support a split. Jeff Silvers 02:04, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- Done and done. Jeff Silvers 17:10, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- I support this idea. Although I was originally the one who posted the information on the Game Boy game, I have since realized the games are not similar enough to be considered the same. After sending Nintendo an email on the matter, they responded with some generic message about how there are some "mysterious" in video games that may never be solved; in other words, they don't know, either. So yeah, I support a split. Jeff Silvers 02:04, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
