Top Import Wrestling Games that are NOT Fire Pro

                             While the game revolves around PANCRASE legend Masakatsu Funaki, the rest of the roster is based on recognizable faces from

                              various Wrestling and shoot fight promotions - all under different aliases. Such as Ric Flair, Vader, Abdullah The Butcher, Stan Hansen, and
                              even Mitsuharu Misawa!

                                 

                              Each stage has it's own obstacles, pitfalls, and dangers to be avoided. Vader's stage has a breakway scaffold - knock the opponent

                              to the floor enough times and they'll plummet below, Vrij's stage takes place on the street, where players have to avoid angry

                              bottle-breaking bystanders, etc.

                              There's also an early example of a Create-A-Wrestler mode bundled in with a career mode that sees the player invading three different

                              promotions to become the world champ. If that wasn't enough, the player ages in real-time, while their stats control to deteriorate

                              realistically with age. Play long enough, and the player has the option to marry AND raise a son, who will follow in their father's

                              footsteps with their own career mode path!

Just recently, I even discovered hidden Wrestlers hidden away in the game's code ...such as Antonio Inoki, Davey Boy Smith

and The Ultimate Warrior.

privilege players would soon regret, as Hyper Tag Match's gameplay was so poorly executed that the series would shift back

to the spectator genre with the followup title shortly thereafter.

And even then, players could choose to skip watching the matches altogether.

Personally speaking, I wouldn't bother attempting Sengokuden 1 or 3. There are no exhibition or versus modes to speak of.
The games revolve around a booking simulator, with all of the game menus and text written entirely in Japanese. So, if your
understanding of Hiragana leaves a lot to be desired....

As a glutton for punishment, I got far enough in the third title to book my own shows. Apparently, there's hidden Wrestlers
locked away as opponents in the JWA-themed scenario such as The Destroyer, Abdullah The Butcher, and Rikidozan as the
champion. I don't think I've ever seen screenshots of those characters...

Sengokuden is a series that is so obscure, I doubt we'll ever see a gameFAQs save file, or English walkthrough made for
any of the titles.

Ultimately, Sengokuden was KSS' first (and last) attempt at a Wrestling game before going bankrupt seven years later.
Which is a shame, because KSS put a lot of thought into designing the series. Sengokuden 3 in particular pays respect
on a historical level to Pro-Wrestling's humble beginnings in Japan, with a large portion of the roster culled from Japan's
earliest Wrestling promotions.