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Post by Shadow Master on Jul 27, 2023 16:16:08 GMT
Super Fire ProWrestling Special Edit Wrestler BookKnown in Japan as: スーパーファイヤープロレスリングスペシャル エディットレスラーブックPages: 111 Year: 1995 Publisher: Keibunsha Out of all of the Fire Pro strategy guides, the most popular of the lot seems to be Fire Pro's Edit Wrestler books. When the internet was still in it's infancy, players in Japan relied on these guides for the most accurate Wrestler formulas available. Logic, movesets, and even attack damage parameters were all mapped out. At the time, HUMAN did run an online forum through the Japanese server 'NIFTY'. The thread 'GOFBATTL' (short for 'Go Fire Pro Battle'), was
dedicated to testing out user-created Edit Wrestlers in simulated competitions. Yet, there was nothing quite like having a trusty pocketbook,
complete with full-colour examples readily available at one's finger tips when piecing together edits in Special.
The Special Edit Wrestler Book contains formulas to create 69 original Wrestlers. There's also formulas for the bonus Wrestler templates found in Special's Edit mode. So, if you ever wanted the most accurate Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, Papa Shango, Yokozuna or The Big Bossman in SFPWS, then the Special Edit Wrestler Book has you covered.
For fans of the Fire Pro series' inner workings, the exclusive interview this time around is with Special's Champion Road writer SUDA51, and
longtime HUMAN staff member Kazuyuki Kumagai.
As always, check back often for more pages.
 Front and back dust cover.
 The inner dust jacket reveals more guides that were recently published by Keibunsha. The guides include: Super Fire Pro-Wrestling Special Winning Strategy Special (already posted here), Super Wrestle Angels, Godzilla, and Great Battle IV.
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Post by Shadow Master on Jul 29, 2023 21:43:54 GMT
  Inner cover and back cover. The text says the "the strongest wrestler is born! Includes data for 69 Edit Wrestlers! Interview with Director Goichi Suda!"
For those that don't know, Goichi Suda (better known as SUDA51), started working with the Fire Pro series back in 1993,
with Super Fire Pro-Wrestling III: Final Bout. In 1994, Suda would go on to write the story for Super Fire Pro-Wrestling
Special's Champion Road mode; elevating the title to cult-like status with Champion Road's shocking ending.
Suda would return to the Fire Pro fold in 2020 with Champion Road Beyond, a DLC add-on for Fire Pro-Wrestling World which chronicled the story of Morio Smith's son - who would follow in the footsteps of his ill-fated father in an attempt to become a Pro-Wrestler.  Page 1 - Title page.  Pages 2 - 3: table of contents, ranking system, fights records and a brief overview. Fight Records is a portion of the Options menu, that allows players to set up individual profiles. The Fight Records section keeps track of each profile's wins, losses and other match statistics. The number of wins a player has with their fight records profile determines their rank. The more matches a player has, the higher their rank. With each rank, more hidden moves and edit points are unlocked in Special's Edit mode. The last moves are unlocked with S1 rank. After that, the rank continues until level 100.
 Pages 4 - 5. introduction and Edit Wrestler Part 1 Title Page. Page 4 uses an example of lowering the parameters of Victory Musashi (Antonio Inoki) to create a more-realistic Inoki from his rookie years. The bottom of page 4 indicates how the read the following pages. ![]()  The majority of the Edit formulas in the Special Edit Wrestler Book are intended to be used with the bonus templates found in Special's Edit mode. For example, the first Wrestler 'Hien' (Hayabusa) is 'Wrestler Face' #110 in Special's Edit mode. Page 6 features an illustration of our first Edit formula of Hayabusa, while the following page lists the Wrestler's 'logic'.
Underneath each Wrestler's Logic section is a screenshot with the text 'Recommended Match Card'. This section is the editor's pick for suitable opponents to be pitted against the Edit Wrestlers. In the above screenshot, Hayabusa's recommended opponent is 'Hayate' (The Great Sasuke).  Pages 8 - 9: Williard Will (Willie Williams).
Recommended Match Card: Victory Musashi (Antonio Inoki - whom Williams had a memorable match with in Japan).  Pages 10 - 11: 'Vs Heavyweight Kaizer' (Battle Jushin Liger). Recommended Match Card: Hitman Sabre (Big Van Vader).  Pages 12 - 13: Chikara Yamanishi (Manabu Nakanishi).
Recommended Match Card: Killer Blaster (Power Warrior).  Pages 14 - 15: Goba Ryu (Ryuma Go).
Recommended Match Card: Fighter Yamato (Tatsumi Fujinami).  Pages 16 - 17: 'The Blade Kita' (The Great Nita). Recommended Match Type: Blade Musha (Great Muta) - four years before the actual fight took place.  Pages 18 - 19: Edit Wrestlers who didn't make the Special Edit Wrestler Book, and title page for the Edit Wrestler Intensive Course section. Again, the Edit Wrestlers on page 18 all feature their real names (again, this guide was put together by a third party, and not HUMAN). The guide encourages readers to try their hand at finishing these Wrestlers' moves, parameters and logic themselves. The Wrestlers on page 18 are: Papa Shango Psychosis (uses Battle Liger as a template), Masahito Kakihara (uses Dynamite Kid as a template), Hans Nyman (uses Ludwig Borga as a template). (Wellington) Wilkins Jr. (uses Dory Funk Jr. as a template), SATO (uses Scott Steiner as a template) Yone Genjin (uses Dos Caras as a template) |
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Post by Shadow Master on Jul 30, 2023 6:55:46 GMT
Compared to other Keibunsha Fire Pro guides, there is only six Wrestler illustrations featured in the Special Edit Wrestler Book, unfortunately. Letdown aside, here's all six illustrations cropped:    Hayabusa Willie Williams Battle Liger.    Manabu Nakanishi Ryuma Go The Great Nita |
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Post by cobrettie on Aug 1, 2023 13:38:34 GMT
As always, thank you for all your hard work!
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 1, 2023 14:35:08 GMT
As always, thank you for all your hard work! Still have a ton of pages to scan for this guide. I just wanted to get the illustrations out of the way first. |
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 1, 2023 17:14:27 GMT
 Pages 20 - 21: Edit mode specifics including rush & combination moves, along with a summary on Parameters, Parameter balance, selecting taunts, and even the skin colour-changing trick for Edits.  Pages 22 - 23: rush techniques with the various shoot fighters. Techniques such as Gray Style Machine Gun Kick 2 & Rotten Style Muay Thai Rush etc.  Pages 24 - 25: more gameplay summaries, such as: hammer throw (run to post techniques - which were new for Special), Logic Points, Post to outside techniques, etc.  Pages 26 - 27: an index of techniques that cause criticals. Moves are organized into different categories, such as: submission, sleeper hold, suplex, and striking. ![]()  Pages 28 - 29: an exclusive interview with Special director Goichi Suda (better known as Suda51), and longtime Fire Pro staff member in charge of public relations Kazuyuki Kumagai. In the following pages, Suda comments on his hatred for how colourful and bright Wrestling during the early 90's was. Suda pined for a darker, more-realistic
look at the world of the squared circle, as Suda believed that Wrestlers sacrificed their own lives in the ring.
Suda adds that it was his intention to add more techniques as the story mode progressed in Special, to add a sense of a realism. As the protagonist continued to train and take on new challenges, his moveset would reflect his time spent in the ring. As such, Suda mentions that half of the techniques intended for
Special were scrapped due to time restraints.
The interview follows with excerpts stating that Special has attracted both new players and rekindled interest for older Fire Pro players. who had veered away from the series. Mr. Kumagai comments that some staff members worked for five months straight on Special without taking a day off on Saturdays or Sundays.  Pages 30 - 31: the interview continues. Suda looks towards the future of Fire Pro and claims that 200 Wrestlers were originally planned to be added to the follow-up title: Super Fire Pro- Wrestling X (in total, there are 116 standard characters, and about 60 more in terms of edit space via the X Premium expansion). Mr. Kumagai adds that the appeal of Fire Pro, as expected, is the fun of playing against one another. The duo both ponder what the future of Fire Pro could be like with future instalments. Realistically, Suda comments that core elements such as improved graphics and move animations should be two focal points to consider with future titles. Interestingly, Suda believed that the overall volume of Wrestlers added to the game's current roster number probably wouldn't increase (oh, if only you knew, Suda...).
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 4, 2023 2:41:05 GMT
 Pages 32 - 33: the final page of the Goichi Suda & Kazuyuki Kumagai interview, along with the title page of the next section: Edit Wrestler Part 2. In the final part of the interview, Mr. Kumagai mentions that after a day of debugging, a tournament was held between the Fire Pro staff where the team took a break from programming. Mr. Kumagai praises Suda for creating a sequel that brings out different sides of people, showing off their personalities during gameplay.
Suda's favourite Wrestler to play in Special is Masahiro Kono (Masahiro Chono). Suda recommends using stiff kicks before going for one or two
S.T.F.'s to win the match. Though, it is also mentioned in the interview that Suda is a fan of Akira Maeda, with the interview stating that Maeda is "too strong" in-game (which is true. Akira Maeda is overpowered when it comes to criticals). Mr. Kumagai's favourite Wrestler to play as is Super Kaizer (Jushin Liger). With blows that lead to Liger's Abise Kick, and then submission holds, Kumagai jokes that Liger's play style is "a work of art". On the Edit Wrestler Part 2 title page, the caption claims that the following formulas are so easy to follow, even players who struggle with assigning CPU Logic won't have any issues.  While many western players have avoided Special's Edit mode due to the majority of the mode's options being presented in Japanese, the biggest incentive to give Special's Edit mode a try is the cast of fifty (50) hidden Wrestler templates.
Pages 34 - 35: Shinjiro Odachi (Shinjiro Otani) - Wrestler Face #105 & Zombie Masa (Masa Saitoh) - Wrestler Face #106.  You can find the hidden Wrestler templates under: Edit Mode - Edit Wrestler (first option) - Wrestler Maker (second option) On the Wrestler Maker menu, select the fourth option 'Wrestler Face' (pictured above). Now, you can press left or right to choose between 155 different Wrestler templates. Templates 105 - 155 are the bonus Wrestler templates that are not found anywhere else in the game.
 Unless you knew Japanese or had a vivid imagination, would you guess one of the above templates was based on The Big Bossman? Pages 36 - 37: Yoshimichi Nohara (Michiyoshi Ohara) - Wrestler Face #107 & Great Police Man (Big Bossman) - Wrestler Face #108  Pages 38 - 39: Osher Kimura (Rusher Kimura) - Wrestler Face #109 & Mister Shen (Mister Chin) - Wrestler Face #111 For those wondering where Wrestler Face #110 is, the guide already covered 'Hien' (Hayabusa) on page 7 of this guidebook.  Pages 40 - 41: Rick Canton (Big Titan) - Wrestler Face #112 & The Kaempfer (The Gladiator) - Wrestler Face #113  Pages 42 - 43: Omen (Damien) - Wrestler Face #114 & Adon Fuyuki (Hiromichi Fuyuki) - Wrestler Face #115  Pages 44 - 45: Prince Conga (Prince Tonga/Haku) - Wrestler Face #116 & Coolie S-Do (Jado) - Wrestler Face #117  Pages 46 - 47: Bulldog K-Do (Gedo) - Wrestler Face #118 & Bloody Allen (Bad News Brown) - Wrestler Face #119 On top of providing new Wrestlers to create, Special's Edit mode also provided templates to create Wrestlers who were present in previous Fire Pro entries, such as Bad News Brown, Masa Saito, The Ultimate Warrior among others.  Pages 48 - 49: Yakihiro Kajimura (W*ING Kanemura) - Wrestler Face #121 & TAC Hosomichi (TAKA Michinoku) - Wrestler Face #122  Pages 50 - 51: Rando Chigasaki (Kendo Nagasaki) - Wrestler Face #123 & Uminosuke Ueda (Umanosuke Ueda) - Wrestler Face #124  I always thought our next Edit template was an unmasked Eddie Guerrero! Pages 52 - 53: Yoshiaki Akutsu (Yoshiaki Yatsu) - Wrestler Face #125 & Great Sekitori (Yokozuna) - Wrestler Face #126  Next up, easily the coolest name ever for Bret Hart ever. Pages 54 - 55: Bullet Heat (Bret Hart) - Wrestler Face #127 & Tony Hole (Tony Halme/Ludwig Borga) - Wrestler Face #129 |
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 4, 2023 17:11:24 GMT
 Pages 56 - 57: Green Hawk (Eagle) - Wrestler Face #130 & The Tomcat (The Patriot) - Wrestler Face #131  Pages 58 - 59: Doug Faynas (Doug Furnas) - Wrestler Face #132 & Dave Shilofat (Danny Kroffat) - Wrestler Face #133  I still remember marking out when I discovered Jake The Snake Roberts hidden away in a Fire Pro-Wrestling game. Special was the first
-ever Fire Pro where bonus Wrestler templates were kept as surprises in Special's Edit mode.
Pages 60 - 61: Astro Blaster (The Ultimate Warrior) - Wrestler Face #134
& Snake Robin (Jake The Snake Roberts) - Wrestler Face #135.
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 4, 2023 21:23:05 GMT
 Pages 62 - 63: El Canarick (El Canek) - Wrestler Face #137 & Mascara Eagle (Dos Caras) - Wrestler Face #138  Pages 64 - 65: Chanbara Chacha (Super Kendo) - Wrestler Face #138 & Harry Louis (Harley Race) - Wrestler Face #139
You can't have hidden Wrestler templates in a Japanese Wrasslin' game without including "the intelligent, the sensational" The Destroyer! Pages 66 - 67: The Eliminator (The Destroyer) - Wrestler Face #140 & Seiryu (Shiryu) - Wrestler Face #141
 Pages 68 - 69: Morio Smith (Champion Road character) - Wrestler Face #143 & Hidenari Hogawa (Yoshinari Ogawa) - Wrestler Face #144 |
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 5, 2023 7:19:26 GMT
 Pages 70 - 71: Masaya Wakai (Mitsuya Nagai) - Wrestler Face #145 & Yoshimasa Yamaoka (Yoshihisa Yamamoto) - Wrestler Face #146  Pages 72 - 73: Masaoki Narita (Masayuki Naruse) - Wrestler Face #147 & Andrew Pirozhki (Andrei Kopilov) - Wrestler Face #148  Pages 74 - 75: Tadanaka Masuda (Tadao Yasuda) - Wrestler Face #149 & Phantom Guy (Pegasus Kid) - Wrestler Face #150  Pages 76 - 77: Pirates #1 (Billy Gaspar) - Wrestler Face #151 & Pirates #2 (Barry Gaspar) - Wrestler Face #152  Pages 78 - 79: Tatsuro Okano (Tatsuo Takano) - Wrestler Face #153 & Fuyui Ishihara (Yuki Ishikawa) - Wrestler Face #154 Yuki Ishikawa actually uses the head of Kensuke Sasaki - who is another hidden Wrestler template in Special.  Trivia: during an interview for the previous title Super Fire Pro-Wrestling III Final Bout, The Great Sasuke specifically requested to see the Michinoku Wrestler who portrayed Battranger Z (Yukuhide Ueno). As a result, Battranger was featured as the last hidden template in Special's Edit mode.
Pages 80 - 81: Chouden Toshi Battroid ZZ (Choden Senshi Battranger Z) - Wrestler Face #155 & D.L. Johnson (Don Leo Jonathan) - Wrestler Face #30 (uses the face of Ted Dibiase).  Pages 82 - 83: K.V. Elrick (Kerry Von Erich) - Wrestler Face #73 (Scott Steiner) & Storm Keisuke (Kensuke Sasaki) - Wrestler Face #154  Pages 84 - 85: Akira Oshigami (Akira Nogami) - Wrestler Face #34 (Genichiro Tenryu) & Adas Iizawa (Takayuki Iizuka) - Wrestler Face #26 (Tsuyoshi Kikuchi)  Pages 86 - 87: Ryuji Takada (Yuji Nagata) - Wrestler Face #21 (Jumbo Tsuruta) & Satoshi Kajima (Satoshi Kojima) - Wrestler Face #50 (Akira Maeda) |
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 7, 2023 9:29:55 GMT
Special's Edit mode introduced many Wrestlers who would go on to become series regulars.  Pages 88 - 89: Nobio Hodonaka (Norio Honaga) - Wrestler Face #125 & Mamoru Yamagawa (Manabu Yamada) - Wrestler Face #97 (Masaaki Satake)  For deeper cuts, the following edit formulas take two pre-existing templates, and turn them into Japanese hall of famers: Pages 90 - 91: Masashi Sakaguchi (Seiji Sakaguchi) - Wrestler Face #145 (Mitsuya Nagai) Mantaro Tsukino (Kantaro Hoshino) - Wrestler Face #61 (Minoru Suzuki)  Pages 92 - 93: Bunny Spicey (Danny Spivey) - Wrestler Face #118 (Gedo) & Cactus Mack (Cactus Jack) - Wrestler Face #46 (Sabu)  Besides creating edits based on Wrestling's greatest grapplers, Keibunsha were also known for including formulas for video game and pop culture characters as well. In previous guides, Keibunsha supplied edits to create the likes of Jason Voorhees and Street Fighter's Zangief. Pages 94 - 95: Guren Nanba (Gran Naniwa) - Wrestler Face #44 (The Great Sasuke) & Macdannel Jeff (Jeffry McWild from Virtua Fighter) - Wrestler Face #120 (Willie Williams)
 Pages 96 - 97: Coyote Eyefield (Wolf Hawkfield - Virtua Fighter character) - Wrestler Face #16 (Wild Pegasus) & the title page for the Edit Move Database.  Pages 98 - 99: Edit mode's point system and Individuality Settings are explained. This portion of the guide also lists the hidden moves and features that are unlocked by levelling up in Special's Fight Records gameplay feature.  Pages 100 - 101: Damage Data and unlockable Edit mode moves, and the corresponding 'ranking' required to unlock them. ![]()  Pages 102 - 103: move rankings database continues.  Pages 104 - 105: move database continues.  Pages 106 - 107: move techniques database continue.  Pages 108 - 109: more of the same. Move techniques, damage numbers, and the corresponding rankings to unlock them.  Pages 110 - 111: the final part of the move database.
 The book credits.
Once again, we've come to the end of another guidebook. To date, I've scanned five different books/booklets related to Special (with a sixth book on the way...).
While I was disappointed with the lack of Wrestler illustrations in this guidebook compared to other Keibunsha titles, I appreciate the fact that most of the bonus
templates in Special's Edit mode were fully-fleshed out with their own moves, parameters and logic settings. Additionally, the custom characters such as Great Nita,
Cactus Jack and Danny Spivey are also a nice touch from a creative standpoint.  If you like my work and would like to support me (importing these guides from Japan is getting quite expensive....), please consider donating to my Paypal account. All proceeds will go towards purchasing more items overseas for everyone's enjoyment. Thank you so much for supporting the project so far! Until next time - thanks for reading! |
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Post by kiano on Aug 10, 2023 16:23:57 GMT
Thanks for the scans, this is invaluable information, why don't the Japanese scan these manuals? They just sell and sell, it sucks. In decades, there will be only a few million dollar copies left. Question, I do not understand the meaning of these numbers color. How to count? You can give an example.  |
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 11, 2023 8:26:44 GMT
Thanks for the scans, this is invaluable information, why don't the Japanese scan these manuals? They just sell and sell, it sucks. In decades, there will be only a few million dollar copies left. Question, I do not understand the meaning of these numbers color. How to count? You can give an example. I feel your pain. For the past 13 years, I have imported hundreds of Wrestling items from Japan into Canada. In the past few years, many of those items now get tacked with duty fees (especially if the store uses a courier like FedEx or UPS). Fees for simply crossing the Canadian border. In fact, as I write this, I'm expected to pay duty fees on a parcel coming from Japan later today... For the Japanese Fire Pro fans reading this message (and I know you're out there): you are more than welcomed to post your scans in these forums. If you would like to remain anonymous, you can always send me a private message, and I'll post your scans for you! Let's work together to make the Critical Club the best forum for Fire Pro -Wrestling ever! To answer your Special question, the above table reads " Body Pants Thigh Boots 右 means "right". For example: in the above photo you provided, you have to press right 42 times on the body portion to get the same colour as the provided Wrestler formula. |
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Post by cobrettie on Aug 15, 2023 18:27:04 GMT
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hg101
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Post by hg101 on Sept 10, 2023 1:58:47 GMT
Incredible stuff! Thanks a ton!
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