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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 17, 2023 9:34:30 GMT
Fire Pro Joshi All Star Dream Slam - Winning Strategy SpecialKnown in Japan as: 全女公認 ファイプロ女子オールスタードリームスラム スーパーファミコン必勝法スペシャルPages: 95 Publisher: Keibunsha Year: 1994 We're finally going to look at the first-ever Fire Pro game dedicated to Women's Professional Wrestling. Priced at $127 online, this
guidebook is one of the most expensive Fire Pro strategy guides out there.
Along with all of the tips and tricks that Keibunsha were renown for, the Dreamslam Winning Strategy Special guidebook also
includes an exclusive interview with Takako Inoue, Kyoko Inoue and Manami Toyota.
 Dust jacket front.  The inner dust jacket advertises other guides that were released by Keibunsha, such as the Fire Pro-Wrestling 3 Edit Wrestler Book (which is available to be read in these forums).   Inner cover and back.  Page 01 - Table of contents.  Pages 2 - 3: intro and a sample of gameplay features.  Pages 04 - 05: controller setup and mode overview.  Pages 06 - 07: mode summaries.
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 17, 2023 16:45:21 GMT
 Page 08 - small action and over action - which explains standard lockups and struggle techniques. The bottom of page lists the four available costume colours per Wrestler, along with the necessary button to use the respective colour. The buttons are Y, B, Select and Start. Page 9 lists each Wrestler's finishing moves.  Page 10 is the guide's first "column" section. Usually, these parts of the guidebook feature bonus content like advertisements for Fire Pro products, bonus Wrestler formulas, or even tournament results from the staff members themselves. This time around, the bonus content displays how players can recreate famous matches between the Dreamslam cast. The four matches even provide the time, winner and arena the women fought in. Page 11 is the title page for the Wrestler Data and interview section.  Pages 12 - 13: Bull Nakano. Since All Star Dreamslam was officially licensed by AJW, the game features the actual likenesses of AJW's biggest stars of the era. Dreamslam also marked the first time Wrestlers were featured under their real names in a Fire Pro game. The general layout for each Wrestler's profile is as follows: Attire colours/Entrance Bio Message to fans Finisher Techniques Underneath every Wrestler's picture is a personal message written for the fans. Bull's message reads:  Pages 14 - 15: Aja Kong Aja Kong's message to the fans:"I am very happy because I have been playing the FP series and was wondering if there would be a female version". Pages 16 - 17: Akira Hokuto. Akira's message to the fans:"I only have two more games left to fight in front of you, but I can fight as many games as I want, so please enjoy yourself". |
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 17, 2023 19:50:23 GMT
 Pages 18 - 19: Kyoko Inoue. Kyoko's message to the fans:"I'll be happy if you put all your skills to good use and finish with the Niagara Driver".
Pages 20 - 21: Yumiko Hotta.
Yumiko's message to the fans:"I can't believe I'm appearing in the game. I want to play soon myself".
Pages 22 - 23: Takao Inoue. Takako's message to the fans:"I am looking forward to the game because I think I can beat Ms. Bull and Ms. Aja in the game". Pages 24 - 25: Toshiyo Yamada.
Toshio's message to the fans:"I'm very happy to play how I like, but kicking is my main technique. I want you all to have it!"
Pages 26 - 27: Manami Toyota.
Manami's message to the fans:"I am so happy to be a character. Please attack with my flying techniques".
Pages 28 - 29: Suzuka Minami .
Suzuka's message to the fans:
"I know now that I appear in a game, and I think it's great. I want to win with a powerbomb at the end".
 Pages 30 - 31: Bat Yoshinaga. Bat's message to the fans:"I'm so happy because I'm really in it! I hope to be able to do flying techniques that I don't do in real life." |
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 18, 2023 2:55:04 GMT
 Pages 32 - 33: Sasie Hasegawa. Sasie's message to the fans:"A lot of different groups are participating, but I didn't think All Women would be participating. So, I'm very happy".
 Pages 34 - 35: Debbie Malenko. Debbie's message to the fans:"I am now concentrating on recovering from my injury and I hope to be back in Japan soon. I can't wait to fight in front of the Japanese fans".  Pages 36 - 37: Mariko Yoshida. Mariko's message to the fans:"Please play freely. I'll be back in the ring soon, so please support me".  Pages 38 - 39: Kaoru Ito.
Kaoru's message to the fans:"I had fun moving around the ring, and won with a storm of foot stomps!" Pages 40 - 41: Etsuko Mita. Etsuko's message to the fans:"I was surprised to see the Death Valley Bomb was also included. Please try not to lose to athletes from other organizations".
Pages 42 - 43: Mima Shimoda.
Mima's message to the fans:
"I am very happy. I was also surprised because my costume at the time of the game's release was also accurate".
Pages 44 - 45: Infernal KAORU. Infernal's message to the fans:"I'm not worried about getting hurt in the game, so please fly as much as you can. I want you to be cool and I want you to win."
Pages 46 - 47: Chaparita ASARI. Charaparita's message to the fans:"I'm happy because I get to fight with all kinds of seniors. If it's a game, sometimes I win."
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Post by Shadow Master on Aug 18, 2023 7:30:46 GMT
Besides licensed Wrestler appearances, Dreamslam also contains a host of Wrestlers under fake names. This is because the bonus characters are based on Wrestlers from other promotions outside of HUMAN's license with AJW at the time. In past Fire Pro games, unlicensed Wrestlers received clever Fire Pro renames. Dreamslam changes this old rule by simply referring to each bonus character as a specific colour. As a lover of the older Fire Pro guide's Wrestler illustrations, I was pleasantly surprised that a selection of them were added to this particular guidebook to help identify the additional Wrestlers in question.  Pages 48 - 49: Red Woman "Heel Heroin" (Mayumi Ozaki) & White Woman "Sky Flower" (Cutie Suzuki).  Pages 50 - 51: Black Woman (Devil Masami) & Green Woman (Dynamite Kansai)  Pages 52 - 53: Yellow Woman (Shinobu Kandori) & Pink Woman (Megumi Kudo).  Pages 54 - 55: the hidden boss characters Crush Gals #1 (Chigusa Nagayo) and Crush Gals #2 (Lioness Asuka). Here's the cropped Wrestler illustrations as an added bonus:         Stay tuned for more pages from this guidebook! |
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Post by Shadow Master on Sept 2, 2023 18:43:49 GMT
Just about every Fire Pro guidebook from the era contained exclusive interviews with otable Wrestlers, celebrities and HUMAN Entertainment staff members. Most of which were interviewed while playing a copy of Fire Pro.
The exclusive interview in the Dreamslam Winning Strategy Special involves joshi stars Manami Toyota, Takako Inoue and Kyoko Inoue.
 Pages 56 - 57: the first part of the interview with Takako Inoue, Kyoko Inoue and Manami Toyota.  Pages 58 - 59: the second part of the interview.  Pages 60 - 61: the third part of the interview.  Pages 62 - 63: the final part of the interview. As usual, the exclusive interview includes a special giveaway. This time around, the prizes include signed plushies and t-shirts. As Joshi merchandise was produced in much-smaller numbers, the dolls in particular are now highly sought-after with collectors.  Pages 64 - 65: special report column with Aja Kong, Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto. Page 65 is the title page for Dreamslam's data section.  Pages 66 - 67: various techniques such as the Aurora Special, Overhead Kick and Green Mountain.  Pages 68 - 69: more techniques found in Dreamslam.  Pages 70 - 71: more techniques.  Pages 72 - 73: techniques continued.  Pages 74 - 75: just in case you needed more techniques.  Pages 76 - 77: more techniques. |
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Post by Shadow Master on Sept 3, 2023 3:17:18 GMT
 Pages 78 - 79: techniques continued.  Pages 80 - 81: game secrets. To play as the hidden boss characters:In any mode besides "Winning Road", hover the cursor over PINK (P) JOSHI (Megumi Kudo) and press: * UP + START - play as Crash Gals 1 (Chigusa Nagayo) * DOWN + START - play as Crash Gals 2 (Lioness Asuka) Unlock the hidden referees:In Options mode, select the Password option (second last option), press Right to access the password option and input the following: O O O O O O = Female referee X X X X X X = Cheerleader referee After either code has been inputted, press the B button to confirm. Page 81 lists the secret front and back grapples for every Wrestler.
 Pages 82 - 83: in-depth, technical game mechanics, such as stamina, attack damage and submission damage explanations.  Pages 84 - 85: CPU Logic Part 1.  Pages 86 - 87: CPU logic part 2.  Pages 88 - 89: part 1 of Wrestler movesets data.  Pages 90 - 91: moveset data continued.  Pages 92 - 93: moveset data part 3.  Pages 94 - 95: the final portion of the Wrestler moveset data section, and the info needed for the AJPW goods/presents. Those with a keen eye may notice that the included photo is an alternate shot of the ladies holding the merchandise for the giveaway.  Book credits.  |
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Post by kiano on Sept 3, 2023 7:11:40 GMT
Great scans, thanks. The 90s were a great time for women wrestling in Japan, the roster was great. The game is great, but for the sake of economy they didn't add a battery and it sucks. But there are more wrestler frame animations than in Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3, which is very cool. Found a pre-release note with screenshots in the Japanese magazine Dengeki-Oh 06.1994, a month before the release. The colors were different. ![]()  |
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Post by Shadow Master on Sept 3, 2023 15:05:01 GMT
Great scans, thanks. The 90s were a great time for women wrestling in Japan, the roster was great. The game is great, but for the sake of economy they didn't add a battery and it sucks. But there are more wrestler frame animations than in Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3, which is very cool. Found a pre-release note with screenshots in the Japanese magazine Dengeki-Oh 06.1994, a month before the release. The colors were different. ![]() Great find, Kiano! It seems early versions/prototypes were given to the press for coverage ahead of release dates. Just about everything in the above screenshot was modified before the final release. The graphics certainly seemed a bit too vibrant for my taste. I wonder if we'll ever find a dump of the Dreamslam and SFPWX prototypes? |
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Post by kiano on Oct 28, 2023 11:47:45 GMT
Weekly Famitsu April 22nd 1994  Weekly Famitsu June 10th 1994   Weekly Famitsu July 22nd 1994  |
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