Wrestler appearances in other video games

The Gekitou Burning Pro-Wrestling hidden Wrestlers saga continues. Again, I found the following Wrestler using a custom
player modifier code:



The Wrestler's name is listed as '未登錄', which translates to 'unregistered'; meaning, what we are looking at is
another unfinished character.



The Wrestler contains the body type and tan of the American Wrestlers (more specifically: Hulk Hogan). Like the hidden Antonio
Inoki, the Wrestler's hair is glitched out and turned green. Though, the character does appear to be wearing white and black
facepaint.

Funny enough, the glitched colour scheme reminds me of the Mysterious Warrior; the final boss of Double Dragon II (NES ver.).




After playing with this character for a few seconds, I realized this Wrestler is supposed to be The Ultimate Warrior!

Just like fellow hidden Wrestler Antonio Inoki, Warrior contains his fair share of glitches. Game freezing glitches that makes playing as this
character virtually impossible.


Pressing Y activates a Warrior Splash pin - which teleports Warrior around the ring before freezing the game.

Pressing B (from a distance) activates a Flying Shoulder Block.

Pressing B (in close range) initiates a Lou Thesz Press - which freezes the game when connected.

Pressing A activates an unblockable bear hug.




Warrior has a really neat way of setting up his Flying Shoulder Block. Press B while running and Warrior will run in place.
Press B again and Warrior will catapult himself across the ring!



The glitched out Lou Thesz Press and Warrior Splash techniques.


To play as Ultimate Warrior in the final level of World Championship mode, enter the following code:
306FF076




Despite being pretty much unplayable, Warrior was also programmed with an ending animation.




Using the code 306FF077 allows the player to use a third hidden Wrestler. This time being a masked one.

This particular character's name is written as "下哉苣愛" (which strangely translates to 'legacy love').  Though,
I'm pretty sure this Wrestler is supposed to be The Destroyer.



Playing as The Destroyer crashes the game immediately.



Though, the straps on the side of the mask remind me of Giant Zebra (Shunji Takano) and Big Van Vader (who is
already in the game) as well.



Using the code 306FF078 unlocks a fourth hidden Wrestler. This particular Wrestler remains unnamed - and is the first
hidden Wrestler that makes the game crash even before the pre-match screen loads.

Interestingly, the Wrestler uses the same head type as Atsushi Onita (already in the game); just with brown hair and
a larger body type selected.



I'm going to guess this Wrestler was supposed to be Terry Gordy: one half of AJPW's famed Miracle Violence Connection Tag Team
that was also missing in the original game.



The fifth hidden Wrestler locked behind Gekitou's game code is another unnamed talent. The Wrestler uses the head of Gedo - with the
body type of a larger American Wrestler.

Since Gekitou was heavily inspired by Fire Pro Wrestling, I'm going to assume that this unnamed Wrestler was intended to be The British
Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. The braided, dark hair, causasian skin, colourful tights and physique all point in that direction. Plus, Davey was
a hidden character in 1994's Super Fire Pro-Wrestling Special and 1995's Super Fire Pro-Wrestling X.

Use the code 306FF079 to unlock him.



Using the code 306FF080 unlocks a clone of Mitsuharu Misawa - with whiter skin and purple trunks. Strangely, Misawa is
also barefoot and featured in a fighting stance the MMA fighters use in-game.

Like Inoki, this version of Misawa has no given name.



Starting a match with clone Misawa leads to a very colourful screen crash.

Welcome back to another edition of Wrestler appearances in video games.

In the last several posts, I have been discovering hidden Wrestlers found in the code of 1995 Super Famicom title
Gekitou Burning Pro-Wrestling. A game largely forgotten in the 16-bit and Pro-Wrestling communities.

Continuing to experiment with a recently-created player modifier code, I have discovered more characters:




Using the code 306FF07B at the final level of World Championship mode unlocks this unnamed masked Wrestler.

This smaller masked Wrestler seems to use a Japanese skin tone. I'd say this Wrestler is based on Super Strong Machine
or possibly Eagle from AJPW. Though, I can't help being reminded of this unusual plush figure from the early 90's:



Kazushi Sakuraba wearing a Strong Machine mask. One of the earliest Sakuraba figures released only in Japan.

As usual, the game crashes when selecting this Wrestler for matches.




The ninth hidden Wrestler once again uses Atsushi Onita's head as a template. The body is larger and contains a more
asian skin tone.

Since the Kanji for the secret Wrestler's name is mixed up, I couldn't decipher the text.

Again, the furthest anyone can get with this Wrestler is the pre-match screen.



Since the character's name is written in Kanji, I will assume he is supposed to be a Japanese Wrestler. Thinking of larger Japanese
Wrestlers with long hair from the 90's, the first name that comes to mind is Manabu Nakanishi

306FF07C unlocks this character.




The tenth hidden Wrestler uses the head of Ultimo Dragon. With no name to go by or ability to use him in-game, I have no idea
who this Wrestler may be based off of. By this point, it seems Gekitou was running out resources and just began recycling
pre-existing character sprites.

To use him, use the code: 306FF07D



Hidden Wrestler #11 is another recycled Great Nita edit. The Wrestler's name is glitched out. He also can't be used in-game, either.



But, the Wrestler does have an ending. Though, there's only six or seven winning animations in Gekitou that encompass all 117
Wrestlers. So, even unfinished Wrestlers, by default, have recycled endings already assigned to them.

It's hard to say who this Wrestler is supposed to be. Mr. Pogo is already selectable. Attire-wise, the same goes for Gran Hamada.
The one Wrestler that comes to mind is Onryo, though Onryo made his Wrestling debut just a few months before Gekitou's release.

To use this Wrestler, input the code: 306FF07E



Hidden Wrestler #12 uses the same head as hidden Wrestler #8. If I were to guess, this unplayable duo is meant to
represent Eagle and The Patriot as they appeared as a tag team in AJPW during the early 90's.

To activate seeing this Wrestler, use the code 306FF07F


Yet, the further we go down the Gekitou rabbit hole, the more broken the hidden characters get.



Hidden Wrestler #13 (which seems to be written as "芦綾綾囵茶暗"). The unluckiest number of them all ...and rightfully so!

What you are looking at is a glitched out Mitsuharu Misawa. I call this version 'Incredible Hulk Misawa'. This version uses


 
The unlucky part? Even if the opponent breaks out of the animation, the referee will still count THEM out!



This version of Misawa is so glitched out that even Misawa's generic winning animation doesn't function properly!

To use this incredibly broken character at the final level of World Championship mode, input the code: 806FF08E



Hidden Wrestler #14 is so badass, that he couldn't be bothered to pose normally on the pre-match screen! Furthermore,



Strangely, this version of Misawa changes attires as soon as the match begins. The text you are reading is supposed to
be the unfinished character's name.



What makes this version of Misawa so scary?

For starters, lightning-fast speed. This version of Misawa can literally run laps around opponents. Also pressing Y will activate
an unavoidable flurry of gut punches ...that works even if the opponent is laying on the ground!

Pressing A at the head of a downed opponent will make this character teleport across the ring - or even outside the ring if either
player is close enough to the ropes/turnbuckles.



Again, this version of Misawa is too badass to have a proper ending; which results in Misawa teleporting across the ring.

To use this frightening fighter, input the code: 306FF08F


By the looks of things, the above may be all of the hidden Wrestlers. Antonio Inoki, The Destroyer, Ultimate Warrior and a handful
of recycles.

As expansive as Gekitou's roster is, many fans have questioned why certain Wrestlers like Giant Baba or the original Tiger Mask
were strangely omitted. Perhaps these Wrestlers (and maybe even other legends) are still locked away in Gekitou's code somewhere.

Among so many other projects, I'm going to keep experimenting...

I love abobo, he deserves his own series. I remember trying to make him in various fire pro games, I guess FPW would be the best bet to get that giant, Charlie Brown mellon captured properly.

Looks like a great game, abobo could take them all, Amazon looks pretty dejected there.

The next entry contains a plethora of pop culture references culled from the 80's 90's and present day:


Tap Smiths
Developer: Tiny Titan Studios
Platform: Mobile IOS devices
Year: 2016






Gameplay is quite simple. The player controls two blacksmiths who have a limited amount of time to smash pieces of iron into items to sell.
The items are then brought to a merchant, where the player collects in-game currency, which can be used for weapon upgrades.

Though, the winning factor that keeps this otherwise simple button masher fresh is the numerous characters the player can unlock Most
of which are inspired by popular video games, movies, and even rock bands. In the above screen, my team consists of two unlockable
characters: Xenosmith (Xenomorph from the Alien movies) and Optismith Prime (Optimus Prime from the Transformers movies/cartoon).



Of course, the first character I unlocked was Macho Smith (Macho Man Randy Savage)! Macho is the only Wrestler that I could find in-game
so far.



Unless you count Robocop's brief stint in WCW....

There's also Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid!



Setting Fighter Smith (Ryu from Street Fighter) as your second smith unlocks a special easter egg: Ken Masters!


Other likenesses that are available:

Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
T-200 (Terminator)
Zombie (The Walking Dead)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Mad Max
Snoop Dog
Steven Tyler
Rambo
Darth Vader
Superman
Wonder Woman
Batman etc...

Every time I see a horse head in a game it makes me think of that old WCW/nWo Thunder game on the PS1 that had a horse character you could unlock (remember UNLOCKING in game characters/content by grinding rather than paying?!) named Hoof Hearted. 😁

Such an awful game… entire roster of just pallet swaps, 32ish Unlockable “characters” are developers, another 32 “wacky” characters (see: Hoof Hearted), nitro girls dancers were in there, soooo bad.

WCW games were always about having the biggest rosters, at the expense of the actual gameplay. WCW World Tour and VS The World were the exception, though.


In browser-based 2D fighter Final Slam II, edit pieces based on Sting's facepaint and The Undertaker's hat can be found:



Speaking of WCW legends:



Thorny Trog is based on Cactus Jack.