Power Move Pro Wrestling

1995 video game

1995 video game

Power Move Pro Wrestling

North American cover art

Developer(s)| Yuke's
Publisher(s)|

* JP: Tomy

* NA/EU: Activision

Producer(s)| Larry Galka
Designer(s)| Mark Volpe
Artist(s)| Derek Friesenborg
Writer(s)| Lorraine Suzuki
Composer(s)| Jason Slater
Platform(s)| PlayStation
Release|

* JP: 29 September 1995[1]
* NA: 14 November 1996
* EU: 20 December 1996

Genre(s)| Fighting, sports
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

Power Move Pro Wrestling (NJPW 闘魂列伝 "Toukon Retsuden" or "Fighting Spirit Legend" in Japan) is a video game developed by Yuke's Co., Ltd. and published by Tomy for the PlayStation.

## Gameplay

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Power Move Pro Wrestling is a professional wrestling game featuring 12 wrestlers.[2] The original Japanese version of the game was originally a New Japan Pro-Wrestling licensed video game; due to the then-limited popularity of the promotion outside the country, an original roster of wrestlers was created for Power Move Pro Wrestling while retaining NJPW wrestler move sets.[citation needed]

## Reception

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Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and wrote that "if there was a game that screamed for a WWF license and a US release, this is the one".[2] The same magazine again reviewed the game and gave it three stars out of five, and wrote that "overall, the impact is somewhat less than what we'd hoped for from a U.S. port, but Power Move Wrestling is still a solid game and an enjoyable distraction".[3]

## Reviews

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* GamePro (Jan, 1997)
* GameSpot \- Dec 01, 1996
* Game Revolution \- Jan, 1997
* NowGamer \- Dec 20, 1996

## See also

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* Video games portal

* List of licensed wrestling video games
* List of fighting games

## References

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1. ^ "PlayStation Soft > 1994-1995". GAME Data Room. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
2. ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 14\. Imagine Media. February 1996. p. 157.
3. ^ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 26\. Imagine Media. February 1997. p. 122.

## External links

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* Power Move Pro Wrestling at GameFAQs
* Power Move Pro Wrestling at Giant Bomb
* Power Move Pro Wrestling at MobyGames

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* 1990s
* Japan
* Video games