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2005 video game
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
North American box art
Developer(s)Spike
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Toshiaki Tamura
Producer(s)Hiroyuki Yonezawa
Designer(s)Toshiaki Tamura
Programmer(s)Akito Yoneda
Takeshi Aikō
Artist(s)Takeshi Kadoma
Satoru Minei
Kazuhisa Watarigawa
Composer(s)Takafumi Wada
Yoko Wada
Mituhiro Uehara
SeriesFire Pro Wrestling
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, PlayStation Network
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • JP: September 15, 2005
  • NA: November 13, 2007
  • EU: February 8, 2008
PlayStation Network
  • NA: April 23, 2013
Genre(s)Fighting, wrestling
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, known in Japan as Fi-Pro Returns (ファイプロ・リターンズ, FaiPuro Ritānzu), is a professional wrestling video game that was released in 2005 in Japan, and was released on November 13, 2007, in North America and February 8, 2008, in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The game is part of the Fire Pro Wrestling series.

Gameplay

Like other titles in the Fire Pro Wrestling series, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns distinguishes itself from other wrestling games by focusing on timing and strategy, as opposed to button-mashing. Fire Pro Wrestling Returns offers a roster of 327 wrestlers from a variety of real-life wrestling companies. Players can create custom characters, wrestling rings, belts, promotions, and referees. Returns supplies new customizing tools, such as a "Face Layer" feature that allows players to create a wrestler's face using multiple objects. Game modes include a traditional cage match, Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch, and Match Maker mode, wherein the player must book shows and try to get a good grade on the shows based on crowd reaction.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic78/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comA+
Famitsu31/40
GameSpot7/10
GameSpy
IGN7/10
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK9/10
PlayStation: The Official Magazine
411Mania(2) 10/10
(1) 9.7/10

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40.

See also

References

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  2. Chris K. (April 18, 2013). "PlayStation Store Sneak Peek: April 23, 2013". PSNStores. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
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  5. ^ "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
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  7. ^ "ファイプロ・リターンズ [PS2]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  8. Navarro, Alex (November 12, 2007). "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  9. Villoria, Gerald (December 5, 2007). "GameSpy: Fire Pro Wrestling Returns". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 4, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  10. "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns". PlayStation Official Magazine – UK. Future plc. March 2008. p. 98.
  11. "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns". Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine. No. 97. Future plc. April 2008. p. 76.
  12. "Review: Fire Pro Wrestling Returns". PlayStation: The Official Magazine. No. 2. Future plc. January 2008. p. 86.
  13. Bumgarner, William (February 10, 2008). "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2) Review [2]". 411Mania. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  14. McCabe, Sean (January 4, 2008). "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2) Review". 411Mania. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

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