Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
{{Short description|2005 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
|image=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns.jpg
|caption=North American box art
|developer=Spike
|publisher={{vgrelease|JP|Spike|NA|Agetec|EU|505 Games}}
|director=Toshiaki Tamura
|producer=Hiroyuki Yonezawa
|designer=Toshiaki Tamura
|programmer=Akito Yoneda
Takeshi Aikō
|artist=Takeshi Kadoma
Satoru Minei
Kazuhisa Watarigawa
|composer=Takafumi Wada
Yoko Wada
Mituhiro Uehara
|series=Fire Pro Wrestling
|released=PlayStation 2
{{vgrelease|JP|September 15, 2005|NA|November 13, 2007{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VG6Z9S |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns - PlayStation 2 |website=Amazon.com |access-date=2017-08-31 |archive-date=2021-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211044338/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VG6Z9S |url-status=live }}|EU|February 8, 2008}}PlayStation Network
{{vgrelease|NA|April 23, 2013{{cite web |author=Chris K. |date=April 18, 2013 |url=http://www.psnstores.com/2013/04/playstation-store-sneak-peek-april-23rd-2013/ |title=PlayStation Store Sneak Peek: April 23, 2013 |website=PSNStores |access-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424012230/http://www.psnstores.com/2013/04/playstation-store-sneak-peek-april-23rd-2013/ |url-status=live }}}}
|modes=Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms=PlayStation 2, PlayStation Network
}}
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, known in Japan as {{nihongo|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{{cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Brendan |date=July 27, 2007 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fire-pro-wrestling-returns-to-us/1100-6175782/ |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns to US |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=June 28, 2019 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901083632/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fire-pro-wrestling-returns-to-us/1100-6175782/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} Returns supplies new customizing tools, such as a "Face Layer" feature that allows players to create a wrestler's face using multiple objects.{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=November 14, 2007 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/15/fire-pro-wresting-returns-review |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns Review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=June 28, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506114603/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/15/fire-pro-wresting-returns-review |url-status=live }} 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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| align = left
| MC = 78/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/fire-pro-wrestling-returns/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=June 28, 2019 |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214192459/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/fire-pro-wrestling-returns |url-status=live }}
| 1UP = A+{{cite web |last=Donahoe |first=Michael |date=November 20, 2007 |url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/fire-pro-wrestling |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns |website=1UP.com |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607203917/http://www.1up.com/reviews/fire-pro-wrestling |archivedate=June 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 28, 2019}}
| Fam = 31/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=6752&redirect=no |title=ファイプロ・リターンズ [PS2] |language=Japanese |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |accessdate=June 28, 2019}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Villoria |first=Gerald |date=December 5, 2007 |url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/fire-pro-returns/839859p1.html |title=GameSpy: Fire Pro Wrestling Returns |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |accessdate=June 28, 2019 |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104205537/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/fire-pro-returns/839859p1.html |url-status=live }}
| OPMUK = 9/10{{cite magazine |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns |magazine=PlayStation Official Magazine – UK |publisher=Future plc |date=March 2008 |page=98}}{{cite magazine |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns |magazine=Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine |publisher=Future plc |issue=97 |date=April 2008 |page=76}}
| PSM = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Review: Fire Pro Wrestling Returns |magazine=PlayStation: The Official Magazine |publisher=Future plc |issue=2 |date=January 2008 |page=86}}
| rev1 = 411Mania
| rev1Score = (2) 10/10{{cite web |last=Bumgarner |first=William |date=February 10, 2008 |url=http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/68793 |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2) Review [2] |website=411Mania |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211093107/http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/68793 |archivedate=February 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 28, 2019}}
(1) 9.7/10{{cite web |last=McCabe |first=Sean |date=January 4, 2008 |url=http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/55333/Fire-Pro-Wrestling-Returns-(PS2)-Review.htm |title=Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2) Review |website=411Mania |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107131524/http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/55333/Fire-Pro-Wrestling-Returns-(PS2)-Review.htm |archivedate=January 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 28, 2019}}
}}
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.
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See also
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References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312161116/http://www.spike.co.jp/fr |date=March 12, 2012 |title=Official Japanese website}}
- [https://archive.today/20130116134317/http://www.agetec.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=119 Official North American website]
- {{mobygames|/fire-pro-wrestling-returns}}
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation Network games
Category:Professional wrestling games