Spike Chunsoft reveals details of the early access version of Fire Pro Wrestling World

Man am I excited for this! Fire Pro Wrestling, the greatest wrestling game series in my opinion, returns this summer on both PC and PS4 with Fire Pro Wrestling World and Spike Chunsoft has given us the first details on some of the features included in the early access Steam version of the game.  

Unfortunately no solid release date for the game has been given just yet. 

Offline Play 

• Exhibition: Single match with specific rules.
• Tournament: Single-elimination tournament with up to 32 wrestlers.
• League: 8 wrestlers per bracket with up to 4 brackets. (This is similar to NJPW's G1 Climax show)

Match Types

• Normal Match
• Tag Team
• 6 Man Tag
• 8 Man Tag
• Mixed Tag Match
• Cage Deathmatch - Win by escaping the cage or pinning your opponent
• Barbed Wire Deathmatch - The ring ropes are replaced with electrified barbed wire that explodes upon impact
• Landmine Deathmatch - Landmines are set around the ring. If someone is thrown outside the ring, the landmines explode for massive damage. You can also set the landmines to go off at a fixed time.
• Gruesome Fighting - 3 minute rounds fought in a 12 sided ring for MMA style matches

Battle Royal 

• Normal: Eliminated wrestlers are forced to leave the ring.
• First Win: First pinfall wins the match.
• Endless: Eliminated wrestlers stay in the ring and continue to fight.
• Over-Rope: Any participant that is thrown over the rope is eliminated.
• Timed: The match starts with two wrestlers and other participants enter at timed intervals. (Royal Rumble)

Title Match

• A mode to determine who is worth of holding your custom belt

Mission Mode 

• Single-Player mode geared towards teaching you the ropes. Geared towards new players who need help to learn the grappling system and controls

CPU Matches

• Not technically a mode but you can set all participants in the match to CPU and watch simulated matches

Online modes 

• Everything listed above but only 1v1 matches will be supported at the launch of early access with more being added over time 

Edit Mode 

• Create custom wrestlers, referees, teams, rings and championship belts! Workshop support makes it easy to share your creations. (Spike Chunsoft states that more info about Workshop support will be revealed at a later date)

New Modes / Features

Overhauled Edit Mode

• Now each body part supports up to 9 texture layers for deeper customization.

Move Rename 

• Since you can customize every other facet of your wrestler, it’s only appropriate that you can now also rename their signature moves

Exchange Blows

• That classic back-and-forth contest of fighting spirit where wrestlers take turns trading hits until one (or both) of them falls.

Okite Yaburi

• Japanese wrestling term that implies a blatant diregard for the law. In the west we’d say “Move steal.” Once per match, you’re allowed to use your opponent’s finishing move against them in the ultimate sign of disrespect.

Run into the ring 

• Now you can run and slide into the ring to keep the action flowing.

Rope Escape

• When you’re in a submission hold, hold R1 to inch towards the rope in hopes of a rope break.

New Moves 

• In the ten years since the last Fire Pro Game was released, the sport has evolved and hundreds of new moves have been invented. Fire Pro Wrestling World plans on incoporating tons of those new moves including the Twisting Pull Down Face Buster (Sister Abigail) and the Pole Shift Flowsion and the Turning Short Ranged Lariat