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Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage

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Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96
Max Voltage
Cover art
Developer(s)Diamond Head[1]
Publisher(s)Konami[1][2]
Platform(s)Super Famicom
Release
Genre(s)Wrestling[1][2]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage (実況パワープロレスリング'96 マックス ボルテージ, Jikkyō Pawā Puro Resuringu '96 Makksu Borutēji)[4] is a 1996 pro wrestling video game by Konami, released exclusively in Japan for the Super Famicom.

Summary

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Even though it is only three minutes and thirteen seconds into the match, one of the wrestlers is performing a suplex on another wrestler.

There is a career mode called "Max Voltage" mode which allows the player to relive the career of a Japanese professional wrestler, from his training days to his twilight years.[2][5] In career mode, players can choose their background (ranging from wrestling to bodybuilding and even karate) in order to gain his moveset. Each player belongs to a wrestling company,[2] and they can be easily switched around in career mode. Losing a series of matches will result in a game over.[5]

Four different leagues found in this game include: Super Japan Pro Wrestling (which has stereotypical wrestlers from a circa-1996 Japanese federation), BOM (which are supposed to be the basic hardcore-style wrestlers with over-the-top character designs), WWK (which is full of self-references to other Konami games), and REAL'S (which are composed of mixed martial artists and shoot fighters).[5] The self-referenced Konami characters include Bill and Lance from Contra, Goemon from Ganbare Goemon, Getsu Fuuma from Getsu Fūma Den, Richter Belmont, the main character from Meikyuu Jiin Dababa, a Snatcher, and the protagonist from Battlantis.[5] Moai Head, Blue Option, Pink Option, Vic Viper, and Lord British (all from Gradius/Salamander/Parodius), and even Sparkster make cameo appearances from other Konami video games.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Release information". GameFAQs. Archived from the original on 2012-04-08. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Career mode information/Basic overview of game (second reference)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  3. ^ "Release information". Super-Famicom.jp. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  4. ^ "English-Japanese title translation". SuperFamicom.org. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Career mode information/Basic overview of game". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2011-06-07.