Fire Pro Wrestling is a 2D wrestling game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Spike with VAiLL and published by BAM! Entertainment outside Japan. Matches use the series’ timing-based grappling system rather than button mashing, with each wrestler carrying dozens of situation-specific moves. It includes exhibition, tournament, league, team, and audience match modes plus a detailed wrestler and organization editor.
How To Play Fire Pro Wrestling
Control
Action
D-Pad
Walk the wrestler around the ring; held with an attack button it selects which move is performed; moves the cursor in menus and edit screens
A
Attack; the move depends on the situation, so the same press throws a strike when standing apart, a hold when locked up, and a ground move on a downed opponent; confirms menu choices
B
Second attack button, giving a different move for each of those same situations; cancels in menus
Start
Pause the match
About Fire Pro Wrestling
Release date
JP: March 21, 2001; NA: June 10, 2001; EU: June 11, 2001
Developer
Spike, VAiLL
Publisher
Spike (JP), BAM! Entertainment (NA, EU)
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Wrestling, fighting
Series
Fire Pro Wrestling (first entry released in English)
Modes
Single-player; exhibition matches for up to four players over the Game Link Cable, with each player needing a cartridge
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Two notes: sources split on the Western dates — TCRF gives June 10 (US) and June 11 (EU), while Wikipedia lists June 11 and June 22. And no published control chart exists for this version, so L and R are left out rather than guessed; the two attack buttons above cover the documented context-sensitive move system.
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