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When seeing Einhänder mentioned quite a bit I really wonder what happened to the developers Square No. 5 Development Division. I know they were also responsible for Brave Fencer Musashi, Parasite Eve 2 and also some parts of Parasite Eve 1. IMHO this was the most interesting development division of Squaresoft, since they weren't just doing all this JRPG stuff.

I also loved their Wrestling series "All Star Pro-Wrestling" especially the last one ASPW3. This was by far the best looking PS2 Wrestling game and also had better animations than the most recent games of the genre. But when this one came out they already were renamed to Square Enix No 5 Development Division.

But I haven't heard from this Squaresoft Division since than. I wonder what they are up to now or if they even exist anymore. But seeing the state of Square Enix, I suspect they're forced to make those shitty mobile games now.

>>4699616
Also the PS2 was the peak of the genre with games like Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, King of Colosseum or Squaresofts All Star Pro Wrestling III.

I enjoyed all of them, either the sim-heavy Fire Pro and King of Colosseum games and the more "arcady" All Star Pro Wrestling, but especially All Star Pro Wrestling III.

King of Colosseum II clearly was the best wrestling game on the system (but not the best looking one, that prize goes to ASPW3). But I liked All Star Pro Wrestling III enough to go through it's mediocre career mode again and again to make many wrestler edits and even wrote an (incomplete) move list translation, despite not speaking japanese at all.

To bad that the genre died quickly after it's success on the PS2. Most of the wrestling games since then were crap (since the PS2 era, I never played a WWE game again) and only Fire Pro Wrestling World looks promising. After all these years I might finally play a wrestling game again when it comes out on the PS4.

>>4657464
All Star Pro Wrestling III

Yeah, it's a Square Enix game, but the original developer of ASPW I (a PS2 launch title) was Squaresoft or Square No. 5 Development Division, the same team that developed Einhänder. ASPW3 even used a remix of an Einhänder tune as an entrance theme.

Best looking PS2 wrestling game that also featured the best animations for this genre (still better than the recent bunch of crappy WWE games).

>>4657464
All Star Pro Wrestling III

Yeah, it's a Square Enix game, but the original developer of ASPW I (a PS2 launch title) was Squaresoft or Square No. 5 Development Division, the same team that developed Einhänder. ASPW3 even used a remix of an Einhänder tune as an entrance theme.

>>4473778
That's hard to decide.

Best simulation:
PS2: King of Colosseum II, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns

Best graphics and especially animations:
PS2: All Star Pro Wrestling III
Too bad that game had a really tedious edit mode and lackluster gameplay. But beside that, the game looked better and was better animated than the garbage that is released today.

Best arcade wrestling:
Dreamcast: Giant Gram 2000