Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden: Blizzard Yuki Ranyuu! [美少女レスラー列伝ブリザードYuki乱入!!] Game Sample - SNES/SFC

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Description: The often-forgotten "missing link" in the Wrestle Angels series, "Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden: Blizzard Yuki Ranyuu!!" (or "Biography of a Beautiful Girl Wrestler: Blizzard Yuki Busts In!!) is an anomaly that resulted from a combination of circumstances that, combined with its rarity and prestige, has made it one of the most sought after titles in the franchise, resulting in typically rather high prices (several hundreds of bucks for a complete copy). I was fortunate enough to pick this game up a while back for about $60 (though it's complete, it's not in the greatest shape) and later learned of its history while searching Doujin discussion forums. Being an adaptation of Great/Plum/KSS' "Wrestle Angels V1" universe, the game was a promotional tie-in to Yoshioka Hitoki and Kadokawa Shoten's "Blizzard Yuki" manga, which in turn was based on the real-life Pro Wrestler (Sakie Hasegawa) who went by the same name to honor the height of her popularity. Released in 1996, the game introduces new scenarios, expanded plot, simplified play mechanics, many familiar characters and has gone to great lengths to play to the system's strengths, even ditching the card-battles for A.I. controlled fights where you issue orders and pixilated beauties going head-to-head, completely animating and adapting signature wrestling moves. This can be seen as a blessing and a curse, as the franchise spent a lot of time building a base with its detailed stills and deeper management system, but the game uses high resolution menus and suffers little slowdown or flickering even during 6-Women Scrambles. The illustrations and cutscenes present are also fairly detailed, with a few of them animating as well (like people going about their business in the crowds). The music is also neat, though you'll hear only one main tune during most matches outside of title fights, tag battles, etc. Even the referee commentary has been adapted with scrolling messages that play out in real-time, adding even more flair to the experience. In the game, you have your typical free battle modes (Exhibition, Open League and Open Tournament), but you also have two in-depth modes: Career Road and World Circuit. In Career Mode, you play as one of four returning WA favorites (Mighty Yukiko, whose been there since the first game, Haruka Yamada, Chelsea Hada and Kayo Ozada) as well as the titular Blizzard Yuki. Then you select which Wrestling Federation they'll be affiliated with (which changes story routes and the game's multiple endings, though not every character can select every organization) and names they'll be known as in the ring. As Yuki is the title character, you can't change what she'll be known as. From there, you create training schedules for your character, teach them new moves, level up / down abilities, and assess your fight cards (with stars listing victory probability). Each character has different fighting traits that can be modified at your leisure and sometimes need to be tweaked to achieve victory. In World Circuit mode, your objective is to assemble a team of five wrestlers with 5000BP (Battle Points) to fight a dozen teams to get the World Heavy Weight Belt, earning a few points and some stamina between matches. You can check fight cards and do many of the things you would in Career Road, but you have to manage five characters instead of one and damage reflects their probability of winning as well as morale to listen to your commands. This is why you get five characters so you can swap people out every now and then, though you'll focus on two strong characters and two weaker characters. There is also a special cameo battle after the main battle against Dark Star Chaos, which can lead to the game's Ending # Zero. KSS is no stranger to producing or publishing quality titles on the system, also providing great games like Mujintou Monogatari, Majyuuou (which has since become incredibly expensive), Mizuki Shigeru no Youkai Hyakki Yakou, The Heian Fuuunden, and more. The game does have a few issues (menu navigation, mainly in Career Road, is a little clumsy during scheduling, World Circuit follows a pretty simple two main / two sub system, matches can be manipulated greatly by saving prior, etc.) and Career Road is perhaps too simple since there are no trainers, currency or even calendar to really follow (lose major matches and just cycle a few matches until you can try again), not to mention the dialogue between the selected characters is the same outside of a few events, but it's a great game overall. If you can stomach the price of admission (or do "that other thing", though it is not fully compatible), you're likely to find something you like. It's the most curious sim in the Wrestle Angels universe. This is a video in action showing a number of things. Enjoy. - ADDITION - Like Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegamingsanctuary Follow Us On Twitter: https://twitter.com/GS_Vyse_and_Bel Visit Us At: http://www.gamingsanctuary.com

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