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Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 is a professional wrestling video game released in 1997 on the Nintendo 64 game console and the second game in the Virtual Pro Wrestling series. The game is a sequel to the original Virtual Pro Wrestling released in 1996 exclusively for the PlayStation. The game was only released in Japan, and is the Japanese counterpart to WCW vs nWo: World Tour. The game features wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling, but also includes generic renditions of wrestlers from major Japanese promotions such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, a feature that would continue following the release of the sequel Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. VPW 64 was succeeded by Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Ōdō Keishō, which was released on the Nintendo 64 in 2000.

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Virtual Pro Wrestling 64
Official box art of Virtual Pro Wrestling 64
Developer(s)	Asmik Ace Entertainment AKI Corporation
Publisher(s)	Asmik Ace Entertainment
Series	Virtual Pro Wrestling
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64
Release	JP: December 19, 1997
Genre(s)	Wrestling
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Differences from WCW vs. nWo: World Tour

Although released less than a month after its American counterpart, Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 has various distinctions from and additions to World Tour. For example, most wrestlers sport their actual attires but occasionally they may contain color alterations as is the case with Hulk Hogan's famous yellow tights and red knee pads which are replaced with yellow tights and black knee pads and with Chris Benoit, who sports his Japanese attires as opposed to his Four Horsemen attire which he wears in World Tour. Along with other sporadic attire color coordination changes, some wrestler's actual movesets are sometimes altered as well. For instance, with Chris Benoit's Front Special move, he performs a double German suplex which is entirely absent from World Tour and Diamond Dallas Page, who needs not be unlocked as required World Tour (along with Randy Savage), performs his signature Diamond Cutter simply as a strong grapple move and instead has a T-bone suplex for his front Special. Other unlockable wrestlers in World Tour that are entirely absent from VPW 64, include Glacier and Wrath.

Notably, VPW 64 also includes a post-match scoring system as well as the ability to edit wrestlers' attire. These features would not be introduced to American gamers until WCW/nWo Revenge in 1998.

Roster

Note People featured on the same line indicate that they are featured on the same slot as an alternative attire or can be accessed through pressing the Z button.

Wrestling Legends

Antonio Inoki / Muhammad Ali / Andrew Golota / Mike Tyson Leon Spinks / Michael Spinks / Karl Mildenberger / Everett Eddy Giant Baba / Giant Zebra Rickson Gracie Terry Funk Tiger Mask / Kuniaki Kobayashi Mil Máscaras Rikidōzan André the Giant / Giant Machine

Seiji Sakaguchi Bruiser Brody Maurice Smith / Gerard Gordeau / Andy Hug / Don Nakaya Nielsen Dory Funk, Jr. Dynamite Kid Dos Caras The Destroyer Manami Toyota

World Championship Wrestling

Sting / nWo Sting Lex Luger Rick Steiner Diamond Dallas Page Dean Malenko Chris Benoit / Wild Pegasus / Pegasus Kid

Ric Flair The Giant Scott Steiner Steven Regal Rey Mysterio Jr. Eddy Guerrero / Black Tiger II

New World Order

Hollywood Hogan / Hulk Hogan Kevin Nash Scott Norton Randy Savage

Eric Bischoff Scott Hall Buff Bagwell Syxx

Neo Strong Wrestling (New Japan Pro-Wrestling)

Riki Choshu Tatsumi Fujinami / Kengo Kimura Shinya Hashimoto / Naoya Ogawa / David Khakhaleishvili Keiji Mutoh /Great Muta Masahiro Chono Jushin Thunder Liger Shinjiro Otani

Kensuke Sasaki / Power Warrior Shiro Koshinaka Junji Hirata / Super Strong Machine Kazuo Yamazaki Hiroyoshi Tenzan El Samurai Koji Kanemoto / Tiger Mask III

Empire Wrestling Federation (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

Mitsuharu Misawa / Tiger Mask II Toshiaki Kawada Kenta Kobashi Jumbo Tsuruta Steve Williams Stan Hansen

Jun Akiyama Akira Taue Johnny Ace Masanobu Fuchi Gary Albright Hiroshi Hase

Wrestle of Universe (UWF International, Fighting Network RINGS, Pancrase)

Nobuhiko Takada Yoji Anjoh Akira Maeda Volk Han Masakatsu Funaki Ken Shamrock

Masahito Kakihara Yoshihiro Takayama Kiyoshi Tamura Dick Vrij Minoru Suzuki / Guy Mezger / Yoshiki Takahashi Bas Rutten

Dead or Alive Wrestling (Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling)

Genichiro Tenryu Koji Kitao Atsushi Onita / W*ING Kanemura Kodo Fuyuki Big Van Vader / Bam Bam Bigelow / Aja Kong Abdullah the Butcher

Último Dragón Tarzan Goto Hayabusa Gedo / Jado Hawk / Animal Tiger Jeet Singh

Independent Local Wrestling (Michinoku Pro Wrestling)

The Great Sasuke Super Delfin Taka Michinoku Shunji Takano / Great Zebra

Jinsei Shinzaki / Hakushi Gran Naniwa Dick Togo / Men's Teioh / Hiro Saito Yoshiaki Fujiwara

See also

• WCW vs. nWo: World Tour
• Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Ōdō Keishō
• Virtual Pro-Wrestling (PlayStation)

References

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