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Pro Wrestling Nintendo
Nintendo's Pro Wrestling assembles a cast of wild characters and throws them into the squared circle for combat.
The first professional wrestling game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Pro Wrestling is notable for many of the innovations it made to the wrestling game genre. The game featured one of the earliest in-ring referees, notable for actually moving into position to make counts, as well as the first instance of a camera man in a wrestling game. Pro Wrestling was also notable for being among the first wrestling games to feature unique wrestler movesets, with each grappler featuring at least one signature manuever.
Pro Wrestling's roster consisted of seven wrestlers, with six playable and one boss character. Normal single player gameplay consisted of playing a series of five matches before confronting the V.W.A. champion, King Slender, in a title match. However, when playing as Slender, Great Panther serves as the champion boss. Upon winning the title, the second stage of gameplay consists of defending the title ten times before facing V.W.F. champion Great Puma in an interpromotional match to crown the undisputed wrestling champion and end the game. Two player gameplay consisted of one-on-one matches, each being the best of three falls.