So does All About Capcom cover all fighting games? Including Tech Romancer, Plasma Sword and Rival Schools?
All fighting games up to mid-2000, yes (so no CvS series, and you get Rival Schools but not Project Justice).
Seigfried - Thanks.
Yeah, The All About Books and Capcom Design Books are my top priorities. Donāt know if Iāll find them but Iāll try my best. At the very least, Capcomās celebrating Rockmanās (Mega Man) 15th aniversary in Exhibit stores all throughout Japan, so I should find some cool Rockman junk!
Hey, thanks for the link, Golden Dragon^^
Okay, so farā¦ played the ROM, havenāt beaten the game yet (ugh, playing with a keyboard = pain in the ass. Thank goodness for save state). Wow, I guess Black Widow IS a guy, judging by the voice. Hrm. Course, not like Capcom hasnāt done it beforeā¦
Believe me, Black Widow is a girl, Iāll screenshot the thing (if I find it) and Iāll post it here.
Then again, the sprites are so damn ugly in this game you wouldnāt notice.
I would like to know from where Raphael come from I mean his history in SC2 thanks
Thatā¦ is one of the manliest voices Iāve ever heard on a female character. Maybe I need to turn up the volume more or something. All the voices sound soā¦ garbled right now (but my volume is limited due to having a sleeping roommate. Ahā¦ tomorrow, then :p).
Iām almost positive Iāve seen official statements that sheās a woman, butā¦ itās been a long time since Iāve paid attention to Slammasters after all 
Again, I HOPE she is a sheā¦ Oo Even ifā¦ the chest doesnāt look right. 
She looked like a she in the one official art I saw of her a loooooong time ago when the game was being previewed by EGMā¦
On a side note, it IS kinda cool to hear the voices of the Slammasters characters since Iāve never heard them before, since the first one didnāt have any (or at least the SNES version). Some of the special moves in this game are pretty unique, butā¦ overall, I still think it was stupid to make it a fighting game instead of a wrestling game
Someone started a rumour on another board that there was a game in the works called Final Fight Wrestling for Gameboy Advance, but I doubt it. Why not just make Slammasters 3 if Capcom wanted to make a wrestling game that badly?
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Hmmā¦ after seeing Rip Saber, Iām pretty sure I remember seeing him in the ending to Slammasters 1 now that I think about it, so yea, it probably was him. Still dunno who the third person was, though. 
Yeah, Black Widow is definately a girl - without the costume, she kind of reminds of Chyna from the WWF.
Ring of Destruction really is a pain in the ass game. I got to Ortega but there was no way I could beat him. I did, however, find a site that had all the character endings in a zip file so I downloaded that and watched all the endings. Theyāre actually kind of pathetic and all generic (it goes something like this):
- Character stands in the ring with two trophies by his side
- Text at bottom of screen says āA new champion is born!ā
- Text than goes on to say how great the champ is
- The character than has a line where they talk some trash
- They then show the characterās stats
- The End
:lame:
What got my attention though was with Haggarās ending. I donāt know if it was a bad translation job by Capcom USA/Europe or what but in Haggarās ending, the text ending goes like this:
āA new champion is born!
Itās Mike Haggar, the only wrestler to serve as Mayor only to become an uncivil servant to those who oppose him!ā
They talk about his term as Mayor in the past tense. So where does that leave Slammasters place in the timeline? Is it before or after the Final Fight series?! Iād like to know what was really said in the Japanese ending. This little blurp just throws the whole continuity out of whack.
Haggarās ending also says he was born in New York, USA. I always thought he was born and bred in Metro City.
One last thing to point out (though I think most already know this little tidbit), the character designer for the slammasters series was Tetsuo Hara, the artist for the āFist of the North Starā manga.
Any time, Tiamtat.
GOLDEN HELL, Iād like to know what was said in the Jap. Ending, myself. I had the Japanese version/ROM of Slammasters 2, but I donāt know Japanese, so I didnāt know what was being said up until my characterās stats were shown.
No I didnāt know but this is pretty interesting!
Hereās a website with all the Slammasters. Yep, definitely looks like the Fist of the Northstar style. Since Iāve never seen the game, can anyone tell me whoās who?
cool site!
The guys under the BWA heading are (from left to right):
- Jumbo āFlapā Jack
- Sabre
- Wraith
- Scorpion
CWA wrestlers
- Biff Slamkovich
- Gunloc
- The Great Oni
- Titanic Tim
- Stingray
- Mike Haggar
- Alexander āThe Graterā
- King Rasta āMonā
- Black Widow
- Victor Ortega
Whoops! I just clicked on the picture and it links you to another page with all their names. Oh well 
Sorry, thatās my mistake. Thanks though!
Wow, thereās a pic of Black Widow without her costume? Hmmā¦ I -think- I might have seen it a loooooong time ago but I forget. I might just be remembering things, since itās been such a long time
Butā¦ yea, I just beat the game with Titanic Tim (Goooo save state and setting it to easiest difficulty). The endings are generic, just like Slammasters 1.
Slammasters 1 also said that Haggar was the former Mayor, too. Iām chalking that up to a changed translation (not even a bad translation. A CHANGED translation). Capcom just changed so much with the English versions of Slammasters that they canāt be trusted at all with what little storyline they have, it seems. Just look at how charactersā entire country birthplaces were changed, as well as how win quotes and names were completely changed too (Example: Scorpionās win quote, āYouāve stung a scorpion!ā is obviously different from whatever win quote he has in Japan, since his name in Japan is The Astroā¦). Either that, or itās a retroactive change by Capcom but right now, I lean towards the former.
Heh, Rip Saberās pretty cool. The Rolento of wrestling :evil: Maybe he got into the BWA not because heās cold-blooded evil like the others, but because he uses a shovel and hand grenades in wrestling? Thatās gotta not exactly be the most ethical thing to do, I imagine 
According to Saiki and the Jap. āSlammastersā Instruction booklet, Haggar was in the middle of elections during the Slammasters/Muscle Bomber series and that he simply was born in America. Regardless of what is said in the Euro/American version and instruction booklet of āSlammasters,ā I personally believe that Haggar was born in Metro City, because his bio in the US FF1 instruction booklet reads:
āā¦After spending 5 years on the professional wrestling circuit, Haggar has returned home and is currently Mayor of Metro City.ā
According to what Saiki has told us, it seems that Haggarās bio in the Jap. instruction bookley was much different than those of the other characters in SMB. for example, his age isnāt listed and it doesnāt state what City/State he was born in. Odd.
This is strange. I was just surfing the net and I found what looked like a Japanese Musclebomber message board. Itās either that or a news/updates section. One of the posts seems to be an in-depth explanation of SMB/SMB2ās plot. I gathered that much by translating it through the Alta Vista translator, but that translator sucks at translating Japanese. What I gathered was that the game took place in the year 1980, storyline-wise and that the BWA is an underground federation. Iām not sure how reliable this website is, but they seemed to get Sheep the Royal, Haggar, and Stringerās stats/profiles correct and iām talking 'bout their true stats, not those phony american ones. Anyways, hereās the link incase you know Japanese and would like to translate it:
http://game.2ch.net/retro/kako/1007/10074/1007472714.html
When you enter the site, youāll notice how each post has a number next to it (on the left of it). For Haggarās bio, go to post #128. Stingerās bio is under post# 129. For Sheepās bio, got to post# 215 (itās the top one). The bio below his is SNKās Raiden. I guess someone was comparing the 2. They look alike and are both from Australia. For the SMB/SMB2 plot, go to post #237. I wish more people here knew Japanese, 'cuz Iād like to get a better undestanding of the plot.
What age do you have to be in interpol? Because Chunli is 20 years old when she joins it
In real life, I believe you have to be at least 23 (or maybe 25) to get into Interpol.
Course, Street Fighterās Interpol deviates from the real life one on a lot of various detailsā¦
BWA an underground federation seems to make sense. Those guys arenāt exactly supposed to be the mostā¦ couth of wrestlers, after all. 1980, though? If Haggar was in the wrestling circuit for 5 years before FF1, 1980 might be too early. Butā¦ then again, that 5 years thing WAS in the American FF1 booklet so not sure how trustworthy it is. Maybe he meant 1980ās instead of specifically 1980? Wow, didnāt realize Haggar was mayor for such a long time, since he was in the middle of elections during Slammasters.
Ah, to know Japaneseā¦ well, Iām taking a Japanese course in about a year, but thatās probably not going to help very much :lol:
It would make sense that the BWA is underground, I doubt someone like Saber would have joined it if it was on a takeover of the CWA.
Did you know that A4 is coming out this DEC or next year?
does anyone have a home page of A4