Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage

Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96 Max Voltage
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Developer(s)	Diamond Head[1]
Publisher(s)	Konami[1][2]
Platform(s)	Super Famicom
Release	JP: September 13, 1996[1][2][3]
Genre(s)	Wrestling[1][2]
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage (実況パワープロレスリング'96 マックス ボルテージ, Jikkyō Pawā Puro Resuringu '96 Makksu Borutēji)^[4] is a 1996 pro wrestling video game by Konami, released exclusively in Japan for the Super Famicom.

There is a career mode called "Max Voltage" mode which allows the player to relive the career of a Japanese professional wrestler, from his training days to his twilight years.^[2][5] In career mode, players can choose their background (ranging from wrestling to bodybuilding and even karate) in order to gain his moveset. Each player belongs to a wrestling company,^[2] and they can be easily switched around in career mode. Losing a series of matches will result in a game over.^[5]

Four different leagues found in this game include: Super Japan Pro Wrestling (which has stereotypical wrestlers from a circa-1996 Japanese federation), BOM (which are supposed to be the basic hardcore-style wrestlers with over-the-top character designs), WWK (which is full of self-references to other Konami games), and REAL'S (which are composed of mixed martial artists and shoot fighters).^[5] The self-referenced Konami characters include Bill and Lance from Contra, Goemon from Ganbare Goemon, Getsu Fuuma from Getsu Fūma Den, Richter Belmont, the main character from Meikyuu Jiin Dababa, a Snatcher, and the protagonist from Battlantis.^[5] Moai Head, Blue Option, Pink Option, Vic Viper, and Lord British (all from Gradius/Salamander/Parodius), and even Sparkster make cameo appearances from other Konami video games.^[5]