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Gameplay

''Power Move Pro Wrestling'' is a professional wrestling game featuring 12 wrestlers. The original Japanese version of the game was originally a

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licensed video game; due to the then-limited popularity of the promotion outside the country, an original roster of wrestlers was created for ''Power Move Pro Wrestling'' while retaining NJPW wrestler move sets.

Reception

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'' reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and wrote that "if there was a game that screamed for a WWF license and a US release, this is the one". The same magazine again reviewed the game and gave it three stars out of five, and wrote that "overall, the impact is somewhat less than what we'd hoped for from a U.S. port, but ''Power Move Wrestling'' is still a solid game and an enjoyable distraction".

Reviews

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