==================================================== FIRE PROWRESTLING D CHARACTER GUIDE: NOBUHIKO TAKADA ==================================================== by GokuKenshiro (supercrazyninja@aol.com) note: If you e-mail me, please write "FPWD" and the wrestler's name on the subject. I also accept any other strategies. Original Character Guide Format by Bill Wood Version 1.0 Fire ProWrestling D (c) 2001 Spike/VAiLL =================== =TABLE OF CONTENTS= =================== SECTION 1: HISTORY OF NOBUHIKO TAKADA SECTION 2: SKILL AND PARAMETER STATS SECTION 3: MOVELIST SECTION 4: RE-EDITING SECTION 5: STRATEGY SECTION 6: CLOSING ========================================= ====SECTION 1: HISTORY OF NOBUHIKO TAKADA ========================================= "New Japan, UWF, UWFi, Kingdom, PRIDE, Hustle...." Nobuhiko Takada always wanted to be a pro-wrestler like his idol Antonio Inoki. He finally got the chance at the age of 19, as he started out in New Japan Pro Wrestling as a junior heavyweight. In 1983, Akira Maeda created UWF, a promotion that was based on a stiff form of wrestling, but with worked results. Takada joined, and he soon became one of the promotion's top wrestlers. When UWF closed its doors, Takada created UWFi in 1991.Takada quickly became a popular cultural icon with his fighting spirit and his promotion became quite popular. Takada would often battle against strong wrestlers like Gary Albright and Super Vader (whose arm was severly damaged by Takada), interchanging belts along the way. His promotion became so popular, UWFi fought against New Japan for a while. During this time, Takada won the IWGP Heavyweight Title against Keiji Mutoh, but later lost it against Shinya Hashimoto. After the promotion closed, Takada was called by Dream Stage Entertainment in order to help their new promotion, PRIDE. Soon, Takada would fight against fighters like Rickson Gracie, Mark Kerr, Igor Vovchanchyn, Alexander Otsuka, and Mark Coleman. With his help, PRIDE gained a large audience. At 40 years of age and 21 years of wrestling, Takada finally called it quits. He retired against former UWFi worker Kiyoshi Tamura on November 24, 2002. He now works at his Dojo and is PRIDE's spokesperson. He also acts in a villian role in the Hustle shows, along with his Takada Army. ======================================== ==SECTION 2: SKILL AND PARAMETER STATS== ======================================== SKILL ----- Real Name...................Nobuhiko Takada FPD Name................................N/A* Promotion..............PRIDE or Takada Dojo** FPD Promotion.....................Freelance Size.................................Medium Class.................................Heavy Height...............................184 cm Weight................................98 kg Country...............................Japan Birthdate.........................4.12.1962 Stance.............................Shooting Offensive Skill.....................Shooter Return Skill........................Shooter Critical Type......................Striking Special Skill..................Quick Return Recovery.............................Medium Recovery (when bleeding)...............Slow Respiratory..........................Medium Respiratory (when bleeding)...........Below Awareness............................Medium Awareness (when bleeding)............Medium Neck Strength........................Medium Arm Strength.........................Medium Waist Strength..........................Low Foot Strength...........................Low Movement Speed.......................Medium Ascend Speed...........................Slow Ascend Skill.............................No *Available on a future update **He's currently retired, but he works for many DSE events, such as PRIDE and Hustle. He also works in his dojo. PARAMETER - OFFENSE PARAMETER - DEFENSE ------------------- ------------------- Punch.............6 Punch.............6 Kick..............8 Kick..............7 Suplex............6 Suplex............4 Submission........7 Submission........7 Stretch...........6 Stretch...........6 Power.............4 Flying............4 Instant-P.........7 Crush.............3 Arm Power.........4 vs Lariat.........3 Technical.........7 Technical.........6 Rough.............2 Rough.............5 Ground............6 Ground............5 TOTAL SKILL POINTS (on a scale from 0-300): 173 ======================= ==SECTION 3: MOVELIST== ======================= Note: I don't own the official guidebook, so I used the movelist in the FAQS section and my dictionary. Specialty moves are marked with [S]. Finisher is marked with [F]. CRITICAL! moves are marked with [C]. STRIKES ------- Standing (X)..........................................LOW KICK [S] Standing (A)..........................................Mid Kick Standing (B) + d-pad.................................HIGH KICK [S] Standing (B)..........................................Solebutt Standing (X) + (A)...........................Double Leg Tackle Running (X)..................................Double Leg Tackle Running (A)........................................Back Switch Running Counter (X)...................................Solebutt Running Counter (A)................................Waki Gatame Running to corner.........................................none GRAPPLES -------- Grapple (X)......................................Forceful Knee Grapple (X) + Up................................Face Knee Lift Grapple (X) + Left/Right.........................Judo Takedown Grapple (X) + Down..................................Neck Throw Grapple (A).........................Machine Gun Face Knee Lift Grapple (A) + Up.....................................Hip Throw Grapple (A) + Left/Right.......................Body Punch Rush Grapple (A) + Down..............................Watermill Drop Grapple (B)....................................Front Neck Lock Grapple (B) + Up.........................HIGH KICK COMBINATION [S][C] Grapple (B) + Left/Right......................Twisted Backdrop Grapple (B) + Down.........................Back Spin Kick Rush Grapple (X) + (A).........................Front Neck Chanchery Back Grapple (X)......................................Mid Kick Back Grapple (A)...............................Enzui High Kick Back Grapple (B).........................Dou-Jimi Sleeper Hold Back Grapple (B) + Up/Down....................Twisted Backdrop Back Grapple (B) + Left/Right...............German Suplex Whip Back Grapple (X) + (A)......................Dragon Suplex Whip Back Grapple Counter (X)............................Elbow Patt Back Grapple Counter (A)..............................Ipponzei OPPONENT DOWN MOVES ------------------- Opponent Face Up at Head (A)..............Chicken Wing Armlock Opponent Face Up at Feet (A)...................Cross Knee Hold Opponent Face Down at Head (A)..................CROSS ARM HOLD [F] Opponent Face Down at Feet (A)............Achilles Tendon Hold Opponent Face Up at Head (B)....................Mount Position Opponent Face Down at Feet (B)............Achilles Tendon Hold Opponent Face Up at Head (B).............Step Over Arm Breaker Opponent Face Down at Feet (B).............Back Mount Position Running at Downed Opponent (B)............................none MOUNT MOVES ----------- Mount Position (X).................................Mount Punch [C] Mount Position (A)..............................Cross Arm Hold Mount Position (B)...................................Heel Hold Mount Position Counter..........................Cross Arm Hold Front Facelock Attack (X)...........................Face Punch [C] Front Facelock Attack (A)......................Front Neck Lock Front Facelock Attack (B)..........................Back Switch Front Facelock Attack Counter...................Watermill Drop Back Mount Position (X).......................Back Mount Punch [C] Back Mount Position (A)..........................Choke Sleeper Back Mount Position (B).........................Cross Arm Hold Back Mount Position Counter.......................Under Escape POST AND APRON MOVES -------------------- Post (X)..................................................none Post (A)..................................................none Post (B)..................................................none Post (X) + (A)............................................none Run-Up Post vs Standing (X)...............................none Run-Up Post vs Downed (A).................................none Corner Grapple (B) + Up..................Kushi-zashi Knee Lift Corner Grapple (B) + Left/Right...........Kushi-zashi Stomping Corner Grapple (B) + Down................Kushi-zashi Body Blow Apron Grapple from inside.................................Hook Apron Grapple from outside................................Hook Front Avalanche Counter.................................Shouda Back Avalanche Counter..........................Backhand Elbow Running to out of bounds..................................none Slingshot to outside......................................none Slingshot to inside.......................................none DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TEAM MOVES ---------------------------- Two Platon Front Grapple........................W. Brainbuster Two Platon Back Grapple............................W.Back Drop Two Platon Corner.........................High Jack Piledriver Three Platon Front Grapple..................Triple Hammer Blow Three Platon Back Grapple...................Triple Hammer Blow Three Platon Corner.........................Triple Hammer Blow PERFORMANCE ----------- Analog Stick Left...................Wrist Check and Arm Raised Analog Stick Right............................Both Arms Raised Analog Stick Up.........................One Finger Pointing up Analog Stick Down..........................Both Arms Guts Pose ======================= =SECTION 4: RE-EDITING= ======================= Injustice!! IMO, Compared to other MMA/Wrestling types in the game, Takada has low stats, not counting his Parameter rating. (Compared to Sakuraba or Maeda) The game depicts Takada after his prime (in PRIDE) He needs to be re-edited a bit, so he can be more ike his UWFi days or at least up to Maeda's standards. (He beat Maeda twice) Stick with either the 2nd or 4th Costume (4th is better) DEFENSE: Recovery (Bloody) - Medium Breathing - Above Breathing (Bloody) - Medium Suplex - Up 3 Rough - Up 3 Ground - Up 3 OFFENSE: Kick - Up 1 Stretch - Up 1 If you want, you can also change his Critical Type to Submission or Finisher instead of Striking. ======================= ==SECTION 5: STRATEGY== ======================= GENERAL STRATEGY Takada is an MMA fighter, so you need to perfect your mount timing as well as your defense. Takada can either be played as a Striker or as a sumbmission fighter. If you would like to go for an easier time, use him as a Striker. His attacks will be able to Critical the opponent, plus Takada is known for his dangerous high kicks. On the other hand, Takada can focus on seperate body parts as a submission fighter and another plus would be that his finisher is a submission move. Combine both styles for strategic destruction of a body part. In MMA fights, Takada has preferred to stand-up fighting over ground attacks. He has more control that way in this game as well. However, the mount attacks produce more Criticals. Strangely, Takada has low Rough and Ground ratings, so be careful during shoot fights. Also, Takada has the same weaknesses like other MMA fighters, so be cautious of pro-wrestlers like Luchadores and Lariat-heavy fighters. Be aware that if Takada gets a lot of damage, his Quick return special will kick in, enabling him to get up faster from big attacks. Keep on using special moves and taunts to raise your spiritual level in order to attain this special. STRIKES His 'Critical; type is Striking, so this should be a main area of interest. Takada's normal kicks can target three areas: LOW KICK [S] - Legs MID KICK/SOLEBUTT - Body HIGH KICK [S] - Head/Face Remember this while fightin in order to damage certain body parts at first. Some of his Standing stikes can Critical, but there is a higher chance while on Mount posistion, so if your going for a quicker finish, try mount attacks. Overall, his Standing and Mount strikes are both effective towards weakening the opponent. GRAPPLES Takada's Submission rating is a 7, so he's fair in this department. His attacks can either weaken the head or legs. Choose which one to finish off for an easier time. Takada's finisher in the Cross Arm Hold, so try to weaken the arms of your opponent for most of the fight to finish them off. His Grapple (A) moves are great to use as they land more damage to specific body parts. Along with the submissions, Takada's suplexes should be used a lot for tiring opponents and for head damage. ====================== ==SECTION 6: CLOSING== ====================== In closing, I'd like to give thanks to: * GameFAQS.com for hosting this FAQ and for everything they have done over the years. * Neoseeker.com for hosting as well. * www.gswf.org for Skill and Parameter stats. * Bill Wood for creating the official format for the FPW FAQs. * IceMaster's and Kilroys' movelist which helped me when I had trouble translating. * http://www.puroresufan.com for their bio on Takada. * http://www.shootangle.com/tabe/ for information on Takada. * Puroresu Power for information on PRIDE and Hustle. And I promise that there are few to no errors on this FAQ. ========================= This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. Copyright 2004 Carlos Osegueda