NEW JAPAN: KING OF SPORTS - THE HEADLINERS RELEASED

[TTX]

Thanks for the update, Switch.

[Deleted]

Sent 'em off to Chad just a minute or two ago. I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out, particularly the G1 winner cards. Gonna take a week or so break before I start hammering out the Super Juniors cards, those shouldn't take as long for me to finish since it's not as many cards as the first release. I'll update whenever Chad gets around to working on the PDF.

EDIT: Crap I didn't send the 2008 G1 Winner Goto card. Knew I forgot something! I'll throw that in with a later release.

[wyldesyd]

Awesome news Switch . Thanks in advance for the effort & work you've put in on these sets . Thanks also for all you have done for this board , game & the FG Universe as a whole .

[Deleted]

How about we finally release something?



KING OF SPORTS - THE HEADLINERS

First off, credit where it's due. Chad Olson put together the PDF and in my opinion, he did a great job. Hurst/slymm looked through the stats to help me find stuff that I had missed and I've just gotten the finalized PDF from Chad so here's the initial release. You get all but two of the G1 historical cards I had planned (my mistake, I thought I had included them in the original word document I sent to Chad) as well as all of the major event headliners from 2015 New Japan Pro Wrestling. When I started this project, I didn't think it would take so long to complete but it's been worth the wait, at least in my opinion. Some of my best work is contained in this PDF and they'll work just fine alongside your color indie cards and even with the Legends of Wrestling cards. I wanted to put something out that not only works with the black and white Legends cards, but also with the color indie cards so if you wanted to do a Global Wars type card, you could do it or if you wanted to see how Tanahashi would fare against Lou Thesz, you could do that as well. It's a massive undertaking, because it's one thing to make sure I got the moves right and in the right places but I put a lot of thought into how strong everyone is for the sake of balance. For example, someone like Tanahashi will probably beat Ishii more times than vice versa but that's probably how it should be though Ishii is more than capable of big wins. Shibata will probably fare well against most guys but the top stars will give him problems. When I say I put more work into this than pretty much any other project I've done, I mean it. This set has been a monster. 

Hopefully you get some use out of these and if you're unfamiliar with New Japan Pro Wrestling, hopefully these will at least give you a reason to check it out. Below is a chart of who was babyface/heel in terms of the current roster in 2015, I'll fill it in as more releases come out. As for the historical cards, you can use them however you want. The face/heel divide in Japan really wasn't as clear in years prior but I included them in the chart as well.

ALSO, if you want to use these cards as a base and update them or make a COTG version of them using these as a base, all I ask is for a little credit. You don't have to ask my permission to use them, just give me a shout out.

Anyways, here's the full rundown of who's who on the current roster and the G1 winners. If someone has a name next to them in brackets, that's their team name. There's a few bonuses in the PDF, including an all-time great tag team, one of Japan's most memorable characters and one of Japan's most legitimate monsters.

[NEW JAPAN MAIN ARMY - Babyface] Hiroshi Tanahashi Katsuyori Shibata [Meiyu Tag] Hirooki Goto [Meiyu Tag] Yuji Nagata Hiroyoshi Tenzan [TenCozy] Satoshi Kojima [TenCozy] Togi Makabe [Great Bash Heel] Tomoaki Honma [Great Bash Heel] Kota Ibushi Michael Elgin	[BULLET CLUB - Heel] AJ Styles Doc Gallows [Gallows & Guns] Karl Anderson [Gallows & Guns] Bad Luck Fale
[LOS INGOBERNABLES de Japon - Heel] Tetsuya Naito	[CHAOS - Tweener] Kazuchika Okada Shinsuke Nakamura Tomohiro Ishii
[G1 CLIMAX WINNERS - Face] Masahiro Chono (1991) Masahiro Chono (1992) Tatsumi Fujinami (1993) Keiji Muto (1995) Riki Choshu (1996) Kensuke Sasaki (1997) Shinya Hashimoto (1998) Kensuke Sasaki (2000) Yuji Nagata (2001) Hiroshi Tanahashi (2007) Tetsuya Naito (2013)	[G1 CLIMAX WINNERS - Heel] Masahiro Chono (2002) Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2003) Masahiro Chono (2005) Togi Makabe (2009) Satoshi Kojima (2010) Shinsuke Nakamura (2011) Kazuchika Okada (2012)

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[Sam Fain]

Incredible! Thank you for all the hard hard work. The set is fantastic and it's clear there was a lot of effort. Painstaking, would be the right word.

The different versions of the same wrestler(s) feel exactly as they should, Masahiro Chono is the best example in the set (He is, after all, Mr. G1). From the Finishers, to the little differences in ratings and move schemes, it really feels like the Chono of 91 or 2001 and not just a singular tweak or single "greatest hits" type card.

No question this is a great addition to any promoter's library of cards.

Again, thank you to all involved and especially you, Switch. This is a great gift. Much appreciated.

[Chad Olson]

I agree that Switch has put together an incredible set. I was a big NJPW fan in the early 90s, so seeing the evolution of a guy like Chono is great. These movesets are spot on, in my opinion. And some of the "bonus" cards are a great surprise.

The recent delay for this release is completely on me. I've been super busy at work lately, so I haven't been able to create PDFs as quickly as I wanted.

[luke929]

Awesome! Thanks for all of your work!

[wyldesyd]

Awesome! Thanks Switch!

[TTX]

While there's a few minor rules issues, the work itself is fantastic and much thanks for producing it.

[tystates]

Thanks for the hard work that went into this.