Patch over the original ROM, not over the 1st patch. Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 Dojo > Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 Hacks > Tools and Patches. Downloads: Current.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 freem Edition is a ROM hack of AKI Corporation's Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2, with a number of the default wrestlers swapped out for other wrestlers (mostly from other AKI wrestling games). You can kind of think of it as a 'best of' the AKI games, though I'd rather have every character from the first eight VPW games implemented before I can say that.:) Since this is a ROM hack, it will work on original hardware, as well as N64 emulators. This isn't exactly the first ROM hack of an AKI game. Stylez and Zoinkity did an English translation of VPW2, which also runs on original hardware.

WldFb used some ROM hacks for a WWF No Mercy hack named 'Back 2 Basics'. I can't recall if that hack used emulator plugin texture replacement or not, however. Also of note is the VPW2 freem Edition, which provides details on all of the wrestlers in the hack. Changes from Original Game Changes in VPW2 freem Edition include the following: • Replaced various wrestlers with wrestlers from other AKI wrestling games. • Replaced a small amount of wrestlers with new wrestlers who haven't been in an AKI game before.

• The game starts out fully unlocked; nothing is hidden. • Increased amount of points available for changing offensive and defensive parameters.

• A bunch of graphical changes. This includes the user interface, wrestler costume textures, as well as some arenas. General Notes This game is not licensed by AKI Corporation, Asmik Ace, Nintendo, or any of the featured wrestling organizations and wrestlers. For that reason, I request that you do not sell reproduction cartridges of this hack. Making a reproduction for personal use is OK, but the use of a re-flashable cart is recommended, since this hack will be updated in the future. Some screenshots in the manual are from previous development versions, and may look different in the current release.

This will be fixed in due time, since it is anticipated that things will change further. Notes on the 2019/02/22 Release The most important thing to note is that this is (still) a work in progress release. Not everything will be 100% perfect or complete. Furthermore, the original game does not give me a lot of choice when it comes to replacing certain costume items. For example, there are only three available Elbow Pad designs. The amount of items that can be replaced is a large part of why some wrestlers don't have 100% accurate costumes yet. Another thing to note is that this hack will accept Controller Pak saves from Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 (game code NA2J).

Much like the release from January 28, 2019, this is intentional. This gives you a chance to import your edit wrestlers and belts from your original VPW2 cartridge and/or save file. Future versions of the hack will save Controller Pak data to a unique, non-VPW2 file. I will attempt to notify people well in advance when this happens via updates to the website, manual, and changelog. There is no known date for the Controller Pak changeover, but it is more likely to happen when all of the costume items are finalized.