Insert your USB thumb drive into the PS3 and copy the FPR save data from your PS3 to the thumb drive. Now exit, and there should be a FPR save file in the PS2 save data section on your PS3.
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Thanks to the excellent work of users Desertpunk and DJKM77, my Fire Pro experience has exploded into something even more all consuming than I could have ever imagined.Īlthough the following information for finding Fire Pro edit packs and transferring them to PS3 consoles has been documented in bits and pieces elsewhere, I figured I’d put all the info I’ve come across here, in one place, as well as links to some great edits.įirst off, in order to turn your copy of Fire Pro into everything from a Territorial Era wrestling game to a full on simulation of what’s happening in the “real world,” to many points in between, you will need a PS3, a copy of Fire Pro Wrestling Returns downloaded from the PSN store, a USB thumb drive, and a computer. Now, with a copy of the game on the much more transfer friendly PS3 console, I figured I might have a chance at dabbling in the community of Fire Pro edits.Īnd indeed I have.
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However, lacking the proper equipment for transferring files between a PC and my PS2 and generally being distracted with other things, I let the wide world of Fire Pro edit packs pass me by.įortunately during my correspondence with the Karl Stern show, another listener clued me in that Fire Pro Wrestling Returns had been re-released as a downloadable PS2 Classic game for the PS3. I bought Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for my PS2 in 2009 (the game was released in the US in 2007), and during the four years I’ve owned it I’ve known that there’s a thriving online scene of modders and enthusiasts cranking out all manner of rosters, both fictional and real-world, using the game’s deep customizable features. At the time, my only experience with the game had been using its sizeable out-of-the-box roster of 2000s-era puroresu stars, with some gaijins, legends, and other assorted weirdos thrown in. Since this article still gets a decent amount of hits, I’ve posted an updated method of conversion here.ĪWHILE BACK I posted a letter I’d written to Karl Stern’s Classic Wrestling Audio Show about the PS2 video game Fire Pro Wrestling Returns. **NOTE** The online converter for changing PS2 Fire Pro save files to PS3 format mentioned below is sadly no longer with us.