Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan

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NAOMI
Dreamcast

Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan

System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Sega Enterprises

Developer: Sega AM1^[1], Scarab

Peripherals supported: Visual Memory Unit

Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Arcade Stick

Genre: Sports Pro Wres (スポーツプロレス)^[2]^[3], Sports^[4] (wrestling)

Number of players: 1-4

Release

Date

RRP

Code

JP

1999-05^[5]

¥?

840-0007C

JP

1999-06-24^[3]

¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[3]

HDR-0005

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Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan (GIANT GRAM 〜全日本プロレス２ in 日本武道館〜) is a wrestling game developed by Scarab and published by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast video game console and Sega NAOMI arcade hardware.

History

It is a sequel to Zen Nihon Pro Wres Featuring Virtua, and like that game features characters from Virtua Fighter. It was only released in Japan.

This was the first NAOMI game to offer support for VMUs^[6], therefore allowing data to be transferred to and from the Dreamcast version. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017.^[7]^[8]

Production credits

Executive Producer: Syuji Utsumi
Producer: Hideshi Tatsuno
Director & Game Design: Hideki Anbo
Main Planner: Nobuhiko Ikeuchi
Planner: Masanao Kita
Main programmer: Toshio Arai
Programmers: Noboru Yanagisawa, Jun Odaira, Hiroaki Muramoto
Main Model Designer: Ryuichi Noguchi
Model & Graphic Designers: Daigo Shigeyoshi, Takashi Watanabe, Seiko Takanashi, Motoyuki Sato
Main Motion Designer: Kenji Asari
Motion Designers: Jun Takaoka, Takahiro Sakuma, Masahiro Fujimori, Kouichi Okada, Masahiro Miura
Sound Staff: Kenji Nishi, Takafumi Nishimura
Sound Adviser: Masaru Setsumaru
Music Coordinator: Fumitaka Shibata
Title Logo & Package/Manual Design: Takashi Nishimura
Manual Editing: Osamu Nakazato, Eiichi Ogawa
Promotion & Publicity: Shunichi Kobayashi, Hiroto Kikuchi, Junji Yamazaki
Special Thanks: AMR&D2, Naomi Library Team, Tomoyuki Nishimura, Takayuki Kawagoe, Yasutake Nakayama, Takeshi Maruyama
Character Licensed by: 全日本プロ・レスリング株式会社
音声協力: 日本テレビ放送綱株式会社
協力: 財団法人日本武道館
Presented by: Sega™

©Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1999

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Dreamcast flyer

Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI, JP

Cart

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

91

^[9]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

NTSC-J

70

^[10]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[11]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[12]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[13]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-J

89

^[14]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

74

^[15]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[16]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-J

79

^[17]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-J

67

^[18]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

86

^[19]

neXt Level (DE)

NTSC-J

80

^[20]

Sega Magazin (DE)

NTSC-J

81

^[21]

	82
Based on 13 reviews

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

Main article: Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan/Technical information.

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 167
↑ File:GiantGram2 DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 http://sega.jp/dc/990404/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-12-03 19:31)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-10-23 17:28)
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-18 (2000-05-26)" (JP; 2000-05-12), page 151
↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/corp/news/nr990217_2.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-16 08:57)
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf
↑ Consoles +, "Août 1999" (FR; 1999-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 82
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-21 (1999-07-02)" (JP; 1999-06-18), page 16
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 80
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
↑ Dreamzone, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-09-xx), page 101
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 85
↑ Famitsu, "1999-07-02" (JP; 1999-06-18), page 31
↑ GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 9: September 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
↑ Gamers' Republic, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 94
↑ MAN!AC, "09/99" (DE; 1999-08-04), page 44
↑ neXt Level, "September 1999" (DE; 1999-08-06), page 26
↑ Sega Magazin, "September 1999" (DE; 1999-08-04), page 12

Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan

Books: Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan Perfect Guide (1999)

Games in the Zen Nihon Pro Wres Series
Zen Nihon Pro Wres Featuring Virtua (1997) \| Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan (1999) \| Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (2000)
Zen Nihon Pro Wres related media
	Zen Nihon Pro Wres Featuring Virtua Official Guide (1997) \| Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan Perfect Guide (1999) \| Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi Perfect Guide (2000)

[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p167-1] Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 167

[:File:GiantGram2_DC_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:GiantGram2 DC JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20071203193111.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fdc.2F990404.2F-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 http://sega.jp/dc/990404/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-12-03 19:31)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20201023172835.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fdreamcast.2Fsoftware.html-4] ttps://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-10-23 17:28)

[:File:DCM_JP_20000526_2000-18.pdf_p151-5] Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-18 (2000-05-26)" (JP; 2000-05-12), page 151

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20000816085711.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega.co.jp.2Fsega.2Fcorp.2Fnews.2Fnr990217_2.html-6] ttp://www.sega.co.jp/sega/corp/news/nr990217_2.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-16 08:57)

[:File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement_2016-11_JP.pdf_p-7] File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf

[:File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement_2016-12.pdf_p-8] File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_091.pdf_p100-9] Consoles +, "Août 1999" (FR; 1999-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_02.pdf_p82-10] Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 82

[:File:DCM_JP_19990702_1999-21.pdf_p16-11] Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-21 (1999-07-02)" (JP; 1999-06-18), page 16

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p80-12] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 80

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p33-13] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33

[:File:Dreamzone_5_1999_Scan.pdf_p101-14] Dreamzone, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-09-xx), page 101

[15] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 85

[16] Famitsu, "1999-07-02" (JP; 1999-06-18), page 31

[:File:GameFan_US_0709.pdf_p20-17] GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 9: September 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_16.pdf_p94-18] Gamers' Republic, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 94

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1999-09.pdf_p44-19] MAN!AC, "09/99" (DE; 1999-08-04), page 44

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1999-0910.pdf_p26-20] neXt Level, "September 1999" (DE; 1999-08-06), page 26

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_70.pdf_p12-21] Sega Magazin, "September 1999" (DE; 1999-08-04), page 12

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Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan

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Contents

History

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

NAOMI version

Dreamcast version

Technical information

External links

References