Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan

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Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (NAOMI)
JP
¥? 840-0007C






















Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,8005,800 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, therefore allowing data to be transferred to and from the Dreamcast version.

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

GiantGram2 DC JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
Dreamcast flyer
GiantGram2 DC JP Flyer.pdf

Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI, JP

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №2, p81[2]
90 №1999-21, p16[3]
90 №, p33[4]
84 №2, p80[5]
80 №550, p31
Sega Dreamcast
83
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
91
[6]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) NTSC-J
70
[7]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
90
[8]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
84
[9]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
90
[4]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
74
[10]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
80
[11]
GameFan (US) NTSC-J
79
[12]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-J
67
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
86
[14]
neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J
80
[15]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-J
81
[16]
Sega Dreamcast
81
Based on
12 reviews

Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan

Dreamcast, JP
GiantGram2 DC JP Box Back.jpgGiantGram2 DC JP cover.jpg
Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References



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
Book
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)