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Introduction

Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 freem Edition is a hack of AKI Corporation's Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 on the Nintendo 64. The hack replaces various default VPW2 wrestlers with other wrestlers, most of whom have been in other AKI wrestling games. Unlike most other AKI wrestling game modding projects, the changes in VPW2 freem Edition are made by editing the ROM, meaning the resulting hack can be played on real hardware.

If you want to chat about the hack, there is a Discord server available.

Downloads

Current Version

VPW2 freem Edition 2023/07/30

A number of people have reported problems attempting to patch with xdeltaUI. This appears to be caused by the version of xdelta.exe included with the normal download. If you are having trouble with xdeltaUI, try this version (it's the same one I use to generate the patch, so it should hopefully work.)

There is also a new known issue for the 2023/07/30 version. Attempting to hold an Event at Dome Road will cause the matches to happen in a dark, featureless arena (mentioned as "Arena Zero" in my VPW2 hacking documents). This issue has been caused by the bugfix for audience attendance calculation, and is pretty much freem's fault (not Melonbread's). No, I'm not sure why the arena number is combined with the initial audience count, but that's causing issues somehow. A proper fix will be attempted in the future, and will be released as a stopgap version (as opposed to a full release).

Previous Versions

News

Older news is available on a separate page.

VIRTUAL PRO-WRESTLING 2 FREEM EDITION 2023/07/30 Version ("The 80% Release") Released! – Posted July 30th, 2023

The long (a bit over two years) wait is over; a new version of VPW2 freem Edition has been released! This update contains some big changes, though it's still not fully complete. Progress has jumped from 50% to 80%, and there are way too many changes to cover here. For information on what's changed in this release, check the changelog.

Documentation

While the Manual is in a usable state, the Character Guide is being put off until all changes are considered "final".

Screenshots

Wow! These screenshots are way out of date! You should check the Manual for more up-to-date screenshots.

All screenshots are of development builds. Content has already changed, etc.

Awards and Such

VPW2 freem Edition got 2nd place in the NextWave 64 2019 Beginning of the Year awards for Favorite Project: