Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel

Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel
Cover art
DeveloperCopya System[1]
PublisherAsmik
ComposerAkihiko Mori
PlatformMega Drive[1]
Release
GenreSports[1]
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer[3]

Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel (キューティー鈴木のリングサイドエンジェル; "Cutie Suzuki's Ringside Angel")[4] is a 1990 Japan-exclusive Sega Mega Drive video game about female professional wrestling.[1] It features the famous female Japanese wrestler Cutie Suzuki.

As the first video game based on women's professional wrestling for the Sega Mega Drive, it played a pivotal role in establishing women as protagonists in 16-bit video games,[5] predating Alisia Dragoon by two years.

Plot

Girls in Japan dream of fighting in a wrestling federation. All their training has helped them become professional wrestlers. Nine girls fight for the five major titles of women's professional wrestling.[6]

Gameplay

Punching is allowed in addition to traditional wrestling moves like the piledriver and the suplex.[1] There is even a spectator mode that allows players to preview each fighter's moves.[1]

Damage is displayed for each fighter by the facial expressions of the character. Players can continue to lose matches without the threat of a game over screen.[7] Each wrestler recovers stamina at a different rate. They also have different ways of expressing physical pain and they have different types of screams when they are in anguish.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel at MobyGames
  2. ↑ "Software List (Software Licensee Release)". Sega Hardware Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Sega Corporation. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ Media information at Guardiana
  4. ↑ "Japanese-English title translation at Segagadomain". Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  5. 1 2 Basic overview of Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel (in Japanese) at Aitai
  6. ↑ Story of Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel (in Japanese) at Netsurf
  7. ↑ Advanced gameplay overview of Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel (in Japanese) at Sesesega