Toukon Sanjushi - Gameboy manual scans (1993)

 
Game: New Japan Pro-Wrestling Toukon Sanjushi
Platform: Gameboy
Year: 1993
Developer: VARIE
Pages: 19

In the early 90's, the first batch of officially licensed New Japan Pro-Wrestling games
were created by Japanese video game developer VARIE.

Toukon Sanjushi was released the same year VARIE produced the first New Japan
Pro-Wrestling title on the Super Famicom (Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome); kicking
off a handful of releases for Nintendo's 16-bit and portable consoles.

Toukon Sanjushi (or 'Three Musketeers') gets it's name from a Wrestling trio
consisting of three of New Japan's biggest stars of the 1990's: Masahiro Chono,
Keiji Mutoh and Shinya Hashimoto.

Front and back cover.

Page 1 is technical information from VARIE with a picture of Tatsumi Fujinami
applying a Missile Dropkick to Masa Saitoh (a Wrestler not featured in the game).

Page 2 is the table of contents with a picture of Riki Choshu wearing the IWGP belt.

Pages 4 to 5 are the 'game story'. On page five you may notice Hiroshi Hase applying a knife edge
chop to Shinya Hashimoto. The story translates to:

"Their goal, as they are called, is to defeat the top wrestlers and obtain the belt. But it's not that easy...

The three musketeers engage in a heated battle for the right to challenge the belt. Will Chono survive? Muto? Hashimoto?

“If you want the belt, try defeating us!!” A steep wall stands in your way!!

The wrestlers waiting for you are all strong!!The gong of a heated battle is now ringing!!"





Page 6 displays general button commands. Page 7 is the in-game screen overview.




Page 8 involves starting the game and picking a character. Page 9 starts with the opening

message from final boss Riki Choshu, and ends with a summary of the main game.




Pages 10 to 11 continue main game summarization.



Pages 12 to 13: main game summary completed.



Pages 14 to 15: first part of Wrestler index.

Each page lists the player's:

DOB
Debut
Championships
Then their respective movesets.
The last line is each player's finishing move.

Page 14: Keiji Mutoh.  Page 15. Masahiro Chono.




Page 16: Shinya Hashimoto. Page 17: Options mode.

Pages 18 to 19 list the versus game mode, where two players can face each other
using a Gameboy link cable. The page goes on to explain that both players can
compete in a round robin style tournament with up to six players.

Page 19 lists the three hidden boss characters encountered in the main game.
The characters are: Hiroshi Hase, Tatsumi Fujinami and final boss Riki Choshu.

Unfortunately, the only way to play as the hidden bosses is through connecting
two Gameboy cartridges; meaning you'll need to find someone who also owns
Toukon Sanjushi and an original Gameboy. Ouch!