SWA Rules / shootfighting suggestions (Comprehensive)

[jyama]

I know it's not the most popular mode, but here are some things that I think a japanese wrestling simulator needs:

- SWA rules tag match - meaning tag match with 10 count KOs and possible TKO. This is a must have for worked shoot federations like UWFi and BattlARTS. Also, MMA organizations like ZST have done tag fights aswell.

- point system - this was already in KoC2 and Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. Meaning both wrestlers start the match with a set number of points and lose points by rope break, down or suplex (allow us to specify the point cost for each too) and eventually lose the match when they run out of points. Organizations such as UWF, UWFi, RINGS, U-Style and PANCRASE have all used these rules, so they are important.

- fighting to the ropes - right now, the CPU controlled wrestlers only fight to the ropes on 9 and 10 difficulty. If rope break is enabled, they should always fight to the ropes (if possible) to emphasize the dangerousness of submissions.

- more cooperative SWA matches - right now, wrestlers in SWA rules matches behave as if in a real MMA fight, meaning they get up immediately after every move while not exhausted. This is good, but I would like to have an option to choose between "pro wrestling" and "cement" in SWA mode. Meaning that if "cement" is choosen, wrestlers act like MMA fighters, but if "pro wrestling" is choosen, they behave like pro wrestlers, meaning staying down longer (selling) and allowing more ground fighting. This would be very good for worked shoot pro wrestling like UWF, UWFi, BattlARTS etc. It could also be used along with the rounds to simulate World of Sport / European style rules matches or a Last Man Standing pro wrestling match.

- more positions/transitions for MMA style groundfighting, more possible moves from the ground - in the last 12 years, MMA and grappling have evolved alot, with ground fighting becoming more scientific. It would be nice to have 1 or two new MMA positions (for example, side mount and rubber guard) with new moves AND wrestlers to have 2 or 3 move slots when they are on all fours or on their backs in guard position to add more variety to the ground fighting.

- grappling only mode - this is like a reverse S-1 rules match, meaning a match type with no strikes. Again grappling, BJJ etc. have become more popular and having something like this in the game would also make it more interesting to grappling fans.

I know this is a lot of stuff, but I think there is a lot of potential to improve SWA mode and I think with these new rulesets and a handful of new moves it would be greatly improved into a really awesome feature.

If you have more suggestions for MMA/shootwrestling type matches drop in here. If you like these suggestions and would like to see SWA mode improved please let your voice be heard!