Menu

Schedule

Meals:

A good diet is very important for a pro boxer.
In here you can set daily meals for the whole week.

Use the directional pad to select a time slot and press the Circle button. Then you can choose a food course between A to H. Furthermore, you can edit each item by selection with your directional pad and by using the Circle button.
You can also use the START button instead of the 決定 (confirm) icon. If no change has been made, you'll be redirected to the next schedule screen.

Training:

Training is of course the main element of a boxer's life. In here you set the kind of training your character will do everyd ay for the whole week.

Use your directional pad and press the Circle button to select a type of training and then select 決定 (confirm) to apply. By pressing the Triangle button, you can see details about the type of training. You can set multiple trainings but setting the bar too high would lead your boxer to fatigue.

Rest Days:

Try to set a day off after hard training and after bouts to recover from accumulated fatigue. A calendar on which you can add days off is displayed just after setting your training.

Sparring:

Sparring is also part of your training and is quite similar to bouts except that the opponent is a gym partner of yours. To be set on the calendar such as rest days.

About the Calendar:

This is where you can set rest and sparring days.
The next bout is highlighted in red.
To add a rest day or a sparring day, select a data with the directional pad and press the Circle button. Then you can choose between 休息日 (rest day) and スパーリング (sparring). You can also cancel those by selecting 全取り消し (delete all).
*A sparring day also include the usual training.

About Sparring:

Once a day of sparring comes, you must pick a partner among the displayed list.
On the next screen, you can choose to play against the computer by selecting COM or to play with a friend with the 2P option.

Stats & Skills

Displays all of your boxer's stats and skills.
You can also change the 6 stats to be displayed on the main screen. To do so, select one present in the upper list and use the Circle button, then press Circle again on the stat in the lower list you wish to replace.

Ranking

You can check your rank in here.
First you need to select the class you're playing in, then you can see the names of all participants.
Switch between the PSBC Japan ranking, WBS, IBS and NHBA International rankings with the left/right buttons of your directional pad.
International rankings will only be displayed after you made at least 10 bouts.
If your rank increase after an international bout, your rank in other leagues may change too.

Boxer Data

Details about your boxer. From top to bottom:
League, ring name, bouts (played, won, KO, lost, draw), country, age, blood type, lead hand, height, reach and weight.
If a ビデオあり (video available) icon is displayed, select it to start the video.

Video

Instructive Videos:

If available, select 資料ビデオ and choose a video to play.
Press START to pause and display various options.

Replays:

You can watch the replay of the last bout or a replay you previously saved on your memory card.

How to save a replay:

Select FILE at the main screen and then SAVE REPLAY to save the replay of the last bout on the memory card.
Once you select LOAD REPLAY, the replay of the last bout will be overwritten by it.
13 blocks are required to save a replay.

Configuration

Buttons Layout:

Select KEY CONFIGURATION to choose a type among the three available (A, B, C). You can also edit those by selecting an action and pressing the button of your choice.

In-Game View:

Select DEFAULT VIEW to change the view during bouts.

Music:

Change the menu track with MAIN BGM and turn on/off the music during bouts with BOUT BGM.

File

You can save your progress and load another data file available on the memory card.
*Please check if there is enough free space on your memory card and do not remove it while saving or loading.

V.S. Mode

You can play with a friend and it has no effect on the single player mode. If you don't possess more than one boxer data then you can both play with the same character.

Retire

Announce your retirement and the next bout will be the last one.