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* FatGirl: Norika Arai from the first ''Pocket'' game, who has a bread loaf-shaped head and is kind of a bitch who only ever causes misfortune for others. She roped the much younger original Power Pro into marriage and can possibly do so to the second Pro as well in the sequel.

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Click [[VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseballMobile here]] to view a (very incomplete) trope page of the series' mobile game.


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* ''VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseballMobile'' (Mobile, 2014)
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* BrotherSisterIncest: One girlfriend candidate in ''Pawapoke Dash'' turns out to be the protagonist's lost sister. No outcome has them hooking up, but the protagonist realizing the truth is the worst: he hides it and puts on a JerkassFacade to force a break-up. The epilogue then shows her heartbroken and swearing to become a different person.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: One girlfriend candidate in ''Pawapoke Dash'' turns out to be the protagonist's lost sister. No outcome has them hooking up, but the protagonist realizing the truth is the worst: he hides it and puts on a JerkassFacade {{Jerkass}} front to force a break-up. The epilogue then shows her heartbroken and swearing to become a different person.

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* NoNameGiven: All Power Pros have no CanonName except for one featured in the main ''Power Pro'' series.

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* NoMouth: Most characters in the series have no visible mouth, and instead rely on their eyes and head shape to convey expressions. Incidentally, [[https://store.line.me/stickershop/author/54376/en a series of LINE stickers]] from former developers of the ''Pawapoke'' series does depict the characters with a nose and a mouth.
* NoNameGiven: All Power Pros have no CanonName except for one featured in the main ''Power Pro'' series.protagonist of ''Pawapuro 5'', Tetsuo Toi.

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* CastOfSnowflakes: Almost every major character in a Success Mode has very unique heads. The new generation of the series is also almost on par with [[{{VideoGame/Mii}} Mii]] when it comes to character customization.

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* CastOfSnowflakes: Almost every major character in a Success Mode has very unique heads. The new generation of the series is also almost on par with [[{{VideoGame/Mii}} Mii]] UsefulNotes/{{Mii}} when it comes to character customization.

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* FurryDenial: Igumori in ''Pawapoke Dash'' insists she's human but has dog ears and her dates all involve playing with her like she's one. Turns out she's really a dog who was run over by a car and then granted another chance at life as a hybrid by the Baseball God. However, it is only temporary unless she's on the winning team of a national-level competition and... [[ShootTheShaggyDog there's not enough time]]. She either dies alone and miserable or at peace depending on whether Power Pro befriends her or not.



* PettingZooPeople: Igumori in ''Pawapoke Dash'' insists she's human but has dog ears and her dates all involve playing with her like she's one. Turns out she's really a dog who was run over by a car and then granted another chance at life as a hybrid by the Baseball God. However, it is only temporary unless she's on the winning team of a national-level competition and... [[ShootTheShaggyDog there's not enough time]]. She either dies alone and miserable or at peace depending on whether Power Pro befriends her or not.
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[[folder:List of main Pawapuro games]]

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[[folder:List of main Pawapuro ''Powerful Pro'' games]]



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''Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyū'' is a series of Japanese baseball arcade-simulation games published by {{Creator/Konami}} and developed by ''Pawapuro Production'' (previously known as Diamond Head) ever since 1994. It is one of the most [[Main/LongRunners long running]] sport series with a lot of spinoffs in Japan, though English-speaking countries tend to know the series by its Americanized spinoff series ''MLB Power Pros''.

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''Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyū'' Powerful Pro Baseball'' is a series of Japanese baseball arcade-simulation games published by {{Creator/Konami}} and developed by ''Pawapuro ''Powerpro Production'' (previously known as Diamond Head) ever since 1994. It is one of the most [[Main/LongRunners [[LongRunners long running]] sport series with a lot of spinoffs in Japan, though English-speaking countries tend to know the series by its Americanized spinoff series ''MLB Power Pros''.



* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2019'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, 27 June 2019), officaly named ''[[Main/RecycledTitle Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball]]''. See the Nintendo Direct trailer [[https://youtu.be/G4xNPKfnHHA here]].

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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2019'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, 27 June 2019), officaly officially named ''[[Main/RecycledTitle Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball]]''. See Also see ''Toys/{{amiibo}}'', as the Nintendo Direct trailer [[https://youtu.be/G4xNPKfnHHA here]].game is packaged and compatible with a handful of amiibo cards.
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** Pro #1 himself can turn evil in the third ''Pawapoke'' and [[http://www.geocities.jp/pawapuro_pawapoke_characters/poke3/12.html choose to help]] Kameda establish the Neo Propeller Team.

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** Pro #1 himself can turn evil in the third ''Pawapoke'' and [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20181107030144/http://www.geocities.jp/pawapuro_pawapoke_characters/poke3/12.html choose to help]] Kameda establish the Neo Propeller Team.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler: After Suzumu was hosptlized due to a "traffic accident",]] Mamoru was determined to win the Koshien. In a match between his school(AKATSUKI UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL) and Extreme High School, his team wins by a staggering 10-0. Considering Mamoru's role as a pitcher, that means he nullified eveny assult from Extreme High School.



** ''Pawapoke 1'': Borders on a DownerEnding. The protagonist leads his team to victory but his friend Kameda dies and he ends up in a unhappy marriage with Norika. His own subsequent offscreen death and ressurection as a cyborg becomes the story of the third game.

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** ''Pawapoke 1'': Borders on a DownerEnding. The protagonist leads his team to victory but his friend Kameda dies and he ends up in a an unhappy marriage with Norika. His own subsequent offscreen death and ressurection resurrection as a cyborg becomes the story of the third game.



** ''Pawapoke Dash'': The protagonist leads his team to victory, but finds his father's ghost passed away just before the final match. Still, he accepts that and makes peace with his uncle who accidentally killed his father back in the day. Girlfriend cadidates Igumori and Sakura have no real happy ending to be achieved, either. However, the second Success mode for this game ends on a happier note by letting the protagonist bring his parents back from the underworld.

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** ''Pawapoke Dash'': The protagonist leads his team to victory, but finds his father's ghost passed away just before the final match. Still, he accepts that and makes peace with his uncle who accidentally killed his father back in the day. Girlfriend cadidates candidates Igumori and Sakura have no real happy ending to be achieved, either. However, the second Success mode for this game ends on a happier note by letting the protagonist bring his parents back from the underworld.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: There gotta be that guy with huge eyeglasses on his face who'll be your best friend and[=/=]or your room mate.

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* HeroicSacrifice: In Power Pro 5 , Gaidō Kyōji, the same guy who managed to poison your team's bentos last year, managed to make a truck lost control by using a banana peal in hopes to remove Mamoru out of the competetion.[[spoiler: What happened instead was Suzumu shoved his older brother out of the way and took the brunt of the accident all by himself. Suzumu was hospitalized, and Mamoru was understandably, pissed.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: There gotta be that guy with huge eyeglasses on his face who'll be your best friend and[=/=]or your room mate.roommate.


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** In ''Pawapoke 1'', [[spoiler: Suzumu was hospitalized due to a traffic accident and was abducted by the Propeller Team during his stay. He was subjected to many surgeries which boosts his ability as a pitcher and batter considerably. You will see him again donning the persona of Yakyūmasuku(Roughly translates to "The Masked Baseballer") serving the Holy Emperor High School, the game's FinalBoss.]]


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** [[spoiler: Suzumu's fate was remain unkown at the end of Power Pro 5's success mode. This is averted however if you consider the story of the [[VideoGame/PowerProKunPocket1 spinoff]].]]
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** You can summon Pawapuro-kun in the Japanese versions of ''VideoGame/Scribblenauts'' and ''Super Scribblenauts''.

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** You can summon Pawapuro-kun in the Japanese versions of ''VideoGame/Scribblenauts'' ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' and ''Super Scribblenauts''.
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** You can summon Pawapuro-kun in the Japanese versions of ''VideoGame/Scribblenauts'' and ''Super Scribblenauts''.
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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2019'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch), officaly named ''[[Main/RecycledTitle Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball]]'', is set to release in 2019. See the Nintendo Direct trailer [[https://youtu.be/G4xNPKfnHHA here]].

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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2019'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch), (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, 27 June 2019), officaly named ''[[Main/RecycledTitle Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball]]'', is set to release in 2019.Baseball]]''. See the Nintendo Direct trailer [[https://youtu.be/G4xNPKfnHHA here]].

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A trope called Ghost Leg Lottery is added, therefore the Pawapoke Dash example is not suitable for Luck based mission as it took some skills to get the best result.


* FunSize: Inverted trope. The ''Professional Baseball Spirits'' series are the realistic counterpart to this one.

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* FunSize: Inverted trope. The ''Professional Baseball Spirits'' series are is the realistic counterpart to this one.



* GhostLegLottery: The New Year minigame for Pawapoke Dash is basically this, but a few obstacles is added in the tracks which might change the hero's course.



** New Year minigame events are often luck-based. In ''Pawapoke Dash'', for example, it is a path-swap climbing game in which you can't possibly predict which path will lead to the best prize.

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** New Year minigame events are often luck-based. In ''Pawapoke Dash'', for example, it is a path-swap climbing game in which you can't possibly predict which path will lead to the best prize.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Every so often in a success run, you will run into Dr. Daijōbu who offers to perform a experimental surgery on you. The reward for a successful surgery might seem tempting, but the penalty for a failed surgery is devastating and can ruin a success run.


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* MeaningfulName: Dr. Daijōbu's name means "Are you okay?", which is ironic because his surgery is anything but okay.


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** Dr. Daijōbu, a doctor that will find anyone for his research.
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* ''Power Pro-kun Pocket 1&2'' (Game Boy Advance, 2004, VideoGameRemake)

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* ''Power Pro-kun Pocket 1&2'' (Game Boy Advance, 2004, VideoGameRemake)a remake compilation developed over the sixth game)



* ''VideoGame/PawapokeDash'' (Game Boy Advance, 2006, Interquel between ''7'' and ''8'')

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* ''VideoGame/PawapokeDash'' (Game Boy Advance, 2006, Interquel an interquel between ''7'' and ''8'')



* ''Pawapoke Koshien'' (Nintendo DS, 2005, [[CanonDiscontinuity not considered]] an actual ''Pawapoke'' installment by Konami)

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* ''Pawapoke Koshien'' (Nintendo DS, 2005, [[CanonDiscontinuity not considered]] considered an actual ''Pawapoke'' installment by Konami)
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* ''Atsumare! Power Pro-kun no DS Koushien (Nintendo DS, 2006)

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* ''Atsumare! Power Pro-kun no DS Koushien Koushien'' (Nintendo DS, 2006)
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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Major League'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 2006)
* ''MLB Power Pros'' (Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Game Cube, 2007)
* ''MLB Power Pros 2008'' (Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS (a butchered version of ''Pawapoke 10'', NOT a port), 2008)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009'' (Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, 2009)
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* ''Pawapoke Koshien'' (Nintendo DS, 2005, [[CanonDiscontinuity not considered]] an actual ''Pawapoke'' installment by Konami)
* ''Atsumare! Power Pro-kun no DS Koushien (Nintendo DS, 2006)
* ''VideoGame/SundayXMagazineNettouDreamNine'' (Nintendo DS, 2009)
* ''Nettou! Powerful Koushien'' (Nintendo DS, 2010)
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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2019'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch), officaly named ''[[Main/RecycledTitle Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball]]'', is set to release in 2019. See the Nintendo Direct trailer [[https://youtu.be/G4xNPKfnHHA here]].
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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '97 Spring'' (Super Famicom, 20 March 1997)

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* ** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '97 Spring'' (Super Famicom, 20 March 1997)
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCKFRASHM8Q The trailer for Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014]] begins with a batter hitting a home run. The camera then zooms into a very young Pawapuro-kun, who then manages to catch the ball. At the end of the trailer, Pawapuro-kun manages to hit a home run, the camera then zooms into a kid with a baseball glove...
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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 9''(PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 18 July 2002)

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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 9''(PlayStation 9'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 18 July 2002)

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* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '94'' (Super Famicom, 11 March 1994)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2'' (Super Famicom, 24 February 1995)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 3'' (Super Famicom, 29 February 1996)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '97 Spring'' (Super Famicom, 20 March 1997)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 4'' (Nintendo 64, 14 March 1997)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 5'' (Nintendo 64, 26 March 1998)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 6'' (Nintendo 64, 25 March 1999)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 7'' (PlayStation 2, 6 July 2000)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2000 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 2, 21 December 2000)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 8'' (PlayStation 2, 30 August 2001)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 8 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 2, 20 December 2001)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 9''(PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 18 July 2002)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 9 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 19 December 2002)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 10'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 17 July 2003)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 10 Ultra Ketteiban: 2003 Memorial'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 18 December 2003)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 11'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 15 July 2004)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 11 Ultra Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 16 December 2004)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 14 July 2005)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 2, Nintendo Game Cube, 15 December 2005)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 13'' (PlayStation 2, 13 July 2006)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 13 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 2, 14 December 2006)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 14'' (PlayStation 2, 19 July 2007)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 14 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 2, 20 December 2007)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 15'' (PlayStation 2, Wii, 24 July 2008)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009'' (PlayStation 2, 19 March 2009)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010'' (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, 15 July 2010)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011'' (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, 14 July 2011)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, 22 December 2011)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012'' (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, 19 July 2012)
** ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 Ketteiban'' (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, 13 December 2012)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013'' (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, 24 October 2013)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014'' (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, 23 October 2014)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016'' (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, 28 April 2016)
* ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018'' (PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, 26 April 2018)
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''"Space-Time Warrior Gundar Robo"'', a ''Gundam'' + ''Mazinger Z'' + ''Macross'' mashup. It is first talked about in ''Pawapuro 6'' and is made into reality in ''Pawapoke 3'', ''6'' and ''7''. It makes even more apparances as an enemy or playable mech in the Inner Success scenarios.

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* ShowWithinAShow: ''"Space-Time Warrior Gundar Robo"'', a ''Gundam'' + ''Mazinger Z'' + ''Macross'' mashup. It is first talked about in ''Pawapuro 6'' and the titular giant robot is made into reality in ''Pawapoke 3'', ''6'' and ''7''. It makes even more apparances as an enemy or playable mech in the Inner Success scenarios.
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''"Space-Time Warrior Gundar Robo"'', a ''Gundam'' + ''Mazinger Z'' + ''Macross'' mashup. It is first talked about in ''Pawapuro 6'' and is made into reality in ''Pawapoke 3'', ''6'' and ''7''. It makes even more apparances as an enemy or playable mech in the Inner Success scenarios.
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* WidgetSeries: Here on Tv Tropes the article about Baseball states the sport has a casual feel to it among American fans unless big teams are at play. The Japanese people who developed those ''Power Pro'' games, however, seem to think any match is a matter of honor and walking a thin line between life and death.

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* WidgetSeries: Here on Tv Tropes America's favorite pasttime is given an over-dramatic treatment in this cartoony franchise, with the article about Baseball states tone of each story varying wildly, especially in the sport has a casual feel to it among American fans unless big teams are at play. The Japanese people who developed those ''Power Pro'' games, however, seem to think any match is a matter of honor and walking a thin line between life and death.''Pawapoke'' sister series.
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** To return the favour, a usable character is added into VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseballMobile called "Power nayn〜", which is a ganderless character with a body of a power pro and a head of a cat.

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** To return the favour, a usable character is added into VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseballMobile called "Power nayn〜", nyan〜", which is a ganderless genderless character with a body of a power pro and a head of a cat.
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** To return the favour, a usable character is added into VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseballMobile called "Power nayn〜", which is a ganderless character with a body of a power pro and a head of a cat.
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* ''VideoGame/PawapokeDash'' (Game Boy Advance, , Interquel between ''7'' and ''8'')

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* ''VideoGame/PawapokeDash'' (Game Boy Advance, , 2006, Interquel between ''7'' and ''8'')

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