NJPW Western Expansion

[Mattah12]

So I'm getting some ideas about playing a NJPW Western expansion game, but I'm curious/unsure about the best way to set it up. Perhaps some of you may have already started it and might share what you've done?

 

For example, should the company be set to tour? Should it be a child company, or a new company in an alliance with NJPW?

 

Any ideas or tips will be well received, thanks in advance.

[thadian]

<p>You could always just make a brand split. </p><p>

You could also run a child company - they can grow to cult size.</p><p> </p><p>

Both options need to consider some troubles. Considering "Loyalty" doesn't exist outside of Japan, you're forced to accept losing your top talent or to sign written deals with non compete. Or, you could enable Loyalty for the western country you choose however that brings its own can of worms. </p><p> </p><p>

One thing I have taken to is creating a "Minor" Brand, giving it a B-Show, and some minor titles, then using this brand to "open the door" in new areas. Then, once you're ready, you can cancel the B-Show, make an A-Show, and change to Major brand.</p><p> </p><p>

As for alliances. This works well when it's between regional size and smaller companies. Once you get bigger than that, alliances tend to harm more than help, the bigger you get. My problem with alliances is there is no option for a "top company" who is kinda in charge and the only interaction you really get is talent swap and shared "alliance belts" - and I personally find shared belts are best for floating and midcard belts, because who wants to lose their main eventers and upper midcarders when the game decides to pluck them for other people's shows - especially if those "other people" have a product setting for higher danger or stamina and get your people injured.</p>

[FankuKaibutsu]

<p>I think a brand split would be the best option. If you have a child company, you won't have any control over the booking, and a new company with an alliance has many flaws for this kind of situation.</p><p> </p><p>

With a brand split, you can more easily book 'Main' roster talent on the US shows, and as long as the US events aren't shown on Japanese broadcasters, they won't harm your overness rating in your home territories.</p>

[JamHead]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="thadian" data-cite="thadian" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44316" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>and I personally find shared belts are best for floating and midcard belts, because who wants to lose their main eventers and upper midcarders when the game decides to pluck them for other people's shows - especially if those "other people" have a product setting for higher danger or stamina and get your people injured.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Not to mention that time Sonjay Dutt beat Goldberg for the NWA World Title on that TNA game I was playing a while back using the alliance titles as mine. Great thing was Dutt was also on my roster... as a lower midcarder.</p>

[thadian]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="JamHead" data-cite="JamHead" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44316" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Not to mention that time Sonjay Dutt beat Goldberg for the NWA World Title on that TNA game I was playing a while back using the alliance titles as mine. Great thing was Dutt was also on my roster... as a lower midcarder.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> For the lulz, I created one "national" company in each region, put them in an alliance, created some alliance belts and watched the madness unfold. The companies cannibalized one another and all were reduced to cult and below. I made a second and put each one in the US as a cult company and they devoured one another in the national battles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> The other thing about a Minor Brand split with a B-Show is you can sign a bunch of higher level American stars, and have a main event with a Japan B+ star beating an American C level star and slowly get the Japan talent over in America while slowly building the company in America.</p>

[Winter8905]

I would either have a second brand with a couple of Japanese but a good chunk of Americans, run the second brand with it's own tours in the U.S. occational swapping over talent from the other brand.

 

 

That or get relationships with various American indies, the bigger ones, and loan some people to so an event and later a PPV each month in America.