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Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 13 PlayStation 2 Japanese boxart Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū (: 実況パワフルプロ野球,: Jikkyō Pawafuru Puro Yakyū, lit. 'Live Powerful Pro Baseball'), also known simply as Power Pro or Pawapuro to non-Japanese speakers, is a traditionally Japan-only series created. It is known for its big-headed characters, and addictive gameplay. It is long running in Japan, starting out in 1994 for the. Apba Football Teams. The game has also appeared on the (from 1995 to 1997), the (from 1995 to 2003), the (1997 to 2001), the (from 2002 to 2009), the, the (from 2002 to 2006), (since 2010) as well as the and Wii (since 2007). The series is within its 15th iteration on. It is one of the long-lasting titles in Japan with most number of game entries, like /PES Series (also from ), Series (), and Series () The series has also released a spinoff on handheld systems since 1999 under the title, with versions for the,, and.

The series originally designed as being the side-story of Success mode of main series, but eventually developing on its own. On May 12, 2006, a version of Power Pro was released featuring players, under the title Jikkyō Powerful Major League (MLB Power Pros for American version). The Power Pro series has featured online play since its tenth incarnation on the PS2 and its first handheld version on the PlayStation Portable.

A version of Power Pro was announced for the, first shown at the in 2005, but it would take another five years for the series to reach the PS3, with the system instead getting Power Pro's sister series, for the interim. On August 3, 2007, an American release of the series was announced for both the PlayStation 2 and the Wii. The game, titled, was published by, and features a Success Mode set within. On July 13, 2009, Konami released a version for the dubbed ( パワフルプロ野球 Touch, lit. 'Pawapuro Touch').

The most distinctive feature of the Power Pro series is its odd depiction of characters. The basic design of the Power Pro baseball player (collectively known as 'Pawapurokun') is a short figure with an excessively wide head, lacking a mouth, nose, ears with expression being mainly in the eyebrows. Pawapurokun are somewhat similar to the character, in that they do not have legs and thus their feet are not connected to their body. Pawapurokun do have arms and hands, however, their hands are fingerless and bear more resemblance to a sphere than a human hand. The Power Pro series has used this comic design for every single one of its games. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Main Developments in the Series [ ] This is the major system development in the main series (as well as information of seasons series and MLB Power Pros series), some minor development, such as player's ability, are not included in the development Pawapuro '94 [ ] • The first installment in SFC, neither Pennant Mode nor Success mode are included in first 2 installments. Pawapuro 3 [ ] • Success mode, which becomes one of the main features in the Pawapuro series, is firstly installed in this series.