Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū (Japanese: 実況パワフルプロ野球 Hepburn: 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 baseball video game series created by Konami. It is known for its big-headed characters, and addictive arcade-style gameplay. It is long running in Japan, starting out in 1994 for the Super Famicom. The game has also appeared on the Sega Saturn (from 1995 to 1997), the PlayStation (from 1995 to 2003), the Nintendo 64 (1997 to 2001), the PlayStation 2 (from 2002 to 2009), the Dreamcast, the Nintendo GameCube (from 2002 to 2006), PlayStation 3 (since 2010) as well as the PlayStation Portable and Wii (since 2007). The series is within its 15th iteration on home consoles. It is