Series Milestones:

1994 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '95

First game on a Sony console.

1995 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 3

First game with a Success Mode.

1999 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 6

1999 was the 5th anniversary of the PawaPuro franchise.

2000 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū Dreamcast Edition

Last game on a Sega console.

2000 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 7

First game to feature the modern design of Pawapuro-kun on the cover.

2003 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 10

First game with a MyLife mode.

2004 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 11

2004 was the 10th anniversary of the PawaPuro franchise.

2004 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 11 Super Definitive Edition

Last game to have a "Super Definitive" Edition (決定版) sold afterwards.

2006 // Jikkyō Powerful Major League

First PawaPuro game to have MLB licensed teams. This was also the last game Konami developed for the GameCube.

2007 // Jikkyō Powerful Major League 2

First game in the franchise to be released in English. It was sold in North America as MLB Power Pros.

2008 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 15

PawaPuro 15 is the last numbered game; future titles are yearly.

2009 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū NEXT

Last mainline game to be released on a Nintendo home console until the release of PawaPuro Switch in 2019.

2010 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 2010

Introduces new features like advanced player customization (パワター), advanced graphics and sound and many other gameplay changes such as a new stat calculation system.

2012 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 2012 Definitive Edition

PawaPuro 2012 is the last game to have a "Definitive" version (決定版) sold afterwards.

2014 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 2014

2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the PawaPuro franchise. Mainline series PawaPuro games also stop being released every year from this point forward. Instead, they are released every other year; as there were no mainline PawaPuro games released the following year.

2016 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 2016

First game with a PawaFes mode.

2018 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 2018

Last game to be released during the Heisei era in Japan.

2019 // Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū (Switch)

2019 was the 25th anniversary of the PawaPuro franchise. Came pre-packaged with glittery Amiibo cards that give you a better chance of obtaining items in Treasure Mode, which currently only appears in this game. This is the first game to be released during the Reiwa era in Japan and the last game with "Jikkyō" in the title.

2020 // eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Yakyū 2020

First game in the series to be sold under the "eBASEBALL" title.

2023 // WBSC eBASEBALL: Power Pros

The first PawaPuro game to be released in English since the release of Power Pros 2013 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC, a short-lived mobile game. It's available for the PS4/Switch in 62 countries.

2024 // Powerful Pro Yakyū 2024-2025

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the PawaPuro franchise. Currently the first and only game to use the "202X-202X" year format.