Any respectable gamer would probably say that the AKI Wrestling games (World Tour, Revenge, Wrestlemania, and No Mercy) on the Nintendo 64 were arguably the best wrestling games ever created. Never before were wrestling games as deep and enjoyable as those games were. The Smackdown! series at first were definitely a nice alternative to the AKI games on the market, with their increased focus on presentation, providing photographic wrestlers and wrestling moves. Granted, as far as the gameplay went the AKI games were still king.

Sadly, the AKI games turned into the Def Jam series (bleh) and the Smackdown! series eventually turned into utter crap after whoring the game every year ultimately turning it into the wrestling version of Madden. With rehash after rehash released seemingly with minimal improvements, a lot of gamers have begun to ignore any wrestling game that has come forward.

Until now.

I just watched the new gameplay video for TNA: Impact and I am very much excited for this game. Not only does it look to be immensely better than Smackdown!, it actually looks like it will be a phenomenal gaming experience whether or not you're into wrestling. TNA is slowly growing into a competitor to the WWE, with a roster constantly increasing with star-power and familiar faces. Most importantly they have Kurt Angle, whom automatically equals win.



Take a look at the video and let me know what you think.