When we talk about wrestling games here at Destructoid, we generally get a "wrestling is stupid" or "wrestling used to be good and now it sucks" response.
Fair enough, but we think what you actually mean is that you haven't watched wrestling since the 80s or early 90s and you don't recognize the wrestlers in the games. Or, you're uncomfortable with your sexuality and seeing guys in tights makes you feel ... wrong.
Whatever the reason, THQ's upcoming arcade-y fighter Legends of Wrestlemania has a roster that just might catch your eye. Truly, all of the legends are here. The Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, Mr. Perfect, Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, The Rock, Arn Anderson, Jake "The Snake" Roberts ... this goes on. A NeoGAF user pieced together a roster of over 40 superstars, which you can see after the jump.
Come on, provided the gameplay isn't completely terrifying, this is kind of cool. Right?
[Via Videogamesblogger]
- Arn Anderson
- Big Boss Man
- Bret Hart
- Honky Tonk Man
- Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts
- Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
- Kamala
- King Kong Bundy
- Koko B. Ware
- Michael Hayes
- Mr. Fuji
- Mr. Perfect
- Nikolai Volkoff
- Paul Bearer
- "Ravishing" Rick Rude
- Ric Flair
- Ultimate Warrior
- Undertaker
- Yokozuna
- Hulk Hogan
- Andre the Giant
- Bobby Heenan
- Shawn Michaels
- The Iron Sheik
- Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
- Big John Studd
- Junkyard Dog
- Bam Bam Bigelow
- Sgt. Slaughter
- Dusty Rhodes
- Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- The Rock
- Jimmy Hart
- Road Warrior Hawk
- Road Warrior Animal
- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
- "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
- British Bulldog
- "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
Contest:
1:40 PM on 02.16.2009
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I'm sure I'll rent/possibly own this game, however I will shake my fist with anger that I can't play as Steamboat or Savage.
Guess I'll have to continue my domination with the Million Dollar Man.
It kinda sucks to look at this list and think of how many of these dudes are dead.
arrogance.
hopefully this game has it.
I'll only buy it if they add a feature that lets the computer do all the work while I sit with my controller and press buttons pretending to play. Then I could fake play a game where fake people fake fight, fakedly.
Though...with the exception of those two glaring omissions, I might pick this one up on the nostalgia factor alone. I remember getting completely psyched up when noon would roll around on a Saturday, 'cause that's when cartoons would stop and WWF would start. And how my cousin got in trouble for dropping an elbow on his brother from the top of his bedpost, nearly giving him serious head trauma...
Memories.
IRS
Hillbilly Jim
Owen Hart
Chris Benoit
Demolition
Dino Bravo
Eddie Guererro
Harley Race
Nasty Boys
Tito Santana
I mean those guys deserve some love. But then again, the roster is pretty solid, even though WE STILL WANT MACHO AND THE DRAGON
Benoit? Are you mental?
Outside of the campy classic wrestlers of the 80's and early 90's, the majority of the "big name" wrestlers of the mid-to-late 90's are active and still wrestling as part of ECW/Raw/Smackdown (of course the dead wrestlers don't count).
Hell, 5 of the wrestlers in that list are still around (though I'm not sure if I should count Hacksaw Jim Duggan's appearance a few weeks ago on Raw).
I actually Googled "dumbest wrestlers" to find some more, but I don't care enough to follow through with it.
Mick Foley isn't in it because he works for TNA now, and WWE isn't going to put their competition in their own games.
After the last UFC PPV I watched, the channel was looping PPV commercials and I saw Mick on one for a TNA pay-per-view. So I'm going to go ahead and guess that he and Vince aren't seeing eye to eye.
But now I'll be able to recreate some epic matches from the past; Bret Hart vs Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant, HBK vs Bret Hart, etc.
Plus I'll be able to finally get to see a few dream matches; The Rock vs Ultimate Warrior & Undertaker vs Andre The Giant.
You could actually play as Andre The Giant in WWF No Mercy on the N64.
No Mercy = Best wrestling game evar
I do believe I just came.
Ricky Steamboat would've been an alright addition too.
Serious lack of tag teams too. They used to be great in WWE, even though they suck now. Demolition should've been in there. Strike Force would've been a nice addition too. Hopefully DLC will release more characters.
This game looks cool, but I know it's going to play like shit.
If only THQ would bring back the control style Aki/Asmik perfected!
Man, No Mercy was so much damn fun, even my non-wrestling friends would play it!