WrestleMania - NES Game (Retro Fam)

Favorite game

I love this game, it certainly is not like any other wrestling game. This one is not about pinning anyone or making them submit like wrestling. This was more a new version of Mortal Kombat. The same company ACCLAIM made this game a beat 'em up. However there is no blood and no finishers. You can preform combos, special moves and things like that, it's much the same as Mortal Kombats style of game play. The commentary is not annoying, provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler.The downfalls are that it did not have Yokozuna or Bam Bam Bigalo like the Arcade,PC, Sega version's for some reason. But it honestly had a lasting quality over the rest for me untill I found the PC version.It's still a great game, but you might want the PC version for better graphics and extra wrestlers.There has been complaints about glitches in this game, but I loved the glitches. I thought they where cool to hear odd sounds, weird effects, doing monovours without your oponent actualy being in it! Dont let the fact that 2 wrestlers wernt included, this game was super fun if you gave it a go.

Isn't it just like Acclaim to incorporate real life humans to portray characters in their games? This trend started in Mortal Kombat and they've outdone themselves with this game by using the actual wrestlers themselves. Mind the term "wrestlers" though, because this game is almost fifty-fifty in wrestling and street brawling! You get to choose from six WWF wrestlers: Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Doink "The Clown," Lex Luger, and Razor Ramon (aka Scott Hall). This is a bit unfortunate because the Genesis version had them plus Yokozuna and Bam Bam Bigelow. This may cause the game to be a tad repetitive. But once the match starts it's an all-out brawl and the victor will most often be the fastest-thinking, shrewd and button-mashing wrestler rather than people taking a strategic approach. They may find themselves knocked out and pinned in ten seconds!The graphics and animation are realistic. The music is fair. (I can't say "good" because it doesn't have the wrestlers' theme songs, can I?) The sound effects are nice and the commentators (Vince McMahon and "The King" Jerry Lawler) are great! Memorable comments include McMahon shouting "Boomshakalaka!", "Shocking!" and occasionally, "Somebody call security!". The game also has "special moves" like Doink's "electric hand" and Bret Hart's rolling uppercut. The gameplay is fast and furious. Controls are dead-.