This thread makes me really bummed that US developers seem to be completely resistant to making an unlicensed wrestling game with over-the-top characters ala Pro-Wrestling, Saturday Night Slam Masters or even Punch-Out if you will in our modern era.
The closest we've gotten in recent years are previously mentioned M.U.S.C.L.E. games and the Rumble Roses games, which aren't bad other than both being paced in the Japanese pro wrestling match style (slow and steady).
I'd LOVE to see something with over-the-top original characters and crazy fast action ... the WWE Superstars game was a move in the right direction but the superdeformed WWE likenesses kind of held it back more than anything.
I'm a huge wrestling mark and I'm totally not opposed to playing with unlicensed characters if they're well designed and have personality. Wrestling games need to be fun again!
Last edited by Frankie_Says_Relax; 09-04-2012 at 03:18 PM.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
Did you see that PC wrestling game on Steam Greenlight?
It's supposed to be like a highly modifiable clone of Aki's N64 rasslin games.
Pro Wrestling X: Uprising
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=92916857
There are some videos on YouTube as well.
Neat. I wish the dev luck, but it's not QUITE what I'm looking for personally.
I want something more arcadey, retro pixel style or hand-drawn animations and more over-the-top/crazy moves. It doesn't have to be 2D but wrestling games have pretty much been that 3D aesthetic for the past 15 years or so.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"