It’s amazing to see our heroes grow old and turn into Santa Claus clones isn’t it? They’ve managed to get Randy “Macho Man” Savage to come out of hiding and do some campy and even (for some) sentimental promos for the product. Another great aspect for the super wrestling nerd is to live-out “real life” wrestling debates over what would have happened if Andre The Giant fought Triple H, The Big Show, or Bret Hart in both wrestlers’ primes.įor example, if relatively new WWE high-flyer Kofi Kingston faced off against the innovative martial arts and aerial expert of the 1980s Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat in a match, it would steal the show at any pay-per-view spectacular - if time travel were, in fact, possible.Īnd time travel is clearly not possible, not even for a company as rich as TNQ.

The biggest and smartest aspect of this game is pushing unknown (to a certain crop of wrestling fans) WWE stars (super new or super old stars) and pitting them against opponents they’ll never ever have. Does the WWE think the buying power of nostalgia lies in the Hulkamania-Reaganomic era of Generation X? What’s interesting to note is, with the exception of a few stars from the 1990s - Bret Hart and, to a lesser degree, Randy Savage, who was more of a 1980s icon - the 1990s are not really represented, and appear to be glossed over in favor of Andre The Giant, Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. The moves are quick and hyperbolic (when did Randy Savage ever do a swift kick off the top rope?) but the historical value and inter-generational appeal will keep groups of different ages fans debating and playing for hours on end. The graphics pop the drama unfolds as your favorite mat maniac struts down the aisle. Finally you can pit Hulk Hogan against Bret Hart, John Cena against The Rock, Randy Savage against Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio against Andre The Giant, and dozens of other impossible matches that will never happen in anyone’s lifetime. Move ahead from 1986 to the present and marvel at the updated version of WWF Magazine‘s regular column, “Fantasy Warfare,” and you just about have the synopsis for their new game, WWE All Stars. Classic “DuckTales” NES Video Game to Be Remastered for Nintendo Wii U, Xbox, and PS3, to Be Released by Capcom Summer 2013.

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