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What a roster! Macho King Randy Savage, the Ultimate Warrior, Ravishing Rick Rude, Brutus Beefcake (okay I dunno if I'd heard of him), Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Big Boss Man, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan! Oh but you can only play them in one-off matches; if you want to play through a sort of arcade mode or whatever of multiple bouts, you have to play generic white dude "Yourself." : P
The start up screen says "Hulk Hogan is a trademark of The Marvel Comics Group licensed exclusively to Titansports, Inc." because in 1984 Marvel had made Hulk Hogan license the "Hulk" part of his nom de guerre for $100 a match and 0.9% royalties--plus, he was no longer allowed to use "Incredible" in his name, couldn't print "Hulk" larger than "Hogan," and couldn't wrestle in green and purple. (See Wikipedia etc.)
Took me a bit to figure out some of the controls. Clean double-tap to jump in/out of ring; can also jump in/out from turnbuckle (that's with A+B). Andre can't(?) get back in. Select+A+B for partner assist in ring; Select+B (I think it was B) to have them go hit opponent's partner. : P
Oh! I should have read a manual scan first instead of relying on a FAQ, because it turns out HOLDING A instead of just tapping does a secondary attack!! Headbutts, kicks, etc.
It didn't feel like a very deep game at first but it started feeling deeper as I played, and gosh that secondary attack thing adds a whole new level I'll have to try. Even without that though there's recovering health by moving around, turnbuckle attacks, partner attacks in the tag modes, single-punch knockdowns after a hold from behind, and character-specific stuff like Andre not having a power move (A+B) except--according to the manual--when the opponent is "cornered."
The 45-degree-rotated movement (Up moves you up-right, etc) drove me nuts at first and I tried rotating my arcade stick 45 degrees but that started making my wrist hurt trying to press the buttons ; P. So I gave up and got used to it after a few minutes or so.
I love how one person in the audience will sometimes have arms to wave expressively or cover their face.
This was Rare's SECOND WWF game--their first was WWF Wrestlemania, in 1989. That one's got pretty abysmal reviews.
... I forgot that the GB WWF game Rare put out right after this one, WWF Superstars, is the GB wrestling game I got. ; ) Well, it's supposed to be on its way, anyway; shipping on that one's been a bit slow. : P |
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This time I played as generic white guy "Yourself" instead of a WWF classic superstar so got to play through the gauntlet of increasingly difficult opponents, and got to Andre the Giant and it kept resetting to the title screen after I lost; eventually realized that continues run out there or something. Could have save stated I guess but the fight is kind of ridiculous and when really pushed the various little wonkinesses of the controls get really, really frustrating because Andre absolutely murders you every time the control doesn't do what you thought you told it to do. Yeah this is just me crying about the game being hard, at least at that spot (and haven't even fought Hogan in that gauntlet yet so that's bound to be even more ridiculous somehow); think I'll go play an easier game. = P |
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