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WWE Legends of WrestleMania
Cover art featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, André the Giant, The Rock, Jimmy Hart and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
Developer(s)	Yuke's
Publisher(s)	THQ
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 iPhone/iPod Touch
Genre(s)	Professional wrestling Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer Multiplayer online

WWE Legends of WrestleMania is a video game featuring legends of the professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), who have appeared at WrestleMania in the 1980s and 1990s; during that time, WWE was known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released in March 2009 to coincide with WrestleMania XXV. The game was developed by Yuke's and published by THQ, the same developer and publisher for the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw video game series. The WWE logo featured in the game was a slight modification of the pre-1998 WWF logo.

Gameplay

Match gameplay

The game features a new grapple-based combo fighting system. To differentiate itself from the SmackDown series, Legends of WrestleMania focuses more on arcade-style gameplay (similar to WWF WrestleFest) with only the D-pad (or left analog stick) and the four face buttons needed on the gamepad. During play, the player's HUD features a health bar and a number between one and three. After successful chains of attacks, the number increases with more devastating moves now available. After completing the third level of moves, the wrestler's finishing move can then be performed. Continuous chains of moves are performed by pressing a button allocated by the screen before the player's opponent can. If the opponent beats the player at this, then the move is blocked and the chain is broken. Each wrestler has five taunts, which will either increase his health meter or his speed, among others. In addition, when a wrestler is being pinned, a meter displays that determines how likely it is for the opponent to kick out of the pin. Unlike the WWE SmackDown games, a submission meter is the only indication to specific damaged body parts, as opposed to a body model located in the HUD.

Managers play a significant part of the game, and interfere on behalf of their clients. Features similar to the SmackDown series such as create-a-legend mode and online gameplay are also featured in the game. There are many new moves created for this game, along with most moves that appeared in Smackdown vs. Raw 2009. Most moves were used for SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. A new mode featured is the WrestleMania Tour where classic WrestleMania matches can be recreated with classic WWE footage included to introduce the bout. The game also includes a feature to import characters from WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009.

Game modes

The game features a WrestleMania Tour mode consisting of three options: Relive, Rewrite, and Redefine. In Relive, the player can play as a legend that won a match over a certain wrestler. Rewrite allows the player to play as the loser of a certain historic match in order to "rewrite" history. The player in this mode can watch a recap of the history of certain wrestlers, a recap of their feud, and a recap of their match at WrestleMania. In this mode, the player must complete certain objectives, besides winning the match. In Redefine, the player chooses any wrestler to play and the ability to change the match type. A Movie Theater is available to watch all unlocked match clips. The match types are Single, Tag Team, Triple Threat, Steel Cage, Ladder, Submission, Iron Man, Handicap, Hell in a Cell, and Royal Rumble. Another game mode in WWE Legends of WrestleMania is the Legend Killer mode. The mode features six tiers, with four tiers having ten legends waiting to challenge the player, and the two others will have all the Legends from the game and a tier list for the Superstars from WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 respectively. This mode is used to enhance the player's Create-a-Legend attributes. Also featured is a Hall of Fame Mode, allowing players to view what they have unlocked.

Reception

WWE Legends of WrestleMania received mixed reviews from gaming critics. Some critics have praised the game's focus on nostalgia from the earlier days of the event. Other reviewers, such as GameSpot and IGN, have criticized the game for being repetitive, lacking in replay value, being overly simplistic, and how wrestler models were beefed up to look too "action figure" like.

See also

• Legends of Wrestling (series)

References

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4. ^ Miller, Greg (2008-07-14). "E3 2008: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Officially Announced". IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
5. ^ "WWE Legends of WrestleMania announced". THQ. 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
6. ^ Miller, Greg (2008-05-06). "WWE Legends of WrestleMania announced". IGN. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
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8. ^ Miller, Greg (2008-07-17). "E3 2008: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Eyes-on". IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
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10. "Smackdown vs Raw Connectivity". Wrestlingtruth.com. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
11. Regan, Mike (2009-03-24). "WWE Legends of WrestleMania Reviewed". GamingRing. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
12. "Become a Legend Killer with "Legends of WrestleMania"". WWE.com. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
13. Noble, McKinley (2009-03-25). "WWE Legends of WrestleMania (360)". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-03-25.

External links

• WWE Legends of WrestleMania (PS3) | (Xbox 360) at IGN
• WWE Legends of WrestleMania (PS3) | (Xbox 360) at GameSpot

• 2009 video games
• Multiplayer online games
• PlayStation 3 games
• WWE video games
• Xbox 360 games
• WrestleMania video games