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 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
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
Reception| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | 75% |
| Metacritic | 71/100 |
| Publication | Score |
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| GamePro | 4/5 |
| GameSpot | 5/10 |
| GamesRadar+ | 7/10 |
| IGN | 6.5/10 |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 8.5/10 |
| TeamXbox | 8.9 |
| X-Play | 3/5 |
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
References
- "WWE Legends of WrestleMania >> PlayStation 3". 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- "GAME.co.uk - WWE Legends Of WrestleMania". 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- "WWE Legends of WrestleMania New Gameplay Trailer". 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- Miller, Greg (2008-07-14). "E3 2008: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Officially Announced". IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ "WWE Legends of WrestleMania announced". THQ. 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Miller, Greg (2008-05-06). "WWE Legends of WrestleMania announced". IGN. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- Regan, Mike (2009-03-24). "WWE Legends of WrestleMania Reviewed". GamingRing. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- "Become a Legend Killer with "Legends of WrestleMania"". WWE.com. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- 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
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