WWE Legends of WrestleMania

by THQ

Product Features

• WrestleMania Tour Mode - Participate in matches from WrestleMania events of the 80s & 90s. Vintage WWE TV footage allows you to relive, rewrite or redefine history.
• Absolute Realism - Legends will have a full selection of realistic moves, with environments that mirror classic WWE venues in full 80s & 90s glory.
• Create Your Own Legacy - Create your own character in Create-a-Legend mode and customize everything from your costume, entrance and move-set.
• SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 Connectivity - Play current WWE Superstar against the Legends of yesteryear.
• Online Gameplay - Challenge players from all over the world to matches on the biggest stages of WWE.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001D7T2XK
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,848 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #2 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Sports > Wrestling

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Amazon.com Product Description

The leading sports entertainment video game experience embraces its colorful roots to deliver the definitive elements of WWE from the eighties and nineties. Featuring an impressive lineup of legendary superstars and managers, a new combo fighting system, an authentic presentation and more, WWE Legends of WrestleMania enables gamers to compete in classic feuds, create history of their own and secure a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame.

WWE Legends of WrestleMania Players: Offline: 1-4; Online: 2-4 Gameplay Modes: Single player, competitive & coop multiplayer. Other: HDTV 720p, stats, leaderboard & online voice support.

Relive WrestleMania events. View larger.

Replay historic matches. View larger.

Battle more recent rivalries. View larger.

Stalk the ring as a manager. View larger.

Relive, Rewrite and Redefine the History of WrestleMania
Since the first event at Madison Square Garden in 1985, WrestleMania has provided some of the most memorable moments in the history of sports entertainment. These moments continue on an annual basis with each new WrestleMania, but with WWE Legends of WrestleMania, fans both new and familiar with action in the squared circle can not only experience the defining moments and characters of classic matches from the eighties and nineties, but can also change history by reliving, rewriting or redefining them. So, whether classic WrestleMania action for you is the old school showdown between Andre the Giant and Hogan at WrestleMania III, the heated battle between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Rock at WrestleMania XV, or anything in between, if you are a professional wrestling fan WWE Legends of WrestleMania is for you.

WrestleMania Tour Mode - The 3 "Rs"
In WrestleMania Tour Mode players are given a choice of how they want to experience the events of the first 15 WrestleManias. After a match is selected a short video plays detailing the history of the feud between the combatants and the outcome of the match at hand. You can choose to relive the match - play as the historic victor and win it exactly as it happened; rewrite the match - play as the historic loser and change history by winning it; or redefine the match - fight through an entirely new series of elements introduced into the match and defeat your opponent. Regardless of your choice you will be fed a series of objectives. Completion of these objectives earns players points, which contribute to the various PSN trophies accessible through the game. Players can also ignore the objectives and win the matches by whatever means available. Victory by either means will unlock the next match in the series. The choice of path to victory is yours in WWE Legends of WrestleMania.

More Than 40 Playable Characters
Covering fifteen years of WrestleMania history WWE Legends of WrestleMania comes packed with a wealth of characters. All told, players can expect more than 40 playable characters, both wrestlers and managers. Each character will have his own authentic personality, temperament, and signature moves. Just a few of the faces from the past that you can expect to see in action are:

	Andre the Giant The marquee wrestler of the 70s and 80s, at 7'4" and over 500 pounds, Andre was known as the "Eighth wonder of the world" and maintained a winning steak for nearly 15 years to prove it.
	Hulk Hogan One of the most successful sports entertainers of all time, the Hulkster drove the worldwide phenomenon of "Hulk-a-Mania" as he captured the World Heavyweight title six times over 20 years.
	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Debatably the greatest manager of all time, "The Brain" guided the careers of some of the best of all time and was a force to be reckoned with both in and out of the ring.
	Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka Fijian superstar Jimmy Snuka was one of the most popular and often imitated wrestlers of his day for his mastery of aerial acrobatics off the top rope, which earned him the lofty nickname "Superfly."

New Combo Fighting Style
Designed to be accessible to players at all levels, action in WWE Legends of WrestleMania is built around a new streamlined combination fighting style. The grappling action here is arcade like, quick and easy and controlled primarily through the combined use of the joystick and face button controls with on-screen prompts indicating the exact input necessary to produce character-specific combos, taunts and signature finishing moves.

Key Game Features:

• Distinguished Rosters and Managers - Relive the entertaining lives of more than 40 larger-than-life WWE Legends. Legendary Managers will also have extensive functionality, playing important roles in match outcomes.
• Absolute Realism - Embrace a historically accurate representation of WWE telecasts from the Eighties and Nineties, including dynamic visual treatments, signature ring entrances, renowned commentators, notable venues and much more.
• Combo Fighting Style - Explore a new, grapple-based fighting system that captures the high-energy action and drama seen in historic WWE matches. Players will have each Legend's arsenal of grapple moves, strike attacks, reversals and taunts at their disposal throughout a variety of current and nostalgic match types.
• WrestleMania Tour Mode - Participate in key matches from multiple WrestleMania events. Vintage WWE footage will set up matches, explain feuds and detail the rivalries behind them, situating players in the heart of each contest.
• Create a Legend - Create the Legends of tomorrow, complete with customizable costumes, entrances, move sets and more.
• Online Action on PlayStation Network (PSN) - Challenge players around the world to matches on the biggest stages in WWE history, while collecting nearly 20 PSN trophies in the process.

Product Description

Relive, rewrite or redefine the greatest moments in WWE history. Participate in historic matches from the first 15 WrestleMania events and recreate the outcome, reverse it or adjust the scope of the match to create history and secure your spot in the WWE Hall of Fame!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So much potential, but so little fun, April 6, 2009

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Brian Reaves (Anniston, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: WWE Legends of WrestleMania (Video Game)

When you see the roster that this game offers, you immediately see the selling point of the game. Unfortunately, that's the only good thing about the entire game. Rather than take the Raw Vs. Smackdown 2009 control scheme, this game gives you a horrible tiered-fighting scale that only opens moves as you progress in attacking your opponent. Forget the hip-tosses or flipping off the top rope you could do before, you are allowed to punch and kick here...and that's pretty much it.

As a result almost every wrestler fights the same way to start out. As you begin to win a match, you get a few "custom" moves to the character open up, but it's nothing to write home about. If it wasn't for the fact that this game finally offered the dream roster of players (minus Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, and Dynamite Kid--all of whom were involved in key Wrestlemania matches). You also get actual video of some of the matches represented here and the chance to change the outcome of said matches. Again, a cool addition in theory, but very poorly executed.

This game will probably drop in price quickly since it has such a horrible control system. Why they didn't just take the existing controls of Raw vs. Smackdown I'll never know...especially considering the fact that you can import characters from that game if you wish.

A great roster with authentic entrances (for the most part) gets this game 3 stars. That's the only positive thing about it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An under appreciated THQ offering, March 28, 2009

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Jeffrey Lasalle "Jeff LaSalle" (Ft. Myers , FL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: WWE Legends of WrestleMania (Video Game)

Some are suggesting that this game suffers from having controls that differ from that of the Smackdown! vs Raw series. To be honest, that is one of the qualities i enjoy most about this game. It isn't trying to be SvR2009, nor should it. As great as the SvR controls are, they do come off as a bit stale. Legends offers a new and refreshing control scheme, and i for one welcome it.

I am not suggesting that the controls in Legends are better, in fact i do prefer SvR overall. Although, i like that the controls in Legends are different. Also, being of the 80's generation, i will take the Legends roster over anything SvR has to offer on their best day.

The control scheme in Legends of Wrestlemania relies more on timing, and less on learning complicated controls. So it is much easier to just pick up and play. Some SvR enthusiast's may consider these controls to be dumbed down for mass appeal. While i do see their point, i also believe that the timing based controls provide a better flow for the game, even better than SvR to some extent.

The roster is impressive, but not extensive. There are around 40 legends, with some very obvious ones left out. You can import your SvR2009 roster, but i think that only compromises the nostalgic experience. Hell in a Cell feels a little out of place here, since most of the wrestlers in the game were long retired when that match type came to be.

If anyone here remembers the extremely disappointing Legend's of Wrestling series, I would say you would certainly be better served playing this instead.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Age of the WWF, April 5, 2009

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J. Inman (Lodi, California United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: WWE Legends of WrestleMania (Video Game)

I grew up watching the WWF in the late 80's and early 90's and then got back into it when I was in college with the dawn of the "Attitude Era". It's a product that I fall in and out of love with. When I heard about this game the love affair was back on!

I think the last time I purchased a WWE video game was the first installment of the `Raw VS. Smackdown' series but I went out and purchased the 2009 version to help get me ready for `Legends of Wrestlemania'. With the overhaul of the controls my preparation was rendered nearly useless but I did utilize the `roster port' feature which brings the majority of the superstars of `Smackdown VS Raw 2009'.

There have been many negative reviews about the roster and the control set up. Personally, I think the roster is about 95% dead on. The notable omissions of Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Tito Santana, Rick Martel, Demolition, Slick, Sensational Sherri and Earthquake among others are regrettable but not enough for me to dismiss this game as a failure.

The controls were a little weird at first but I found using the L stick exclusively for movement and using the D-Pad for executing holds made for a more intuitive and fluid experience.

The graphics are great and seeing the entrances and celebrations with the old school music brings a smile to my face almost every time.

Every Wrestlemania arena from 1-15 (including Caesar's Palace for Wrestlemania IX) are faithfully recreated aside from the extra long entrance aisles of Wrestlemania's III, IV, V, VI and VIII. A vintage Royal Rumble arena is also available.

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler provide a good commentary although I though it would be more fun to have snippets of classic wrestler specific commentary as provided by the great voices of the past like Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, Jesse Ventura, Vince McMahon. Also, finding a way to sneak in Mean Gene Okerlund and Lord Alfred Hayes would have been great as well.

The `Relive', `Rewrite', and `Redefine' modes are fun additions. I have played all three and they all have a more epic feel than the standard exhibition matches. You have the option of completing certain tasks during the match that re-create, move for move, these classic matches. Each of these matches is preceded by a video of WWE footage showing what led up to the confrontation and highlights from the match itself.

As an old-school WWF fan I think the game is a blast. The graphics are great, almost all of the old original entrance themes are here, and the game modes are very addictive and rewarding. Hopefully an expansion pack will be made available in the near future which will feature new wrestlers, managers and a new venue or two.

A great game for those who loved wrestling during the golden age of the WWF.

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