WWE Legends of WrestleMania

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• 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

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• ASIN: B001D7T2XU
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,580 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #6 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Games > Sports > Wrestling
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

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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 Xbox LIVE achievements 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 Xbox LIVE - Challenge players around the world to matches on the biggest stages in WWE history, while collecting nearly 20 Xbox LIVE achievements and 1,035 gamer points.

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!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good on nostalgia, but shallow on gameplay... March 31, 2009

By Heather VINE™ VOICE

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

Lacking a career mode and general manager mode makes this title a very shallow wrestling game. Being able to replay or rewrite pivotal moments in Wrestlemania history is cool, and the video footage of classic Wrestlemania matches, as well as the superstars trash-talk videos before the events, is a feast of nostalgia. The roster and entrances are also a satisfying trip back to the good old days. However, once you get into the gameplay it has absolutely no depth, and leaves you longing for so much more. Excuses have been made for the lack of a career mode, like the fact that most of these wrestlers are now retired. But I have not heard a valid excuse. The career does not have to take place today. If you can rewrite history on the classic matches, why not with your favorite classic wrestler's career? The roster will bring back a lot of great memories for any long time fan, but there are still some glaring ommissions, such as Macho Man Randy Savage or Mick Foley (in any of his personas), or ANY, yes ANY of the divas either as wrestler or manager, like Sensational Sherry, Elizabeth, or Chyna (there are no female wrestlers at all). The good news is there are a lot of names on the roster, and instead of only getting the most popular stars like Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair you also get names like Brutus The Barber Beefcake and Big Bossman (both of whom I was delighted to see).

The controls are NOT an improvement over other wrestling games of late. The flow of the match is disturbed, and the controls don't feel as natural. The changes were supposedly for "casual" gamers but bad controls are bad controls - I don't care if the person playing is casual or hardcore...

Unless you enjoy doing exhibition matches for countless hours this game will get old fast. The videos are worth reliving. But I would not recommend this game to anyone but serious wrestling fans who long for a trip down memory lane.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars This Should Have Been So Much Better May 6, 2009

By David Girod VINE™ VOICE

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

I actually waited awhile before picking up "Legends of Wrestlemania" simply because I had laid down enough cash for "Smackdown vs. Raw 2009" and hadn't really played that all too much. Didn't want to drop another $60 for "Legends of Wrestlemania" and have another game just gathering dust.

What changed my mind, and to be honest one of only two reasons I would recommend "Legends of Wrestlemania" to anyone, is that I found out you can import the roster from "Smackdown vs. Raw 2009" into "Legends of Wrestlemania". Meaning you can now pit Santino Morella against Andre the Giant or have Randy Orton take on Mr. Perfect. The only other reason to pick up this game would be for nostalgic purposes.

I was basically expecting the same gameplay which had been featured on the past couple of "Raw vs. Smackdown" releases, just with modified graphics, and a roster of past Superstars. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. What made the "Raw vs. Smackdown" titles so much fun to play are the innovative controls, the multiple game modes, and the variety of matches you can choose from. "Legends of Wrestling" features none of those. Instead of GM Mode or Career Mode, "Legends" gives you 4 game play options, "Legend Killer, and on the Wrestlemania Tour "Relive", "Rewrite", "Redefine".

In "Relive" mode, you go back to several famous matches throughout "Wrestlemania" history and replay the match as it was presented. The best part of this option is seeing the old video footage of the feuds leading up to the matches. For instance you get to replay the Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter match from Wrestlemania 7, prior to the match you get a re-cap of what the feud was about and promos from each wrestler, which is pretty cool. In this mode you cannot choose your character, you must wrestle as the pre-designated winner of the match. You can also earn EXP points by completing certain objectives during each match. When you earn enough EXP points you win a medal.

In "Rewrite" mode you are once again presented with a series of famous matches culled from Wrestlemania history. Once again you get original video footage of the feuds leading up to each bout, and you also have certain objectives per match you must achieve in order to gain EXP points in order to win the medal. With this mode, your objective is to change the outcome of the original match.

In "Redefine" mode you again play through several famous matches in Wrestlemania history, only this time you can choose which character you would like to play. You can try and `rewrite' history or `relive' history. Basically it combines elements from the previous two gameplay modes. Once again you have certain objectives to meet to gain EXP points.

In "Legend Killer" mode you fight through a series of matches in 4 tiers. The first three tiers are 10 matches you must win to advance. The final tier is called the "All Star Legends Tier" and you must win 38 matches to finish the level!! What is brutal about this game mode, is that once you start a tier, you cannot save and quit. The game forces you to play through the entire tier before giving you the option of saving, meaning that once you reach the "All Star" tier...you HAVE to play 38 consecutive matches??!!

You also get the standard "Create" a wrestler mode. There really isn't anything new to this aspect of the game, and if you've played any WWE title since the Nintendo 64 you should be familiar with this option.

Gameplay is basically a button mashing game. Unlike the last few titles, the basic gameplay required you to just smash various buttons repeatedly, almost like the old PS1 or Nintendo games. It's very difficult to block or reverse, meaning that for the most part opponents just take turns punching each other for a period of time.

The graphics are decent, and the inclusion of original video footage from old WWE broadcasts is fun to relive, but there is really nothing stellar, and actually seems as though the graphics don't "pop" as well as they do on "Raw vs. Smackdown 2009".

So overall, if you've already paid your money for "Raw vs. Smackdown 2009", I don't really recommend you drop the dough for this title. The gameplay is fairly weak, the various game modes don't hold a candle to the "Career" mode or "GM" mode found in recent titles. Unless you are willing to pay for the nostalgic aspect of the game, it's really not worth it.

Here is the complete roster you will find on the game (of course this doesn't include the roster you can import from "Raw vs. Smackdown"):

Andre the Giant
Animal
Arn Anderson
Bam Bam Bigelow
Big Boss Man
Big John Studd
Bobby Heenan
Bret Hart
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Davey Boy Smith
Dusty Rhodes
Greg Valentine
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Hawk
Honky Tonk Man
Hulk Hogan
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Iron Sheik
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jim The Anvil Neidhart
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
Jimmy Hart
Junkyard Dog
Kamala
King Kong Bundy
Koko B. Ware
Michael Hayes
Mr. Fuji
Mr. Perfect
Nikolai Volkoff
Paul Bearer
Ravishing Rick Rude
Ric Flair
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Sgt. Slaughter
Shawn Michaels
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Ted DiBiase
The Rock
The Undertaker
Ultimate Warrior
Yokozuna

Pretty solid group of legends....just wish they had been profiled in a better game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars One Major & Fatal Flaw August 9, 2012

By Andrew Murray

Platform for Display:Xbox 360|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

This game looks and handles just fine. Until you lock up with another wrestler. At that moment, a giant picture of a random controller button will appear on the screen and you have to press the same button at the EXACT moment it appears. You have about a 25% chance of success on that, since there are 4 buttons, X,Y,B and A. If you don't win "guess that button", you get reversed and slammed. Doesn't matter how much power you have. So if you can win a match by punching and kicking, you will be in good shape. If you attempt a move, there is a 75% chance it will backfire and you will be counter attacked. There is no rhythm, rhyme or reason to the button thing, its just random. What an incredibly stupid thing to implement into an otherwise perfect example of gameplay. I give it 2 stars just because the roster is awesome. But the game is unplayable.