WWE Wrestlemania XIX

by THQ

Product Features

• Overhauled game engine for the ultimate grappling experience.
• Experience "Sweet Revenge" as you battle through multiple stages and various missions in an all-new
• Compete with more than 50 top WWE Superstars featuring realistic abilities based on strength, speed
• Target specific body parts and wear down opponents with location specific damage.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009XS6S
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,621 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The legacy continues with WrestleMania XIX only for the Nintendo GameCube. All-new gameplay mechanics deliver a true in-ring grappling experience with deeper move sets and a more stategic reversal system. Choose among an updated list of top WWE Superstars each with realistic abilities including strength, speed, and stamina. Become a legend and defy Vince as you battle your way through five stages and over 25 missions in an effort to destroy his Empire. Team up with Stephanie McMahon along the way as you enact "Sweet Revenge" in your journey to win back your status in the WWE.

Features:

• Single-player story mode: play in an all-new story mode and battle through 25 missions as you get revenge on Vince McMahon for throwing you out of the WWE
• New gameplay system: all-new countering mechanisms and expanded move sets including strong and weak grapples
• All new Superstars attributes: All Superstars will share their real-life abilities based on strength, power, and speed. Each Superstar will have different ratings across three different attributes that will affect their in-ring performance.
• All new location-specific damage: Target your opponents' legs and arms and head and make them submit. New animations will sell the pain and showcase the damage.
• New environments: battle through unique environments including a shopping mall, constructions site, and a shipping port
• Deeper create-a-Superstar mode
• Updated roster: featuring the high-flying antics of Rey Mysterio, the legendary Shawn Michaels, and the genetic freak Scott Steiner
• Blood: at the fans' request, WrestleMania XIX will be the first next generation WWE game featuring blood
• Superstar models: brand new life-like models for each and every Superstar

Product Description

Step into the ring for some of the most brutal, in-your-face wrestling ever! Lay the smack down on all challengers with WWE Wrestlemania X9 from THQ. New moves, new wrestlers, new challenges await you in this amazing game. Are you gamer enough to try?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WrestleMania XIX, June 22, 2003

By 

Maurice Hurd (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WWE Wrestlemania XIX (Video Game)

Playable Characters:

Kurt Angle
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Batista
Chris Benoit
Big Show
Booker T
John Cena
Christian
D-Von Dudley
Bubba Ray Dudley
Edge
Ric Flair
Goldberg
Goldust
Eddie Guerrero
Chavo Guerrero
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
Hulk Hogan
Hurricane
Chris Jericho
Kane
Stacy Keibler
Brock Lesnar
Lita
Dawn Marie
Stephanie McMahon
Shawn Michaels
Rey Mysterio
Chris Nowinski
Randy Orton
William Regal
Rikishi
The Rock
Al Snow
Scott Steiner
Lance Storm

Trish Stratus
Tajiri
Test
Triple H
Undertaker
Rob Van Dam
Victoria
& the beatiful,Torrie Wilson

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars MAYBE NEXT YEAR, September 30, 2003

By 

"halo_punk" (APO, AP United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WWE Wrestlemania XIX (Video Game)

When I think of great wrestling games I think of one system, Nintendo 64. They set the standered for wrestling games. So when the Gamecube was released I thought for sure that THQ would breakout the greatest wrestling game of all time. But instead they decided to change the great grapling system of old with some new crap, more like Smackdown than No Mercy. So I was dissapointed to say the least. When I read that they were going back to a No Mercy like grapling system this year my hopes were back again. Now that it's here I have to pose this question. Why do people make bad games?

Before I say what I mean by that let me say that this game is much better than last years effort. Indead they did bring back a lot of the old grapling system from No Mercy, including the best part, being able to work on one part of the body, like say a leg, and weaken it for say a Maple Leaf by Lance Storm. But at the same time, they changed some things, and not for the better. The weak graples aren't done the same, instead of tapping the grapple button then pushing strike and a direction, you push the grapple button and a direction at the same time. This isn't as good, as it moves the match along at an arcade like speed. The game moves much faster in most all aspects, as apposed to No Mercy's slower, more sim like feel. With that said, the game still needs work to be as good control wise as No Mercy.

So what about the features. The Story mode, which is supposed to be the main single player game, sucks. You take a supperstar who has been screwed by Vince, and try to screw up Wrestlmania to get back at him. Never does a fight take place in the ring, they're all backstage and other locations outside of the squared-circle. The missions require you to do dumb stuff like throw 10 secrurity guards off of a constuction site. You repeat that about 5 times for the first of 5 missions, and they don't get any funner. Now I know some might think something as small as not being able to bring you wrestler out with his belt is not a factor, but it is. Imagine you want to have some rivalries going on with your group of friends, and you finally beat the guy who always wins, but you can't rub it in his face by entering the ring the next match with the gold around your waste. It's sad, espescially since it's such a small thing, because it would have been no problem to add it. So is there a redeeming factor. The create-a-wrestler is maybe the best ever. It has everything you could possibly do to a wrestler (other than have an escort to the ring, which is again sad). The detail you can add to your wrestler is great, you can even design your own logos for his clothes. Sadly that alone doesn't make the game worth buying. Maybe next year THQ will finally make a worthy sequal to No Mecry.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, August 30, 2004

By 

Vincenzo G. Mastrolilli "...." (Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: WWE Wrestlemania XIX (Video Game)

This review is not going to be that explicit because there are already a lot of other ones in here. Let's break it down.

The graphics are awesome. The characters are somewhat exagerated but they still end up looking pretty realistic. I like the style a lot more than the previous title.

The music is almost perfect. Only a handfull of superstars are lacking their theme music, namely matt hardy, RVD, Evolution, and Rikishi. Fortunately you can still listen to Hogan's Voodoo CHild, Edge's White Zombie theme, and Undertaker's theme, among others. Some themes are outdated for the time the game was released, like Kane's, but I guess we should be thankfull that they aren't many. A create a stable option would have been very apreciated. That way we could have recreated fun tag teams like Kane & the Hurricane, and the unamericans, or created la resistance or the world's greatest tag team.

The animation is below PS2 smackdown's but leaps and bounds better than the other titles. Hogan's entrance is really a thing of beauty. Every superstar feels different and that is a great accomplishment. The moves have been improved since last year and the gameplay is more fun. Like a more arcade-like Wrestlemania 2000. Tag teams even enter the ring together. But the only teams that seem to do this are the Dudleys, Goldust & Booker, and Los Guerreros.

I only really dislike 2 things about the game. First is the inability to create your own tag team. This wouldn't be so bad except that PS2 smackdown's series already has 2 games with that ability! The 2nd thing is the revenge mode. It is pretty anoying after a couple of fights. Thankfully you don't have to complete it to earn money, since you can just keep starting over everytime you need cash to spend in the shopzone. I also really wish that tehy would have included legends, or at least some of the legend's theme songs to use in the create a superstar section.

The game still has tremendous multiplayer replay value. You can customize any wrestler's moveset, and create many more; but I can 't help but feel that the game could have been much better with some of the features already present in THQ's PS2 line.